Far infrared mapping of three Galactic star forming regions: W3(OH), S209 & S187

Three Galactic star forming regions associated with W3(OH), S209 and S187 have been simultaneously mapped in two trans-IRAS far infrared (FIR) bands centered at ≈140 and 200μm using the TIFR 100 cm balloon borne FIR telescope. These maps show extended FIR emission with structures. The HIRES processed IRAS maps of these regions at 12, 25, 60 & 100 ìm have also been presented for comparison. Point-like sources have been extracted from the longest waveband TIFR maps and searched for associations in the other five bands. The diffuse emission from these regions have been quantified, which turns out to be a significant fraction of the total emission. The spatial distribution of cold dust (T < 30 K) for two of these sources (W3(OH) & S209), has been determined reliably from the maps in TIFR bands. The dust temperature and optical depth maps show complex morphology. In general the dust around S209 has been found to be warmer than that in W3(OH) region.     

Carbon monoxide frosts in the interstellar medium

Summary The presence of solid carbon monoxide (CO) on interstellar grains was confirmed observationally in 1984 with the detection of infrared absorption at 4.67m wavelength in several molecular clouds. Subsequent observations suggest that solid CO is ubiquitous in the quiescent molecular cloud environment. In some lines of sight, the degree of frosting on to grains is sufficient to reduce appreciably the abundance of CO remaining in the gas, a result of considerable astrophysical significance: in addition to its importance as a tracer of molecular material, CO is vital to the production of many polyatomic molecules by gas phase reaction schemes, and its depletion could have a dramatic effect on the abundances of more complex carbon-bearing molecules. The infrared spectrum of solid CO provides an important diagnostic of the chemical composition and thermal evolution of grain mantles, leading to the prediction that CO₂ is also present in solid form.As it is now some six years since observations of interstellar solid CO were first reported, this is an appropriate time to review the topic and to suggest some directions for future research. The introduction (Sect. 1) attempts to place the subject in its broader astrophysical context. The infrared observations and their implications are discussed in detail in Sect. 2. The question of the degree of CO depletion implied by the observations of both solid state and gas phase CO is re-examined in Sect. 3. We assess the possibility of CO detection by means of solid state absorption or luminescence in the ultraviolet in Sect. 4. Future prospects are summarised in the final section.This article was processed by the author using the Springer-Verlag TEX Theaar macro package 1988.     

Effects of shock processing on Serkowski polarization curves

This paper presents a semi-empirical model for variations of interstellar polarization curves based upon the Serkowski-Wilking law for optical and near-infrared wavebands. The model assumes that nonspherical dust grains producing interstellar polarization are core-mantle particles shaped like oblate spheroids. The physical picture is one in which large (a ₀ 0.1µm) particles in the dense cloud phase are deposited into the diffuse cloud medium and thereafter undergo mantle processing by galactic shocks and UV starlight. It is shown that polarization curves vary their widths mainly as a consequence of the nonthermal sputtering of mantles by low-velocity shocks. Mantle sputtering by shocks in low density clouds tends to broaden the curves, whereas mantle sputtering by shocks in denser clouds produce narrow curves. Hence, shock processing of grain mantles can explain the observed correlation between the width of polarization curves and the dust grain environment.     

High resolution radio recombination line observations

Summary Over the last decade sensitive observations of radio recombination line emission using high angular resolution synthesis telescopes have become available. As a result it has now become possible to image the physical parameters deduced from radio recombination lines across individual sources. In the case of HII regions this work has resulted in detailed images of radial velocities, electron temperatures and the abundance of singly ionized helium (Y⁺). Direct observational evidence has been found for pressure broadening and non-LTE effects. Dramatic variations have been found in the ratio of He⁺ to H⁺, from as low as a few percent (the galactic centre) to as high 34% in one region of W3. Detailed images have been obtained of the partially ionized medium (CII and H regions) close to HII regions. Observations of recombination lines at very low frequencies have revealed the existence of very low density ionized gas in all directions in our galaxy. Higher resolution observations have led to a partial understanding of this medium. The first complete velocity field of the ionized gas in the centre of our galaxy has been obtained. Very recently the first images were made of extragalactic radio recombination lines, offering the possibility to study the kinematics of the ionized gas in the central few hundred parsecs of external galaxies.     

浅谈科技期刊如何服务于我国防灾减灾事业

科技期刊是传播创新成果的主要媒介,是我国防灾减灾宣传工作中的主流媒体之一。从当今科技期刊的特征入手,分析了科技期刊在我国防灾减灾事业中发挥的作用,并对科技期刊今后如何更好地服务于我国防灾减灾事业进行了设想。     

国土资源网站传播与管理策略研究

国土资源管理中遭遇的资源供需矛盾、利益协调困难、违法违规反弹、粗放浪费严重等问题,只是保障发展、保护资源"两难"局面的一些表象,更深层次的原因应从体制、机制、法制的缺陷中探寻,最基础的前提就是要提高国土资源文化的软实力。新媒体时代下,国土资源文化建设通过互联网站、手机报、微博等新媒体手段及报纸、杂志等传统媒介平台进行传播,不断为国土资源事业的改革发展提供强大的精神动力和舆论支持。     

Influence of wall impacts on the Ulysses dust detector on understanding the interstellar dust flux

The Ulysses spacecraft orbits the Sun on a highly inclined orbit, and the impact ionization dust detector on board continuously measures interstellar dust grains with masses up to , penetrating deep into the Solar System. The flow direction is close to the mean apex of the Sun's motion through the local interstellar cloud (LIC), and the grains act as tracers of the physical conditions in the LIC. Previous analysis gave a velocity dispersion of up to 40^° for the interstellar grains. We partially re-analyzed the Ulysses interstellar dust data set, taking into account the detector's inner side walls. As the side walls have a sensitivity for dust impact detection almost identical to that of the instrument's target area, wall impactors must be taken into account for estimating the intrinsic velocity dispersion of the interstellar impactors and the interstellar dust flux value. Neglect of the sensor side walls overestimates the interstellar dust stream velocity dispersion by about 30% and the interstellar dust flux by about 20%.     

河外星际尘埃辐射对微波背景辐射的影响

本文借助于观测到的大、小麦哲伦云的星际尘埃辐射，估计总星系内的“冷”星际尘埃热再辐射对宇宙微波背景辐射的影响．结果表明：总星系内的星际“冷”尘埃的热辐射所形成的背景辐射对微波背景辐射的扰动强烈地依赖于宇宙减速因子和“冷”尘埃量，在宇宙背景探测者（ＣＯＢＥ）的观测结果的限制下，无论宇宙减速因子取何种值，“冷”尘埃所占的比例都是非常少的，如果Ｏｓｔｒｉｋｅｒ所作的平均每个星系内由尘埃产生的蓝光光深τＢ＝０．５的假定是合理的，那么星际尘埃量随温度的分布是非常不均匀的。     

The importance of chemical data for the study of interstellar shocks

Shock waves perturb the chemical state of the interstellar gas. We consider the effects of C-shocks on the composition of molecular clouds, for a range of values of the pre-shock gas density and magnetic induction. The time required to re-establish equilibrium in the post-shock gas depends on the initial conditions and can become very large. The significance of the two known chemical phases of dark clouds and of bistability is considered in this context.     

大质量恒星形成的观测和研究

对于大质量的形成，由于区域的遥远和结构的复杂以及过程的特殊，研究相对迟缓，对可能形成大质量得的云核和大质量年轻星体的活动，进行多波段搜寻和研究，取得了相应的进展。