A Catalog of Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the IRAS Survey and Second Data Release of SDSS

We selected a sample of luminous infrared galaxies by cross-identification of the Faint Source Catalogue (FSC) and Point Source Catalogue (PSC) of the IRAS Survey with the Second Data Release of the SDSS. The size of our sample is 1267 for FSC and 427 for PSC by using the 2σ significance level cross-section. The "likelihood ratio" method is used to estimate the individual's reliability and for defining two more reliable subsamples (908 for FSC and 356 for PSC). A catalog of infrared, optical and radio data is compiled and will be used in further work. Some statistical results show that luminous infrared galaxies are quite different from ultra-luminous infrared galaxies. The AGN fractions of galaxies at different infrared luminosities and the radio-infrared correlations are consistent with the previous studies.     

如何写好天文学论文

对如何撰写将要在国际上发表的天文学论文给出一些建议。讲述了论文的每一部分（题目、摘要、引言、主要内容、图表及参考文献等）如何可以写得简洁而又能清晰地表达出观点。这是作者根据在多年的编辑生涯中审阅了许多效果迥异的论文后的经验之谈。     

用50m射电望远镜作脉冲星观测与研究

国家天文台正在研制的50m射电望远镜将投入脉冲星观测与研究，推动我国的脉冲星工作。本文回顾了自第1颗脉冲星发现后35年来脉冲星观测取得的成果，和理论研究获得的重大进展，并讨论我国脉冲星工作可能开展的观测与研究。当今世界脉冲星观测与研究虽然还有许多遗留问题，但是作为中子星基本观测事实已被确认。脉冲星的应用也已经走上了历史舞台。如果利用50m射电望远镜对脉冲星的特殊活动现象进行观测与研究，可能获得突破性的进展。     

1990—1991年中国天文学科研文献的统计和分析

通过对1991年《中国天学》提供的1990－1991年间的中国天学科研献利用献计量学进行统计与分析，给出了描述中国天学科研生产率、献单位和献数量之间关系及献分布的数学模型，得到了中国天学研究必须提高工作效率的结论及反映各分支学科内各类单位和各位活跃与否的统计数据，这些教学模型和统计数据能为科研管理的组织和献情报部门提供实现有效科学管理和优质服务的可靠依据，进而促进直接生产力的转化，同时本的讨论方法和分析结果也能适合于其他学科领域。     

致密星的X射线辐射时延现象

能谱仅反映了高能天体辐射的部分性质，而高能X射线辐射的时变可以反映致密天体的动态性质。因此，在构造高能辐射的理论模型时，既要考虑X辐射的能谱性质，也要考虑其时变性质。特别对高能天体X辐射的快速光变，一般认为其发生在致密天体附近，致密天体快速光变的研究可以揭示出致密天体附近的物理性质，因此，时变可以对X辐射模型给以很强的限制。X射线源不同能量光子到达观测者的时间差称为X射线辐射的时延。介绍了高能X辐射时变中的时延分析方法及其最新发展，综述了致密双星系统中黑洞侯选林和中子星的时延现象，并简单介绍了为解释这些现象所发展的模型，以及时延对模型的限制。     

Scientific observations at total solar eclipses

The occasion of the longest totality of an eclipse in the 18 yr 11^1/3 d saros cycle leads to taking stock of the scientific value of ground-based eclipse observations in this space age. Though a number of space satellites from the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Russia study the Sun, scientists at eclipses can observe the solar chromosphere and corona at higher spatial resolution, at higher temporal resolution, and at higher spectral resolution than are possible aloft. Furthermore, eclipse expeditions can transport a wide variety of state-of-the-art equipment to the path of totality. Thus, for at least some years to come, solar eclipse observations will remain both scientifically valuable and cost-effective ways to study the outer solar atmosphere.     

Old stellar population synthesis： new age and mass estimates for Mayall Ⅱ = G1

Mayall Ⅱ = G1 is one of the most luminous globular clusters （GCs） in M31. Here, we determine its age and mass by comparing multicolor photometry with theoretical stellar population synthesis models. Based on far- and near-ultraviolet GALEX photometry, broad-band UBVRI, and infrared JHKs 2MASS data, we construct the most extensive spectral energy distribution of G 1 to date, spanning the wavelength range from 1538 to 20 000A. A quantitative comparison with a variety of simple stellar population （SSP） models yields a mean age which is consistent with G1 being among the oldest building blocks of M31 and having formed within ～1.7 Gyr after the Big Bang. Irrespective of the SSP model or stellar initial mass function adopted, the resulting mass estimates （of order 10^7M⊙） indicate that GI is one of the most massive GCs in the Local Group. However, we speculate that the cluster＇s exceptionally high mass suggests that it may not be a genuine GC. Our results also suggest that G1 may contain, on average, （1.65±0.63） × 10^2L⊙ far-ultraviolet-bright, hot, extreme horizontal-branch stars, depending on the adopted SSP model. In addition, we demonstrate that extensive multi-passband photometry coupled with SSP analysis enables one to obtain age estimates for old SSPs that have similar accuracies as those from integrated spectroscopy or resolved stellar photometry, provided that some of the free parameters can be constrained independently.     

恒星天文学之父——威廉·赫歇尔

欧洲计划在2009年发射“赫歇尔”（Herschel）空间望远镜,其镜片直径达3.5米,远超哈勃空间望远镜（镜片直径为2.4米）,它将成为有史以来最大的空间望远镜。威廉·赫歇尔是18世纪著名的天文学家,他不仅发现了天王星,还开创了恒星天文学,他研究并假设（某些）星云是由恒星组成,提出著名的恒星演化学说;他不仅在天文望远镜的发展史上留下永不磨灭的足迹,而且是当时最伟大的观测天文学家,为恒星天文学的建立奠定了第一块基石,在天文学史上他被誉为“恒星天文学之父”。