ULTRACAM photometry of the eclipsing cataclysmic variable OU Vir     

W. J. Feline  V. S. Dhillon  T. R. Marsh  M. J. Stevenson  C. A. Watson  C. S. Brinkworth 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,347(4):1173-1179

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The masses of the cataclysmic variables AC Cancri and V363 Aurigae     

T. D. Thoroughgood  V. S. Dhillon  C. A. Watson  D. A. H. Buckley  D. Steeghs  M. J. Stevenson 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,353(4):1135-1150

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Erratum: ULTRACAM photometry of the eclipsing cataclysmic variable OU Vir     

W. J. Feline  V. S. Dhillon  T. R. Marsh  M. J. Stevenson  C. A. Watson  C. S. Brinkworth 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,354(4):1279-1279

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Free dicarboxylic and aromatic acids in the carbonaceous chondrites Murchison and Orgueil     

Z. Martins  J. S. Watson  M. A. Sephton  O. Botta  P. Ehrenfreund  I. Gilmour 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2006,41(7):1073-1080

Abstract— We have analyzed an important fraction of the free carboxylic acids present in water extracts of the CM2 chondrite Murchison and the CI1 chondrite Orgueil using gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC‐MS). The free nature of the carboxylic acids analyzed was ensured by employing a single‐step water extraction. Analyses revealed the presence of a structurally diverse suite of both aliphatic and aromatic acids in Murchison, while Orgueil exhibits a simpler distribution of exclusively aromatic acids. Within the Murchison aromatic acids, there are previously unreported phthalic acids, methyl phthalic acids, and hydroxybenzoic acids. In Orgueil, benzoic acid and very small amounts of methylbenzoic acids and methylhydroxybenzoic acids were detected. For the aromatic acids in both Murchison and Orgueil, most structural isomers were identified, suggesting an origin by abiotic processes. Quantitative differences are evident between acids in the two meteorites; carboxylic acids are much more abundant in Murchison than in Orgueil. The data suggest that differing levels of aqueous alteration on the meteorite parent body(ies) has produced dissimilar distributions of carboxylic acids.  相似文献   

Source subtraction for the extended Very Small Array and 33-GHz source count estimates   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Kieran A. Cleary †  Angela C. Taylor ‡  Elizabeth Waldram  Richard A. Battye  Clive Dickinson §  Rod D. Davies  Richard J. Davis  Ricardo Genova-Santos  Keith Grainge  Michael E. Jones ¶  Rüdiger Kneissl  G. G. Pooley  Rafael Rebolo  José Alberto Rubiño-Martín  Richard D. E. Saunders  Paul F. Scott  An&#;e Slosar &#;  David Titterington  Robert A. Watson 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,360(1):340-353

We describe the source subtraction strategy and observations for the extended Very Small Array (VSA), a cosmic microwave background interferometer operating at 33 GHz. A total of 453 sources were monitored at 33 GHz using a dedicated source subtraction baseline. 131 sources brighter than 20 mJy were directly subtracted from the VSA visibility data. Some characteristics of the subtracted sources, such as spectra and variability, are discussed. The 33-GHz source counts are estimated from a sample selected at 15 GHz. The selection of VSA fields in order to avoid bright sources introduces a bias into the observed counts. This bias is corrected and the resulting source count is estimated to be complete in the flux-density range 20–114 mJy. The 33-GHz source counts are used to calculate a correction to the VSA power spectrum for sources below the subtraction limit.  相似文献   

Near-infrared spectroscopic monitoring of WR 140 during the 2001 periastron passage     

Watson P. Varricatt  P. M. Williams  N. M. Ashok 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,351(4):1307-1318

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A thermobarometer for sphene (titanite)   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

Leslie A. Hayden  E. Bruce Watson  David A. Wark 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2008,155(4):529-540

Sphene and zircon are common accessory minerals in metamorphic and igneous rocks of very different composition from many different geological environments. Their essential structural constituents, Ti and Zr, are capable of replacing each other to some degree. In this paper we detail the results of high pressure–temperature experiments as well as analyses of natural sphene crystals that establish a systematic relationship between temperature, pressure and Zr concentration in sphene. Calibrations of the temperature and pressure relationships are presented as a thermobarometer. Synthetic sphene crystals were crystallized in the presence of zircon, quartz and rutile at 1–2.4 GPa and 800–1,000°C from hydrothermal solutions. Crystals were analyzed for Zr by electron microprobe (EMP). The experimental results define a log-linear relationship between equilibrium Zr content (ppm by weight), pressure (GPa) and reciprocal absolute temperature: The incorporation of Zr into sphene was found to be rather sensitive to pressure effects and also to the effects of kinetic disequilibrium and growth entrapment that result in sector zoning. The Zr content of sphene is relatively insensitive to the presence of both REEs and F-Al substitutions in sphene. To supplement and test the experimental data, sphenes from seven rocks of well-constrained origin were analyzed for Zr by both EMP and ion microprobe (IMP). The sphene thermobarometer records crystallization temperatures that are consistent with independent thermometry. When applied to natural sphene of unknown origin or growth conditions, this thermobarometer has the potential to estimate temperatures with an approximate uncertainty of ±20°C over the temperature range of interest (600–1,000°C). The Zr-in-sphene thermobarometer can also be used in conjunction with the Zr-in-rutile thermobarometer to estimate both pressure and temperature of crystallization. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Superoxide-mediated Fe(II) formation from organically complexed Fe(III) in coastal waters     

Manabu Fujii  Hiroaki Ito  T. David Waite 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2008,72(24):6079-6089

Fe(III) complexed by organic ligands (Fe(III)L) is the primary form of dissolved Fe in marine and coastal environments. Superoxide, typically produced in biological and photochemical processes, is one of the reducing agents that contributes to transformation of Fe(III)L to bioavailable, free dissolved Fe(II) (Fe(II)′). In this work, the kinetics of superoxide-mediated Fe(II)′ formation from Fe(III)L in a simulated coastal water system were investigated and a comprehensive kinetic model was developed using citrate and fulvic acid as exemplar Fe-binding ligands. To simulate a coastal environment in laboratory experiments, Fe(III)L samples with various ligand/Fe ratios were incubated for 5 min to 1 week in seawater medium. At each ratio and incubation time, the rate of superoxide-mediated Fe(II)′ formation was determined in the presence of the strong Fe(II) binding ligand ferrozine by spectrophotometrically measuring the ferrous-ferrozine complex generated at a constant concentration of superoxide. The Fe(II)′ formation rate generally decreased with incubation time, as Fe(III)L gradually dissociated to form less reactive Fe(III) oxyhydroxide. However, when the ligand/Fe ratio was sufficiently high, the dissociation of Fe(III)L (and subsequent Fe precipitation) was suppressed and Fe(II)′ was formed at a higher rate. The rate of Fe(II)′ produced during the experiment was explained by the kinetic model. The model confirmed that both the ligand/Fe ratio and incubation time have a significant effect on the pathway via which Fe(II)′ is formed from Fe(III)-fulvic acid complexes.  相似文献   

Abandoned channel fill sequences in the tidal estuary of a small mountainous,dry‐summer river          下载免费PDF全文

Andrew B. Gray  Gregory B. Pasternack  Elizabeth B. Watson  Miguel A. Goñi 《Sedimentology》2016,63(1):176-206

This study proposes a modification of the current model for abandoned channel fill stratigraphy produced in unidirectional flow river reaches to incorporate seasonal tidal deposition. Evidence supporting this concept came from a study of two consecutive channel abandonment sequences in Ropers Slough of the lower Eel River Estuary in northern California. Aerial photographs showed that Ropers Slough was abandoned around 1943, reoccupied after the 1964 flood, and abandoned again in 1974 with fill continuing to the present. Planform geomorphic characteristics derived from these images were used in conjunction with sub‐centimetre resolution stratigraphic analyses to describe depositional processes and their resultant sedimentary deposits. Both abandonment sequences recorded quasi‐annual scale fluvial/tidal deposition couplets. In both cases, tidal deposits contained very little sand, were higher in organic and inorganic carbon content than the sandier, fluvially dominated deposits, and possessed millimetre‐scale horizontal laminations. The two abandonment fills differed significantly in terms of the temporal progression of channel narrowing and fluvial sediment deposition characteristics. Aerial photographic analysis showed that the first abandonment sequence led to a more rapid narrowing of Ropers Slough and produced deposits with a positive relationship between grain size/deposit thickness and discharge. The second abandonment resulted in a much slower narrowing of Ropers Slough and generally thinner fluvial deposits with no clear relationship between grain size/deposit thickness and discharge. The δ¹³C values and organic nitrogen to organic carbon ratios of deposits from the first phase overlapped with Eel River suspended sediment characteristics found for low flows (one to five times mean discharge), while those of the second phase were consistent with suspended sediment from higher flows (seven to ten times mean discharge). When considered together, the results indicate that the early fill sequence recorded a reach experiencing regular fluvial deposition through flow conditions during the wet season, while the latter fill sequence records a reach more disconnected from the main stem in terms of flow and sediment. The major factor affecting the difference in sedimentation between the two fill periods appears to have been the morphology of the upstream river bend in relation to the position of the bifurcation node. During the first fill period, the upstream entrance to Ropers Slough seems to have remained open, in part due to the placement of its entrance on the outside of the mainstem river bend, and despite stronger tidal effects caused by a larger tidal prism and closer proximity to the tidal inlet. By the second fill sequence, the upstream bend morphology had altered, placing the entrance to Ropers Slough on the inner bank of the mainstem bend, which resulted in more rapid plug bar formation. The role of tidal effects in the geomorphic trajectory of the two abandonment sequences is unclear, but appears to have been less important than local bifurcation geometry.  相似文献   

Use of Thermal Image Velocimetry to Measure a Dust-Devil-Like Vortex Within a Sports Ground in a Residential Area     

Inagaki  Atsushi  Kanda  Manabu 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2022,183(1):125-141

Boundary-Layer Meteorology - We investigate the characteristics of a dust-devil-like vortex (DDLV) observed using thermal image velocimetry (TIV) at a sports ground in Tokyo. Thermal image...  相似文献