Iodine Content of Some Geochemical Reference Samples

18 geoahenrical reference samples have been analysed for iodine using an automated photometric method. Few comparative values are available in the literature but of the six that are available four show good agreement with the data reported. In all but one case the values obtained are less than 0.3 ppm, the exception being a bauxite (B.C.S. 395) with 8.8 ppm I.     

Determination of Fluorine and Chlorine in Eight USGS Reference Samples Using Automated Photometric Analysis

Eight USGS reference samples have been analysed for F and Cl by automated photometric analysis following alkali fusion. The results obtained are, generally, in fairly good agreement with those quoted in the literature.     

对氨基二甲基苯胺比色法测定的地下水中硫化物 不确定度的评定

采用不确定度连续传递模型对对氨基二甲基苯胺分光光度法测定的地下水中硫化物的不确定度进行了评定,在标准曲线拟合这一关键步骤上采用双误差曲线拟合,并与最小二乘法的拟合结果进行比较。结果表明,对于含较高浓度硫化物的水样,由双误差拟合出来的结果比最小二乘法拟合的结果更为准确。在采用双误差曲线拟合对实际样品进行定量时,应选择合适浓度范围内的标准曲线,使测定浓度落在标准曲线的较高浓度部分,使结果更为准确、合理。     

Major and trace elements in German bottled water,their regional distribution,and accordance with national and international standards

The market for mineral water has been growing steadily over the last few years. Germany is the country with the highest number of bottled mineral water brands (908 bottled water samples from 502 wells/brands were analyzed). The per capita consumption of mineral water in Germany in 2003 was 129 L. A wide range of values of one to seven orders of magnitude was determined for 71 elements in the bottled water samples analyzed by ICP-QMS, ICP-AES, IC, titration, photometric, conductometric and potentiometric methods. A comparison of the element concentrations and the legal limits for both bottled and tap water (EU, Germany, US EPA, WHO) shows that only 70% of the 908 mineral water samples fulfill the German and EU drinking water (i.e., tap water) regulations for all parameters (not including pH) for which action levels are defined. Nearly 5% of the bottled water samples not fulfill the German and EU regulations for mineral and table water. Comparison of our results with the current German and European action levels for mineral and table water shows that only 42 of the bottled water samples exceed the limits for one or more of the following elements: arsenic, nitrate, nitrite, manganese, nickel and barium concentrations. Ten of the bottled water samples contain uranium concentrations above the 10 μg/L recommended limit.     

The transmittance color index of amorphous organic matter: a thermal maturity indicator for petroleum source rocks

Since the mid-1980s, Texaco has used the transmittance color index (TCI) of amorphous kerogen as an indicator of kerogen thermal maturation. The technique simply involves the direct measurement of a white-light spectrum as it is transmitted through a particle of amorphous organic matter (AOM). In brief, TCI values are obtained by the analysis of white light originating from a 100-W 6-V tungsten lamp attached to a photometric microscope. The assignment of particular TCI values is based on the increasing curvature of spectra with increasing maturity. TCI curves shift from an average wavelength around 580 nm for samples of immature, amorphous kerogen (i.e., material with a mean, random vitrinite reflectance of about 0.20%) to about 660 nm for samples containing very dark brown to some black particulate material (i.e., kerogen with a mean, random vitrinite reflectance of about 2.15%). The range of TCI values covers all zones of petroleum generation and preservation. In our opinion, TCI can provide as accurate a basis for maturation interpretations as is available from vitrinite reflectance (or from the mean random reflectance of some zooclasts, such as graptolites and chitinozoans), or the widely used visual estimate the thermal alteration index (TAI) or the similarly determined conodont color index (CAI). TCI is probably most useful, however, in those situations where the rocks to be examined have not yet reached the semianthricite coalification stage (≈2.0% vitrinite reflectance).     

月球Reiner Gamma漩涡地区物质的光度行为及分类

月球漩涡是月球表面具有磁场异常和光度异常的独特地质特征,其成因目前仍存在争议。本文以典型的Reiner Gamma漩涡为例,利用LROC WAC观测数据,建立该地区主要地质单元(明亮斑纹、暗带和周边月海)的光度模型。研究表明,除光谱特性外,漩涡地区各地质单元的光度行为可作为物质分类的重要依据。Reiner Gamma漩涡地区的明亮斑纹与暗带和周边月海的光度特性完全不同,其异常光度行为(相函数参数)可能与漩涡的强水平方向磁场存在关联。暗带与周边月海的亮度和光谱特性相近,但具有明显不同的相函数参数,其光度行为介于周边月海和明亮斑纹之间,表明它们的月壤物理特性存在差异。     

The use of automated coal petrography in determining maceral group composition and the reflectance of vitrinite

Using photometric and image analysis methods, a reasonable technique and procedure have been developed for the determination of maceral group composition and the reflectance of vitrinite. This procedure is introduced by an optimum method for seeking the interval values of each maceral group, i.e., from the “fingerprint” reflectance histogram, it seeks reasonable interval values and distribution values for vitrinite and other maceral groups. After checking and correction, these values can be put into a program and computerized. This method had advantages such as increased speed of analysis and reproducibility of the results.     

Observations of five supernovae in 1995–1997

We present the results of photometric observations of the type Ia supernovae SN 1995al, 1996bo, 1996bk, the type Ib/c supernova SN 1997X, and the type II supernova SN 1996an. The photometric characteristics of SN 1995al are close to the average for type Ia supernovae. Our analysis has revealed possible peculiarities in the light-curve shape and deviations from the average photometric parameters for SN 1996bk and 1996bo. Sn 1996an probably belongs to type IIP. The light curve of SN 1997X resembles that of the type Ic supernova SN 1994I. Light-curve parameters and absolute magnitude estimates are presented.     

Statistics of BY Draconis variables

A statistical survey of 113 spotted red dwarf stars that are known or suspected BY Draconis variables is presented. Typical indicators of stellar photometric activity—the amplitudes of the rotational modulation and seasonal mean brightness variations ΔV and Δ〈V〉—are compared to the global parameters of the stars. First, photometric variability shows a weak dependence on spectral type; second, ΔV and Δ〈V〉 grow with increasing stellar rotational velocity and decreasing Rossby number, with the dependences saturating at the critical values V _crit～15–20 km/s and Ro_crit～0.2–0.3; and third, the Sun as a star fits well into the derived relations. Thus, the spottedness of stars, like other indicators of stellar activity, depends on their global parameters.     

The subsystem of open clusters in the post-hipparcos era: Cluster structural parameters and proper motions

The wide neighborhoods of 401 open clusters are analyzed using the modern, high-precision, homogeneous ASCC-2.5 all-sky catalog. More than 28000 possible cluster members (including about 12500 most probable members) are identified using kinematic and photometric criteria. Star counts with the ASCC-2.5 and USNO-A2.0 catalogs are used to determine the angular and linear radii of the cluster cores and coronas, which exceed the previously published values by factors of two to three. The segregation (differing central concentration) of member stars by magnitude is observed. The mean proper motions are determined directly in the Hipparcos system for 401 clusters, for 183 of them for the first time. The heliocentric distances of 118 clusters are determined for the first time based on color-magnitude diagrams for their identified members.     

Observed and calculated normal color indices and indices in three photometric systems

We estimate the reliability of previously derived normal energy distributions for stars by comparing normal color indices in three photometric systems (W BV R, uvby, and Vilnius) calculated using these distributions with indices derived from photometric observations. Earlier, we used photometric data from W BV R and uvby catalogs to derive normal color indices for these systems not available in the literature, in the form of mean color indices and indices obtained for representative groups of normal, unreddened stars. The results can be used to estimate both the quality of our normal distributions and the reliability of the normal color indices in the three photometric systems considered.     

Age and metallicity estimates for moderate-mass stars in eclipsing binaries

We estimate the ages and metallicities for the components of 43 binary systems using a compilation of accurate observational data on eclipsing binaries for which lines of both components are visible in their spectra, together with two independent modern sets of stellar evolution models computed for a wide range of masses and chemical abundances. The uncertainties of the resulting values are computed, and their stability is demonstrated. The ages and metallicity are compared with those derived in other studies using different methods, as well as with independent estimates from photometric observations and observations of clusters. These comparisons con firm the reliability of our age estimates. The resulting metallicities depend significantly on the choice of theoretical model. Comparison with independent estimates favors the estimates based on the evolutionary tracks of the Geneva group.     

An experimental test of the photometric calibration of the guide star catalog for the Spectrum-UV (WSO/UV) project

A test of the photometric calibration accuracy for the guide-star catalog (Master Catalog) of the Spectrum-UV project (World Space Observatory—Ultraviolet) has been performed using CCD observations in a spectral band close to that of the guide sensor system of the T-170M space telescope. The mean photometric uncertainty of the Master Catalog at 14 ^m –17 ^m is 0.23 ^m ; variations in this uncertainty over the sky are within a factor of two. About 2% of the stars in the Master Catalog were found to have photometric errors in excess of 2 ^m . We analyze the correspondence of large photometric errors to flags of the Master Catalog.     

电荷注入检测器—等离子体光谱仪光度精度与分析参数的关系

研究了电荷注入检测器（ＣＩＤ）等离子体光谱仪（ＩＣＰ－ＡＥＳ）的光度精度和分析参数的关系。实验结果表明,较高的等离子体功率和雾化系统载气压力可得到较好的谱线强度测量的光度精度。ＣＩＤ－ＩＣＰ光谱仪的光度精度（ＲＳＤ〈４％）优于电磁驱动顺序等离子体光谱仪（ＲＳＤ〈１０％）。     

Analysis of photometric light curves for massive contact binary OB stars. V701 Scorpii

To study the influence of circumstellar gaseous matter on the observed photometric characteristics of early-type, massive contact binaries, we investigated residual curves (difference between the observed and calculated brightnesses as functions of the orbital phase) for the star V701 Scorpii. The residual curves can be used to estimate the influence of gaseous matter in the common envelope on the observed light curves for different phase intervals, and to qualitatively describe the associated distortion of light from the system’s components. Changes of the residual curves from filter to filter indicate the wavelength dependence of the distortion of the light from the components in the circumstellar matter. Differences between the residual curves for different observing epochs testify to time variations in the conditions in the circumstellar matter. We compared the residual curves obtained for different photometric bands and observing epochs using correlation analyses. The distortion of the light from the components of V701 Scorpii in the UV differs from that in the visual and changes in time. This conclusion is supported by the calculated values of the overflow of the first critical Roche lobe by the components.     

Apollo16登月区Hapke模型参数反演及模型敏感性分析

月表光度行为描述了月表物质反射的太阳光随入射、出射和太阳相角的变化,其反射率的不同取决于月壤颗粒大小、粒子形状、透明度、孔隙度、表面粗糙度等因素。为了分析月表光度行为,了解区域反射率差异原因,本文以Apollo16登月区为例,使用M³（moon mineralogy mapper）数据反演Hapke模型物理参数,并分析了Hapke模型光度参数对二向性反射率的影响程度。反演结果显示,本文研究区域光度参数b、h_S变化很小,光度参数w有一定的变化;表明本文研究区域反射率不同主要是w的差异造成的。研究区域月壤中各类矿物颗粒的前向散射占主导地位,月壤结构和粒径总体相近,但在孔隙度、风化层填充物状态及表面粗糙度等因素中至少有一种因素存在差异。     

Chemical composition of 15 photometric analogues of the Sun

The results of a spectroscopic analysis of 15 stars that are photometric analogues of the Sun are reported. The effective temperatures and surface gravities in the stellar atmospheres are derived from published photometric indices and the HIPPARCOS parallaxes. The abundances of 33 elements ranging from lithium to europium are analyzed based on high-dispersion spectra taken with the new Coudé echelle spectrometer of the Terskol Observatory in the northern Caucasus. The main parameters of most of the stars agree with the data of an [Fe/H] catalog published in 2001. Our study of the chemical compositions of the sample stars indicates that photometric analogues of the Sun can be divided into three groups according to their elemental abundances: six stars have solar chemical composition, four have abundance excesses, and five have some abundance deficiencies. The sample contains two metal-deficient subgiants (HD 133002 and HD 225239). Our results demonstrate that photometric similarity is not a sufficient criterion to consider a star as solar analogue. When several criteria, including chemical composition, are simultaneously taken into account, only four stars from the sample can be considered true solar analogues: HD 10307, HD 34411, HD 146233 (18 Sco), and HD 186427 (16 Cyg B). These results confirm the previously published suggestion that 18 Sco is the most probable twin of the Sun: essentially all the parameters of the two stars coincide within the errors.     

The symbiotic system Z Andromedae during the flare of 2000–2002

Optical and infrared photometric observations of the classical symbiotic binary Z And obtained in quiescent and active phases in 1999–2002 are analyzed. RI photometric data from the literature are used to estimate the parameters of the binary system’s components. The data as a whole suggest that the hot compact component expands and the emission measure of the surrounding nebula grows during the flare. Possible interpretations of the flare based on several mechanisms are considered.     

The normal energy distributions in stellar spectra: Giants and supergiants

We have derived the normal spectral energy distributions for those early-type subgiants, giants, and supergiants that were not investigated in our earlier studies, which were in most cases also not included in the studies of Sviderskiene. Color indices computed using our normal energy distributions are in good agreement with normal colors derived from observations in the Vilnius photometric system. The reliability of our distribution curves is also demonstrated by comparisons of observed and computed (W-B)-(B-V) two-color diagrams in the WBVR system. Normal color indices for the photometric WBVR system are derived.     

Long-term variations in the spottedness of BY Dra M dwarfs

The results of a spottedness study for twelve red dwarf stars covering several decades and based on a vast amount of photometric observations are presented. The analysis makes use of multicolor (UBV RI) photometric monitoring of ten of these stars since 1991 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, as well as data from the literature. The spottedness parameters for selected active BY Dra red dwarfs have been refined using an improved zonal model for the spotted stellar atmospheres to allow for the possible presence of two active longitudes on the stars. Time variations in the spot activity of these systems are analyzed in order to look for possible cycles. Three of the stars show a drift of their spots in the latitude towards the stellar poles; however, the magnitude of this latitude drift is a factor of two to three lower than the analogous value for sunspots. All the stars except for YZ CMi display relationships between the area of the spots and their latitude, with correlation coefficients R from 0.67 to 0.97. Evidence for the presence of activity cycles with durations from 25 to 40 years is found for six stars, which are characterized by synchronous variations in the areas and latitudes of their spots, as well as of the overall photometric brightness.