The NAIAD experiment (NaI Advanced Detector) for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter searches at Boulby mine (UK) is described. The detector consists of an array of encapsulated and unencapsulated NaI(Tl) crystals with high light yield. Six crystals are collecting data at present. Data accumulated by four of them (10.6 kg × year exposure) have been used to set upper limits on the WIMP–nucleon spin-independent and WIMP–proton spin-dependent cross-sections. Pulse shape analysis has been applied to discriminate between nuclear recoils, as may be caused by WIMP interactions, and electron recoils due to gamma background. Various calibrations of crystals are presented. 相似文献
Claims that ordinary spiral galaxies and some classes of QSO show periodicity in their redshift distributions are investigated
using recent high-precision data and rigorous statistical procedures. The claims are broadly upheld. The periodicites are
strong and easily seen by eye in the datasets. Observational, reduction or statistical artefacts do not seem capable of accounting
for them.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
The Spectro-Polarimeter for Infrared and Optical Regions (SPINOR) is a new spectro-polarimeter that will serve as a facility
instrument for the Dunn Solar Telescope at the National Solar Observatory. This instrument is capable of achromatic polarimetry
over a very broad range of wavelengths, from 430 to 1600 nm, allowing for the simultaneous observation of several visible
and infrared spectral regions with full Stokes polarimetry. Another key feature of the design is its flexibility to observe
virtually any combination of spectral lines, limited only by practical considerations (e.g., the number of detectors available, space on the optical bench, etc.).
Visiting Astronomers, National Solar Observatory, operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
(AURA), under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. 相似文献
1 Introduction Huanghe (Yellow) River basin is located in 32°–42°N, 96°–119°E. The area of the catchment is more than 752,000km2. The river is 5464km long with a drop in elevation of 4830m. Among the whole area, the moun- tainous and stone area accounts for 29%, loess and hills area 46%, sandy area 11% and plain area 14%, respec- tively. Different natural landscapes exist in this area. The Huanghe River flows through the Loess Plateau, where the soil is eroded seriously (Wang, 2002;… 相似文献
The large-scale structure associated with the 2′N HNCO peak in Sgr B2 [Minh, Y.C., Haikala, L., Hjalmarson, Å., Irvine, W.M., 1998. ApJ 498, 261 (Paper I)] has been investigated. A ring-like morphology of the HNCO emission has been found; this structure may be colliding with the Principal Cloud of Sgr B2. This “HNCO Ring” appears to be centered at (l,b) = (0.7°,−0.07°), with a radius of 5 pc and a total mass of 1.0 × 105 to 1.6 × 106 M. The expansion velocity of the Ring is estimated to be 30–40 km s−1, which gives an expansion time scale of 1.5 × 105 year. The morphology suggests that collision between the Ring and the Principal Cloud may be triggering the massive star formation in the Sgr B2 cloud sequentially, with the latest star formation taking place at the 2′N position. The chemistry related to HNCO is not certain yet, but if it forms mainly via reaction with the evaporated OCN− from icy grain mantles, the observed enhancement of the HNCO abundance can be understood as resulting from shocks associated with the collision between the Principal Cloud and the expanding HNCO Ring. 相似文献
As well known, the methods of remote sensing and Bowen Ratio for retrieving surface flux are based on energy balance closure; however, in most cases, surface energy observed in experiment is lack of closure. There are two main causes for this: one is from the errors of the observation devices and the differences of their observational scale; the other lies in the effect of horizontal advection on the surface flux measurement. Therefore, it is very important to estimate the effects of horizontal advection quantitatively. Based on the local advection theory and the surface experiment, a model has been proposed for correcting the effect of horizontal advection on surface flux measurement, in which the relationship between the fetch of the measurement and pixel size for remote sensed data was considered. By means of numerical simulations, the sensitivities of the main parameters in the model and the scaling problems of horizontal advection were analyzed. At last, by using the observational data acquired in agricultural field with relatively homogeneous surface, the model was validated.
The interaction of carbon monoxide (CO) with vapour-deposited water(H2O) ices has been studied using temperature programmed desorption (TPD) and Fourier transform reflection-absorption infrared
spectroscopy (FT-RAIRS) over a range of astrophysically relevant temperatures. Such measurements have shown that CO desorption
from amorphous H2Oices is a much more complex process than current astrochemical models suggest. Re-visiting previously reported laboratory
experiments (Collings et al., 2003), a rate model has been constructed to explain, in a phenomenological manner, the desorption
of CO over astronomically relevant time scales. The model presented here can be widely applied to a range of astronomical
environments where depletion of CO from the gas phase is relevant. The model accounts for the two competing processes of CO
desorption and migration, and also enables the entrapment of some of the CO in the ice matrix and its subsequent release as
the water ice crystallises and then desorbs. The astronomical implications of this model are discussed.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献