... Using multipledetector coincidence events in the 100-350 keV energy band, our analysis yields a polarization fraction from this GRB of 98 Б 33%. ... For a source count rate of S , and fractional polarization of s , the expected azimuthal scattering angle () distribution is S dS = [1 - Q s cos 2( - )]. d 2 (1) 2.4. ... Simulated azimuthal scattering angle distribution of 100% polarized photons at 200 keV originating at the GRB position. ...

Hide Zen home . ... SAI RVO . SAI CAS . ... Supernovae . ... Our proposal is not very specific to SNAP and could be applied to the all large scale survey projects. ... The number of "resolved" galaxies should be proportional to z^2 with slight (at such z range) deviation due to cosmological effect. ... We need to develop and implement new storage and catalog of Supernovae on top of it. ... Expected number of SN discovered by SNAP exceeds the capability of current SN nomenclature scheme (26**2). ...

... Parameters of the Moon-perturbed orbit . ... From orbits consistent with this limitation and with the date of the launch October 1, 2000 as an example, an orbit was selected with apogee directed to the North Galactic pole at the begining and rotation of orbit plane was maximized. The initial state vector is given in the inertial coordinate system in epoch J2000.0. ... The orbit has initial perigee radius Rp=7000.0 km, initial apogee radius Ra=343000.0 km and initial period T=8.453 days. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Universe Today . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... type 1a supernovae seem most useful . ... This is a bright, massive star that explodes after fusing all the light elements in its core. ... That means we can calculate how far away it is. ... This is exactly what we are trying to do with these supernovae; look far enough away that any deviations from flatness of the Universe can be seen. ... Phil Plait . ...

A STUDY OF THE FRAGMENT DISPERSAL AND TRAJECTORY OF THE SAYH AL UHAYMIR 001 METEORITE SHOWER. ... We obtained hundreds of GPS find locations, analyzed the fragment distribution, and developed a model of the meteorite's trajectory. ... More than 2670 samples weighing more than 450 kg have been collected. ... Increasing fragment mass along track indicated a flight direction of 233o. The fragments' mass distribution was used to model the meteorite trajectory. ...

... The main field of my investigations is stellar spectrophotometry. As a result of scientific activity of our group spectrophotometric catalog was created including energy distribution data on 900 stars in the range 3200-7600AA and 250 stars in the range 6000-10800AA (Voloshina et al., Spectrophotometry of Bright Stars, ed. I.N.Glushneva, 1982, Moscow, Nauka, in Russian). ...

... Investigation into dynamics of in-orbit radiological situation both in Service Module and the ISS RS docking module, as well as accumulated radiation doses in anthropomorphic and spherical phantoms. ... Measurement of spatial and solid distributions of radiation characteristics of space ionizing radiation in pressurized compartments of Service Module and Docking Module of the ISS RS by means of scientific equipment PDA (Assembly of Passive Detectors) and Phantom (Spherical Tissue-Equivalent Phantom)...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... TextParams Struct Reference . Parameters specifying how to draw text. ... TextParams (const float x, const float y, const QString &string) . Construct TextParams with default parameters. ... TextParams ( Vector3 < F > &position3D, StelProjectorP projector , const QString &string) . Construct TextParams to draw text at a 3D position, using specified projector. ... string љ . ... Text string to draw. ... The required string parameter is also set, as is the projector. ...

... 18941904; Bespalov P.A. Effective saturation of absorption in a plasma magnetospheric maser. In book: Nonlinear Space Plasma Physics, R.Z. Sagdeev -Editor-in-Chief, American Institute of Physics, 1993, p.339-346]. Magnetospheric plasma maser [Bespalov P.A, Trakhtengerts V.Yu., ... In a magnetospheric plasma maser (MPM) the relatively dense magnetised plasma and the conjugate ends of a magnetic trap form a quasioptical resonator for electromagnetic waves. ...

Super Rocket Targets . NPO MOLNIYA has been designing rockets-targets for over 30 years using the great experience in crea-ting anti-aircraft guided rockets (AGR) for C-25M. On the basis of B-300 anti-aircraft rockets which expired their service life, there were designed, tested and put into the serial production the following types of the rocket - ... The analogue of this system successfully passed the state tests with the ZVEZDA-4 rocket-target. ...

A system of colliding galaxy clusters, nicknamed the Musket Ball Cluster, has been discovered. In these images of the Musket Ball Cluster, the hot gas observed with Chandra is colored red, and the galaxies in the optical image from Hubble appear as mostly white and yellow. The location of the majority of the matter in the cluster (dominated by dark matter) is colored blue. ... X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCDavis/W.Dawson, et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI/UCDavis/W.Dawson, et al. ...

University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... The purpose of the developed scientific - educational program complex is creation on the Earth on the base of telemetry data of virtual model of microgravitational environment in which experiments are carried out, and virtual motion model of of the space vehicle. ... The developed program complex concerns to the class of the distributed program systems. ... Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 2005-2006 . ...

... It satisfies the set of WDVV (associativity) equations in canonical variables. The geometric/integrable content of corrections in 1/N is an important, still unresolved, problem. The only way to construct systematically these corrections is to solve the set of loop equations. We find the subleading correction (the torus approximation) and discuss its possible singularities of the answer in the set of new parameters S_i. ...

... Research . Projects . ... The name of the project APEX is a reduction from words " Active Plasma Experiments " . The core of the project are active experiments with injection of electron and (or) plasma beams from a board of the satellite with simultaneous registration of the phenomena, produced by interaction of injected beam with background plasma. ... Active experiments utilise modulated electron beam accelerator and source of modulated xenon plasma beam on the main spacecraft APEX. ...

... Hierarchy and stability 3. Stability criteria for triple systems 4. ... The results for selected systems with weak hierarchy (physical properties of components) System HD 40887 AB+CD HD 76644 AB+CD HD 217675 AB+CD HD 222326 A?+BC HD 284419 A+BC Spectral types K5V, M0V, K4V, ?? ... More accurate results for selected systems HD 217675/6 ( And) Quadruple system More accurate results for selected systems HD 217675/6 Pair B1B 2 More accurate results for selected systems HD 217675/6 (Zhuchkov et al. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Gravity Probe B Confirms the Existence of Gravitomagnetism . ... 10.05.2011 . ... Credit Copyright: Gravity Probe B Team, Stanford , NASA Explanation: Does gravity have a magnetic counterpart? Spin any electric charge and you get a magnetic field. ... In a bold attempt to directly measure gravitomagnetism , NASA launched in 2004 the smoothest spheres ever manufactured into space to see how they spin . ... Publications with keywords: gravity - gravity Probe B . ...

... astro-ph . ... Aims: We aim for an understanding of the morphological and spectral properties of the supernova remnant RCW~86 and for insights into the production mechanism leading to the RCW~86 very high-energy gamma-ray emission. ... Studies of the morphological correlation between the 0.5-1~keV X-ray band, the 2-5~keV X-ray band, radio, and gamma-ray emissions have been performed as well as broadband modeling of the spectral energy distribution with two different emission models. ...

... Using the CFBDSIR wide field survey for brown dwarfs, we identified CFBDSIRJ214947.2-040308.9, a late T dwarf with atypically red J-Ks colour. ... SN 2009ip in NGC 7259 Electronic Telegram No. ... 7.09, [19.0; 2009 Aug. ... Accepted for publication in MNRAS Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) The jet opening angle theta_jet and the bulk Lorentz factor Gamma_0 are crucial parameters for the computation of the energetics of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). ...

... Ballistics, navigation and flight control of the spacecraft, going to the L2 point of Sun-Earth system. ... and calculation algorithms have been developed: - an algorithm, building nominal trajectories for one impulse flights to the L2 point of Sun- Earth system, including a Moon swingby maneuver or not. - an algorithm, calculating corrections of spacecraft trajectory needed for the flight from Earth to halo orbit and for stationkeeping of the spacecraft moving in halo ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...