Profiles of dark haloes: evolution, scatter and environment     

J. S. Bullock  T. S. Kolatt  Y. Sigad  R. S. Somerville  A. V. Kravtsov  †  A. A. Klypin  J. R. Primack  A. Dekel 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,321(3):559-575

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Estimating photometric redshifts with artificial neural networks     

Andrew E. Firth  Ofer Lahav  Rachel S. Somerville 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,339(4):1195-1202

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Feedback in simulations of disc-galaxy major mergers     

T. J. Cox  Patrik Jonsson  Joel R. Primack  Rachel S. Somerville 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,373(3):1013-1038

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Bénard convection in a rotating fluid     

Richard C. J. Somerville 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(1):247-262

Abstract

The steady nonlinear regime of Bénard convection in a uniformly rotating fluid is treated using a two-dimensional primitive-equation numerical model with rigid boundaries. Quantitative comparisons with laboratory heat transport data for water are made in the parameter ranges for which the experimental flows are approximately two-dimensional and steady. When an experimentally realistic spatial periodicity is imposed upon the numerical solution, the model simulates the experimental determinations of Nusselt number fairly accurately. In particular, it predicts the observed non-monotonic dependence on Taylor number. When spatial periodicities corresponding to those of the linear stability problem are specified, however, the accuracy of the simulation is less and the Taylor number dependence is monotonic.  相似文献   

The many manifestations of downsizing: hierarchical galaxy formation models confront observations     

Fabio Fontanot  Gabriella De Lucia  Pierluigi Monaco  Rachel S. Somerville  Paola Santini 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,397(4):1776-1790

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The effects of gas on morphological transformation in mergers: implications for bulge and disc demographics     

Philip F. Hopkins  Rachel S. Somerville  Thomas J. Cox †  Lars Hernquist  Shardha Jogee  Dusan Kere&#;  Chung-Pei Ma  Brant Robertson ‡  Kyle Stewart 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,397(2):802-814

Transformation of discs into spheroids via mergers is a well-accepted element of galaxy formation models. However, recent simulations have shown that the bulge formation is suppressed in increasingly gas-rich mergers. We investigate the global implications of these results in a cosmological framework, using independent approaches: empirical halo-occupation models (where galaxies are populated in haloes according to observations) and semi-analytic models. In both, ignoring the effects of gas in mergers leads to the overproduction of spheroids: low- and intermediate-mass galaxies are predicted to be bulge-dominated (   B / T ∼ 0.5  at  <10¹⁰ M_⊙  , with almost no 'bulgeless' systems), even if they have avoided major mergers. Including the different physical behaviour of gas in mergers immediately leads to a dramatic change: bulge formation is suppressed in low-mass galaxies, observed to be gas-rich (giving   B / T ∼ 0.1  at  <10¹⁰ M_⊙  , with a number of bulgeless galaxies in good agreement with observations). Simulations and analytic models which neglect the similarity-breaking behaviour of gas have difficulty reproducing the strong observed morphology–mass relation. However, the observed dependence of gas fractions on mass, combined with suppression of bulge formation in gas-rich mergers, naturally leads to the observed trends. Discrepancies between observations and models that ignore the role of gas increase with redshift; in models that treat gas properly, galaxies are predicted to be less bulge-dominated at high redshifts, in agreement with the observations. We discuss implications for the global bulge mass density and future observational tests.  相似文献   

Spectral Characterisation of Tsunamis and Seiches Caused by Tectonism and Volcanism in Rabaul,Papua New Guinea     

Sinadinovsk  C.  Somerville  M.  McCue  K. F.  Talai  B. 《Natural Hazards》2001,24(3):285-294

Tsunamis originating in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea can be locally devastating and also occasionally threaten coastal areas of northern Australia. Tsunamis may be caused by earthquakes, volcanoes or submarine landslides. In Rabaul a unique set of records exists of tsunamis and seiches generated by tectonic earthquakes, volcanic earthquakes and a volcanic eruption. Spectral analysis of the digitised waveforms has been undertaken to compare the effects of the different sources and to estimate the characteristic natural periods of Rabaul Harbour. Seiches in Rabaul Harbourhave dominant periods of 20 to 30 min, a period band that is also typical for coastal recordings of tsunamis.  相似文献   

Environmental effects of the use of oil-based drilling muds in the North Sea     

J.M. Davies  J.M. Addy  R.A. Blackman  J.R. Blanchard  J.E. Ferbrache  D.C. Moore  H.J. Somerville  A. Whitehead  T. Wilkinson 《Marine pollution bulletin》1984,15(10):363-370

The environmental effects of oil-based drilling mud cuttings have been evaluated using all the data available from monitoring around North Sea platforms. Beneath the platforms making extensive use of oil-based drilling muds the natural sediment is buried by cuttings and the hydrocarbon concentration 250 m from the platforms may be 1000 times background, but the concentration gradient is very steep and background levels are usually reached 2000–3000 m from the platform.The extent of the biological effects appear to be greater from the use of oil-based muds than from water-based muds. Beyond the area of physical smothering the effects of oil-based mud cuttings may be due to organic enrichment or to the toxicity of the aromatic fraction of the oil. Despite the large scale of inputs, in all the fields studied the major deleterious biological effects occurred within 500 m of the platform. Surrounding the area of major impact was a transition zone in which subtle biological effects could be detected as community parameters returned to normal, generally within 400–1000 m.The shape and extent of this zone varied and was largely determined by the current regime and scale of the drilling operation. Elevated hydrocarbon concentrations were detected beyond the areas of biological effects.  相似文献   

Editorial     

Ian D. Somerville 《Geological Journal》2005,40(1):1-1

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Lower Carboniferous peritidal carbonates and associated evaporites adjacent to the Leinster Massif,southeast Irish Midlands     

Zsolt R. Nagy  Ian D. Somerville  Jay M. Gregg  Stephen P. Becker  Kevin L. Shelton 《Geological Journal》2005,40(2):173-192

Analysis of a 275 m‐thick section in the Milford Borehole, GSI‐91‐25, from County Carlow, Ireland, has revealed an unusual sequence of shallow subtidal, peritidal and sabkha facies in rocks of mid?‐late Chadian to late Holkerian (Viséan, Lower Carboniferous) age. Sedimentation occurred on an inner ramp setting, adjacent to the Leinster Massif. The lower part of the sequence (late Chadian age) above the basal subtidal bioclastic unit is dominated by oolite sand facies associations. These include a lower regressive dolomitized, oolitic peloidal mobile shoal, and an upper, probably transgressive, backshoal oolite sand. A 68 m‐thick, well‐developed peritidal sequence is present between the oolitic intervals. These rocks consist of alternating stromatolitic fenestral mudstone, dolomite and organic shale, with evaporite pseudomorphs and subaerial exposure horizons containing pedogenic features. In the succeeding Arundian–Holkerian strata, transgressive–regressive carbonate units are recognized. These comprise high‐energy, backshoal subtidal cycles of argillaceous skeletal packstones, bioclastic grainstones with minor oolites and algal wackestones to grainstones and infrequent algal stromatolite horizons. The study recognizes for the first time the peritidal and sabkha deposits in Chadian rocks adjacent to the Leinster Massif in the eastern Irish Midlands. These strata appear to be coeval with similar evaporite‐bearing rocks in County Wexford that are developed on the southern margin of this landmass, and similar depositional facies exist further to the east in the South Wales Platform, south of St. George's Land, and in Belgium, south of the Brabant Massif. The presence of evaporites in the peritidal facies suggests that dense brines may have formed adjacent to the Leinster Massif. These fluids may have been involved in regional dolomitization of Chadian and possibly underlying Courceyan strata. They may also have been a source of high salinity fluids associated with nearby base‐metal sulphide deposits. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献