Beobachtungsergebnisse der Berliner Arbeitsgemeinschaft für veränderliche Sterne e. V. (BAV)

In this 8th compilation, the following results of observations are given: 207 observed minima of 56 eclipsing binaries, 100 maxima of 21 RR Lyrae- and δ Cephei-stars, 82 results of 32 Mira stars and long period variables, and 47 results of 9 RV Tauri stars, semiregular, and irregular variables, from the years 1966 up to 1968.     

Shock waves—Phenomenology,experimental, and numerical simulation

Abstract— The purpose of this paper is to review the results of long‐term cooperation between Dieter Stöffler and the authors in the field of shock wave deformation of minerals and rocks. First, the principal phenomena of shock wave generation and propagation, predominantly in solid media, are presented, and then analytical and numerical mathematical treatment of shock wave processes on the basis of mass, momentum, and energy conservation laws will be described and discussed. Experimental methods of shock wave investigations by means of impact and explosive techniques are summarized, including hypervelocity acceleration facilities and high‐pressure explosive devices. Shock pressure barometry by means of mineralogical evidence of distinct material phase transitions and characteristic shock structures is also discussed.     

Electron impact polarization of X-ray lines from hydrogen-like ions during solar flares

The linear polarization of X-ray lines from highly charged hydrogenic ions is calculated under the assumption that the ions are collisionally excited by nonthermal electrons with an anisotropic pitch-angle distribution around magnetic field lines. The results are applied to the conditions in solar flares. The maximum degree of polarization to be expected is quite low, of the order of some percent. In case of favourable conditions it should be feasible to detect line polarization during flares if the short-wavelength fine-structure component of the L doublet is observed.     

Böden der Rauhen Alb

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Galileo in-situ dust measurements in Jupiter’s gossamer rings

Galileo was the first artificial satellite to orbit Jupiter. During its late orbital mission the spacecraft made two passages through the giant planet’s gossamer ring system. The impact-ionization dust detector on board successfully recorded dust impacts during both ring passages and provided the first in-situ measurements from a dusty planetary ring. During the first passage—on 5 November 2002 while Galileo was approaching Jupiter—dust measurements were collected until a spacecraft anomaly at 2.33R_J (Jupiter radii) just 16 min after a close flyby of Amalthea put the spacecraft into a safing mode. The second ring passage on 21 September 2003 provided ring dust measurements down to about 2.5R_J and the Galileo spacecraft was destroyed shortly thereafter in a planned impact with Jupiter. In all, a few thousand dust impacts were counted with the instrument accumulators during both ring passages, but only a total of 110 complete data sets of dust impacts were transmitted to Earth. Detected particle sizes range from about 0.2 to 5 μm, extending the known size distribution by an order of magnitude towards smaller particles than previously derived from optical imaging [Showalter, M.R., de Pater, I., Verbanac, G., Hamilton, D.P., Burns, J.A., 2008. Icarus 195, 361-377; de Pater, I., Showalter, M.R., Macintosh, B., 2008. Icarus 195, 348-360]. The grain size distribution increases towards smaller particles and shows an excess of these tiny motes in the Amalthea gossamer ring compared to the Thebe ring. The size distribution for the Amalthea ring derived from our in-situ measurements for the small grains agrees very well with the one obtained from images for large grains. Our analysis shows that particles contributing most to the optical cross-section are about 5 μm in radius, in agreement with imaging results. The measurements indicate a large drop in particle flux immediately interior to Thebe’s orbit and some detected particles seem to be on highly-tilted orbits with inclinations up to 20°. Finally, the faint Thebe ring extension was detected out to at least 5R_J, indicating that grains attain higher eccentricities than previously thought. The drop interior to Thebe, the excess of submicron grains at Amalthea, and the faint ring extension indicate that grain dynamics is strongly influenced by electromagnetic forces. These findings can all be explained by a shadow resonance as detailed by Hamilton and Krüger [Hamilton, D.P., Krüger, H., 2008. Nature 453, 72-75].     

多层是不够的！喙嘴龙翼膜中新的软组织结构

Since the multilayered and multifunctional nature of the pterosaurian flight membrane was first described on the basis of superbly preserved material from the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, South Germany) and the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation of NE Brazil (Martill & Unwin 1989, Tischlinger & Frey 2002), subsequent investigations of several Rhamphorhynchus specimens under ultraviolet light have confirmed the presence of several layers and launched the first biomechanical analysis of the pterosaurian flight membrane (Frey et al. 2007).     

Untersuchungen der seismischen Aktivität im Nordteil der Geotraverse IA

Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe von vier seismologischen Stationen in Bad Reichenhall (BHG), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GAP), Innsbruck (IBK) und Schlegeis (SCE) werden Kleinbeben im nördlichen Teil der Geotraverse I a beobachtet, die vom internationalen Erdbebendienst nicht registriert werden. In der Zeit von Januar 1972 bis Januar 1975 wurden etwa 200 Beben mit Herden im Untersuchungsgebiet aufgezeichnet. Seit März 1973 konnten die Epizentren von etwa 30 Beben bestimmt werden. Bei zwei Beben wurden makroseismische Untersuchungen durchgeführt. Es wurde die zeitliche und räumliche Verteilung der Beben bestimmt, um daraus auf rezente Bewegungen und Bewegungszonen in diesem Teil der Ostalpen zu schließen.

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In the northern part of the Geotraverse I a microearthquakes are investigated with four seismological stations situated in Bad Reichenhall (BHG), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GAP), Innsbruck (IBK) and Schlegeis (SCE). Between January 1972 and January 1975 about 200 earthquakes were recorded with origins within the region under investigation. Since March 1973 the epicenters of about 30 earthquakes were determined. For two events macroseismic investigations were carried out. A seismicity map shows the nowadays mobile regions in this part of the eastern Alps.

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Résumé Grâce à quatre stations séismologiques situées à Bad Reichenhall (BHG), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GAP), Innsbruck (IBK) et Schlegeis (SCE) environ 200 tremblements de terre ont été enrigistrés dans la région nord de la Geotraverse I a entre janvier 1972 et janvier 1975. Depuis mars 1973 les épicentres de 30 tremblements de terre ont été déterminés. A deux reprises des recherches macroséismiques ont eu lieu. La carte de la séismicité montre les régions actuellement actives dans cette partie des Alpes orientales.

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The role of radiation in an inversion-capped planetary boundary layer

In an inversion-capped planetary boundary layer (PBL), the structure of the turbulent fluxes as well as the height of the inversion are determined by the interaction of turbulent mixing in the PBL, large-scale subsidence above the PBL and radiational cooling. Here the sensitivity of the inversion height and of the turbulent fluxes due to radiational processes is investigated with the aid of a three-layered model for a well mixed PBL. For an example of the Trade-Wind region, the inversion height (i.e., the difference between surface pressure and pressure at the inversion level) varies between 46 and 257 mb and the surface flux of moist static energy between 417 and 99 W m^-2, if the (mean) radiative net flux divergence for both the inversion and the well-mixed layer is changed over a reasonable range of values. None of the parameterization schemes existing in the literature is able to describe these radiational effects in an appropriate way. This is due to the fact that these parameterizations are either not or not flexibly enough linked to the thermodynamical model parameter. Therefore the demand for an adequate parameterization of the radiational influence in a well-mixed PBL under a subsidence inversion is obvious.