... Theoretical investigation was carried out of electron transport phenomena in superconducting heterostructures S-MB-N and S-MB-S with magnetic barriers (MB) determined by monolayer of ferromagnet (F) or spin-valve structures FNF or FIF (N is a normal metal, I is insulating layer). ... The I-V characteristics of cuprate bicrystal Josephson junctions have been experimentally investigated at different temperatures, barrier transparency factors and the phase difference of superconducting electrodes. ...

traxy -- Transform an X,Y position from input to output pixel position using the same conventions as drizzle traxy xin yin . xin = 400 [real] . ... The X dimension of the input image (this is used to determine the centre which is the origin of the transformations). (nyin = 800) [real] . ... So, if an object on an input image at a certain position is drizzled with a given set of parameters then the position of that object on the output can be predicted using traxy with the same parameter values. ...

. The file command examines the content of a file and reports what type of file it is. To use the command enter: file filename . Use this command to check the identity of a file, or to find out if executable files contain shell scripts, or are binaries. Shell scripts are text files and can be displayed and edited. Examples .

... Participant : The person whose name appears on the booking form. ... Participation Fee/ Optional Program Price . ... Passport and Visas . ... Travel insurance is highly recommended for all Participants while attending SpaceDTP-2016 and any related optional trips arranged by the Organizer. ... This booking condition states that the Participant must assume that he/she is not covered by the Organizer insurance policy including all liability insurance, for death, injury, damage or any other loss. ...

... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Yasny launch base is located in Orenburg Region, Russia. ... Admin & Hotel Complex including hotels, dining facilities and office premises; . Assembly, Integration and Test Building (AITB) incorporating clean room facilities and fueling station; . ... Yasny launch base AITB is divided into four main areas: Clean room 1 (CR1), Clean room 2 (CR2), Fueling Station and Offloading & Storage Area. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... The most precisely determined characteristic for accreting neutron stars (NS's) is their period. ... Period changes show fluctuations. ... Some applications of stochastic processes in astrophysics especially in accreting systems were discussed in Lipunov (1987),Hoshino Takeshima (1993) and Lipunov (1992).In Hoshino Takeshima (1993) the authors, using simple models of MHD turbulence, try to explain aperiodic changes in X-ray luminosity of X-ray pulsars. ... Here, -constant angular momentum. ...

THE 75th NAME-LIST OF VARIABLE STARS. ... The 75th Name-List consists of two tables. ... the literature, taken from positional catalogues, including USNO A1.0/A2.0 and GSC, or determined by the authors); the range of variability (sometimes the column Min gives, in parentheses, the amplitude of light variation; the symbol ( means that the star , in minimum light, becomes fainter, than the magnitude indicated); and the system of magnitudes used ( P are photographic ...

There are many ordinary/partial differential equations/systems describing various phenomena in physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, sociology, etc. ... Prerequisites: 1 semester "Advanced Calculus", 1 semester "Linear Algebra". Optional: 2 semester "Advanced Calculus", 2 semester "Linear Algebra", 1 semester "Functions of Complex Variables", elements of the functional analysis and the ordinary differential equations theory. ... Laplace transform for linear differential equations . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... EmptySphericalRegion Class Reference . virtual SphericalRegionType љ . getType () const . ... Return the area of the region in steradians. ... virtual boolљ . ... Public Member Functions inherited from SphericalRegion . ... virtual SphericalRegionP љ . ... virtual const QVector< Vec3d > &љ . ... updateFillVertexBuffer (class StelRenderer *renderer, const DrawParams &params, bool handleDiscontinuity) . ... virtual bool EmptySphericalRegion::isEmpty . ...

The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The following are astronauts who are employed at NASA. Astronaut assignments and category definitions (e.g., "active" astronauts, "management" astronauts) are contained in a separate Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) policy letter. Astronaut . ... Acaba, Joseph M. 2004 . ... Aunon, Serena M. 2009 . ... Barratt, Michael R. 2000 . ... Burbank, Daniel C. 1996 . ... Cassada, Josh A. 2013 . ... 1998 . ...

... Yerga Expedition . ... Novaya Yerga Expedition . ... I n 1662 a meteorite shower fell near the village of Novaya Yerga. ... In 2002, the Meteoritics Laboratory of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry And Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GEOKHI) organized an expedition to search for the location and any traces of the Novaya Yerga meteorite shower. ... After visiting the town of Kirillov, the expedition returned to Novaya Yerga, i.e. to near the village of Nekrasovo. ...

... As modern observatories evolve to production units delivering data products and calibrated scientific data to the end users, new challenges arise in assessing the quality of data products. ... Taking the analogy of speed control on a motorway we can describe the system as a device (radar) collecting measurements of the system performance (passing cars). ... One of the direct applications of quality control is the verification of instrument performance based on the analysis of calibration exposures. ...

... 15.03.2001 . ... March 15 2001 09:00 (Moscow time) . The operation with OC "Mir" scheduled for March 14 is complete. ... The onboard systems perform nominal, the battery generate enough electric power, the thermal condition is normal. Getting the OC"Mir" ready for dynamic operations the fuel containers pressure integrity was checked, the valves of the fuel supply pipes and the 1st collector oxidizer in the core block integrated propulsion system were opened. ...

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... The variability of the spectrum of the optical component of the IR-source IRAS01005+7910 was discovered for the first time in the BTA spectra [1]. ... The spectral features include absorptions that form in near-photospheric layers, narrow envelope emissions, and emission-absorption profiles that form in photosphere-to-envelope transition layers (the wind). ... Discovery of spectral variation in the optical counterpart of IRAS01005+7910. ... Dashed line - envelope curve of all the SiII 5979 profiles ...

... The 99 files presented here contain 21 cm HI emission contours around 98 Super Nova Remnants (SNR) in the - V coordinates. ... SNR's were selected mainly from the List of Green (2001) [4] and from some other papers with angular diameters more than 10' and morphological type in continuum emission - S (shell). Four files each contain two objects (these objects have near declinations). ... b) emission of structureless medium, . ... Astrophys. ... Gosachinskij I.V., Bull. ... Gosachinskij I.V., Astr. ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

May 2007 Astronotes 1 Life in Hostile Places by Tom Mason, Director When I was still working as a Geology professor in Africa, I spent a lot of time in Namibia researching ancient river and lake deposits, and finding fossil evidence of life in the Namib Desert when it was a more pleasant place to live, being much wetter than today. ... The critical combination of soil, water and sunlight allows lichens and algae to grow. ... But if there is water, there may be life. ...

... COMPUTER SIMULATION OF RADIOWAVE MULTIPLE SCATTERING EFFECTS IN IONOSPHERE USING MONTE-CARLO METHOD . ... Distribution of reflected radiation on the ground is computed. ... Such influence can be remarkable if the scattering is multiple, i.e. the optical thickness for the scattering process is considerably greater than a unit. ... Radiation energy transfer in the slab is modeled by distribution of some particles carring small portions of radiation energy. ... The isotropic plasma approximation is...