Wave excitation in three-dimensional discs by external potential     

Hang Zhang  Dong Lai 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,368(2):917-934

We study the excitation of density and bending waves and the associated angular momentum transfer in gaseous discs with finite thickness by a rotating external potential. The disc is assumed to be isothermal in the vertical direction and has no self-gravity. The disc perturbations are decomposed into different modes, each characterized by the azimuthal index m and the vertical index n , which specifies the nodal number of the density perturbation along the disc normal direction. The   n = 0  modes correspond to the two-dimensional density waves previously studied by Goldreich & Tremaine and others. In a three-dimensional disc, waves can be excited at both Lindblad resonances (LRs; for modes with   n = 0, 1, 2, …  ) and vertical resonances (VRs; for the   n ≥ 1  modes only). The torque on the disc is positive for waves excited at outer Lindblad/vertical resonances and negative at inner Lindblad/vertical resonances. While the   n = 0  modes are evanescent around corotation, the   n ≥ 1  modes can propagate into the corotation region where they are damped and deposit their angular momenta. We have derived analytical expressions for the amplitudes of different wave modes excited at LRs and/or VRs and the resulting torques on the disc. It is found that for   n ≥ 1  , angular momentum transfer through VRs is much more efficient than LRs. This implies that in some situations (e.g. a circumstellar disc perturbed by a planet in an inclined orbit), VRs may be an important channel of angular momentum transfer between the disc and the external potential. We have also derived new formulae for the angular momentum deposition at corotation and studied wave excitations at disc boundaries.  相似文献   

Statistical characteristics of the observed Lyα forest and the shape of the initial power spectrum     

M. Demia&#;ski  A. G. Doroshkevich  V. I. Turchaninov 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,371(2):915-934

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Spectral analysis of the background in ground-based, long-slit spectroscopy     

Frédéric Zagury 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2005,26(4):377-394

This paper examines the variations, because of atmospheric extinction, of broad-band visible spectra, obtained from long-slit spectroscopy, in the vicinity of some stars, nebulae, and one faint galaxy.  相似文献   

Spiral shocks, triggering of star formation and the velocity dispersion in giant molecular clouds     

I. A. Bonnell  C. L. Dobbs  T. P. Robitaille  J. E. Pringle 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,365(1):37-45

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White dwarfs: Recent developments     

D. Koester 《Astronomy and Astrophysics Review》2002,11(1):33-66

Summary. During the last decade white dwarfs have become important as tools in many areas beyond traditional stellar physics: from the age determination of the stars in the solar neighborhood to the dating of open clusters and the distance determination of globular clusters. They are primary candidates for the MACHO microlensing events, possibly for a stellar component of the dark halo, and for the supernova Ia progenitors. The recent developments in these areas are reviewed, but some highlights from more “mature” areas such as stellar parameters, mass distributions, magnetic, and pulsating white dwarfs are also summarized briefly. Received 5 October 2001 / Published online 11 January 2002  相似文献   

A Two—Temperature Supernova Fallback Disk Model for Anomalous X—ray Pulsars     

Ye Lu  K. S. Cheng National Astronomical Observatories  Chinese Academy of Sciences  Beijing Department of Physics  University of Hong Kong  Hong Kong  China 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2002,2(2):161-168

We present a case study of the relevance of the radially pulsational instability of a two-temperature accretion disk around a neutron star to anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs). Our estimates are based on the approximation that such a neutron star disk with mass in the range of 10^-6-10^-5M⊙ is formed by supernova fallback. We derive several peculiar properties of the accretion disk instability: a narrow interval of X-ray pulse periods; lower X-ray luminosities; a period derivative and an evolution time scale. All these results are in good agreement with the observations of the AXPs.  相似文献   

Low-mass binary-induced outflows from asymptotic giant branch stars     

J. Nordhaus  E. G. Blackman 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,370(4):2004-2012

A significant fraction of planetary nebulae (PNe) and protoplanetary nebulae (PPNe) exhibit aspherical, axisymmetric structures, many of which are highly collimated. The origin of these structures is not entirely understood, however, recent evidence suggests that many observed PNe harbour binary systems, which may play a role in their shaping. In an effort to understand how binaries may produce such asymmetries, we study the effect of low-mass  (<0.3 M_⊙)  companions (planets, brown dwarfs and low-mass main-sequence stars) embedded into the envelope of a  3.0-M_⊙  star during three epochs of its evolution [red giant branch, asymptotic giant branch (AGB), interpulse AGB]. We find that common envelope evolution can lead to three qualitatively different consequences: (i) direct ejection of envelope material resulting in a predominately equatorial outflow, (ii) spin-up of the envelope resulting in the possibility of powering an explosive dynamo-driven jet and (iii) tidal shredding of the companion into a disc which facilitates a disc-driven jet. We study how these features depend on the secondary's mass and discuss observational consequences.  相似文献   

Prompt γ-ray and early afterglow emission in the external shock model     

E. McMahon  P. Kumar  A. Panaitescu 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,354(3):915-923

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The Butcher–Oemler effect at z∼ 0.35: a change in perspective     

S. Andreon  H. Quintana  M. Tajer  G. Galaz  J. Surdej 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,365(3):915-928

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Heating rate profiles in galaxy clusters     

Edward C. D. Pope  Georgi Pavlovski  Christian R. Kaiser  Hans Fangohr 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(3):1121-1131

In recent years, evidence has accumulated suggesting that the gas in galaxy clusters is heated by non-gravitational processes. Here, we calculate the heating rates required to maintain a physically motivated mass flow rate, in a sample of seven galaxy clusters. We employ the spectroscopic mass deposition rates as an observational input along with temperature and density data for each cluster. On energetic grounds, we find that thermal conduction could provide the necessary heating for A2199, Perseus, A1795 and A478. However, the suppression factor of the classical Spitzer value is a different function of radius for each cluster. Based on the observations of plasma bubbles, we also calculate the duty cycles for each active galactic nucleus (AGN), in the absence of thermal conduction, which can provide the required energy input. With the exception of Hydra-A, it appears that each of the other AGNs in our sample requires duty cycles of roughly 10⁶–10⁷ yr to provide their steady-state heating requirements. If these duty cycles are unrealistic, this may imply that many galaxy clusters must be heated by very powerful Hydra-A type events interspersed between more frequent smaller scale outbursts. The suppression factors for the thermal conductivity required for combined heating by AGN and thermal conduction are generally acceptable. However, these suppression factors still require 'fine-tuning' of the thermal conductivity as a function of radius. As a consequence of this work, we present the AGN duty cycle as a cooling flow diagnostic.  相似文献