First VLTI observations of Mira stars     

Andrea Richichi  Markus Wittkowski 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,286(1-2):219-224

We present first observations of Mira stars obtained at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at 2 microns, equipped with the VINCI instrument, using different baselines with both the test siderostats and the 8.2 m unit telescopes. These observations, collected in the course of the VLTI commissining program, have targeted so far about sixty cool giant stars. In this talk, we list and describe the measurements obtained for 14 Mira stars, many of them representing first-time determinations of the visibility. In particular, we devote special attention to a study of Mira itself, for which very accurate determinations of the visibility at several baseline lenghts and orientations could be obtained. We find that a two-component model is more consistent with the data than a single stellar disc. Further observations are needed for a better understanding of this source. The VLTI will constitute an ideal instrument for such studies in the future. In particular it will permit detailed investigations of southern AGB stars, such as accurate measurements of surface structureparameters (diameters, diameter variations, asymmetries, center-to-limbvariations, special features like hot spots) and of circumstellar envelopes. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

数字路线地质调查与数字填图方法   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

葛梦春  方成名  于庆文  李超岭 《新疆地质》2003,21(Z1):26-32

数字地质填图是基于数字填图系统(RGMAP)进行地质调查的一种新方法.从野外数字路线地质调查的角度,结合150000崇阳县幅数字填图实战经验,探讨了观察路线布置的原则和方法、PRB数字填图技术和PRB过程的基本概念,数字填图的一般工作方法和编录要求等.在此基础上对数字填图方法的长处和局限性进行了讨论.  相似文献   

A new technique for determining the surface level of salt marshes and other uncompacted sedimentary environments     

Alan P. Carr 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1983,8(3):293-296

The method described involves the use of an electro-optical distance measurer mounted on a theodolite. Observations are taken onto a series of acrylic reflectors, aligned at right angles to the line of sight, and slope distances and vertical and horizontal angles are recorded. From these data it is possible to obtain surface heights to an accuracy of ±0·5 cm at 200 m and to avoid any direct disturbance of the site under investigation.  相似文献   

Giant Vibrations in Dip     

T.C. Teixeira  J. Christensen-Dalsgaard  F. Carrier  C. Aerts  S. Frandsen  D. Stello  T. Maas  M. Burnet  H. Bruntt  J.R. de Medeiros  F. Bouchy  H. Kjeldsen  F. Pijpers 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(1):233-236

This work reports the discovery of solar-type oscillations in thegiant star Hydrae.  相似文献   

1.2米地平式望远镜指向模型的研究 (1.全天指向模型的建立)   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：3  

郑向明  王武  张云成  冯和生 《天文学报》2003,44(3):330-336

介绍了云南天文台1.2米地平式望远镜用于天文观测和图像采集处理的方法,建立了新的、独特的全天指向模型,大大提高了该望远镜的指向精度,达到1″,并在多年的实际应用中得到验证。  相似文献   

High-resolution bispectrum speckle interferometry and two-dimensional radiative transfer modeling of the Red Rectangle     

A.B. Men'shchikov  Y.Y. Balega  R. Osterbart  G. Weigelt 《New Astronomy》1998,3(8):1217-617

We present the first diffraction-limited K-band image of the Red Rectangle with 76 mas resolution, an H-band image with 75 mas resolution, and an RG 715 filter image ( 800 nm wavelength) with 78 mas resolution (corresponding to 25 AU for a distance of 330 pc). The H and K images were reconstructed from 6 m telescope speckle data and the RG 715 image from 2.2 m telescope data using the speckle masking bispectrum method. At all wavelengths the images show a compact, highly symmetric bipolar nebula, suggesting a toroidal density distribution of the circumstellar material. No direct light from the central binary can be seen as it is obscured by a dust disk or circumbinary torus. Our first high-resolution H−K color image of the nebula shows a broad red plateau of H−K≈ 2^m in the bright inner regions.The optical and near-infrared images and the available photometric continuum observations in a wide range of ultraviolet to centimeter wavelengths enabled us to model the Red Rectangle in detail using a two-dimensional radiative transfer code. Our model matches both the high-resolution images and the spectral energy distribution of this object very well, making the following picture much more certain. The central close binary system with a total luminosity of 3000 L is embedded in a very dense, compact circumbinary torus which has an average number density n_H ≈5×10¹² cm⁻³, an outer radius of the dense inner region of R≈30 AU (91 mas), and a ρ∝r⁻² density distribution. The full opening angle of the bipolar outflow cavities in our model is 70°. By comparing the observed and theoretical images, we derived an inclination angle of the torus to the line of sight of 7°±1°.The radiative transfer calculations show that the dust properties in the Red Rectangle are spatially inhomogeneous. The modeling confirms that the idea of large grains in the long-lived disk around the Red Rectangle (Jura et al., 1997 [ApJ, 474, 741]) is quantitatively consistent with the observations. In our models, unusually large, approximately millimeter-sized grains dominate the emission of the compact, massive torus. Models with smaller average grain sizes can possibly be found in future studies, for instance, if it turns out that the radio spectrum is not mainly caused by continuum dust emission. Therefore, the large grains suggested by our models require further confirmation by both new observations and radiative transfer calculations. Assuming a dust-to-gas ratio ρ_d/ρ_g of 0.005, the dense torus mass is 0.25 M. The model gives a lower limit of 0.0018 M, for the mass of the large particles, which produce a gray extinction of A≈ 28^m, towards the center. A much smaller mass of submicron-sized dust grains is presumably located in the polar outflow cavities, their conical surface layers, and in the outer low-density parts of the torus (where ρ∝r⁻⁴, in the region of 30 AUr 2000 AU corresponding to 0.^′′09–6^′′).  相似文献   

Low-cost high performance distributed data storage for multi-channel observations     

《New Astronomy》2015

The New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST) is a 1-m solar telescope that aims to observe the fine structures in both the photosphere and the chromosphere of the Sun. The observational data acquired simultaneously from one channel for the chromosphere and two channels for the photosphere bring great challenges to the data storage of NVST. The multi-channel instruments of NVST, including scientific cameras and multi-band spectrometers, generate at least 3 terabytes data per day and require high access performance while storing massive short-exposure images. It is worth studying and implementing a storage system for NVST which would balance the data availability, access performance and the cost of development. In this paper, we build a distributed data storage system (DDSS) for NVST and then deeply evaluate the availability of real-time data storage on a distributed computing environment. The experimental results show that two factors, i.e., the number of concurrent read/write and the file size, are critically important for improving the performance of data access on a distributed environment. Referring to these two factors, three strategies for storing FITS files are presented and implemented to ensure the access performance of the DDSS under conditions of multi-host write and read simultaneously. The real applications of the DDSS proves that the system is capable of meeting the requirements of NVST real-time high performance observational data storage. Our study on the DDSS is the first attempt for modern astronomical telescope systems to store real-time observational data on a low-cost distributed system. The research results and corresponding techniques of the DDSS provide a new option for designing real-time massive astronomical data storage system and will be a reference for future astronomical data storage.  相似文献   

现浇透水性生态混凝土在河道边坡工程中的应用          下载免费PDF全文

刘峰  颜庭成 《江苏地质》2011,35(4):418-423

针对传统护坡工程方法在河道边坡工程生态环境保护和修复方面的缺陷,提出了新型现浇透水性生态混凝土护坡技法,优化设计了该技法组成材料,并对生态混凝土的耐久性、植生能力和净水性能进行了综合分析。通过该技法在泰州周山河河道边坡生态治理工程中的实际应用,认为所提出的现浇透水性生态混凝土护坡技法不仅能充分保证护坡工程的安全性,还可维持和改善周边生态环境与生态系统。  相似文献   

Study on the Stressed Mirror Polishing with a Continuous Polishing Machine for Large Aperture Off-axis Aspheric Mirrors     

Li Xin-nan  Zhang Hai-ying  Cui Xiang-qun  Jiang Zi-bo  Zheng Yi  Liu Xing-tao  Ni Hou-kun 《Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics》2012

A special stressed annular polishing technique is proposed to mill the off-axis aspheric sub-mirrors of a large segmented mirror with an annular polishing machine. Based on the basic principle of stressed annular polishing technique, a set of special stressing mechanisms are designed to convert milling the aspheric surfaces of sub-mirrors with different off-axis distances into milling the spherical surfaces with identical radii of curvature, so that they can be pol- ished simultaneously on a continuous polishing machine. It took about contin- uous 40 hours to polish a scaled-down mirror of the planning Chinese Future Giant Telescope (CFGT) using this technique. This mirror has the 330 mm di- ameter, 3.6 m off-axis distance, and the 21.6 m radius of curvature, and its max- imum asphericity is 16 micron. The experiment shows that this method has a high effciency, suits batch manufacturing, especially the batch manufacturing of aspheric sub-mirrors of the segmented primary mirror of an extremely large aperture telescope.  相似文献   

浅谈电影片名翻译技巧     

毛妙维 《广东海洋大学学报》2006,26(2):115-120

电影不仅是作为一种艺术品,同时也是作为一种商品存在,而电影片名就好比是电影的一件外衣,因此,确切地翻译电影片名非常重要。电影片名的翻译技巧有很多,同时影响电影片名的翻译的因素也有很多。因此,在翻译电影片名时要从各方面因素考虑,从而选择恰当的翻译技巧,使得译名不仅能够从意义上忠实于源名,涵盖电影的内容,同时在形式上做到简练并具有吸引力。  相似文献