BV 690, a new bright Type II Cepheid

B andV observations of the suspected variable BV 690 = NSV 04298 are reported. The star shows light variations with a period of l^d.2400 and with amplitudes of 0^m.27, 0^m.36 and 0^m.11 inV, B, andB-V respectively. The light curves show steeper rise than decline, and there is evidence for the presence of a bump in the descending branch around the phase of 0.35. From considerations of the period, spectral type, presence of the bump and high tangential velocity we conclude that BV 690 belongs to the BL Herculis class of Typen Cepheids     

Photometric elements,apsidal motion,and a third body in the eclipsing binary HP Aur

Highly accurate W BV R photometric measurements of the eclipsing binary HP Aur were performed in 2002–2003 with the 48-cm AZT-14 reflector at the Tien-Shan High-Altitude Observatory to determine the rate of apsidal motion. A consistent system of physical and geometrical parameters of the components and the binary as a whole has been constructed for the first time by analyzing these new measurements together with other published data: we determined their radii (R₁ = 1.05R_⊙, R₂ = 0.82R_⊙) and luminosities (L₁ = 1.10L_⊙, L₂ = 0.46L_⊙), spectral types (G2V + G8V) and surface gravities (log g₁ = 4.38, log g₂ = 4.51), age (t = 9.5 × 10⁹ yr), and the distance to the binary (d = 197 pc). We detected an ultraviolet excess in the spectra of both components, \(\Delta (W - B) \simeq - 0\mathop .\limits^m 25\), that is probably attributable to a metal deficiency in the atmospheres of these stars. In this system of two solar-type stars, we found a third body with the mass M₃ sin i ₃ ³ = 0.17_M⊙ that revolved with the period P₃ = 13.7 yr around the eclipsing binary in a highly eccentric elliptical orbit: e₃ = 0.70 and A₃ sin i₃ ? 7 AU. The orbit of the eclipsing binary itself was shown to be also elliptical, but with a low eccentricity (e = 0.0025(5)), while apsidal motion with a period U_obs > 80 yr was observed at a theoretically expected period U_th ≈ 92 yr. At least 20 to 30 more years of photoelectric measurements of this star will be required to reliably determine U_obs.     

应用雷达回波强度资料反演大气云微物理量

文中利用三维变分原理 ,由多普勒天气雷达回波强度反演模式大气的雨水混合比 qr,分析变量 qr 的确定取决于对目标函数的极小化计算 ,目标函数由分析变量 qr 与 qr 的背景场之差 ,以及由分析变量演算的大气回波强度与雷达观测的回波强度之差构成。采用所谓的NMC方法求取模式变量的背景场误差协方差矩阵 ,采用二阶自回归型相关函数确定空间水平变换中的递归滤波系数以适用于反映积云结构的小尺度空间。通过理想数值试验 ,验证了变分同化系统和结果的合理性 ,由敏感性试验说明了雷达观测的回波强度随机误差对于反演的qr 值有一定的影响。对 2 0 0 2年 6月 19日安徽省马鞍山市一次多普勒雷达实际观测数据的个例试验表明 ,经过变分同化反演后的积云尺度模式大气的 qr 场与观测的雷达回波图像的细节相吻合。     

Kinematics and parameters of the gas in the vicinity of TW Hya

The following conclusions about the kinematics and parameters of the gas in the vicinity of TW Hya have been drawn from an analysis of optical and ultraviolet line profiles and intensities. The accreting matter rises in the magnetosphere to a distance z>R_* above the disk plane and falls to the star near its equator almost perpendicular to its plane. The matter outflows from a disk region with an outer radius of ≤0.5 AU. The [OI], [SII], and H2 lines originate in the disk atmosphere outside the outflow region, where the turbulent gas velocity is close to the local speed of sound. In the formation region of the forbidden lines, T?8500 K and N_e?5×10⁶ cm^?3, and the hydrogen is almost neutral: x_e<0.03. The absorption features observed in the blue wings of some of the ultraviolet lines originate in the part of the wind that moves almost perpendicular to the disk plane, i.e., in the jet of TW Hya. The V _z gas velocity component in the jet decreases with increasing distance from the jet axis from 200 to 30 km s^?1. The matter outflowing from the inner disk boundary, moves perpendicular to the disk plane in the formation region of blue absorption line components, at a distance of ～0.5 AU from the axis of symmetry of the disk. This region of the wind is collimated into the jet at a distance of <3 AU from the disk plane. The gas temperature in the formation region of absorption components is ?2×10⁴ K, and the gas density is <3×10⁶ cm^?3. This region of the jet is on the order of several AU away from the disk plane, while free recombination in the jet begins even farther from the disk. The mass-loss rate for TW Hya is \(\dot M_w < 7 \times 10^{ - 10} M_ \odot yr^{ - 1}\), which is a factor of 3lower than the mean accretion rate. The relative abundance of silicon and aluminum in the jet gas is at least an order of magnitude lower than its standard value.     

Possible variability of the magnetic field of T Tau

Using the Main Stellar Spectrograph of the 6-m Special Astrophysical Observatory telescope equipped with a polametric analyzer, we measured the longitudinal magnetic field component B_∥ for the T Tauri stars T Tau and AS 507 on January 16 and 18 and February 15, 2003. For both stars, we determined only the upper limits on B_∥ from photospheric lines: +15±30 G for T Tau and ?70±90 G for AS 507. The magnetic field of AS 507 was not measured previously, while B_∥ for T Tau is lower than its values that we obtained in 1996 and 2002 (B_∥?150±50G), suggesting that the longitudinal magnetic field component in the photosphere of T Tau is variable. We also measured the longitudinal magnetic field component for T Tau in the formation region of the He I 5876 Å emission line. We found B_∥ in this region to be ?+650, ?+350, and ?+1100 G on January 16, 18, and February 15, 2003, respectively. Our observations on January 18 and February 15 correspond to virtually the same phase of the star's rotation period, but the profiles of the He I 5876 Å line differ markedly on these two nights. Therefore, we believe that the threefold difference between the B_∥ values on these nights does not result from observational errors. We discuss the possible causes of the B_∥ variability in the photosphere and the magnetosphere of T Tau.     

STARE Results on a Single Field: Tens of New Pulsating Stars

We present preliminary results on variable stars of aSTARE's three month observational run centered at the Cygnus constellation.A total amount of aprox. 14000 stars with 9^2 FOV, have been analyzed to obtainlightcurves for each of these stars.The data spans for 90 nights.In this single field, we detect more that 40 stars withpulsation modes between 5 and 40 c/d, the vast mayoritypreviously unknown to be variables.     

Infrared photometry of the symbiotic novae V1016 Cyg and HM Sge in 1978–1999

The photometric JHKLM observations of the symbiotic novae V1016 Cyg and HM Sge in 1978–1999 are presented. Parameters of the cool stars themselves and the dust envelopes are estimated. The periods of 470±5 days (for V1016 Cyg) and 535±5 days (for HM Sge) are reliably determined from the entire set of our photometric J data for V1016 Cyg and HM Sge. In addition, monotonic light and color variations are observed on a time scale of several thousand days, with the increase in infrared brightness occurring with the simultaneous decrease in infrared color indices; i.e., the dust envelopes in which both components of the systems were embedded before the outburst of their hot sources in 1964 and 1975, respectively, had continued to disperse until late 1999. The amplitudes of these variations for HM Sge are almost twice those for V1016 Cyg. For HM Sge, the dust envelope reached a maximum density near JD 2447500 and then began to disperse. In the case of V1016 Cyg, a maximum density of the dust envelope was probably reached near JD 2444800, and its dispersal has been continuing for about 20 years. Thus, in both symbiotic novae, their dust envelopes reached a maximum density approximately eight years after the outburst of the hot component and then began to disperse. An analysis of the color-magnitude (J–K, J) diagram reveals that grains in the dust envelopes of V1016 Cyg and HM Sge are similar in their optical properties to impure silicates. The observed [J–K, K–L] color variations for the symbiotic novae under study can be explained in terms of the simple model we chose by variations in the Mira's photospheric temperature from 2400 to 3000 K and in the dust-envelope optical depth from 1 to 3 at a wavelength of 1.25 µm for a constant grain temperature. The observed J–K and K–L color indices for both symbiotic novae, while decreasing, tend to the values typical of Miras. The dust envelopes of both symbiotic novae are optically thick. The dust envelope around HM Sge is, on the average, twice as dense as that around V1016 Cyg; the Mira in V1016 Cyg is slightly cooler (~2800–2900 K) than that in HM Sge (~2600–2700 K). The dust-envelope density decreases as the Mira's temperature increases. The absolute bolometric magnitudes are $ - 5\mathop .\limits^m 1 \pm 0\mathop .\limits^m 15$ for V 1016 Cyg and $5\mathop .\limits^m 27 \pm 0\mathop .\limits^m 17$ for HM Sge. Their distances are 2.8±0.6 and 1.8±0.4 kpc, respectively; the luminosities and radii of their cool components (Miras) are 8.6×10³ L _⊙, 1×10⁴ L _⊙, 500R _⊙, and 540R _⊙. The radii of their dust envelopes are 1400R _⊙ and 1500R _⊙; the masses are (3?3.3) × 10^?5M_⊙ and (4?8) × 10^?5M_⊙ The dust envelope of V1016 Cyg disperses slower than that of HM Sge by almost a factor of 25.     

Phase Resolved High Speed Photometry and Spectroscopy of Pulsars

We describe the implementation of two High Time Resolution modes for ESO's new generation CCD controller FIERA. These new modes have been used to perform phase-resolved high speed photometry and spectroscopy of pulsars with the FORS instruments at the VLT.     

测井解释中岩性成份的最优化变尺度法分析

测井解释中岩性成份的分析是一个多参数的非线性反演问题，最优化变尺度法比较适合求解这一类问题，而且收敛速度快、效果好。这里主要讨论如何利用最优化变尺度法进行测井资料的岩性解释。首先介绍了最优化变尺度法的原理及其实现步骤，然后论述了最优化变尺度法在测井解释中的应用，包括目标函数的构制、岩性成份分析模型的建立，最后给出了最优化变尺度法在某井段岩性解释中的应用效果。     

煤田地震勘探中的可变线元采集技术及其应用

在复杂的地表地震地质条件及深部地震地质条件下,如何获得满足复杂地震勘探解释所需资料,有效地在资料采集费用和资料质量间作出优化选择显得尤为重要.为此,根据三维地震勘探面元叠加理论提出的可变线元采集技术,通过合理的布置激发点与接收点的位置,使得CMP点均匀分布在一个标准线元内.线元具有可分性,在不改变观测系统的前提下,可把标准线元调整到大小合适的尺寸,以便能够在增加覆盖次数和提高分辨率之间做出优化选择,为资料处理拓展空间,为资料解释提供多种不同覆盖次数的地震时间剖面.