Pulse phase dependence of the magnetar bursts     

Chetana Jain  Anjan Dutta  Biswajit Paul 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2007,28(4):185-196

We report here results from a study of X-ray bursts from 3 magnetar candidates (SGR 1806-20, SGR 1900+14 and AXP 1E 2259+586). We have searched for a pulse phase dependence of the X-ray burst rate from these sources. X-ray light curves were obtained with the Proportional Counter Array on-board the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer during the periods of intense burst activity in these sources. On detailed analysis of the three sources, we found a very significant burst rate for all pulsar phases. However, some locations appear to produce bursts slightly more often, rendering the non-isotropic distribution. Only in the case of SGR 1900+14, there is a clear pulse phase dependence of burst rate.  相似文献   

The morphology of H ii regions during reionization     

Matthew McQuinn  Adam Lidz  Oliver Zahn  Suvendra Dutta  Lars Hernquist  Matias Zaldarriaga 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,377(3):1043-1063

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Nonplanar KdV and KP equations for quantum electron–positron–ion plasma     

Debjit Dutta 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2015,357(2):1-6

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Theory-guided machine learning to predict density evolution of sand dynamically compacted under Ko condition     

Tophel  Amir  Walker  Jeffrey P.  Dutta  Troyee Tanu  Kodikara  Jayantha 《Acta Geotechnica》2022,17(8):3479-3497

Acta Geotechnica - This paper introduces a theory-guided machine learning (TGML) framework, which combines a theoretical model (TM) and a machine learning (ML) algorithm to predict compaction...  相似文献   

Accretion flow behaviour during the evolution of the quasi-periodic oscillation frequency of XTE J1550−564 in 1998 outburst     

Sandip K. Chakrabarti  Broja G. Dutta  P. S. Pal 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,394(3):1463-1468

Low and intermediate frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are thought to be due to oscillations of Comptonizing regions or hot regions embedded in Keplerian discs. Observational evidence of evolutions of QPOs would therefore be very important as they throw lights on the dynamics of the hotter region. Our aim is to find systems in which there is a well-defined correlation among the frequencies of the QPOs over a range of time so as to understand the physical picture. In this paper, we concentrate on the archival data of XTE J1550−564 obtained during 1998 outburst, and study the systematic drifts during the rising phase from the 1998 September 7 to the 1998 September 19, when the QPO frequency increased monotonically from 81 mHz to 13.1 Hz. Immediately after that, QPO frequency started to decrease and on the 1998 September 26, the QPO frequency became 2.62 Hz. After that, its value remained almost constant. This frequency drift can be modelled satisfactorily with a propagatory oscillating shock solution where the post-shock region behaves as the Comptonized region. Comparing with the nature of a more recent 2005 outburst of another black hole candidate GRO 1655−40, where QPOs disappeared at the end of the rising phase, we conjecture that this so-called 'outburst' may not be a full-fledged outburst.  相似文献   

A study of interstellar medium of dwarf galaxies using H i power spectrum analysis     

Prasun Dutta  Ayesha Begum  Somnath Bharadwaj  Jayaram N. Chengalur 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,398(2):887-897

We estimate the power spectrum of H  i intensity fluctuations for a sample of eight galaxies (seven dwarf and one spiral). The power spectrum can be fitted to a power-law     for six of these galaxies, indicating turbulence is operational. The estimated best-fitting value for the slope ranges from  ∼−1.5  (AND IV, NGC 628, UGC 4459 and GR 8) to  ∼−2.6  (DDO 210 and NGC 3741). We interpret this bi-modality as being due to having effectively 2D turbulence on length-scales much larger than the scale-height of the galaxy disc and 3D otherwise. This allows us to use the estimated slope to set bounds on the scale-heights of the face-on galaxies in our sample. We also find that the power-law slope remains constant as we increase the channel thickness for all these galaxies, suggesting that the fluctuations in H  i intensity are due to density fluctuations and not velocity fluctuations, or that the slope of the velocity structure function is ∼0. Finally, for the four galaxies with '2D turbulence' we find that the slope α correlates with the star formation rate (SFR) per unit area, with larger SFRs leading to steeper power laws. Given our small sample size, this result needs to be confirmed with a larger sample.  相似文献   

Search for orbital motion of the pulsar 4U 1626–67: Candidate for a neutron star with a supernova fall-back accretion disk     

Chetana Jain  Biswajit Paul  Kaustubh Joshi  Anjan Dutta  Harsha Raichur 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2007,28(4):175-184

We report here results from a new search for orbital motion of the accretion powered X-ray pulsar 4U 1626–67 using two different analysis techniques. X-ray light curve obtained with the Proportional Counter Array of the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer during a long observation carried out in February 1996, was used in this work. The spin period and the local period derivative were first determined from the broad 2–60 keV energy band light curve and these were used for all subsequent timing analysis. In the first technique, the orbital phase dependent pulse arrival times were determined for different trial orbital periods in the range of 500 to 10,000 s. We have determined a 3σ upper limit of 13 lt-ms on the projected semimajor axis of the orbit of the neutron star for most of the orbital period range, while in some narrow orbital period ranges, covering about 10% of the total orbital period range, it is 20lt-ms. In the second method, we have measured the pulse arrival times at intervals of 100 s over the entire duration of the observation. The pulse arrival time data were used to put an upper limit on any periodic arrival time delay using the Lomb-Scargle periodogram. We have obtained a similar upper limit of 10 lt-ms using the second method over the orbital period range of 500–10,000 s. This puts very stringent upper limits for the mass of the compact object except for the unlikely case of a complete face-on orientation of the binary system with respect to our line-of-sight. In the light of this measurement and the earlier reports, we discuss the possibility of this system being a neutron star with a supernovae fall-back accretion disk.  相似文献   

Accuracy assessment in cotton acreage estimation using Indian remote sensing satellite data     

Sujay Dutta  S.A. Sharma  A.P. Khera  Ajai  M. Yadav  R.S. Hooda  K.E. Mothikumar  M.L. Manchanda 《ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing》1994,49(6)

The accuracy of cotton crop classification using satellite data has been assessed with respect to a detailed land cover map prepared by field survey. The effect of spatial resolution on classification accuracy was studied using LISS-I (spatial resolution 72.6 m) and LISS-II data (spatial resolution 36.25 m) of the Indian remote sensing satellite IRS-1B. The performances of the maximum likelihood and the minimum distance to mean as classifiers have also been assessed. LISS-II data have been found to give a higher classification accuracy. The estimate of cotton acreage using LISS-II data was closer to that obtained from the base map. The maximum likelihood classifier (MXL) and the minimum distance to mean (MDM) classifier performed equally well.  相似文献   

SH-wave propagation in a composite elastic medium     

A. Dutta  M. Mitra 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1974,112(2):339-351

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Compressibility and Strength Behaviour of Sand–tyre Chip Mixtures     

G. Venkatappa Rao  R. K. Dutta 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2006,24(3):711-724

Scrap tyres can be shredded into chips and can easily be mixed with granular soils. To assess the behaviour of the admixtures, compressibility and triaxial compression tests were carried out by varying chip size and chip content. The results demonstrated that sand–tyre chip mixtures up to 20% could be a potential material for highway construction and embankment construction up to around 10 m height.  相似文献