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G. Thuillier M. DeLand A. Shapiro W. Schmutz D. Bolsée S. M. L. Melo 《Solar physics》2012,277(2):245-266
We present a new method to reconstruct the solar spectrum irradiance in the Ly α – 400 nm region, and its variability, based on the Mg ii index and neutron-monitor measurements. Measurements of the solar spectral irradiance available in the literature have been
made with different instruments at different times and different spectral ranges. However, climate studies require harmonised
data sets. This new approach has the advantage of being independent of the absolute calibration and aging of the instruments.
First, the Mg ii index is derived using solar spectra from Ly α (121 nm) to 410 nm measured from 1978 to 2010 by several space missions. The variability of the spectra with respect to a
chosen reference spectrum as a function of time and wavelength is scaled to the derived Mg ii index. The set of coefficients expressing the spectral variability can be applied to the chosen reference spectrum to reconstruct
the solar spectra within a given time frame or Mg ii index values. The accuracy of this method is estimated using two approaches: direct comparison with particular cases where
solar spectra are available from independent measurements, and calculating the standard deviation between the measured spectra
and their reconstruction. From direct comparisons with measurements we obtain an accuracy of about 1 to 2%, which degrades
towards Ly α. In a further step, we extend our solar spectral-irradiance reconstruction back to the Maunder Minimum introducing the relationship
between the Mg ii index and the neutron-monitor data. Consistent measurements of the Mg ii index are not available prior to 1978. However, we remark that over the last three solar cycles, the Mg ii index shows strong correlation with the modulation potential determined from the neutron-monitor data. Assuming that this
correlation can be applied to the past, we reconstruct the Mg ii index from the modulation potential back to the Maunder Minimum, and obtain the corresponding solar spectral-irradiance reconstruction
back to that period. As there is no direct measurement of the spectral irradiance for this period we discuss this methodology
in light of the other proposed approaches available in the literature. The use of the cosmogenic-isotope data provides a major
advantage: it provides information about solar activity over several thousands years. Using technology of today, we can calibrate
the solar irradiance against activity and thus reconstruct it for the times when cosmogenic-isotope data are available. This
calibration can be re-assessed at any time, if necessary. 相似文献
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T. Hilbig M. Weber K. Bramstedt S. Noël J. P. Burrows J. M. Krijger R. Snel M. Meftah L. Damé S. Bekki D. Bolsée N. Pereira D. Sluse 《Solar physics》2018,293(8):121
This paper describes a new reference solar spectrum retrieved from measurements of the satellite instrument SCIAMACHY in the wavelength region from \(0.24~\upmu\mbox{m}\) to \(2.4~\upmu\mbox{m}\) and its comparison with several other established solar reference spectra. The SCIAMACHY reference spectrum was recorded early in the mission before substantial optical degradation due to the harsh space environment sets in. The radiometric calibration of SCIAMACHY, applied in this study, includes a physical model of the scanner unit. Furthermore, SCIAMACHY’s internal white light source (WLS) is used to correct for on-ground to in-flight changes. The resultant calibrated solar spectrum from SCIAMACHY is in good agreement with several available solar spectral irradiance (SSI) references in the visible spectral range. Strong throughput losses due to detector icing in the near infrared (NIR) are now adequately accounted for. Nevertheless, a deficit with respect to the ATLAS-3 composite and SORCE/SIM SSI is observed in the NIR. However, the SCIAMACHY solar reference spectrum agrees well with the recently re-evaluated SOLAR/SOLSPEC-ISS and recent ground measurements taken at Mauna Loa in the NIR. 相似文献
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We use an innovative research technique to analyze combined images from the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE). We produce a high spatial and temporal resolution simulated CDS raster or “composite” map from TRACE data and use
this composite map to jointly analyze data from both instruments. We show some of the advantages of using the “composite”
map method for coronal loop studies. We investigate two postflare loop structures. We find cool material (250 000 K) concentrated
at the tips or apex of the loops. This material is found to be above its scale height and therefore not in hydrostatic equilibrium.
The exposure times of the composite map and TRACE images are used to give an estimate of another loop’s cooling time. The
contribution to the emission in the TRACE images for the spectral lines present in its narrow passband is estimated by using
the CDS spectral data and CHIANTI to derive synthetic spectra. We obtain cospatial and cotemporal data collected by both instruments
in SOHO Joint Observations Program (JOP) 146 and show how the combination of these data can be utilized to obtain more accurate
measurements of coronal plasmas than if analyzed individually.
Electronic Supplementary Material The online version of this article () contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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A. Vourlidas B. Sanchez Andrade-Nu?o E. Landi S. Patsourakos L. Teriaca U. Schühle C. M. Korendyke I. Nestoras 《Solar physics》2010,261(1):53-75
The Very high Angular resolution ULtraviolet Telescope (VAULT) is a sounding rocket payload built to study the crucial interface
between the solar chromosphere and the corona by observing the strongest line in the solar spectrum, the Ly α line at 1216 ?.
In two flights, VAULT succeeded in obtaining the first ever subarcsecond (
$0.5\hbox{$0.5\hbox{
) images of this region with high sensitivity and cadence. Detailed analyses of those observations contributed significantly
to new ideas about the nature of the transition region. Here, we present a broad overview of the Ly α atmosphere as revealed
by the VAULT observations and bring together past results and new analyses from the second VAULT flight to create a synthesis
of our current knowledge of the high-resolution Ly α Sun. We hope that this work will serve as a good reference for the design
of upcoming Ly α telescopes and observing plans. 相似文献
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Valentina G. Klochkova Eugene L. Chentsov Tonu Kipper Vladimir E. Panchuk Nonna S. Tavolganskaya Maxim V. Yushkin 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2011,335(1):83-89
We present a spectral atlas of 4 B and A stars containing spectra in a poorly studied spectral range of 305–452 nm. The atlas
is based on high resolution (R=60 000) spectra obtained with the 6 meter telescope (SAO, Russia) combined with the NES-spectrograph. The procedure of spectral
lines identification and compilation of the atlas is discussed in detail. Using the spectral data we thoroughly investigated
the velocity field in expanding atmospheres and envelopes of hot evolved stars β Ori, α Cyg and supergiant KS Per with the extreme hydrogen deficiency. The complete atlas and list of the identified spectral lines
will be available via the astronomical database SIMBAD. 相似文献
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The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) X-ray data base (February 2002 – May 2006) has been searched to find solar flares with weak thermal components and
flat photon spectra. Using a regularized inversion technique, we determine the mean electron flux distribution from count
spectra for a selection of events with flat photon spectra in the 15 – 20 keV energy range. Such spectral behavior is expected
for photon spectra either affected by photospheric albedo or produced by electron spectra with an absence of electrons in
a given energy range (e.g., a low-energy cutoff in the mean electron spectra of nonthemal particles). We have found 18 cases that exhibit a statistically
significant local minimum (a dip) in the range of 13 – 19 keV. The positions and spectral indices of events with low-energy
cutoff indicate that such features are likely to be the result of photospheric albedo. It is shown that if the isotropic albedo
correction is applied, all low-energy cutoffs in the mean electron spectrum are removed, and hence the low-energy cutoffs
in the mean electron spectrum of solar flares above ∼ 12 keV cannot be viewed as real features. If low-energy cutoffs exist
in the mean electron spectra, their energies should be less than ∼ 12 keV. 相似文献
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The study of the minor constituents of the planetary atmospheres from the analysis of the scattered light properties requires
the knowledge of the absolute incident solar irradiance at high resolution. The data were obtained from the UVSP experiment
on board the Solar Maximum Mission satellite in the 184.5–232.5 nm spectral range. We have reconstituted the solar spectrum
measured in three different regions of the solar disk with a spectral resolution of 0.01 nm and a spatial resolution of 3 arc sec.
The wavelength scale was determined with a standard deviation of 0.0025 nm. The comparison of the relative intensities in
three locations of the solar disk with those obtained by other authors allowed us to determine these positions accurately
and to derive the integrated spectrum of the whole disk. Finally, the resulting spectrum has been expressed in absolute units
using the spectral irradiance by the SOLSPEC and SUSIM spectrometers, respectively operated with the ATLAS 1 mission and from
the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. We obtained the absolute solar irradiance with an accuracy of 10% in the 184.5–232.5 nm
spectral range with a spectral resolution of 0.01 nm for the first time using data from space observations.
Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1017976515168 相似文献
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Comparisons of solar magnetic-field measurements made in different spectral lines are very important, especially in those
lines in which observations have a long history or (and) specific diagnostic significance. The spectral lines Fe i 523.3 nm and Fe i 525.0 nm belong to this class. Therefore, this study is devoted to a comprehensive analysis using new high-precision Stokes-meter
full-disk observations. The disk-averaged magnetic-field strength ratio R=B(523.3)/B(525.0) equals 1.97±0.02. The center-to-limb variation (CLV) is R=1.74−2.43μ+3.43μ
2, where μ is the cosine of the center-to-limb angle. For the disk center, we find R=2.74, and for near-limb areas with μ=0.3, R equals 1.32. There is only a small dependence of R on the spatial resolution. Our results are rather close to those published three decades ago, but differ significantly from
recent magnetographic observations. An application of our results to the important SOHO/MDI magnetic data calibration issue
is discussed. We conclude that the revision of the SOHO/MDI data, based only on the comparison of magnetic-field measurements
in the line pair Fe i 523.3 nm and Fe i 525.0 nm (increasing by a factor of 1.7 or 1.6 on average according to recent publications) is not obvious and new investigations
are urgently needed. 相似文献
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Thomas N. Woods Phillip C. Chamberlin W. K. Peterson R. R. Meier Phil G. Richards Douglas J. Strickland Gang Lu Liying Qian Stanley C. Solomon B. A. Iijima A. J. Mannucci B. T. Tsurutani 《Solar physics》2008,250(2):235-267
Solar soft X-ray (XUV) radiation is highly variable on all time scales and strongly affects Earth’s ionosphere and upper atmosphere;
consequently, the solar XUV irradiance is important for atmospheric studies and for space weather applications. Although there
have been several recent measurements of the solar XUV irradiance, detailed understanding of the solar XUV irradiance, especially
its variability during flares, has been hampered by the broad bands measured in the XUV range. In particular, the simple conversion
of the XUV photometer signal into irradiance, in which a static solar spectrum is assumed, overestimates the flare variations
by more than a factor of two as compared to the atmospheric response to the flares. To address this deficiency in the simple
conversion, an improved algorithm using CHIANTI spectral models has been developed to process the XUV Photometer System (XPS)
measurements with its broadband photometers. Model spectra representative of quiet Sun, active region, and flares are combined
to match the signals from the XPS and produce spectra from 0.1 to 40 nm in 0.1-nm intervals for the XPS Level 4 data product.
The two XPS instruments are aboard NASA’s Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) and Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics (TIMED) satellites. In addition, the XPS responsivities have been updated for the latest XPS data processing version. The
new XPS results are consistent with daily variations from the previous simple conversion technique used for XPS and are also
consistent with spectral measurements made at wavelengths longer than 27 nm. Most importantly, the XPS flare variations are
reduced by factors of 2 – 4 at wavelengths shorter than 14 nm and are more consistent, for the first time, with atmospheric
response to solar flares. Along with the details of the new XPS algorithm, several comparisons to dayglow and photoelectron
measurements and model results are also presented to help verify the accuracy of the new XUV irradiance spectra. 相似文献
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We report very high temporal and spectral resolution interferometric observations of some unusual solar radio bursts near
1420 MHz. These bursts were observed on 13 September 2005, 22 minutes after the peak of a GOES class X flare from the NOAA
region 10808. Our observations show 11 episodes of narrow-band intermittent emission within a span of ≈ 8 s. Each episode
shows a heavily frequency-modulated band of emission with a spectral slope of about −245.5 MHz s−1, comprising up to 8 individual blobs of emission and lasts for 10 – 15 ms. The blobs themselves have a spectral slope of
≈ 0 MHz s−1, are ≈ 200 – 250 kHz wide, appear every ≈ 400 kHz and last for ≈ 4 – 5 ms. These bursts show brightness temperatures in the
range 1012 K, which suggests a coherent emission mechanism. We believe these are the first high temporal and spectral resolution interferometric
observations of such rapid and narrow-bandwidth solar bursts close to 1420 MHz and present an analysis of their temporal and
spectral characteristics. 相似文献
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M. Meftah L. Damé D. Bolsée N. Pereira D. Sluse G. Cessateur A. Irbah A. Sarkissian D. Djafer A. Hauchecorne S. Bekki 《Solar physics》2017,292(8):101
The solar spectrum is a key parameter for different scientific disciplines such as solar physics, climate research, and atmospheric physics. The SOLar SPECtrometer (SOLSPEC) instrument of the Solar Monitoring Observatory (SOLAR) payload onboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been built to measure the solar spectral irradiance (SSI) from 165 to 3088 nm with high accuracy. To cover the full wavelength range, three double-monochromators with concave gratings are used. We present here a thorough analysis of the data from the third channel/double-monochromator, which covers the spectral range between 656 and 3088 nm. A new reference solar spectrum is therefore obtained in this mainly infrared wavelength range (656 to 3088 nm); it uses an absolute preflight calibration performed with the blackbody of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). An improved correction of temperature effects is also applied to the measurements using in-flight housekeeping temperature data of the instrument. The new solar spectrum (SOLAR–IR) is in good agreement with the ATmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS?3) reference solar spectrum from 656 nm to about 1600 nm. However, above 1600 nm, it agrees better with solar reconstruction models than with spacecraft measurements. The new SOLAR/SOLSPEC measurement of solar spectral irradiance at about 1600 nm, corresponding to the minimum opacity of the solar photosphere, is 248.08 ± 4.98 mW?m?2?nm?1 (1?\(\sigma\)), which is higher than recent ground-based evaluations. 相似文献
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K. Ichimoto B. Lites D. Elmore Y. Suematsu S. Tsuneta Y. Katsukawa T. Shimizu R. Shine T. Tarbell A. Title J. Kiyohara K. Shinoda G. Card A. Lecinski K. Streander M. Nakagiri M. Miyashita M. Noguchi C. Hoffmann T. Cruz 《Solar physics》2008,249(2):233-261
The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) onboard Hinode aims to obtain vector magnetic fields on the Sun through precise spectropolarimetry of solar spectral lines with a spatial
resolution of 0.2 – 0.3 arcsec. A photometric accuracy of 10−3 is achieved and, after the polarization calibration, any artificial polarization from crosstalk among Stokes parameters is
required to be suppressed below the level of the statistical noise over the SOT’s field of view. This goal was achieved by
the highly optimized design of the SOT as a polarimeter, extensive analyses and testing of optical elements, and an end-to-end
calibration test of the entire system. In this paper we review both the approach adopted to realize the high-precision polarimeter
of the SOT and its final polarization characteristics. 相似文献
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Y. Suematsu S. Tsuneta K. Ichimoto T. Shimizu M. Otsubo Y. Katsukawa M. Nakagiri M. Noguchi T. Tamura Y. Kato H. Hara M. Kubo I. Mikami H. Saito T. Matsushita N. Kawaguchi T. Nakaoji K. Nagae S. Shimada N. Takeyama T. Yamamuro 《Solar physics》2008,249(2):197-220
The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) aboard the Solar-B satellite (Hinode) is designed to perform high-precision photometric and polarimetric observations of the Sun in visible light spectra (388 – 668 nm)
with a spatial resolution of 0.2 – 0.3 arcsec. The SOT consists of two optically separable components: the Optical Telescope
Assembly (OTA), consisting of a 50-cm aperture Gregorian with a collimating lens unit and an active tip-tilt mirror, and an
accompanying Focal Plane Package (FPP), housing two filtergraphs and a spectro-polarimeter. The optomechanical and optothermal
performance of the OTA is crucial to attain unprecedented high-quality solar observations. We describe in detail the instrument
design and expected stable diffraction-limited on-orbit performance of the OTA, the largest state-of-the-art solar telescope
yet flown in space. 相似文献
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R. Tojeiro A. F. Heavens R. Jimenez B. Panter 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,381(3):1252-1266
We introduce versatile spectral analysis (VESPA): a new method which aims to recover robust star formation and metallicity histories from galactic spectra. VESPA uses the full spectral range to construct a galaxy history from synthetic models. We investigate the use of an adaptative parametrization grid to recover reliable star formation histories on a galaxy-by-galaxy basis. Our goal is robustness as opposed to high-resolution histories, and the method is designed to return high time resolution only where the data demand it. In this paper we detail the method and we present our findings when we apply VESPA to synthetic and real Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic data. We show that the number of parameters that can be recovered from a spectrum depends strongly on the signal-to-noise ratio, wavelength coverage and presence or absence of a young population. For a typical SDSS sample of galaxies, we can normally recover between two and five stellar populations. We find very good agreement between VESPA and our previous analysis of the SDSS sample with MOPED. 相似文献
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The spatial and spectral behaviors of two solar flares observed by the Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH) on 24 August 2002 and
22 August 2005 are explored. They were observed with a single loop-top source and double footpoint sources at the beginning,
then with looplike structures for the rest of the event. NoRH has high spatial and temporal resolution at the two frequencies
of 17 and 34 GHz where a nonthermal radio source is often optically thin. Such capabilities give us an opportunity to study
the spatial and spectral behaviors of different microwave sources. The 24 August 2002 flare displayed a soft – hard – soft
(SHS) spectral pattern in the rising – peak – decay phases at 34 GHz, which was also observed for the spectral behavior of
both loop-top and footpoint sources. In contrast, the 22 August 2005 flare showed a soft – hard – harder (SHH) spectral pattern
for its both loop-top and footpoint sources. It is interesting that this event showed a harder spectrum in the early rising
phase. We found a positive correlation between the spectral index and microwave flux in both the loop-top source and the footpoint
sources in both events. The conclusions drawn from the flux index could apply to the electron index as well, because of their
simple linear relationship under the assumption of nonthermal gyrosynchrotron mechanism. Such a property of spatial and spectral
behaviors of microwave sources gives an observational constraint on the electron acceleration mechanism and electron propagation. 相似文献
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H.U. Kufl 《Astronomische Nachrichten》2010,331(5):549-554
Near‐Infrared high spectral and spatial resolution spectroscopy offers new and innovative observing opportunities for astronomy. The “traditional” benefits of IR‐astronomy – strongly reduced extinction and availability of adaptive optics – more than offset for many applications the compared to CCD‐based astronomy strongly reduced sensitivity. Especially in high resolution spectroscopy interferences by telluric lines can be minimized. Moreover for abundance studies many important atomic lines can be accessed in the NIR. A novel spectral feature available for quantitative spectroscopy are the molecular rotational‐vibrational transitions which allow for fundamentally new studies of condensed objects and atmospheres. This is also an important complement to radio‐astronomy, especially with ALMA, where molecules are generally only observed in the vibrational ground state. Rot‐vib transitions also allow high precision abundance measurements – including isotopic ratios – fundamental to understand the thermo‐nuclear processes in stars beyond the main sequence. Quantitative modeling of atmospheres has progressed such that the unambiguous interpretation of IR‐spectra is now well established. In combination with adaptive optics spectro‐astrometry is even more powerful and with VLT‐CRIRES a spatial resolution of better than one milli‐arcsecond has been demonstrated. Some highlights and recent results will be presented: our solar system, extrasolar planets, star‐ and planet formation, stellar evolution and the formation of galactic bulges (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) 相似文献
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We examine daily records of sunspot group areas (measured in millionths of a solar hemisphere or μHem) for the last 130 years
to determine the rate of decay of sunspot group areas. We exclude observations of groups when they are more than 60° in longitude
from the central meridian and only include data when at least three days of observations are available following the date
of maximum area for a group’s disk passage. This leaves data for over 18 000 measurements of sunspot group decay. We find
that the decay rate increases linearly from 28 μHem day−1 to about 140 μHem day−1 for groups with areas increasing from 35 μHem to 1000 μHem. The decay rate tends to level off for groups with areas larger
than 1000 μHem. This behavior is very similar to the increase in the number of sunspots per group as the area of the group
increases. Calculating the decay rate per individual sunspot gives a decay rate of about 3.65 μHem day−1 with little dependence upon the area of the group. This suggests that sunspots decay by a Fickian diffusion process with
a diffusion coefficient of about 10 km2 s−1. Although the 18 000 decay rate measurements are lognormally distributed, this can be attributed to the lognormal distribution
of sunspot group areas and the linear relationship between area and decay rate for the vast majority of groups. We find weak
evidence for variations in decay rates from one solar cycle to another and for different phases of each sunspot cycle. However,
the strongest evidence for variations is with latitude and the variations with cycle and phase of each cycle can be attributed
to this variation. High latitude spots tend to decay faster than low latitude spots. 相似文献
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R. M. González Delgado M. Cerviño L. P. Martins C. Leitherer P. H. Hauschildt 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,357(3):945-960
We present the single stellar population (SSP) synthesis results of our new synthetic stellar atmosphere models library with a spectral sampling of 0.3 Å, covering the wavelength range from 3000 to 7000 Å for a wide range of metallicities (twice solar, solar, half solar and 1/10 solar). The stellar library is composed of 1650 spectra computed with the latest improvements in stellar atmospheres. In particular, it incorporates non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) line-blanketed models for hot ( T eff ≥ 27 500 K) , and LTE line-blanketed models (Phoenix) for cool (3000 ≤ T eff ≤ 4500 K) stars. Because of the high spectral resolution of this library, evolutionary synthesis models can be used to predict the strength of numerous weak absorption lines and the evolution of the profiles of the strongest lines over a wide range of ages. The SSP results have been calculated for ages from 1 Myr to 17 Gyr using the stellar evolutionary tracks provided by the Geneva and Padova groups. For young stellar populations, our results have a very detailed coverage of high-temperature stars with similar results for the Padova and Geneva isochrones. For intermediate and old stellar populations, our results, once degraded to a lower resolution, are similar to the ones obtained by other groups (limitations imposed by the stellar evolutionary physics notwidthstanding). The limitations and advantages of our models for the analysis of integrated populations are described. The full set of the stellar library and the evolutionary models are available for retrieval at the websites http://www.iaa.csic.es/~rosa and http://www.iaa.csic.es/~mcs/sed@ , or on request from the first two authors. 相似文献
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Benjamin Panter Raul Jimenez Alan F. Heavens Stephane Charlot 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,378(4):1550-1564
We present the results of a moped analysis of ∼3 × 105 galaxy spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3 (SDSS DR3), with a number of improvements in data, modelling and analysis compared with our previous analysis of DR1. The improvements include: modelling the galaxies with theoretical models at a higher spectral resolution of 3 Å, better calibrated data, an extended list of excluded emission lines and a wider range of dust models. We present new estimates of the cosmic star formation rate (SFR), the evolution of stellar mass density and the stellar mass function from the fossil record. In contrast to our earlier work the results show no conclusive peak in the SFR out to a redshift around 2 but continue to show conclusive evidence for 'downsizing' in the SDSS fossil record. The star formation history is now in good agreement with more traditional instantaneous measures. The galaxy stellar mass function is determined over five decades of mass, and an updated estimate of the current stellar mass density is presented. We also investigate the systematic effects of changes in the stellar population modelling, the spectral resolution, dust modelling, sky lines, spectral resolution and the change of data set. We find that the main changes in the results are due to the improvements in the calibration of the SDSS data, changes in the initial mass function and the theoretical models used. 相似文献
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We report measurements of the Jupiter brightness spectrum in the 850-μm and 1100-μm atmospheric windows with a spectral resolution of 125 MHz, obtained with a Fourier transform spectrometer on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Three results were obtained. First, the predicted absorption features due to the rotational lines of HCN at 266 and 354 GHz were not detected within our error limits of less than 1%. We establish new upper limits for the HCN abundance in the jovian troposphere for five assumed abundance distributions and for two assumed NH3abundances. The upper limits are 1.7 to 13 times smaller than the abundance value obtained in the only reported detection of HCN in Jupiter prior to the impact of Shoemaker–Levy 9. Second, the continuum brightness temperature spectrum at 850 μm was determined and is in agreement with previous measurements, but has large error bars due to uncertainties in the photometric calibration. We estimate the ammonia abundance in the 1–2 bar region to be 1.7 times solar, but this result is tentative since scattering by NH3cloud particles and absorption by gaseous H2S were neglected in our atmospheric model. Finally, the first rotational line of PH3at 267 GHz was not detected, a result which we demonstrate is consistent with the statistical noise level in these measurements, with current values of the spectroscopic parameters, and with phosphine measurements at other wavelengths. 相似文献