Superluminal velocity and deviation from Newton's inverse square law     

W. Walter Petry 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1988,140(2):407-419

Starting from the theory of gravitation in flat space-time of Petry (1981), the gravitational field of a static spherically-symmetric body is studied. Petry (1982) has shown that this field in the exterior of the body depends on a parameter which is fixed by the interior solution, i.e., it depends on the density of matter, the pressure, the equation of state, etc. If this parameter is small, the results for the well-known effects, i.e., redshift, deflection of light, perihelion shift, and radar time-delay, agree with those of general relativity. In this paper, we study these effects for larger values of this parameter. Furthermore, for sufficiently large positive values of the parameter, in the neighbourhood of the body the radial velocity of light can exceed several times the vacuum light-velocity. Therefore, the components of such an object can move away with velocities a few times greater than that of light in agreement with the observed superluminal velocities in extragalactic objects.  相似文献   

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846)     

Fricke  Walter 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1985,110(1):11-19

May I first express my warmest thanks to the organizers of the Conference for having invited me to present a brief bibliographic report on the great astronomer F. W. Bessel. You have given me a welcome opportunity to express an appreciation of Bessel's work which has marked the beginning of research on the motion of stars and which was pioneer work on astrometric binaries and on the determination of stellar distances. Bessel has established the first celestial coordinate system which approximates an inertial system, and my colleagues and I at Heidelberg in establishing an improved fundamental reference system, the FK5, have had to review again some of Bessel's pioneer contributions to this field, and such contributions shall be mentioned later. My talk shall be divided into the following parts: (1) Bessel's course of life and family; (2) Education in astronomy in Bremen; (3) Fundamenta Astronomiae; (4) Fundamental observations at the Königsberg Observatory (or according to S. Newcomb (1906): the German School of Astrometry); (5) 61 Cygni; (6) Bibliography of Bessel's original works.Communication presented at the International Conference on Astrometric Binaries, held on 13–15 June, 1984, at the Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Germany, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846).  相似文献   

Deposition of sulfur dioxide to building stones: the influence of the ambient concentration on the deposition velocity     

Andreas Behlen  Michael Steiger  Walter Dannecker 《Environmental Geology》2008,56(3-4):595-603

We report on extensive deposition measurements of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) on three types of commonly used building stones (Obernkirchen sandstone, Sand sandstone, Ihrlerstein sandstone). The deposition velocities on the three materials were determined in a number of measuring campaigns at different sites with different levels of air pollution. The measurements clearly imply that there is a strong influence of SO₂ concentration on the deposition velocity. With increasing concentration there is a strong decrease in the deposition velocity. To understand this deposition behavior a simple model with a single rate constant as the only adjustable parameter was established. Rate constants for the three stone materials were determined by least squares analysis and good agreement between experimental and calculated deposition velocities was obtained. According to the model treatment the surface resistance of stone materials increases with increasing SO₂ concentration due to a decrease of the pH in surface films. It follows from the concentration dependence of the deposition velocity that emission control measures for the reduction of ambient SO₂ concentrations do not lead to a proportional reduction of the SO₂ deposition. At low SO₂ concentrations the differences in the deposition behavior of different stone materials diminish and stone surfaces behave like ideal absorbers under such conditions, i.e., the deposition velocity is controlled by the aerodynamic resistance.  相似文献   

Using El Niño/Southern Oscillation Climate Data to Predict Rice Production in Indonesia     

Rosamond L. Naylor  Walter P. Falcon  Daniel Rochberg  Nikolas Wada 《Climatic change》2001,50(3):255-265

Despite the strong signal of El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on climate in the Indo-Pacific region, models linking ENSO-based climate variability to seasonal rice production and food security in the region have not been well developed or widely used in a policy context. This study successfully measures the connections among sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs), rainfall, and rice production in Indonesia during the past three decades. Regression results show particularly strong connections on Java, where 55% of the country's rice is grown. Two-thirds of the interannual variance in rice plantings and 40% of the interannual variance in rice production during the main (wet) season on Java are explained by year-to-year fluctuations in SSTAs measured 4 and 8 months in advance, respectively. These effects are cumulative; during strong El Niño years, production shortfalls in the wet season are not made up later in the crop year. The analysis demonstrates that quantitative predictions of ENSO's effects on rice harvests can provide an additional tool for managing food security in one of the world's most populous and important rice-producing countries.  相似文献   

从香港地质谈到中国农业生态     

Parh.  WE 《热带地理》1997,17(2):164-172

在热带条件下，不同种类岩石受到强烈的化学风化作用，并导致某些环境问题，香港在这方面提供了十分典型的例子。在香港，岩石风化厚度可达８０ｍｉｎ，普通成岩矿物长石和云母被转化为粘土矿物埃洛石和高岭石，风化岩密度一般降低４０％￣８０％，埃洛石密度看来是亚稳定的，随年龄的增加而降低。在老于晚侏罗纪或早白垩纪的岩石中，还未临别出埃洛石。埃洛石、高岭石及其风化产物少含植物所需营养元素，且阳离子交换能力低，因而所  相似文献   

Modeling interactive effects of climate change,air pollution,and fire on a California Shrubland     

George P. Malanson  Walter E. Westman 《Climatic change》1991,18(4):363-376

A computer simulation model (FINICS) was used to project the interactive effects of CO₂-induced climate change on a drought-deciduous shrubland. FINICS simulates the competitive relations of five dominant shrub species of Californian coastal sage scrub, based on their aboveground growth and reproductive behavior. The model was used to simulate the separate and combined effects of altered precipitation, temperature, ambient ozone levels, and fuel loads and fire intensity, on species composition. Both growth chamber and field data were used to parameterize the model. Projections show that changes attributed to climate variation alone were markedly accentuated when the indirect effects of climate change on fire intensity and ozone pollution were considered. Model results emphasized that change in community composition will result from shifting competitive abilities of individual species under the changed environmental conditions. While neither all of the secondary effects of climate change nor all possible species were included in the model, the projections suggest that inclusion of secondary interactions and species competition will be important in predicting vegetation change realistically.  相似文献   

Active and laboratory experiments in space plasma physics     

Walter Gekelman 《Surveys in Geophysics》1995,16(3):457-485

This report focuses on active experiments in space as well as laboratory experiments which are directly related to space phenomena. The active experiments involve particle releases in the CRESS and AMPTE missions. Unexpected results such as the motion of the plasma triggered several interesting computer simulations and a laboratory experiment which will be reviewed. Critical Ionization Phenomena will be discussed in this context. A recent release over Arecibo was used to create a plasma lens to focus radiation from the HF heater beam. The higher power triggered several nonlinear processes. Advances in plasma sources and diagnostics have made it possible to scale many laboratory experiments. Discussed here are experiments on Alfvén waves generated by a localized source, 3D magnetic field line reconnection, three dimensional magnetized double layers and simulations of a tethered satellite.  相似文献   

A numerical simulation of the Martian polar cap breeze     

Walter Fernández 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1995,70(1-3):193-205

A mathematical model for the Martian polar cap breeze was constructed in part from work previously done by others on the terrestrial sea breeze. With this model a numerical simulation corresponding to the Southern Hemisphere winter season was made. The results obtained with the proposed model show that the Martian polar cap breeze is a well defined system with some similarities to the terrestrial sea breeze. At the time of maximum intensity, the largest values of vertical velocities are about 10 cm/s and occur at heights between 850–1250 m. The largest values of horizontal velocities are about 15 m/s. A polar cap breeze front is clearly discernible in the results. The rate of advance of this front is at an average of about 10 km/h.  相似文献   

Inherited igneous zircons in jadeitite predate high-pressure metamorphism and jadeitite formation in the Jagua Clara serpentinite mélange of the Rio San Juan Complex (Dominican Republic)     

Andreas Hertwig  William C. McClelland  Kouki Kitajima  Hans-Peter Schertl  Walter V. Maresch  Klaus Stanek  John W. Valley  Sergey A. Sergeev 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2016,171(5):48

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Multi-temporal SAR observations of the Surat Basin in Australia for deformation scenario evaluation associated with man-made interactions     

Negin Fouladi Moghaddam  Sergey V. Samsonov  Christoph Rüdiger  Jeffrey P. Walker  Walter D. M. Hall 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(4):282

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