Radiative Transfer (RT) codes with image capability are a fundamental tool for preparing interferometric observations and
for interpreting visibility data. In view of the upcoming VLTI facilities, we present the first comparison of images/visibilities
coming from two 3D codes that use completely different techniques to solve the problem of self-consistent continuum RT. In
addition, we focus on the astrophysical case of a disk distorted by tidal interaction with by-passing stars or internal planets
and investigate for which parameters the distortion can be best detected in the mid-infrared using the mid-infrared interferometric
device MIDI.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
We present observations of a sample of Herbig AeBe stars, as well as the FU Orionis object V1057 Cygni. Our K-band (2.2μm)
observations from the Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI) used baselines of 110 m and 85 m, resulting in fringe spacings
of ∼4 mas and 5 mas, respectively. Fringes were obtained for the first time on V1057 Cygnias well as V594 Cas. Additional
measurements were made of MWC147, while upper limits to visibility-squared are obtained for MWC297, HD190073, and MWC614.
These measurements are sensitive to the distribution of warm, circumstellar dust in these sources. If the circumstellar infrared
emission comes from warm dust in a disk, the inclination of the disk to the line of sight implies that the observed interferometric
visibilities should depend upon hour angle. Surprisingly, the observations of Millan-Gabet, Schloerb and Traub (2001)(hereafter
MST) did not show significant variation with hour angle. However, limited sampling of angular frequencies on the sky was possible
with the IOTA interferometer, motivating us to study a subset of their objects to further constrain these systems.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
The question of positioning the optical counterparts of the ICRF quasars is outlined in the perspective of future space astrometry
missions, which ultimately will bring a new realization of the ICRS in the optical range. Ground-based interferometry with
a dual-field observing mode (PRIMA/VLTI),together with the missions DIVA and FAME, will have a key role in building an extragalactic
reference frame in the optical/near-IR range with about the same accuracy as that of the present (VLBI) primary frame.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
Darwin is a cornerstone mission of the Horizons 2000+ program of the European Space Agency. It has the express purpose of
carrying out the first direct search for terrestrial exoplanets, and to achieve unprecedented spatial resolution in the infrared wavelength region. The
detection and study of terrestrial exoplanets promises to usher in a new era in science and will affect a broad spectrum of
disciplines. Further, the time line for implementation of such an instrument is now likely to be of the close order of 10
years, leading to possible answers to one of mankind's most fundamental questions in the second decade of the 21st century.
It has been found that in order to realize am interferometer in space in the next 10–15 years, it is necessary to prepare
the way through a number of intermediary steps – both on the ground and in space. In this context, we here describe GENIE
– a ground based nulling interferometry experiment to be implemented at the VLTI in a partnership between ESA and ESO.
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Results of a single group participating in an international experiment are analyzed. The experiment served to verify computational predictions of the ground-motion variations due to near-surface geological effects at a site established for that purpose by the California Department of Conservation. Based on an acceleration record at a rock location, and geotechnical model of medium, records at the other locations of a nearby sedimentary deposit were predicted. A 2-D finite-difference sensitivity analysis suggested that the lateral wave-propagation effects are negligibly small, and locally 1-D computations are sufficient for the present site. Those computations are compared with observations not available to the authors during the blind prediction. Peak accelerations, peak velocities and RMS accelerations were predicted with errors less than 159%, 114% and 62%, respectively. Maxima of the response spectra were fitted within a factor of 2. The predicted and observed Husid's plots (i.e., the normalized cumulative plots of the acceleration squared) have the correlation coefficients 0.98. The detected misfits do not show any simple relation to the instrument location, component, frequency, or time. 相似文献
The eastern margin of the Variscan belt in Europe comprises plate boundaries between continental blocks and terranes formed during different tectonic events. The crustal structure of that complicated area was studied using the data of the international refraction experiments CELEBRATION 2000 and ALP 2002. The seismic data were acquired along SW–NE oriented refraction and wide-angle reflection profiles CEL10 and ALP04 starting in the Eastern Alps, passing through the Moravo-Silesian zone of the Bohemian Massif and the Fore-Sudetic Monocline, and terminating in the TESZ in Poland. The data were interpreted by seismic tomographic inversion and by 2-D trial-and-error forward modelling of the P waves. Velocity models determine different types of the crust–mantle transition, reflecting variable crustal thickness and delimiting contacts of tectonic units in depth. In the Alpine area, few km thick LVZ with the Vp of 5.1 km s− 1 dipping to the SW and outcropping at the surface represents the Molasse and Helvetic Flysch sediments overthrust by the Northern Calcareous Alps with higher velocities. In the Bohemian Massif, lower velocities in the range of 5.0–5.6 km s− 1 down to a depth of 5 km might represent the SE termination of the Elbe Fault Zone. The Fore-Sudetic Monocline and the TESZ are covered by sediments with the velocities in the range of 3.6–5.5 km s− 1 to the maximum depth of 15 km beneath the Mid-Polish Trough. The Moho in the Eastern Alps is dipping to the SW reaching the depth of 43–45 km. The lower crust at the eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif is characterized by elevated velocities and high Vp gradient, which seems to be a characteristic feature of the Moravo-Silesian. Slightly different properties in the Moravian and Silesian units might be attributed to varying distances of the profile from the Moldanubian Thrust front as well as a different type of contact of the Brunia with the Moldanubian and its northern root sector. The Moho beneath the Fore-Sudetic Monocline is the most pronounced and is interpreted as the first-order discontinuity at a depth of 30 km. 相似文献
We designed a new seismic source model for Italy to be used as an input for country-wide probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA) in the frame of the compilation of a new national reference map.
We started off by reviewing existing models available for Italy and for other European countries, then discussed the main open issues in the current practice of seismogenic zoning.
The new model, termed ZS9, is largely based on data collected in the past 10 years, including historical earthquakes and instrumental seismicity, active faults and their seismogenic potential, and seismotectonic evidence from recent earthquakes. This information allowed us to propose new interpretations for poorly understood areas where the new data are in conflict with assumptions made in designing the previous and widely used model ZS4.
ZS9 is made out of 36 zones where earthquakes with Mw > = 5 are expected. It also assumes that earthquakes with Mw up to 5 may occur anywhere outside the seismogenic zones, although the associated probability is rather low. Special care was taken to ensure that each zone sampled a large enough number of earthquakes so that we could compute reliable earthquake production rates.
Although it was drawn following criteria that are standard practice in PSHA, ZS9 is also innovative in that every zone is characterised also by its mean seismogenic depth (the depth of the crustal volume that will presumably release future earthquakes) and predominant focal mechanism (their most likely rupture mechanism). These properties were determined using instrumental data, and only in a limited number of cases we resorted to geologic constraints and expert judgment to cope with lack of data or conflicting indications. These attributes allow ZS9 to be used with more accurate regionalized depth-dependent attenuation relations, and are ultimately expected to increase significantly the reliability of seismic hazard estimates. 相似文献