Radio signature of cosmological structure formation shocks     

Matthias Hoeft  Marcus Brüggen 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(1):77-91

In the course of the formation of cosmological structures, large shock waves are generated in the intracluster medium (ICM). In analogy to processes in supernova remnants, these shock waves may generate a significant population of relativistic electrons which, in turn, produce observable synchrotron emission. The extended radio relics found at the periphery of several clusters and possibly also a fraction of radio halo emission may have this origin. Here, we derive an analytic expression for (i) the total radio power in the downstream region of a cosmological shock wave, and (ii) the width of the radio-emitting region. These expressions predict a spectral slope close to −1 for strong shocks. Moderate shocks, such as those produced in mergers between clusters of galaxies, lead to a somewhat steeper spectrum. Moreover, we predict an upper limit for the radio power of cosmological shocks. Comparing our results to the radio relics in Abell 115, 2256 and 3667, we conclude that the magnetic field in these relics is typically at a level of 0.1 μG. Magnetic fields in the ICM are presumably generated by the shocks themselves; this allows us to calculate the radio emission as a function of the cluster temperature. The resulting emissions agree very well with the radio power–temperature relation found for cluster haloes. Finally, we show that cosmic accretion shocks generate less radio emission than merger shock waves. The latter may, however, be detected with upcoming radio telescopes.  相似文献   

A centimetre-wave excess over free–free emission in planetary nebulae     

S. Casassus  L.-Å. Nyman  C. Dickinson  T. J. Pearson 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,382(4):1607-1622

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The deepest Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet observations in the Large Magellanic Cloud     

Elhanan Almoznino  Noah Brosch  Michael Shara  David Zurek 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,357(2):645-655

We present a new analysis of the deepest pure-ultraviolet (UV) observations with the highest angular resolution ever performed. A set of 12 exposures with the Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) WFPC2 and F160BW filter obtained in parallel observing mode, which cover ∼12 arcmin² in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), north of the bar and in the 'general field' region of the LMC, contain stars with far-UV monochromatic magnitudes as faint as 22 mag. The 198 detected UV sources represent an accumulated exposure of  ≥ 2 × 10⁴ s  and reveal stars as faint as   m _UV≃ 20 mag  . We combine these observations with deep UBVI charge-coupled device (CCD) imaging of the same region reaching as faint as   V ≃ 26 mag  , and reselect probable optical counterparts for the UV sources. After a two-stage search-and-analysis process, we detect robust counterparts for 129 stars. These are mostly upper main-sequence stars, from early B to early A spectral classes, with several F stars. We point out the lack of blue supergiants, which could have been easily detected in our survey. We measure a foreground extinction   E ( B − V ) ≃ 0.08 mag  by Galactic dust and a surface density of star formation rate twice the average Galactic value. These observations indicate that relatively recent star formation took place even off the bar of the LMC.  相似文献   

Intergalactic stars in z∼ 0.25 galaxy clusters: systematic properties from stacking of Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging data     

Stefano Zibetti  Simon D. M. White  Donald P. Schneider  Jon Brinkmann 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,358(3):949-967

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Snow water content estimation from measured snow temperature     

李志军  赵海清  冯恩民  程斌  卢鹏 《极地研究(英文版)》2007,18(1):1-7

The vertical temperature profiles of snow and sea ice have been measured in the Arctic during the 2nd Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition in 2003(CHINARE2003).The high-resolution temperature profile in snow is solved by one-dimensional heat transfer equation.The effective heat diffusivity,internal heat sources are identified.The internal heat source refers to the penetrated solar radiation which usually warms the lower part of the snow layer in summer.By temperature gradient analysis,the zero level can be clarified quantitatively as the boundary of the dry and wet snow.According to the in situ time series of vertical temperature profile,the time series of water content in snow is obtained based on an evaluation method of snow water content associated with the snow and ice physical parameters.The relationship of snow water content and snow temperature and temporal-spatial distribution of snow water content are presented  相似文献   

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Magnetic Properties of Metric Noise Storms Associated with Coronal Mass Ejections     

Ya-Yuan Wen  Jing-Xiu Wang  Yu-Zong Zhang National Astronomical Observatories  Chinese Academy of Sciences  Beijing   《中国天文和天体物理学报》2007,7(2):265-280

Using Nancay Radioheliograph (NRH) imaging observations, combined with SOHO/Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) magnetogram observations and coronal magnetic field extrapolation, we studied the magnetic nature of metric noise storms that are associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Four events are selected: the events of 2000 July 14, 2001 April 26, 2002 August 16 and 2001 March 28. The identified noise storm sources cover or partially cover the active regions (ARs), but the centers of storm sources are offset from the ARs. Using extrapolated magnetic field lines, we find that the noise storm sources trace the boundary between the open and closed field lines. We demonstrate that the disappearance of noise storm source is followed by the appearance of the burst source. The burst sources spread on the solar disk and their distributions correspond to the extent of the CME in LASCO C2 field of view. All the SOHO/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) dimmings associ- ated with noise storm sources are located at the periphery of noise storms where the magnetic lines of force were previously closed and low-lying. When the closed field becomes partially or fully open, the basic configurations of noise storm sources are changed, then the noise storm sources are no longer observed. These observations provide the information that the variations of noise storms manifest the restructuring or reconfiguring of the coronal magnetic field.  相似文献   

The role of afterglow break-times as gamma-ray burst jet angle indicators     

L. Nava  G. Ghisellini  G. Ghirlanda  J. I. Cabrera  C. Firmani  V. Avila-Reese 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,377(4):1464-1472

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Measurements of transpiration in four tropical rainforest types of north Queensland,Australia     

David McJannet  Peter Fitch  Mark Disher  Jim Wallace 《水文研究》2007,21(26):3549-3564

Transpiration of four different rainforest types in north Queensland, Australia, was determined using the heat pulse technique for periods ranging between 391 and 657 days. Despite the complexity of the natural rainforest systems being studied, the relationship between sample tree size and daily water use was found to be strong, thus providing a robust means by which to scale transpiration from individual trees to the entire forest stand. Transpiration was shown to be dependent on solar radiation and atmospheric demand for moisture with little evidence of limitation by soil moisture supply. Total stand transpiration was controlled by forest characteristics such as stem density, size distribution and sapwood area. Annual transpiration for each of the four sites ranged between 353 mm for cloud forest and 591 mm for montane rainforest. In comparison with the international literature, transpiration from Australian rainforests is low; the reasons for this could be related to a combination of differences in forest structure, climatic conditions, canopy wetness duration and tree physiology. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Quantum tunneling makes a Reissner–Nordstrom black hole turn into a Kerr–Newman black hole under angular momentum conservation     

Wenbiao Liu 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,310(1-2):81-84

Hawking radiation can be viewed as a process of particle quantum tunneling near a black hole horizon. When a particle with angular momentum tunnels across the event horizon of a Reissner–Nordstrom black hole, the black hole will change into a Kerr–Newman one. In previous papers, axisymmetric black hole has been studied only when a keeps constant. Changing from Reissner–Nordstrom to Kerr–Newman should be a simple case when a varies. After this, more general radiation including changed a in Kerr or Kerr–Newman spacetimes can be studied in the future. The emission rate of the massless particles with angular momentum is calculated, and the result is consistent with an underlying unitary theory.   相似文献