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J. P. Bernstein † Suketu P. Bhavsar ‡ 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,322(3):625-630
The brightest, or first-ranked, galaxies (BCGs) in rich clusters show a very small dispersion in luminosity, making them excellent standard candles. This small dispersion raises questions about the nature of BCGs. Are they simply the extremes of normal galaxies formed via a stochastic process, or do they belong to a special class of atypical objects? If they do, are all BCGs special, or do normal galaxies compete for the first rank? To answer these questions, we undertake a statistical study of BCG magnitudes using results from extreme value theory. Two-population models do better than one-population models. A simple scenario where a random boost in the magnitude of a fraction of bright normal galaxies forms a class of atypical galaxies best describes the observed distribution of BCG magnitudes. 相似文献
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Cristiano Porciani Avishai Dekel Yehuda Hoffman 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,332(2):325-338
We evaluate the success of linear tidal-torque theory (TTT) in predicting galactic-halo spin using a cosmological N -body simulation with thousands of well-resolved haloes. The protohaloes are identified by tracing today's haloes back to the initial conditions. The TTT predictions for the protohaloes match, on average, the spin amplitudes of the virialized haloes of today, if linear growth is assumed until ∼ t 0 /3, or 55–70 per cent of the halo effective turn-around time. This makes it a useful qualitative tool for understanding certain average properties of galaxies, such as total spin and angular momentum distribution within haloes, but with a random scatter of the order of the signal itself. Non-linear changes in spin direction cause a mean error of ∼50° in the TTT prediction at t 0 , such that the linear spatial correlations of spins on scales ≥1 h −1 Mpc are significantly weakened by non-linear effects. This questions the usefulness of TTT for predicting intrinsic alignments in the context of gravitational lensing. We find that the standard approximations made in TTT, including a second-order expansion of the Zel'dovich potential and a smoothing of the tidal field, provide close-to-optimal results. 相似文献
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A re-evaluation of Brown's Lunar Theory has long been awaited. While working on this problem a number of questions about the adequacy of Brown's approach have arisen, and some of these questions including that of the need for a literal solution of the main problem are discussed in this paper. 相似文献
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Astrobiology, like many (but not all) sciences, must take into account questions of the “Why?”, “Where?”, “How?” and “When?” type. In this introductory chapter, we explain why, in this book, we will only consider two of these questions that are, moreover, deeply interrelated. Chronology is by definition related to the “when?” question but as soon as we are interested in the history of Earth or the history of life, it is impossible to treat these questions and their answers without explicit references to the “how?” questions. We also present in this chapter the genesis and the aim of the book. 相似文献
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《Planetary and Space Science》2007,55(12):1729-1740
Even after decades of study using advanced observing instruments and sophisticated numerical models, a number of significant questions remain unanswered concerning the composition and chemistry of Venus’ atmosphere. The primary chemical cycles and the interactions among sulfur and chlorine radicals in Venus’ middle atmosphere are reviewed to assess the current status of our knowledge, identify unresolved questions, and assess how the Venus Express mission may contribute to their resolution. 相似文献
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A. Vienne 《Planetary and Space Science》2008,56(14):1797-1803
Recently the motion of the main satellites of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus have been modelled in order to get accurate ephemerides. These models have been fitted over a large amount of observations. Among these ones, the positions issued from the observations of mutual events are the most accurate. We can then expect to obtain a new kind of dynamical informations directly linked to planetological questions. We have to determine what information is used in these observations to get the still unknown dynamical parameters. We look after these questions especially in the Jovian and Saturnian systems. 相似文献
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Jeffrey L. Linsky 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2009,320(1-3):85-90
Understanding the complex structure, dynamics, and ionization of gas in the nearby interstellar medium is required before one can realistically model interstellar gas in other galaxies. High-resolution ultraviolet spectra provide the essential data for such studies because the resonance lines of most important atoms, ions, and molecules are located in the ultraviolet, and high spectral resolution is needed to resolve line profiles and determine the velocity structure along a line of sight. I list ten important physical questions concerning interstellar gas that require a more sensitive spectrometer than STIS and the desired spectral resolution to answer these questions. 相似文献
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Due to a combination of rapid expansion and changes in chemical composition, the optical spectrum of V4334 Sgr changed rapidly between discovery in 1996 Februaryand extinction during 1999. As one of the most rapidly evolving stars ever observed, optical spectroscopy must answer a range of important questions.The development of the optical spectrum and its implications are discussedthrough a review of published literature. A previously unpublished sequence of spectra from near discovery through 1996 demonstrates the thermal evolution of V4334 Sgr, while detailed analysis of an unpublished echelle spectrumobtained in 1996 May raises questions about the model atmospheres used to date.As a result, requirements for future models of the atmosphere of V4334 Sgr are analysed. The future evolution of V4334 Sgr and the dispersion of its dustycocoon are briefly discussed. 相似文献
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We show that considering the torsion in early universe, we are led to an inflationary expansion with only a massless scalar field, so avoiding all physical questions that we are facing when working with massive scalar field. 相似文献
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原子钟噪声的蒙特卡络模拟方法 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
讨论了原子钟噪声的蒙特卡络模拟方法．具体过程是：先产生模拟所需的正态分布随机数，从实际钟的阿仑方差估算出噪声电平，然后用１组递点函数产生高质量的模拟钟时差的随机序列．在对１台商品铯钟进行具体模拟后，给出了真实数据与模拟值的阿仑方差之问的相符程度，最后对实际问题进行了分析． 相似文献
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The most significant findings about the Moon obtained by spacecraft so far, have resulted from measurements of gravity, electromagnetic properties, seismicity, mechanical properties, geologic features, composition, ages, and the lunar environment. A number of major lunar questions remain to be answered. Other properties, measurable with spacecraft, which may provide data critical to answering these questions include geometrical shape, motions, and heat flow. In this paper specific measurements that should provide critical data for each of these questions are identified, with some candidate techniques. Among the suggested techniques that have not yet been used are very long baseline interferometry (Earth-Moon baseline), gravity gradiometry, elemental analysis by neutron interactions, and remotely-controlled on-Moon microscopy.Different kinds of missions are suitable for the different measurements: lunar orbiters, soft-landers, long-range surface traverses, and sample return to Earth are all needed. The choice of manned vs remotely-controlled missions does not depend on scientific requirements but on other considerations. Both manned and remotely-controlled techniques have been used for orbiters, landers, and sample return, neither for a long-range traverse.Paper presented to the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Lunar Studies, Patras, Greece, September 1971. 相似文献
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In order to compare color statistical properties of member galaxies in compact groups with those of field galaxies, we use
a compact group (CG) sample which contains 4217 CGs extracted from the MAIN galaxy sample of the SDSS Data Release 4 (SDSS4),
and construct a random group sample which has the same distributions of redshift and number of member galaxies as those of
the CG sample. It turns out that the mean colors of galaxies in CGs are redder than those of galaxies in random groups. Additionally,
we also find that member galaxies in real CGs have a smaller dispersion of colors than those in random groups-at least for
g-r, r-i, and i-z colors.
Published in Astrofizika, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 29–37 (February 2007). 相似文献
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Jaap Tinbergen 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,288(1-2):3-14
Measurement of circular polarization is mostly looked upon as a specialist craft, applied by polarization freaks to answer uninteresting questions. This paper attempts to correct that view: some important questions can only be tackled by circular polarimetry, there is nothing very special about Stokes V and its measurement is entirely analogous to that of Q and U.Radio and optical polarimetry are covered, using both single telescopes and interferometers. 相似文献
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Heon-Young Chang 《New Astronomy》2009,14(2):133-138
The North–South asymmetry in solar activity is an important solar property. During recent years the presence of short and intermediate-term periodicities of the North–South asymmetry has been reported, implying it could be an observational constraint that should be explained by the solar dynamo action. We attempt to confirm reported periodicities by employing an independent method so that observational constraints are established. We adopt the cepstrum technique to deconvolve the signal and the noise so that spurious peaks due to random noise are eliminated in the Fourier power spectrum. We also demonstrate how effectively it removes random noise using artificial data generated by assuming that the asymmetry of the sunspot area is characterized by random noise superposed on a slowly varying sinusoidal background function. We find that (i) the main periodicity of the North–South difference corresponding to ～9 years is present, (ii) other periodicities recently claimed, such as, of ～1.4, ～3.8, ～43 years, can not survive the deconvolution process, suggesting they seem due to stochastic random noise. We conclude by pointing out a possible implication of our finding on the nature of the North–South asymmetry of solar activity. 相似文献
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A. G. Nikoghossian 《Astrophysics》2002,45(2):223-231
This is the first part of a paper devoted to a theoretical investigation of intensity fluctuations of radiation at the frequencies of a spectral line formed in a multicomponent stochastic atmosphere. It is assumed that the optical depth of structural elements and the power of the energy sources contained in them undergo random variations. The frequency dependence of the relative mean-square deviation of the intensity of radiation escaping from the atmosphere is determined. Two special cases are considered and it is shown that the behavior of this quantity is different, depending on which of the indicated characteristics of the medium undergoes random variations. The results make it possible to judge the character of random variations in the fine structure of a radiating medium from observations of it in the cores and wings of spectral lines. Recent observations of prominences made using the SUMER spectrometer in the SOHO international project served as the specific motivation for the work. 相似文献
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Keiji Ohtsuki 《Icarus》2004,172(2):432-445
We examine the rotation of a small moonlet embedded in planetary rings caused by impacts of ring particles, using analytic calculation and numerical orbital integration for the three-body problem. Taking into account the Rayleigh distribution of particles' orbital eccentricities and inclinations, we evaluate both systematic and random components of rotation, where the former arises from an average of a large number of small impacts and the latter is contribution from large impacts. Calculations for parameter values corresponding to inner parts of Saturn's rings show that a moonlet would spin slowly in the prograde direction if most impactors are small particles whose velocity dispersion is comparable to or smaller than the moonlet's escape velocity. However, we also find that the effect of the random component can be significant, if the velocity dispersion of particles is larger and/or impacts of large particles comparable to the moonlet's size are common: in this case, both prograde and retrograde rotations can be expected. In the case of a small moonlet embedded in planetary rings of equal-sized particles, we find that the systematic component dominates the moonlet rotation when m/M?0.1 (m and M are the mass of a particle and a moonlet, respectively), while the random component is dominant when m/M?0.3. We derive the condition for the random component to dominate moonlet rotation on the basis of our results of three-body orbital integration, and confirm agreement with N-body simulation. 相似文献
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M. Dryer S. T. Wu G. Gislason S. M. Han Z. K. Smith J. F. Wang D. F. Smart M. A. Shea 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1984,105(1):187-208
A time-dependent, nonplanar, two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic computer model is used to simulate a series, separately examined, of solar flare-generated shock waves and their subsequent disturbances in interplanetary space between the Sun and the Earth's magnetosphere. The ‘canonical’ or ansatz series of shock waves include initial velocities near the Sun over the range 500 to 3500 km s?1. The ambient solar wind, through which they propagate, is taken to be a steady-state homogeneous plasma (that is, independent of heliolongitude) with a representative set of plasma and magnetic field parameters. Complete sets of solar wind plasma and magnetic field parameters are presented and discussed. Particular attention is addressed to the MHD model's ability to address fundamental operational questions vis-à-vis the long-range forecasting of geomagnetic disturbances. These questions are: (i) will a disturbance (such as the present canonical series of solar flare shock waves) produce a magnetospheric and ionospheric disturbance, and, if so, (ii) when will it start, (iii) how severe will it be, and (iv) how long will it last? The model's output is used to compute various solar wind indices of current interest as a demonstration of the model's potential for providing ‘answers’ to these questions. 相似文献
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M. D. Leising 《Experimental Astronomy》2005,20(1-3):49-55
Despite their great intrinsic interest and extensive use as tools in other areas of astronomy, fundamental questions remain as to the nature of supernovae of all types. The radioactivity produced by nuclear fusion reactions in the explosions provides several excellent diagnostics, observable through gamma-ray emission. This great potential is largely unrealized because the fluxes from events at common distances are very small. Instrument sensitivity is paramount, and gamma-ray optics offer an excellent possibility for greatly increasing collecting area, without a large increase in background rates, and reaching the required sensitivities. Here we outline some of the major open questions about supernovae and discuss how gamma-ray spectroscopy can address them, including instrument requirements for a future focusing gamma-ray telescope.Supported by NASA and CESR. 相似文献
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We investigate a possibility that non-thermal X-ray emission in a supernova remnant(SNR) is produced by jitter radiation,
which is the analogue of synchrotron radiation in small-scale random magnetic fields. We can fit the multi-wavelength data
of SNRs RX J1713.7-3946 (G347.3-0.5) and RX J0852.0-4622 (G266.6-1.2) by constructing pure jitter and inverse Compton (IC)
emission models. We find that the physical fit parameters of random magnetic fields take values of several tens of μG strength
and of the order of ∼107 cm correlation length. These properties of random magnetic fields in collisionless shock of SNRs are discussed.
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Giuseppe Altavilla Maria Teresa Botticella Enrico Cappellaro Massimo Turatto 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2012,341(1):163-178
Despite decades of dedicated efforts there are still basic questions to answer with regard to Supernova progenitor systems and explosion mechanisms. In particular, in the last years a number of exceptionally bright objects and extremely faint events have demonstrated an unexpected large Supernova variety. 相似文献