Evaluation of a 256×256 Si:As IBC detector array for astronomy

256×256-element IBC Si:As arrays have been evaluated for applications in IR astronomy from space-borne platforms. Basic figures of merit were measured at IR flux levels simulating those expected in space-based astronomical observations. Results include dark current <20e ^-/s, G as high as 3.8, / of 20%, and read noise below 100 rms e^-.     

Variable constant of gravitation and celestial mechanics

In the present paper the celestial mechanics consequences (light deflection, radar ranging of the planet, geodetic precession and secular effects in the orbital elements in the two-body problem) for the class of the theories based on the vacuum Jordan's Lagrangian has been considered. In these theories the gravitational constantG is proportional to ^–, being a scalar field and , some dimensionless parameter and the local law of conservation of the energy-momentum tensor holds. Of all these theories with different the most interesting one is that corresponding to =0. In the postnewtonian approximation this gravitational theory is completely equivalent to the general theory of relativity.     

On the stability of equilibria of Hamiltonian systems near the main resonances

The equilibrium point O of an autonomous Hamiltonian system of two degrees of freedom is considered for small-oscillation frequencies related as ₂=2₁+. If under the precise resonance (=0) the equilibrium is unstable, the inner diameter () of the domain of stability containing the point O is estimated. It is shown that for the normalized variables ()/b where b is the corresponding resonance coefficient. The estimates () for other main resonances are reported.     

Gravothermal catastrophe in rotating galaxies

Violent relaxation in a rotating galaxy can lead to a core-halo, system. In order to understand this, a very, crude model is studied in which all details are ignored, and only the dimensions of physical quantities are retained. The behaviour depends on the ratio of the potential in the core to the potential in the halo. When >5/2, the core contracts; when >5, the contraction is a runaway process, or gravothermal catastrophe.     

Molecule formation and cloud collapse

Ultraviolet spectra ofo And, CrB, Ori A and Vir, which were obtained with the S59 spectrometer at a resolution of 1.7 Å in three 100 Å wide regions centered at 2110, 2454 and 2825 Å, have been studied for the presence or the absence of the effects due to their binary nature. As may have been anticipated from their orbital and other characteristics, no indication of strong binary interactions were seen in these observations. However, there are certain spectral peculiarities suggesting the possibility of modifications of spectral classifications for some of these objects. A rather unusual spectral behavior in Vir is also noted. In addition, based primarily on the reviewing of the available literature, we draw new attention to a remarkable property of the third component in Ori A.     

Permissible modes of non-thermal convection in planetary mantles

Boundary conditions are imposed upon the solutions of the conservation equations for non-thermal convective motion in a self-gravitating, homogeneous, non-rotating sphere of radiusR, consisting of a core extending to a fraction of the radius of the sphere and with a viscous mantle overlying the core. It is shown that convective modes are permissible in the mantle only for certain values ofn and .     

Спэктр тэплового излучения сверхмассивных звезд и рентгеновских источников

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In the external layers of supermassive stars and thermal sources of X-ray radiation electron scattering contributes more to the opacity than free-free processes. Therefore, the thermal radiation spectrum of supermassive stars must greatly differ from Planckian, The approximate formulae obtained for the radiation spectra are applicable to any objects with a predominant role of electron scattering in the opacity and power dependence of plasma temperature and density on geometrical depth of the layers.In thermal radiation sources with power dependence of plasma temperature on depth of the layer the formation of power radiation spectraF(v)v ^– with >0 with >0 is possible. Such spectra can imitate the presence of non-thermal radiation mechanisms. This effect takes place also in the case of small optical depth on the Thomson scattering. Possibly, this effect is of interest for the theories of X-ray sources and X-ray solar flares.

     

О механззме оптического, рентгеновского и гамма-излучения пульсара в краБе

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Exact solutions in Jordan-Brans-Dicke homogeneous universes I

Spatially homogeneous, anisotropic Bianchi types I-II-III-V-VI_o-VI_h and Kantowski-Sachs (KS) are shown to have perfect fluid solutions in Jordan-Brans-Dicke (JDB) cosmological theory. All the solutions obey the relation =a²+b+c, where and are the re-scaled energy density and the re-scaled scalar field, respectively, and is a time parameter. This relation is derived in Bianchi type-I and gives rise to the general solution for this model universe. In the remaining Bianchi types this same relation is shown to hold as well; and new solution, some of which do not possess locally rotational symmetry, are obtained.     

О модели взаимодействия солнечный ветермежзвездная среда С двумя ударными волнами

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The blanketing in the rocket ultraviolet from 225.2 to 319.6 nm

The blanketing effect for the solar disc center and its value near the limb (cos = 0.23) are obtained for the rocket ultraviolet region using the Harvard center and limb spectra. The value of for the disc center appears to be 0.67 (on average) relative to the quasicontinuum. The essential decrease of towards the limb is also revealed.     

The geometry of the Roche coordinates

The exact geometry of the Roche curvilinear coordinates (, , ) in which corresponds to the zero-velocity surfaces is investigated numerically in the plane, as well as in the spatial, case for various values of the mass-ratio between the two point-masses (m ₁,m ₂) constituting a binary system.The geometry of zero-velocity surfaces specified by -values at the Lagrangian points are first discussed by taking their intersections with various planes parallel to thexy-, xz- andyz-planes. The intersection of the zero-velocity surface specified by the -value at the Lagrangian equilateral-triangle pointsL _4,5 with the planex=1/2 discloses two invariable curves passing through the pointsL _4,5 and situated symmetrically with respect to thexy-plane whose form is independent of the mass-ratio.The geometry of the remaining two coordinates (, ) orthogonal to the zero-velocity surfaces is investigated in thexy- andxz-planes from extensive numerical integrations of differential equations generated from the orthogonality relations among the coordinates. The curves (x, y)=constant in thexy-plane are found to be separated into three families by definite envelopes acting as boundaries whose forms depend upon the mass-ratio only: the inner -constant curves associated with the masspointm ₁, the inner -constant curves associated with the mass-pointm ₂ and the outer -constant curves. All the -constant curves in thexy-plane coalesce at either of the Lagrangian equilateraltriangle pointsL _4,5, except for a limiting case coincident with thex-axis. The curves (x, z)=constant in thexz-plane are also separated by definite envelopes depending upon the mass-ratio into different families: the inner -constant curves associated with the mass-pointm ₁, the inner -constant curves associated with the mass-pointm ₂ and the outer -constant curves on both sides out of the envelopes. For larger values ofz, the curves =constant tend asymptotically to the line perpendicular to thex-axis and passing through the centre of mass of the system, except for a limiting case coincident with thex-axis. The geometrical aspects of the envelopes for the curves (x, y)=constant in thexy-plane and the curves (x, z)=constant in thexz-plane are also discussed independently.In the three-dimensional space, the Roche coordinates can be conveniently defined in such a way as to correspond to the polar coordinates in the immediate neighbourhood of the origin, and to the cylindrical coordinates at great distances. From numerical integrations of simultaneous differential equations generating spatial curves orthogonal to the zero-velocity surfaces, the surfaces (x, y, z)=constant and the surfaces (x, y, z)=constant are constructed as groups of such spatial curves with common values of some parameters specifying the respective surfaces.On leave of absence from the University of Tokyo as an Honorary Fellow of the Victoria University of Manchester.     

Noise-Storm Continua: Power Estimates for Electron Acceleration

We use a generic stochastic acceleration formalism to examine the power L_in (erg s^-1) input to non-thermal electrons that cause noise-storm continuum emission. The analytical approach includes the derivation of the Greens function for a general second-order Fermi process, and its application to obtain the particular solution for the non-thermal electron distribution resulting from the acceleration of a Maxwellian source in the corona. We compare L_in with the power L_out observed in noise-storm radiation. Using typical values for the various parameters, we find that L_in 10²³–10²⁶ erg s^-1, yielding an efficiency estimate L_out/L_in in the range 10^-10 10^-6 for this non-thermal acceleration/radiation process. These results reflect the efficiency of the overall process, starting from electron acceleration and culminating in the observed noise-storm emission.     

Метагалактические протоны сверхвысоких энергий

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The early-type variables

We review the observational status of several different kinds of intrinsic variables among the early-type stars and attempt to interpret the variations in terms of our current understanding of stellar pulsation. Four distinct types of intrinsic variable can be defined: the Cep, 53 Per, Oph and Eri stars. A simple observational classification scheme, which is readily interpreted in terms of pulsation properties, is proposed. The limits of the instability strip and pulsation constants for the Cep and 53 Per stars is discussed. Problems with the interpretation of Eri stars in terms of pulsation are pointed out. The observations are consistent with rotational modulation. A problem with mode identification in Eri stars is discussed.     

Рассеяние света на анизотропных частицах

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On the integrability of the Roche coordinates

The aim of the present paper is to prove that the system of partial differential equations, which define a set of curvilinear coordinates , , that are orthogonal to the Roche equipotentials (r, , ) incorporating the effects of both rotationaland tidal distortion, does not admit of any formal integrals; and can be solved only numerically in an asymptotic manner. This fact is related with analytic properties of the problem of three bodies, in which represents the potential.     

The asymptotic limit of the form-factors α and β product for celestial bodies

The applicability of the properties of central configurations proceeding from the many-body problem to study of gaseous sphere cloud evolution during its gravitational contraction is justified. It is shown that the product runs to a constant value in the asymptotic time limit of simultaneous collision of all the particles of the cloud where is a form-factor of the potential energy and is a form-factor of the moment of inertia.The spherical bodies as well as ellipsoids of rotation and general ellipsoids with a one-dimensional mass distribution (k),k[0, 1] are found to possess the property =const.

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Bifurcations in systems of three degrees of freedom

We study the bifurcations of families of double and quadruple period orbits in a simple Hamiltonian system of three degrees of freedom. The bifurcations are either simple or double, depending on whether a stability curve crosses or is tangent to the axis b=–2. We have also generation of a new family whenever a given family has a maximum or minimum or .The double period families bifurcate from simple families of periodic orbits. We construct existence diagrams to show where any given family exists in the control space (, ) and where it is stable (S), simply unstable (U), doubly unstable (DU), or complex unstable (), We construct also stability diagrams that give the stability parameters b₁ and b₂ as functions of (for constant ), or of (for constant ).The quadruple period orbits are generated either from double period orbits, or directly from simple period orbits (at double bifurcations). We derive several rules about the various types of bifurcations. The most important phenomenon is the collision of bifurcations. At any such collision of bifurcations the interconnections between the various families change and the general character of the dynamical system changes.     

турбулентноштб в космологии

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