Mid-infrared imaging of WL 16: the spatial distribution of the hydrocarbon emission features     

Moore  Emerson  Skinner  Meixner  Arens  & Jernigan 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,299(4):1209-1214

We present arcsec-resolution images at 8.2, 10.0 and 11.3 μm of the unusual young object WL 16 in Ophiuchus, which has an extended envelope of fluorescing hydrocarbon molecules. To the limit of achieved sensitivity, the faint 10.0-μm continuum has a surface-brightness distribution that is not distinguishable from those at 8.2 and 11.3 μm, where the luminosity is known to be dominated by the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission features. We conclude that the 10-μm continuum either arises from non-equilibrium heating of small dust grains that are well mixed with the hydrocarbons or is quasi-continuous emission from the PAH particles themselves, rather than thermal equilibrium emission from macroscopic dust grains, and that there is no significant silicate absorption variation across the source. The extended hydrocarbon emission may trace a flattened, equatorial distribution of circumstellar material or arise in bipolar lobes. The former case is slightly favoured, based on currently available data, and would imply that WL 16 is a relatively evolved Herbig Ae star, the equatorial plane of which has been almost cleared of normal dust, leaving only fluorescing hydrocarbons and larger coagulated particles as a possibly transient fossil of the original circumstellar disc.  相似文献   

Precise laboratory wavelengths of the Mg I and Mg II resonance transitions at 2853, 2803 and 2796 Å     

J. C. Pickering  A. P. Thorne  & J. K. Webb 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,300(1):131-134

Strong ultraviolet resonance transitions are observed routinely both in the Galactic interstellar medium and in quasar absorption systems. The quality of the astronomical spectroscopic data now available demands more precise laboratory rest wavelengths. Of particular interest is the accuracy with which one can constrain space–time variations in fundamental constants using quasar spectra. A recent analysis by Webb et al. of 25 quasar spectra using Mg and Fe transitions tentatively suggests that the fine-structure constant was smaller at earlier epochs. To permit a check on this result, and to allow further more extensive investigations, we have carried out a new determination of the laboratory wavelengths of Mg  i  2853 Å, Mg  II  2796 Å and Mg  II  2803 Å by high-resolution Fourier transform spectroscopy. Our results for Mg  II  2796 Å are consistent with the value measured independently by two other groups. To our knowledge, no previous measurements of comparable precision exist for Mg  I  2853 Å and Mg  II  2803 Å.  相似文献   

最短独立闭合环与附合路线的快速搜索方法     

游为  范东明  付淑娟 《测绘科学》2009,34(4)

提出了一种间接平差误差方程转化为条件平差条件方程的快速且易实现自动化的方法,同时采用矩阵分析理论,通过对条件方程进行特殊的矩阵分块及变换,自动搜索出水准网或GPS网的最短独立闭合环与附合路线,并自动解算出闭合差。上述方法有别于传统的图论理论,不依赖于任何信息文件,算法简单,自动化程度高。  相似文献   

1982年12月2日耀斑随时间变化的半经验模型     

方成  黄佑然  胡菊  甘为群 《中国天文和天体物理学报》1986,(4)

我们利用南京大学太阳塔中的多波段光谱仪,在H_α、H_β和CaⅡ H、K三个波段同时拍到了1982年12月2日日面S15W11处的一个SB级耀斑的光谱。本文给出其中七个时刻的谱线轮廓及有关参数的序列。在非局部热动平衡条件下计算了耀斑随时间变化的半经验模型,结果显示了色球耀斑的演化过程。利用模型得到了一些色球物质蒸发参数,结果同根据SMM的X射线观测所作的估计相一致。  相似文献   

On the origin of the galactic ridge recombination lines     

K. R. Anantharamaiah 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1986,7(3):131-139

Radio recombination lines are known to be observable at positions along the galactic ridge which are free of discrete continuum sources. Based on the results of a recent survey of H272α lines it is shown that most of the observed galactic ridge recombination lines can be explained as emission from outer low-density envelopes of normal Hn regions. The distribution of low-density ionized gas and discrete HII regions as a function of the distance from the galactic centre is also derived.  相似文献   

A broad-band spectroscopic search for CO line emission in HDF850.1: the brightest submillimetre object in the Hubble Deep Field-North     

J. Wagg  D. H. Hughes  I. Aretxaga  E. L. Chapin  J. S. Dunlop  E. Gaztañaga  M. Devlin 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(2):745-752

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Dynamics of a satellite orbiting a planet with an inhomogeneous gravitational field     

J. F. Palacián 《Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy》2007,98(4):219-249

We study the dynamics of a satellite (artificial or natural) orbiting an Earth-like planet at low altitude from an analytical point of view. The perturbation considered takes into account the gravity attraction of the planet and in particular it is caused by its inhomogeneous potential. We begin by truncating the equations of motion at second order, that is, incorporating the zonal and the tesseral harmonics up to order two. The system is formulated as an autonomous Hamiltonian and has three degrees of freedom. After three successive Lie transformations, the system is normalised with respect to two angular co-ordinates up to order five in a suitable small parameter given by the quotient between the angular velocity of the planet and the mean motion of the satellite. Our treatment is free of power expansions of the eccentricity and of truncated Fourier series in the anomalies. Once these transformations are performed, the truncated Hamiltonian defines a system of one degree of freedom which is rewritten as a function of two variables which generate a phase space which takes into account all of the symmetries of the problem. Next an analysis of the system is achieved obtaining up to six relative equilibria and three types of bifurcations. The connection with the original system is established concluding the existence of various families of invariant 3-tori of it, as well as quasiperiodic and periodic trajectories. This is achieved by using KAM theory techniques.  相似文献   

The association between gas and galaxies – II. The two-point correlation function     

R. J. Wilman  S. L. Morris  B. T. Jannuzi  R. Davé  A. M. Shone 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(2):735-744

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FPGA在时间测量中的应用     

朱威  郭唐永  李祝莲 《大地测量与地球动力学》2007,27(Z1):96-100

利用现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)的内部资源，在FPGA中实现了高精度时间间隔测量系统的设计。  相似文献   

The observed ionization rate of the intergalactic medium and the ionizing emissivity at z≥ 5: evidence for a photon-starved and extended epoch of reionization     

James S. Bolton  Martin G. Haehnelt 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,382(1):325-341

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