A coupled microphysical/radiative transfer model of albedo and emissivity of planetary surfaces covered by volatile ices     

Janusz Eluszkiewicz  Jean-Luc Moncet 《Icarus》2003,166(2):375-384

A new model of albedo and emissivity of planetary surfaces covered by volatile ices in the form of porous slab-like deposits is described. In the model, a radiative transfer model is coupled with a microphysical model in order to link changes in albedo and emissivity to changes in porosity caused by ice metamorphism. Preliminary results for Triton, Pluto, and Io are presented (the martian CO₂ caps will be the subject of a separate publication). The coupled model will aid in the interpretation of ground-based and spacecraft observations and should lead to advances in surface and atmospheric modeling.  相似文献   

FUSE and HST ultraviolet observations of the disc wind of RW Sextantis     

R. K. Prinja  K. S. Long  C. S. Froning  C. Knigge  D. K. Witherick  J. S. Clark  F. A. Ringwald 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,340(2):551-561

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Longevity of fluorine-bearing tremolite on Venus     

Natasha M. Johnson  Bruce Fegley Jr. 《Icarus》2003,165(2):340-348

There is a general belief that hydrous minerals cannot exist on Venus under current surface conditions. This view was challenged when Johnson and Fegley (2000, Icarus 146, 301-306) showed that tremolite (Ca₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂), a hydrous mineral, is stable against thermal decomposition at current Venus surface temperatures, e.g., 50% decomposition in 4 Ga at 740 K. To further explore hydrous mineral thermal stability on Venus, we experimentally determined the thermal decomposition kinetics of fluorine-bearing tremolite. Fluor-tremolite is thermodynamically more stable than OH-tremolite and should decompose more slowly. However how much slower was unknown. We measured the decomposition rate of fluorine-bearing tremolite and show that its decomposition is several times to greater than ten times slower than that of OH-tremolite. We also show that F-bearing tremolite is depleted in fluorine after decomposition and that fluorine is lost as a volatile species such as HF gas. If tremolite ever formed on Venus, it would probably also contain fluorine. The exceptional stability of F-bearing tremolite strengthens our conclusions that if hydrous minerals ever formed on Venus, they could still be there today.  相似文献   

On the universal outcome of star formation: is there a link between stars and brown dwarfs?     

Pavel Kroupa †  Jerome Bouvier  Gaspard Duchêne  Estelle Moraux 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,346(2):354-368

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Identification of a 12–17 d time-scale in X-ray observations of GRS 1915+105     

J. Greenhough  S. C. Chapman  S. Chaty  †  R. O. Dendy  G. Rowlands 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,340(3):851-855

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The possiblity of detection of ultracool dwarfs with the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey     

N. R. Deacon  N. C. Hambly 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,371(4):1722-1730

We present predictions for the numbers of ultracool dwarfs in the Galactic disc population that could be detected by the WFCAM/UKIDSS Large Area Survey and Ultra Deep Survey. Simulated samples of objects are created with masses and ages drawn from different mass functions and birthrates. Each object is then given absolute magnitudes in different passbands based on empirically derived bolometric correction versus effective temperature relationships (or model predictions for Y dwarfs). These are then combined with simulated space positions, velocities and photometric errors to yield observables such as apparent magnitudes and proper motions. Such observables are then passed through the survey selection mechanism to yield histograms in colour. This technique also produces predictions for the proper motion histograms for ultracool dwarfs and estimated numbers for the as yet undetected Y dwarfs. Finally, it is shown that these techniques could be used to constrain the ultra-low-mass mass function and birthrate of the Galactic disc population.  相似文献   

Observational Test of an Accretion Model of Star Formation in Galactic Clusters     

J. N. Pramanik  S. K. Bhattacharjee 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2006,306(4):241-248

Theoretical predictions of an accretion model of star formation in galactic clusters, published quite long ago, which is found to have some relevance with the current picture of star formation have been tested with observation of seven clusters of young and intermediate ages. It is found that the agreement between the theory and observation is very good.  相似文献   

Probing the evolution of the near-infrared luminosity function of galaxies to z≃ 3 in the Hubble Deep Field-South     

P. Saracco  A. Fiano  G. Chincarini  E. Vanzella  M. Longhetti  S. Cristiani  A. Fontana  E. Giallongo  M. Nonino 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(1):349-365

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Origin of the metallicity distribution of the NGC 5128 stellar halo     

K. Bekki  William E. Harris  Gretchen L. H. Harris 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,338(3):587-598

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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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