Detection of 33.8 Millisecond X-Ray Pulsations in SAX J0635+0533

Recently, detection of discrete features in the X-ray afterglow spectra of GRB 970508 and GRB 970828 was reported. The most natural interpretation of these features is that they are redshifted Fe K emission complexes. The identification of the line emission mechanism has drastic implications for the inferred mass of radiating material and hence the nature of the burst site. X-ray spectroscopy provides a direct observational constraint on these properties of gamma-ray bursters. We briefly discuss how these constraints arise in the context of an application to the spectrum of GRB 970508.     

Large Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebula Morphology: Probing Stellar Populations and Evolution

Planetary nebulae (PNe) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) offer the unique opportunity to study both the population and evolution of low- and intermediate-mass stars, by means of the morphological type of the nebula. Using observations from our LMC PN morphological survey, and including images available in the Hubble Space Telescope Data Archive and published chemical abundances, we find that asymmetry in PNe is strongly correlated with a younger stellar population, as indicated by the abundance of elements that are unaltered by stellar evolution (Ne, Ar, and S). While similar results have been obtained for Galactic PNe, this is the first demonstration of the relationship for extragalactic PNe. We also examine the relation between morphology and abundance of the products of stellar evolution. We found that asymmetric PNe have higher nitrogen and lower carbon abundances than symmetric PNe. Our two main results are broadly consistent with the predictions of stellar evolution if the progenitors of asymmetric PNe have on average larger masses than the progenitors of symmetric PNe. The results bear on the question of formation mechanisms for asymmetric PNe-specifically, that the genesis of PNe structure should relate strongly to the population type, and by inference the mass, of the progenitor star and less strongly on whether the central star is a member of a close binary system.     

SEDIMENT YIELD AND HYDROLOGY IN NORTHWESTERN RANGELANDS

lINTRODUCTIONRangeandforestlandsofnorthwesternNorthAmericahavebeenutilizedforres0urceextracti0nandproductionsinceinitialhuman0ccupationofthecontinent.Intensive"managed"utilizati0nofec0systemsforspecificbenefitsincludingcattle,sheep,t1sh,w00dandagriculturalpr0ductshasbeenong0ingfornearly0ne-and-haIfcenturies.Intensiveresourceproducti0nhasto0oftenbeenacc0mpaniedbyunwanted"sideeffects"includingacceleratederosion,s0illossandsedimentdeliveredoffsitetod0wnstreamlocati0ns,estuariesandoceanicsin…     

Long-Term Landscape Evolution of the Northparkes Region of the Lachlan Fold Belt, Australia: Constraints from Fission Track and Paleomagnetic Data

Apatite fission track thermochronology (AFTT) and paleomagnetic (PM) results have been used to constrain the Late Paleozoic to Cenozoic landscape evolution of the Lachlan Fold Belt (LFB) around the Northparkes copper-gold deposit in east-central New South Wales. The present-day landscape of this region of the LFB is relatively flat with little expression of the underlying rock and has previously been interpreted to indicate long-term stability of the region since the end of LFB orogenesis in the Early Carboniferous. This was presumably borne out by PM analyses from thick weathered horizons within open pits at the mine, which suggested that significant periods of weathering, and hence relative landscape stability, prevailed during the Early to middle Carboniferous and at some time during the Cenozoic. Results from AFTT analyses, however, indicate that the region must have experienced significant episodes of cooling/denudation during the mid-Permian to mid-Triassic and during the early Cenozoic, as well as episodes of heating/burial during the Late Carboniferous to mid-Permian and during the late Mesozoic. When combined, the AFTT and PM results are in fact consistent and indicate that since the late Paleozoic the landscape of the LFB around the Northparkes deposit has evolved through multiple episodes of denudation and deposition as well as periods of relative stability during which the thick weathering horizons formed. Together these results establish a complementary chronological framework that constrains the Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic landscape evolution of the Northparkes region and highlights the importance of using dual data sets in elucidating the long-term landscape evolution of similar "stable" terranes.     

Survey on PCDDs and PCDFs in sediments and soils in Ya-Er Lake area, China

INTRODUCTIONOverthepastseveralycars,considerableinteffethasbocenteIdontheenvir0nmentalbehaviouroftoxicandpersistritcomP0undssuchashalogenatalaromat-ies,inparticularthepolychiorinataldibopdioxins(PCDDe)andpolydil0rinateddi~fUtansrpCDFs).ManyofthesecomPounds,espedllythosewithahighdegere0fchiorinesubstitution,arehighlylipophiliccontawhnantSwithlowWhtersolubility,highre-sistancet0chdricaltransformationsandlowwhcrobiologhaldegradatfonpeatnnann,l988,Bromanetal.,l989,Hites,l990)whichexplain…     

乌兹别克斯坦东部地震预报实验场的地面倾斜异常信息

引言在我国及国外进行的实地及室验室研究证明了在地震破裂前的阶段形变场内存在异常变化〔１,２〕。但预报地震的现状离最终达到的目标还很遥远。从经常在震后回顾性分析中识别出前兆异常过渡到震前依据观测到的异常变化实施真实的地震预报是存在许多困难的。原因是对解题计算法的研究很薄弱,并缺乏可以判断某种预报计算法效能的准则。因此,为了客观评价前兆效应的信息量、揭示最稳定的证明地震孕育的标志、研究在各种观测条件下前兆的时空特征并编制预报计算法,就需要加工处理多年的动态观测资料,这已成为当前用形变方法预报地震的迫…     

元古代及早古生代的微古植物化石

当前,在许多国家和地区古生物工作者十分重视研究古老的微植物化石,特别对于晚元古代及早古生代的微古植物化石的研究,取得了显著成绩。根据外貌特征,微古植物可以分成六个主要群落:球状藻(Sphaeromorphida),棱状藻(Scaphomorphida),多面藻(Edromorphida),刺球藻(Sphaerohystrichomorphida),卵形藻(Ooidomorphida)及椭状藻(Ellipasoidomorphida)。并包括几个亚群落和很多     

热带气旋运动的动力—统计预报业务试验

一、引言近年来,许多热带气旋具有运动异常的性质,从而暴露了纯统计系统所固有的弱点,并促进了动力和统计—动力模式的发展。因此,Miller(1972)等用一种七层模式进行试验,而Neumann和Lawrence(1973)介绍了一种统计—动力模式,即NHC73,它采用美国气象中心的原始方程模式的输出作为统计预报系统的输入。1973年和1974年飓风季节,用NHC73的两种方案在业务预报中作了试验。本文评论了NHC73的发展,介绍了两年中的试验结果,以及提出了将统计、动力概念用于热带气旋预报的发展途径。二、数值预报资料的统计应用 Klein和 Glahn(1974)介绍了两种已成功地将数值预报资料引入统计预报结构的方法。其一是所谓“完全预报”法,另一种称模式输出统计法,简称     

电热式雨强计

本文介绍一种具有对数响应特性的电热式降雨强度计,该仪器是根据使降落到感应器表面的雨水加热蒸发所需要的电功率,以连续测量0.3—350毫米/小时的降水速率。外场试验表明,此仪器与标准翻斗雨量计的观测结果一致。 1.工作原理这种电热降雨强度计是根据四十年代在飞机积冰现象的研究中使用的液态水含量电测仪器发展而来的,它可以检测落到仪器表面的雨水和云中的水通量。仪器有两个固定电位的金属电极,电极之间是一种多孔、吸     

凿岩机的减振装置

目前在工业部门中所使用的风动凿岩机具有很大的振动。列宁格勒国民经济会议区“气动学”工厂于 1963年成批生产 KB1 及KBC1型减振托