Discovery of the 'missing' mode in HR 1217 by the Whole Earth Telescope     

D. W.Kurtz  S. D.Kawaler  R. L.Riddle  M. D.Reed †  M. S.Cunha  M.Wood  N.Silvestri  T. K.Watson  N.Dolez  P.Moskalik  S.Zola  E.Pallier  J. A.Guzik  T. S.Metcalfe  A. S.Mukadam  R. E.Nather  D. E.Winget  D. J.Sullivan  T.Sullivan  K.Sekiguchi  X.Jiang  R.Shobbrook  B. N.Ashoka  S.Seetha  S.Joshi  D.O'Donoghue  G.Handler  M.Mueller  J. M.Gonzalez Perez  J.-E.Solheim  F.Johannessen  A.Ulla  S. O.Kepler  A.Kanaan  A.da Costa  L.Fraga  O.Giovannini  J. M.Matthews 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,330(3):57-61

HR 1217 is a prototypical rapidly oscillating Ap star that has presented a test to the theory of non-radial stellar pulsation. Prior observations showed a clear pattern of five modes with alternating frequency spacings of 33.3 and 34.6 μHz, with a sixth mode at a problematic spacing of 50.0 μHz (which equals  1.5×33.3 μHz)  to the high-frequency side. Asymptotic pulsation theory allowed for a frequency spacing of 34 μHz, but Hipparcos observations rule out such a spacing. Theoretical calculations of magnetoacoustic modes in Ap stars by Cunha predicted that there should be a previously undetected mode 34 μHz higher than the main group, with a smaller spacing between it and the highest one. In this Letter, we present preliminary results from a multisite photometric campaign on the rapidly oscillating Ap star HR 1217 using the 'Whole Earth Telescope'. While a complete analysis of the data will appear in a later paper, one outstanding result from this run is the discovery of a newly detected frequency in the pulsation spectrum of this star, at the frequency predicted by Cunha.  相似文献   

Spatially resolved spectroscopy of the E+A galaxies in the z= 0.32 cluster AC 114   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Michael B. Pracy  Warrick J. Couch  Chris Blake  Kenji Bekki  Craig Harrison  Matthew Colless  Harald Kuntschner  Roberto de Propris 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,359(4):1421-1432

We present spatially resolved intermediate-resolution spectroscopy of a sample of 12 E+A galaxies in the   z = 0.32  rich galaxy cluster AC 114, obtained with the FLAMES multi-integral field unit system on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory. Previous integrated spectroscopy of all these galaxies by Couch & Sharples had shown them to have strong Balmer line absorption and an absence of [O  ii ]λ3727 emission – the defining characteristics of the 'E+A' spectral signature, indicative of an abrupt halt to a recent episode of quite vigorous star formation. We have used our spectral data to determine the radial variation in the strength of Hδ absorption in these galaxies and hence map out the distribution of this recently formed stellar population. Such information provides important clues as to what physical event might have been responsible for this quite dramatic change in star formation activity in the recent past of these galaxies. We find a diversity of behaviour amongst these galaxies in terms of the radial variation in Hδ absorption: four galaxies show little Hδ absorption across their entire extent; it would appear they were misidentified as E+A galaxies in the earlier integrated spectroscopic studies. The remainder show strong Hδ absorption, with a gradient that is either negative (Hδ equivalent width decreasing with radius), flat or positive . By comparison with numerical simulations we suggest that the first of these different types of radial behaviour provides evidence for a merger/interaction origin, whereas the latter two types of behaviour are more consistent with the truncation of star formation in normal disc galaxies with the Hδ gradient becoming increasingly positive with time after truncation. It would seem therefore that more than one physical mechanism is responsible for E+A formation in the same environment.  相似文献   

What causes solar active region loops to exist at transition region temperatures?     

Louise K. Harra  Cristine H. Mandrini  Sarah A. Matthews 《Solar physics》2004,223(1):57-76

High-lying, dynamic loops have been observed at transition region temperatures since Skylab observations. The nature of these loops has been debated for many years with several explanations having been put forward. These include that the loops are merely cooling from hotter coronal loops, that they are produced from siphon flows, or that they are loops heated only to transition region temperatures. In this paper we will make use of combined SOHO-MDI (Michelson-Doppler Imager), SOHO-CDS (Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer) and Yohkoh SXT (Soft X-ray Telescope) datasets in order to determine whether the appearance of transition region loops is related to small-scale flaring in the corona, and to estimate the magnetic configuration of the loops. The latter allows us to determine the direction of plasma flows in the transition region loops. We find that the appearance of the transition region loops is often related to small-scale flaring in the corona and in this case the transition region loops appear to be cooling with material draining down from the loop top.  相似文献   

Cosmology with photometric redshift surveys     

Chris Blake  Sarah Bridle 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,363(4):1329-1348

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What causes solar active region loops to exist at transition region temperatures?     

Louise K. Harra  Cristine H. Mandrini  Sarah A. Matthews 《Solar physics》2004,223(1-2):57-76

High-lying, dynamic loops have been observed at transition region temperatures since Skylab observations. The nature of these loops has been debated for many years with several explanations having been put forward. These include that the loops are merely cooling from hotter coronal loops, that they are produced from siphon flows, or that they are loops heated only to transition region temperatures. In this paper we will make use of combined SOHO-MDI (Michelson-Doppler Imager), SOHO-CDS (Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer) and Yohkoh SXT (Soft X-ray Telescope) datasets in order to determine whether the appearance of transition region loops is related to small-scale flaring in the corona, and to estimate the magnetic configuration of the loops. The latter allows us to determine the direction of plasma flows in the transition region loops. We find that the appearance of the transition region loops is often related to small-scale flaring in the corona and in this case the transition region loops appear to be cooling with material draining down from the loop top.  相似文献   

Galaxy evolution, cosmology and dark energy with the Square Kilometer Array     

S. Rawlings  F.B. Abdalla  S.L. Bridle  C.A. Blake  C.M. Baugh  L.J. Greenhill  J.M. van der Hulst 《New Astronomy Reviews》2004,48(11-12):1013

The present-day Universe is seemingly dominated by dark energy and dark matter, but mapping the normal (baryonic) content remains vital for both astrophysics – understanding how galaxies form – and astro-particle physics – inferring properties of the dark components.The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will provide the only means of studying the cosmic evolution of neutral hydrogen (HI) which, alongside information on star formation from the radio continuum, is needed to understand how stars formed from gas within dark-matter over-densities and the rôles of gas accretion and galaxy merging.‘All hemisphere’ HI redshift surveys to z 1.5 are feasible with wide-field-of-view realizations of the SKA and, by measuring the galaxy power spectrum in exquisite detail, will allow the first precise studies of the equation-of-state of dark energy. The SKA will be capable of other uniquely powerful cosmological studies including the measurement of the dark-matter power spectrum using weak gravitational lensing, and the precise measurement of H₀ using extragalactic water masers.The SKA is likely to become the premier dark-energy-measuring machine, bringing breakthroughs in cosmology beyond those likely to be made possible by combining CMB (e.g. Planck), optical (e.g. LSST, SNAP) and other early-21st-century datasets.  相似文献   

A Heitler model of extensive air showers     

J. Matthews   《Astroparticle Physics》2005,22(5-6):387-397

A simple, semi-empirical model is used to develop the hadronic portion of air showers in a manner analogous to the well-known Heitler splitting approximation of electromagnetic cascades. Various characteristics of EAS are plainly exhibited with numerical predictions in good accord with detailed Monte Carlo simulations and with data. Results for energy reconstruction, muon and electron sizes, the elongation rate, and for the effects of the atomic number of the primary are discussed.  相似文献   

Thermal response of Iapetus to an eclipse by Saturn's rings     

G. Neugebauer  K. Matthews  P.D. Nicholson  I. Gatley  S.V.W. Beckwith 《Icarus》2005,177(1):63-68

Measurements of Iapetus as seen at 20 and 2.2 μm in the shadow of Saturn's ring are given, providing the thermal response to a rapidly varying heat input. The 20 μm thermal emission follows the 2.2 μm flux input closely. The observations, plus a simple diffusion calculation, imply that the surface of Iapetus is made of material having a very small thermal inertia, probably .  相似文献   

Variations in oceanic upper crustal structure in a small area of the north-eastern Atlantic     

Robert S. White  Drummond H. Matthews 《Geophysical Journal International》1980,61(2):401-435

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Seismic Velocities Measured in Rocks of the Troodos Igneous Complex     

J. M. Lort  D. H. Matthews 《Geophysical Journal International》1972,27(4):383-392

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