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Characterization of the three-dimensional structure of solar transients using incomplete plane of sky data is a difficult
problem whose solutions have potential for societal benefit in terms of space weather applications. In this paper transients
are characterized in three dimensions by means of conic coronal mass ejection (CME) approximation. A novel method for the
automatic determination of cone model parameters from observed halo CMEs is introduced. The method uses both standard image
processing techniques to extract the CME mass from white-light coronagraph images and a novel inversion routine providing
the final cone parameters. A bootstrap technique is used to provide model parameter distributions. When combined with heliospheric
modeling, the cone model parameter distributions will provide direct means for ensemble predictions of transient propagation
in the heliosphere.
An initial validation of the automatic method is carried by comparison to manually determined cone model parameters. It is
shown using 14 halo CME events that there is reasonable agreement, especially between the heliocentric locations of the cones
derived with the two methods. It is argued that both the heliocentric locations and the opening half-angles of the automatically
determined cones may be more realistic than those obtained from the manual analysis. 相似文献
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S. R. Oates M. J. Page P. Schady M. de Pasquale T. S. Koch A. A. Breeveld P. J. Brown M. M. Chester S. T. Holland E. A. Hoversten N. P. M. Kuin F. E. Marshall P. W. A. Roming M. Still D. E. Vanden Berk S. Zane J. A. Nousek 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,395(1):490-503
We present the first statistical analysis of 27 Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) optical/ultraviolet light curves of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. We have found, through analysis of the light curves in the observer's frame, that a significant fraction rise in the first 500 s after the GRB trigger, all light curves decay after 500 s, typically as a power law with a relatively narrow distribution of decay indices, and the brightest optical afterglows tend to decay the quickest. We find that the rise could be either produced physically by the start of the forward shock, when the jet begins to plough into the external medium, or geometrically where an off-axis observer sees a rising light curve as an increasing amount of emission enters the observers line of sight, which occurs as the jet slows. We find that at 99.8 per cent confidence, there is a correlation, in the observed frame, between the apparent magnitude of the light curves at 400 s and the rate of decay after 500 s. However, in the rest frame, a Spearman rank test shows only a weak correlation of low statistical significance between luminosity and decay rate. A correlation should be expected if the afterglows were produced by off-axis jets, suggesting that the jet is viewed from within the half-opening angle θ or within a core of a uniform energy density θc . We also produced logarithmic luminosity distributions for three rest-frame epochs. We find no evidence for bimodality in any of the distributions. Finally, we compare our sample of UVOT light curves with the X-ray Telescope (XRT) light-curve canonical model. The range in decay indices seen in UVOT light curves at any epoch is most similar to the range in decay of the shallow decay segment of the XRT canonical model. However, in the XRT canonical model, there is no indication of the rising behaviour observed in the UVOT light curves. 相似文献
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M. De Pasquale P. Evans S. Oates M. Page S. Zane P. Schady A. Breeveld S. Holland P. Kuin M. Still P. Roming P. Ward 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,392(1):153-169
The Swift mission has discovered an intriguing feature of gamma-ray burst (GRBs) afterglows, a phase of shallow decline of the flux in the X-ray and optical light curves. This behaviour is typically attributed to energy injection into the burst ejecta. At some point this phase ends, resulting in a break in the light curve, which is commonly interpreted as the cessation of the energy injection. In a few cases, however, while breaks in the X-ray light curve are observed, optical emission continues its slow flux decline. This behaviour suggests a more complex scenario. In this paper, we present a model that invokes a double component outflow, in which narrowly collimated ejecta are responsible for the X-ray emission while a broad outflow is responsible for the optical emission. The narrow component can produce a jet break in the X-ray light curve at relatively early times, while the optical emission does not break due to its lower degree of collimation. In our model both components are subject to energy injection for the whole duration of the follow-up observations. We apply this model to GRBs with chromatic breaks, and we show how it might change the interpretation of the GRBs canonical light curve. We also study our model from a theoretical point of view, investigating the possible configurations of frequencies and the values of GRB physical parameters allowed in our model. 相似文献
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Michael Dopita John Hart Peter McGregor Patrick Oates Gabe Bloxham Damien Jones 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,310(3-4):255-268
This paper describes the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) under construction at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
(RSAA) of the Australian National University (ANU) for the ANU 2.3 m telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory. WiFeS is
a powerful integral field, double-beam, concentric, image-slicing spectrograph designed to deliver excellent throughput, wavelength
stability, spectrophotometric performance and superb image quality along with wide spectral coverage throughout the 320–950 nm
wavelength region. It provides a 25×38 arcsec field with 0.5 arcsec sampling along each of twenty five 38×1 arcsec slitlets.
The output format is optimized to match the 4096×4096 pixel CCD detectors in each of two cameras individually optimized for
the blue and the red ends of the spectrum, respectively. A process of “interleaved nod-and-shuffle” will be applied to permit
quantum noise-limited sky subtraction. Using VPH gratings, spectral resolutions of 3000 and 7000 are provided. The full spectral
range is covered in a single exposure at R=3000, and in two exposures in the R=7000 mode. The use of transmissive coated optics, VPH gratings and optimized mirror coatings ensures a throughput (including
telescope atmosphere and detector) >30% over a wide spectral range. The concentric image-slicer design ensures an excellent
and uniform image quality across the full field. To maximize scientific return, the whole instrument is configured for remote
observing, pipeline data reduction, and the accumulation of calibration image libraries. 相似文献
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S. R. Oates C. G. Mundell S. Piranomonte K. L. Page M. De Pasquale A. Monfardini A. Melandri S. Zane C. Guidorzi D. Malesani A. Gomboc N. Bannister A. J. Blustin M. Capalbi D. Carter P. D'Avanzo S. Kobayashi H. A. Krimm P. T. O'Brien M. J. Page R. J. Smith I. A. Steele N. Tanvir 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,372(1):327-337
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This paper describes a large-scale reservoir characterization experiment carried out in Oman in 1991 which comprised the acquisition, processing and interpretation of a 28.4 km2 3D multicomponent seismic experiment over the Natih field. The objective of the survey was to obtain information on the fracture network present in the Natih carbonates from shear-wave anisotropy. Shear-wave anisotropy in excess of 20% time splitting was encountered over a large part of the survey. The seismic results are confirmed by geological and well data but provide additional qualitative information on fracturing where this was not available before. Regions of stronger and weaker shear-wave anisotropy appear to be fault-bounded. The average well flow rates (which are fracture-dominated) within such blocks correlate with the average anisotropy of the blocks. The further observation that the anisotropy is largest in the fracture gas cap of the reservoir suggests that shear waves can provide a direct hydrocarbon indicator for fractured rock. 相似文献
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A. Ratcliffe T. Shanks Q. A. Parker A. Broadbent F. G. Watson A. P. Oates C. A. Collins & R. Fong 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,300(2):417-462
We present the radial velocities and blue, optical magnitudes for all of the galaxies within the Durham/UKST Galaxy Redshift Survey. This catalogue consists of ∼2500 galaxy redshifts to a limiting apparent magnitude of B J ⋍17 mag, covering a ∼1500-deg2 area around the South Galactic Pole. The galaxies in this survey were selected from the Edinburgh/Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue and were sampled, in order of apparent magnitude, at a rate of one galaxy in every three. The spectroscopy was performed at the 1.2-m UK Schmidt Telescope in Australia using the FLAIR multi-object spectrograph. We show that our radial velocity measurements made with this instrument have an empirical accuracy of ±150 km s−1 . The observational techniques and data reduction procedures used in the construction of this survey are also discussed. This survey demonstrates that the UKST can be used to make a three-dimensional map of the large-scale galaxy distribution, via a redshift survey to b J ⋍17 mag, over a wide area of the sky. 相似文献
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R.N. Carver L.M. Chenoweth R.H. Mazzucchelli C.J. Oates T.W. Robbins 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1987,28(1-3)
Desert land surfaces are commonly characterized by a veneer or pavement of siliceous and/or ferruginous stony material. This material can be shown in most cases to be predominantly bedrock-derived, despite often severe modification by prolonged weathering, and can therefore be selectively sampled and analyzed as an indicator of bedrock geochemistry in geochemical surveys.Most pavements probably owe their existence to the interaction of several dispersion mechanisms. However, a common factor in all cases is the concentration of coarse particles at the surface as a result of the selective removal by erosion of fine dilutant material. Hence, the preferred name when used in the geochemical context is “lag”.In lag sampling, particles in the range 2.0–6.0 mm are screened on site from the unconsolidated surface material. Material in this size range has been found to be quite uniformly distributed over a wide range of arid region environments, including areas where residual soils are severely diluted by transported alluvial and aeolian materials.Data from exploration programmes for Au, Cu-Pb-Zn-Ba, and Ni allow comparison of results for lag sampling with those for alternative sample media in a variety of arid region environments. Analysis of lag samples for Au, Cu and As clearly indicates the presence of bedrock Au mineralization in the Paterson and Eastern Goldfields Provinces of Western Australia. In these areas both lags and soils exhibit good anomaly contrast, but lags show more extensive lateral dispersion, leading to advantages in reconnaissance exploration.Strong anomalies for Ni and Cu are developed in lags, compared with subdued response in fine-fraction soils over a Ni sulphide occurrence in the Eastern Goldfields which has been subjected to deep lateritic weathering.Lag geochemistry also clearly reflects sub-economic base metal and barite occurrences in the McArthur Basin, N.T., in spite of the dilution of surface soils by sands probably related to a Mesozoic marine incursion. Orientation sampling over a Pb-Zn prospect in the Pine Creek Geosyncline has demonstrated optimum response in lag samples compared with various size fractions of the associated lithosols.Variable dilution of lag samples by coarse quartz sand can be a problem in areas with substantial transported overburden. A simple procedure to ‘correct’ trace-element values using regression analysis based on the Fe content of samples is described as a means of reducing ‘noise’ resulting from such matrix variations. 相似文献