Color-Redshift Relations and Photometric Redshift Estimations of Quasars in Large Sky Surveys     

Xue-Bing Wu  Wei Zhang  Xu Zhou Department of Astronomy  School of Physics  Peking University  Beijing  National Astronomical Observatories  Chinese Academy of Sciences  Beijing 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2004,4(1):17-27

With a recently constructed composite quasar spectrum and the X2 minimization technique, we describe a general method for estimating the photometric redshifts of a large sample of quasars by deriving theoretical color-redshift relations and comparing the theoretical colors with the observed ones. We estimated the photometric redshifts from the 5-band SDSS photometric data of 18678 quasars in the first major data release of SDSS and compared them with their spectroscopic redshifts. The difference is less than 0.1 for 47% of the quasars and less than 0.2 for 68%. Based on the calculation of the theoretical color-color diagrams of stars, galaxies and quasars both on the SDSS system and on the BATC system, we expect that we would be able to select candidates of high redshift quasars more efficaciously with the latter than with the former, provided the BATC survey can detect objects with magnitudes fainter than 21.  相似文献   

Seasonal inundation patterns in two large savanna floodplains of South America: the Llanos de Moxos (Bolivia) and the Llanos del Orinoco (Venezuela and Colombia)     

Stephen K. Hamilton  Suzanne J. Sippel  John M. Melack 《水文研究》2004,18(11):2103-2116

Inundation patterns in two of the largest savanna floodplains of South America were studied by analysis of the 37‐GHz polarization difference observed by the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (Nimbus‐7 satellite). Flooded area was estimated at monthly intervals for January 1979 through to August 1987 using mixing models that account for the major landscape units with distinctive microwave emission characteristics. Results are presented separately for five subregions in each of the two floodplain regions to show the spatial as well as temporal variability in inundation patterns. The total area inundated during the 9 years varied between 2069 and 78 460 km² in the Llanos de Moxos (also spelled as Mojos; median area, 23 383 km²) and 1278 and 105 454 km² in the Llanos del Orinoco (median, 25 374 km²), not including the open‐water area of permanent lakes and river channels. The correlation between flooded area and river stage was used to extend the inundation records over a 30‐year period in the Moxos (1967–97) and a 58‐year period (1927–85) in the Orinoco. Interannual variability in inundation is greater in the Moxos than the Orinoco. Comparison of these data, however, with a previously published analysis of the Pantanal wetland shows that inundation patterns in these two floodplain regions are not as variable across years as they are in the Pantanal. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Dense Gas Diagnostics: Maser Excitation and Variability     

Malcolm Gray 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,295(1-2):309-318

I review a number of diagnostic techniques, based upon the excitation and variability of astrophysical masers, which can be applied to dense gas. In each case, I consider the observations necessary and the amount of interpretation, or modelling, required to complete the analysis of a source, presenting examples of each diagnostic method.  相似文献   

Gamma rays from millisecond pulsars     

D. Bhattacharya  G Srinivasan 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1991,12(1):17-25

We estimate the contribution of millisecond pulsars to the diffuse gamma-ray background of the Galaxy, and show that a significant fraction of the Galactic background may originate from them. A small number of the unidentified COS-B point sources may, in fact, be millisecond pulsars. It is argued that several hundred millisecond pulsars may be detectable as point sources by the GRO satellite A preliminary version of these results was presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Neutron stars, AGNs and Jets, Erice, September 5–17, 1988. On leave from Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India.  相似文献   

The correlation of line strength with luminosity and redshift from composite quasi-stellar object spectra     

S. M. Croom  K. Rhook  E. A. Corbett  B. J. Boyle  H. Netzer  N. S. Loaring  L. Miller  P. J. Outram  T. Shanks  R. J. Smith 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,337(1):275-292

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活动星系核（AGN）的宽线区（BLR）（Ⅱ）     

薛随建  程福臻 《天文学进展》1995,13(1):84-90

ＡＧＮ天体的主要特征之一，就是它们的光谱中有宽而强的发射线，因此，这些宽发射线的产生区域ＢＬＲ为人们提供了一个了解ＡＧＮ天体物理本质的独特而重要的场。在文中围绕讨论了ＢＬＲ基本物理特征，评述近年来有关的理论和观测研究进展及其现状在文（Ⅱ）中主要涉及ＢＬＲ的几何结构和尺度及其运动学研究的进展和现状。  相似文献   

[O iii] emission line in narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies     

Weihao Bian  Qirong Yuan  Yongheng Zhao 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(2):860-863

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Non-thermal Emission in Clusters of Galaxies     

Roberto Fusco-Femiano 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2004,294(1-2):37-43

The most evident signature for the presence of non-thermal elements (magnetic fields and relativistic electrons) in clusters of galaxies is given by the presence of diffuse radio regionspresent so far in a limited number of objects. We review the recent discoveries of new spectral components by EUVE and BeppoSAX in the spectra of some clusters of galaxies that allow to better determine the non-thermalquantities by relating radio and X-ray data. In collaboration with: M. Orlandini, G. Brunetti, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini, P. Grandi, & G. Setti.  相似文献   

Spectral variations and long-period intensity variations of auroral kilometric radiation from INTERBALL-2 satellite measurements     

M. M. Mogilevsky  I. L. Moiseenko  J. Hanasz 《Astronomy Letters》2005,31(6):422-426

A statistical analysis of the auroral kilometric radiation (AKR) measurements in the POLRAD experiment on the INTERBALL-2 satellite has revealed a dependences of the size and location of the AKR generation region on geomagnetic activity: the generation region rises upward and expands with increasing magnetic disturbances. Based on our two-year measurements, we found seasonal AKR intensity variations: the AKR maximum and minimum are observed in winter and summer, respectively. The seasonal variations and the dependence of the spectrum on geomagnetic activity are assumed to have a common physical nature—the background-plasma density variations in the region of the AKR source attributable to plasma flows from the ionosphere into the magnetosphere.  相似文献   

EFFECTS OF WATER TABLE AND NITROGEN ADDITION ON CO2 EMISSION FROM WETLAND SOIL     

Yang Ji-song  Liu Jing-shuang  Yu Jun-bao  Wang Jin-da  Qin Sheng-jin  Li Xin-hua 《中国地理科学(英文版)》2005,15(3):262-268

Soil respiration is a main dynamic process of carbon cycle in wetland. It is important to contribute to global climate changes. Water table and nutritious availability are significant impact factors to influence responses of CO₂ emission from wetland soil to climate changes. Twenty-four wetland soil monoliths at 4 water-table positions and in 3 nitrogen status have been incubated to measure rates of CO₂ emission from wetland soils in this study. Three static water-table controls and a fluctuant water-table control, with 3 nitrogen additions in every water-table control, were carried out. In no nitrogen addition treatment, high CO₂ emissions were found at a static low water table (I) and a fluctuant water table (IV), averaging 306.7mg/(m²·h) and 307.89mg/(m²·h), respectively, which were 51%–57% higher than that at static high water table (II and III). After nitrogen addition, however, highest CO₂ emission was found at II and lowest emission at III. The results suggested that nutritious availability of wetland soil might be important to influence the effect of water table on the CO₂ emission from the wetland soil. Nitrogen addition led to enhancing CO₂ emissions from wetland soil, while the highest emission was found in 1N treatments other than in 2N treatments. In 3 nutritious treatments, low CO₂ emissions at high water tables and high CO₂ emissions at low water tables were also observed when water table fluctuated. Our results suggested that both water table changes and nutritious imports would effect the CO₂ emission from wetland. Foundation item: Under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 90211003) and the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KACX3-SW-332) Biography: YANG Ji-song (1978-), male, a native of Chengwu of Shandong Province, Ph.D. candidate, specialized in environmental ecology and wetland biogeochemistry. E-mail: yangjisong@neigae.ac.cn  相似文献