A disturbed molecular disc in the Circinus galaxy     

M. Elmouttie  M. Krause  R. F. Haynes  & K. L. Jones 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,300(4):1119-1126

We have used the Swedish ESO Submillimeter Telescope to observe the molecular gas in the Circinus galaxy using the CO(1 → 0) transition as a tracer. The central region and major axis have been mapped and several other points were also observed. The gas in the galaxy is concentrated towards the nucleus, the peak being coincident with the radio/optical core. The inclination of the molecular galactic disc is more comparable to that of the radio continuum than to that of the large-scale H  i emission. Evidence for an anomalous spur structure pointing radially away from the galactic centre is presented, and may indicate a causal link between it and similar features seen in optical lines and radio continuum. Our data suggest the presence of a central molecular ring or disc with radius 300 ± 50 pc and a rotation velocity of about 200 km s⁻¹ (assuming i  = 73°). The dynamical mass of the nucleus is estimated to be no greater than 3.9 × 10⁹ M_⊙. Assuming that the distribution of gas varies smoothly in the outer regions, we calculate the mass of molecular gas in the galaxy to be at least M _mol = 1.1 × 10⁹ M_⊙, and the star-forming efficiency to be 11 ± 2 L_⊙ M_⊙⁻¹. These results imply that Circinus is undergoing a massive central starburst which may be, at least partially, responsible for its extended minor axis emission seen in several wavebands.  相似文献   

计算机跟踪伺服系统的保护电路     

李阳  雷成明 《紫金山天文台台刊》1998,17(1):83-85

本文介绍了为紫台13.7米射电望远镜跟踪系统设计制造的一套的简单实用的保护电路。实验证明该电路性能可靠、效果显著。  相似文献   

Relationship between global seismicity and solar activities     

Gui-Qing Zhang 《地震学报(英文版)》1998,11(4):495-500

The relations between sunspot numbers and earthquakes (M≧6), solar 10.7 cm radio flux and earthquakes, solar proton events and earthquakes have been analyzed in this paper. It has been found that: (1) Earthquakes occur frequently around the minimum years of solar activity. Generally, the earthquake activities are relatively less during the peak value years of solar activity, some say, around the period when magnetic polarity in the solar polar regions is reversed. (2) the earthquake frequency in the minimum period of solar activity is closely related to the maximum annual means of sunspot numbers, the maximum annual means of solar 10.7 cm radio flux and solar proton events of a whole solar cycle, and the relation between earthquake and solar proton events is closer than others. (3) As judged by above interrelationship, the period from 1995 to 1997 will be the years while earthquake activities are frequent. In the paper, the simple physical discussion has been carried out. These results supported the exploration and studies of some researchers to a certain extent. This work is supported by Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (major item).  相似文献   

Burst strain disturbance — A new test study on fracture precursor     

Zhao-Yong Xu  Run-Hai Yang  Bin Wang  Jin-Ming Zhao  Yu-Feng Yao  Pei-Zhong Hua  Shi-Rong Mei 《地震学报(英文版)》1998,11(6):737-744

A multi-functional high-frequency seismometer, a new instrumental system, is used for recording multi-point strain variations of rock samples in the process of fracture development. The results indicate that strain in each point appears burst disturbance synchronously besides a tendency variation before main fracture. The burst disturbance could probably be one of the short-impending precursors before great earthquake.  相似文献   

瓦斯突出煤层的无线电波响应特征     

吕绍林  何继善 《物探与化探》1998,(3)

在瓦斯突出煤体和非突出煤体的电学性质研究基础上 ,研究了瓦斯突出煤层的无线电波响应特征 ,为利用无线电波透视技术探测瓦斯突出煤体和进行瓦斯突出带的非接触式预测提供了理论基础  相似文献   

Burst strain disturbance—A new test study on fracture precursor   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

ZHAO YONG XU ) RUN HAI YANG ) BIN WANG ) JIN MING ZHAO ) YU FENG YAO ) PEI ZHONG HUA ) SHI RONG MEI ) ) Seismological Bureau of Yunnan Province  Kunming    China ) Center for Analysi 《地震学报(英文版)》1998,(6)

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在97.8GHz处测量地球大气的不透明度     

杨戟  曹逸庭 《天文学报》1998,39(3):333-336

用研制的全自动辐射计在97．8GHz上测量南京市内大气的不透明度以及这种不透明度随时间的变化．辐射计记录大气在不同天顶高度的辐射温度,由此测出天顶方向的大气不透明度。在56小时的测量时间内,取得了1400多组数据,拟合得到了在观测时段内天顶方向的大气不透明度在0．2至0．7之间,典型值为0．4,表明测试地点的大气条件允许进行3mm波段的射电天文观测．由于在工作频段内大气不透明度的主要来源是对流层水汽的吸收,测量的不透明度可用来直接反映大气内水汽的含量,并实时校准大气吸收．  相似文献   

Interferometer phase calibration sources — II. The region 0° ≤ δ_B1950≤ +20°     

Browne  Patnaik  Wilkinson  & Wrobel 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,293(3):257-287

We present a catalogue of 781 compact radio sources in the declination range 0° ≤ δ_B1950≤ +20° whose positions have been measured to an rms accuracy of about 14 mas with the Very Large Array (VLA). These sources are primarily intended for use as phase calibration sources for the Jodrell Bank MERLIN. However, they will also be suitable as phase calibrators for the VLA and can be considered as candidate phase calibrators for very long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) networks.  相似文献   

Red quasars not so dusty     

C. R.Benn  M.Vigotti  R.Carballo  J. I.Gonzalez-Serrano  S. F.SÃ&#;¡nchez 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,295(2):451-456

Webster et al. claimed that up to 80 per cent of QSOs may be obscured by dust. They inferred the presence of this dust from the remarkably broad range of B − K optical–infrared colours of a sample of flat-spectrum PKS radio QSOs. If such dust is typical of QSOs, it will have rendered invisible most of those which would otherwise have been detected by optical surveys. We used the William Herschel Telescope on La Palma to obtain K infrared images of 54 B3 radio QSOs selected at low frequency (mainly steep-spectrum), and we find that although several have very red optical–infrared colours, most of these can be attributed to an excess of light in K rather than a dust-induced deficit in B. We present evidence that some of the infrared excess comes from the light of stars in the host galaxy (some, as previously suggested, comes from synchrotron radiation associated with flat-spectrum radio sources). The B − K colours of the B3 QSOs provide no evidence for a large reddened population. Either the Webster et al. QSOs are atypical in having such large extinctions, or their reddening is not due to dust; either way, the broad range of their B − K colours does not provide evidence that a large fraction of QSOs has been missed from optical surveys.  相似文献   

Submillimetre-wave gravitational lenses and cosmology     

A. W.Blain 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,295(1):92-98

One of the most direct routes for investigating the geometry of the Universe is provided by the numbers of strongly magnified gravitationally lensed galaxies as compared with those that are either weakly magnified or de-magnified. In the submillimetre waveband the relative abundance of strongly lensed galaxies is expected to be larger as compared with the optical or radio wavebands, both in the field and in clusters of galaxies. The predicted numbers depend on the properties of the population of faint galaxies in the submillimetre waveband, which was formerly very uncertain; however, recent observations of lensing clusters have reduced this uncertainty significantly and confirm that a large sample of galaxy–galaxy lenses could be detected and investigated using forthcoming facilities, including the FIRST and Planck Surveyor space missions and a large ground-based millimetre/submillimetre-wave interferometer array (MIA). We discuss how this sample could be used to impose limits on the values of cosmological parameters and the total density and form of evolution of the mass distribution of bound structures, even in the absence of detailed lens modelling for individual members of the sample. The effects of different world models on the form of the magnification bias expected in sensitive submillimetre-wave observations of clusters are also discussed, because an MIA could resolve and investigate images in clusters in detail.  相似文献