Asymptotic giant branch superwind speed at low metallicity     

Jonathan R. Marshall  Jacco Th. van Loon  Mikako Matsuura  Peter R. Wood  Albert A. Zijlstra  Patricia A. Whitelock 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,355(4):1348-1360

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Cokriging nonstationary data     

A. Stein  A. C. van Eijnsbergen  L. G. Barendregt 《Mathematical Geology》1991,23(5):703-719

Universal cokriging is used to obtain predictions when dealing with multivariate random functions. An important type of nonstationarity is defined in terms of multivariate random functions with increments which are stationary of orderk. The covariance between increments of different variables is modeled by means of the pseudo-cross-covariance function. Criteria are formulated to which the parameters of pseudo-cross-covariance functions must comply so as to ensure positive-definiteness. Cokriging equations and the induced cokriging equations are given. The study is illustrated by an example from soil science.  相似文献   

On least squares estimation of generalized covariance functions     

Angelika van der Linde 《Mathematical Geology》1993,25(1):1-7

Least squares estimation (LSE) is theoretically related to quadratic unbiased estimation of variance components. It is argued that these methods of estimation of variance components essentially generalize LSE though they are not formally equivalent.  相似文献   

Palaeotemperature reconstructions of the European permafrost zone during marine oxygen isotope Stage 3 compared with climate model results     

Ko van Huissteden  Jef Vandenberghe  David Pollard 《第四纪科学杂志》2003,18(5):453-464

A palaeotemperature reconstruction based on periglacial phenomena in Europe north of approximately 51 °N, is compared with high‐resolution regional climate model simulations of the marine oxygen isotope Stage 3 (Stage 3) palaeoclimate. The experiments represent Stage 3 warm (interstadial), Stage 3 cold (stadial) and Last Glacial Maximum climatic conditions. The palaeotemperature reconstruction deviates considerably for the Stage 3 cold climate experiments, with mismatches up to 11 °C for the mean annual air temperature and up to 15 °C for the winter temperature. However, in this reconstruction various factors linking climate and permafrost have not been taken into account. In particular a relatively thin snow cover and high climatic variability of the glacial climate could have influenced temperature limits for ice‐wedge growth. Based on modelling the 0 °C mean annual ground temperature proves to be an appropriate upper temperature limit. Using this limit, mismatches with the Stage 3 cold climate experiments have been reduced but still remain. We therefore assume that the Stage 3 ice wedges were generated during short (decadal time‐scale) intervals of extreme cold climate, below the mean temperatures indicated by the Stage 3 cold climate model simulations. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Chandra and RXTE spectroscopy of the Galactic microquasar XTE J1550−564 in outburst     

J. M. Miller  H. L. Marshall  R. Wijnands †  T. Di Matteo  D. W. Fox  J. Kommers  D. Pooley  T. Belloni  J. Casares  P. A. Charles  A. C. Fabian  M. van der Klis  W. H. G. Lewin 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,338(1):7-13

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A search for the optical and near-infrared counterpart of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar XTE J1751−305     

P. G. Jonker  G. Nelemans  Z. Wang  A. K. H. Kong  D. Chakrabarty  M. Garcia  P. J. Groot  M. van der Klis  T. Kerr  B. Mobasher  M. Sullivan  T. Augusteijn  B. W. Stappers  P. Challis  R. P. Kirshner  J. Hjorth  A. Delsanti 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,344(1):201-206

We have obtained optical and near-infrared images of the field of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar XTE J1751−305. There are no stars in the 0.7-arcsec error circle (0.7 arcsec is the overall uncertainty arising from tying the optical and X-ray images and from the intrinsic uncertainty in the Chandra X-ray astrometric solution). We derive limiting magnitudes for the counterpart of   R > 23.1, I > 21.6, Z > 20.6, J > 19.6  and   K > 19.2  . We compare these upper limits with the magnitudes one would expect for simple models for the possible donor stars and the accretion disc subject to the reddening observed in X-rays for XTE J1751−305 and when put at the distance of the Galactic Centre (8.5 kpc). We conclude that our non-detection does not constrain any of the models for the accretion disc or possible donor stars. Deep, near-infrared images obtained during quiescence will, however, constrain possible models for the donor stars in this ultracompact system.  相似文献   

MS 1603.6+2600: an accretion disc corona source?     

P. G. Jonker  M. van der Klis  C. Kouveliotou  M. Méndez  W. H. G. Lewin  T. Belloni 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,346(2):684-688

We have observed the eclipsing low-mass X-ray binary MS 1603.6+2600 with Chandra for 7 ks. The X-ray spectrum is well fit with a single absorbed power law with an index of ∼2. We find a clear sinusoidal modulation in the X-ray light curve with a period of  1.7 ± 0.2 h  , consistent with the period of 1.85 h found before. However, no (partial) eclipses were found. We argue that if the X-ray flare observed in earlier X-ray observations was a type I X-ray burst, then the source can only be an accretion disc corona source at a distance of ∼11–24 kpc (implying a height above the Galactic disc of ∼8–17 kpc). It has also been proposed in the literature that MS 1603.76+2600 is a dipper at ∼75 kpc. We argue that, in this dipper scenario, the observed optical properties of MS 1603.6+2600 are difficult to reconcile with the optical properties one would expect on the basis of comparisons with other high-inclination, low-mass X-ray binaries, unless the X-ray flare was not a type I X-ray burst. In that case, the source can be a nearby soft X-ray transient accreting at a quiescent rate, as was proposed by Hakala et al., or a high-inclination source at ∼15–20 kpc.  相似文献   

The angular momentum of gas in protogalaxies – II. The impact of pre-heating     

Frank C. van den Bosch  Tom Abel  Lars Hernquist 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,346(1):177-185

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Infrared stellar populations in the central parts of the Milky Way galaxy     

Jacco Th. van Loon  G. F. Gilmore  A. Omont  J. A. D. L. Blommaert  I. S. Glass  M. Messineo  F. Schuller  M. Schultheis  I. Yamamura  H. S. Zhao 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,338(4):857-879

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Period changes in the pulsating extreme helium stars V652 Her and BX Cir     

D. Kilkenny  L. A. Crause  F. van Wyk 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,361(2):559-564

A new statement of the eigenvalue problem of studying small perturbations in arbitrary integrable self-gravitating systems is presented. An example of such a system, a 2D stellar disc, is considered in detail. The theory, based on the general equation for disc eigenmodes, reveals mechanisms for the formation and growth of global galactic structures. This new point of view specifies the limits of the unified theory of bar-like and spiral modes that was based on the assumption that global galactic structures could be understood in terms of low-frequency disc modes.  相似文献