太空明星风采录：梅西叶（下）

梅西叶所列入星表的这10a余个天体,他自己也没有看得很清楚,再加上当时人们的认识水平,他认为这些天体都是星云和星团。自1923年美国天文学家哈勃发现河外星系的存在之后,人们发现梅西叶天体中不仅有很多星云和星团,还有许多河外星系。具体地说,银河系内的星云和星团有67个,河外星系有40个。另外还有3个既不是星云、星团,也不是星系。具体说,M24是恒星云;M40是一对光学双星,两成员之间没有物理联系：M73是一个小星群,各成员之间也没有物理联系。下面,我们分门别类地介绍梅西叶天体。     

观测结果对三成分多分量星系化学演化模型的约束

本文是在银河系化学演化的基础上，利用银河系的三成分(threezone)(即晕、厚盘和薄盘)多相(multi-phase)(气体，分子云，大、小质量恒星以及剩余物质)的化学演化的理论模型，讨论了以下观测约束：1、质量面密度、恒星形成率，各分区质量比；2、场星的年龄-金属丰度关系；3、α元素化学演化；4、太阳附近G矮星金属丰度分布；5、三成分金属丰度特征量；6、超新星爆发率；7、内落速率。结果表明，三成分多分量模型能够较好地满足观测约束，比较真实地反映星系演化过程。可以用该模型计算元素的星系化学演化。     

The Multi-Wavelength Quasar Survey Ⅳ. Quasars in the Leo Cluster

We aim to provide a quasar sample that is more complete than any previous surveys by using a combined selection technique to reduce the selection effects. Here we present the observational results for the X-ray candidates in the field of the Leo Cluster. We found 33 X-ray AGNs in this field of which 10 are new discoveries. The X-ray data and optical spectra of these AGNs are given. We also study the near-IR properties of the X-ray-selected AGNs by using the data from 2MASS. Most of the AGNs in our sample span the color range 0.0〈B-J〈2.5,1.0〈 J-Ks 〈2.0 and 0.5〈H-Ks〈1.2.     

银河系大尺度结构的统计分析

本文给出了在银道面第一象限中,原子氢气体HⅠ和CO分子及同位素分子~(13)CO发射之间的定量的大尺度相关分析。得到以下结论:(1)发射度E(~(13)CO)和E(~(12)CO),在l=11°—45°,b=0°大部分区域内总是线性相关的。(2)在内银道面第一象限内,不仅是在按简单几何划分的大部分区域,而且在按现存旋臂模型划分的一些特殊区域,HⅠ和CO发射也是大尺度线性非相关的。(3)看来CO发射度只在不多的几个区域中示踪HⅠ。但从平均-平滑E(HⅠ)和E(~(12)CO)的比较分析中,仍然难以确定分子云示踪HⅠ或可能由HⅠ形成的结论。     

富氧AGB星在银河系中的分布

根据ｖａｎｄｅｒＶｅｅｎ（１９８８）划分的ＩＲＡＳＰＳＣ的ＩＲＡＳ双色图区域选择了一批富氧ＡＧＢ星的样本，对其银河系分布进行的分析表明：它们属于盘星系，主要分布在旋臂上，将其旋臂结构与已知的ＨＩＩ区的旋臂结构进行拟合，得到这批富氧ＡＧＢ星的平均光度为８３００Ｌ⊙（Ｒｏ＝８．０ｋｐｃ），     

Sgr A*的结构和变化:银河中心的超大质量黑洞

银河中心为我们提供了一个唯一的天体物理实验室来用以研究各式各样的天体物理过程。在文中 ,我们总结和归纳了关于SgrA 观测的最新结果 ,主要涉及源的结构和在流量密度方面的变化。SgrA 现象代表着在低光度活动星系核中围绕一个超大质量黑洞的低辐射率的吸积盘外流的典型例子。从SgrA 观测得到的许多天体物理中悬而未决的问题对现存的天体物理理论是一个挑战。对SgrA 的最新理论模型也作了综述。     

Galactic Chemical Evolution of the Lighter Neutron Capture Elements Sr, Y and Zr

Based on a three-component Galaxy chemical evolutionary model satisfying a large set of Galactic and extragalactic constraints, we compute the chemical evolution of the lighter neutron capture elements (e.g., Sr, Y and Zr) taking into account contributions from three processes. We compare our model results with available observational results and find that the observed trends can be understood in the light of present knowledge of neutron capture nucleosynthesis.     

Active Optics in LAMOST

Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) is one of the major national projects under construction in China. Active optics is one of the most important technologies for new large telescopes. It is used for correcting telescope errors generated by gravitational and thermal changes. Here, however, we use this technology to realize the configuration of LAMOST, -a task that cannot be done in the traditional way. A comprehensive and intensive research on the active optics used in LAMOST is also reported, including an open-loop control method and an auxiliary closed-loop control method. Another important development is in our pre-calibration method of open-loop control, which is with some new features: simultaneous calculation of the forces and displacements of force actuators and displacement actuators; the profile of mirror can be arbitrary; the mirror surface shape is not expressed by a fitting polynomial, but is derived from the mirror surface shape formula which is highly accurat     

Expected Number Counts of Radio Galaxy Clusters

1 INTRODUCTION Over the past years, diffuse radio halos have been detected in a few tens of nearby, richclusters. They often extend to a distance of 1 Mpc from the cluster centers, and have regularshape, low surface brightness and steep radio spectrum. Some clusters also contain peculiarradio structures called radio relics. Both radio halos and relics are believed to arise from themerging of sub-cluster structures (Buote 2001). The first radio halo, Coma C, was detected about 30 years a…     

银河系中球状星团的空间分布和运动轨道

选用银河系中29个累积光谱型为F型的球状星团样本。根据它们的视向速度，绝对自行等参数，归算处理后得出了各样本星团的空间分布和运动速度。并以此作为初始条件，在给定的3种银河系引力势模型中，采用数值积分方法计算出各样本星团的运动轨道。计算结果表明：（1）大部分样本星团都位于银心距5kpc-10kpc的范围内，相对于银心呈球对称分布，它们的速度也呈椭球分布；（2）29个样本星团按其金属度大小和基本性发类，可分属HB和MP两个次系，且样本星团数随金属度[Fe/H]而变化，在[Fe/H]＝－1．6处出现一个峰值；（3）所有样本星团的轨道运动都呈周期性，大都在一个有界而不封闭的周期轨道上运动，其最大银心距大都在40kpc以内。不同的引力势模型对球状星团轨道的具体形态影响不大，在给定的引力势模型下，当某些星团的运动轨道穿越距银心1kpc附近的区域时会出现“混沌”行为。而样本星团的金属度与其轨道形态之间的相关性并不明显；（4）29个样本星团的轨道半长轴、远银心距和方位周期随金属度的变化规律基本相似。轨道偏心率与金属度有关，对于所选的晕族样本星团而言，大约有24％的样本星团的轨道偏心率低于0．4，不同的引力势模型对近银心距、偏心率和参数的不确定度等量影响较小，但是对远银心距、径向周期和方位周期等参数影响较为明显。