observed energy levels: Edlen, B., Phys. Scr. 1985, 31, 345. %theoretical energy levels: Zhang, Sampson, ADNDT, 1996, 63, 275. %produced as part of the Arcetri/Cambridge/NRL atomic data base collaboration CHIANTI and the Arcetri Spectral Code % Enrico Landi 1997 . ... Allowed transitions oscillator strengths: Zhang, Sampson, ADNDT, 1996, 63, 275. ...

Toward a Quantitative Interpretation of MidIR Spectra of Galaxies B. Nikolic (NRAO), P. Alexander (Cambridge), M. Clemens (Padova), D. Ford (Cambridge), G. Cotter (Oxford), M.S. Longair (Cambridge) The Method Starburst99 + Comprehensive dust model + Simple radiative transfer Allows investigation of the effects of starburst age, metallicity, IMF etc. ... Appropriate for midIR models since only UV/optical photons are important in exciting the emission. ...

A hardware problem in the HST power system has caused overcharging of 2 of the 6 on-board batteries, which, if nothing was done, could result in battery overheating and possible failure. ... This report describes the actions taken by the NASA Goddard HST Project to address this need and their effect on the scheduling of HST observing programs . ... An engineering analysis tentatively identified the fault as a loose screw connecting two copper bus bars. ... V1/Sun angle . ...

... Assured of a reliable method of solving the normal equations, we now consider the equations of condition. The observed magnitude m of a star at M air masses with true instrumental magnitude is modelled as ([ 10 ], [ 28 ]) . ... The effective extinction coefficient depends on the effective spectral gradient [ 29 ] of the star, for which we use some color index, affected by half the atmospheric reddening ([ 26 ], [ 10 ]): . ... Thus, for the B band of UBV, we use the (U-V) color. ...

... AstroGrid, a three year, PPARC-funded, e-Science project, which forms the UK's contribution to world-wide efforts to build a Virtual Observatory based on Grid technologies, announces the availability of several new, web-based, collaboration tools. The static pages of the project portal, now located at http://www.astrogrid.org , present background information about the project plus links to core documents and the new collaboration tools. ... European AVO Project: http://www.eso.org/projects/avo/ . ...

... 1.Magnetic and magneto-elastic properties of heavy rare earth metals. ... High magnetic fields of 100 kOe and more were necessary to saturate the magnetization of havy rare earth metals. ... It was shown that the effective exchange field theory is sufficient for the description of the magnetic order in heavy rare earth metals and their compounds. ... The duality of the state of the magnetic carriers in the traditional 3d-magnetic materials. ... LHPP ISSP RAS © 2004 All rights reserved ...

... Fitting the observed dependence includes calculations of the polarization cross-sections averaged over particles orientation and size distribution, their normalization and the comparison of obtained dependencies with Serkowski's curve representing observational data for a chosen star. ... Variations of the polarization factors with wavelength are shown in Fig. 16 for homogeneous spheroidal particles with PF orientation. ... The distinction between prolate and oblate spheroids is also clearly seen. ...

... We will consider the rms, (K), for observations with a receiver of system temperature, T , frequency resolution, per polarization, and total integration time per observing cycle, . ... For ``in-band'' frequency switching, the line under investigation is always in the observing band. ... Position Switching or ``Out-of-Band'' Frequency Switching: Here the line is only observed for one half of the time, with noise being present all of the time. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Left panel: Fit to the optical spectrum #1206203. ... Right panel: Fit of the UV-optical-IR SED. ... The longitudinal magnetic field inferred from the Stokes V LSD profiles is consistently negative, in contrast to the essentially zero field strength measured from the diagnostic null profiles. A period search of new and archival equivalent width measurements confirms the previously-reported 7.03 d variability period. ...

... Since 2011 our observatory is a member of GLORIA (GLObal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array for e-Science) project - wide international collaboration of 13 scientific institutions from 8 countries aiming at opening public access to robotic telescopes, as well as propagating astronomy in general. The GLORIA Project offers Internet users the possibility of studying the sky from professional observatories. ... The experiments are available at the users site of GLORIA. ... About GLORIA . ...

XMM-Newton OM Response Files Page . ... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? ... The response files have the name om_effarea_<filter>_v2.0.rsp. The response files should be used in conjunction with a spectral data file containing the filter count rate. Such a data file may be created by editing the template filter file om_filter_default.pi with a fits editor such as 'fv' and changing the "RATE" and "STAT_ERR" entries in the SPECTRUM extension to the filter count rate and error. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . Atm ћ Astrophotography ћ Blackholes ћ Blackholes2 ћ CCD ћ Celestron ћ Domes ћ Education . ... Observe Every Photon's Size Experiment . ... Post Message | ... Observe every photon's size experiment . 1.The slow process of the formation of the light diffraction pattern experiment . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Emission Line Diagnostics in a ``No UV Bump'' Quasar PHL909 Smita Mathur, Belinda Wilkes, Martin Elvis and Jonathan McDowell Abstract PHL909 is a quasar with unusually low ultraviolet luminosity (blue bump strength C UV=IR = \Gamma0:20 compared to an average value of 0:4 (McDowell et al. ... The intrinsic continuum of PHL909 ( i.e. as seen by the BELR ) may thus be similar to the `standard' continuum, with a big blue bump, reddened along the line of sight. ...

EMI test using VXD3 R20 assembly Nick Sinev, University of Oregon Outline The problem Why we want beam test? ... What do we need for test ? Conclusion January 7, 2005 Nick Sinev, MDI workshop, SLAC 2 The problem As you already know from M.Breidenbach talk, we had observed Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) effects in VXD3 operation. ... January 7, 2005 Nick Sinev, MDI workshop, SLAC 3 Why beam ? ... January 7, 2005 Nick Sinev, MDI workshop, SLAC 12 ...

Next: Binary Pulsar Diversity and Up: Restrictions on the Scenario Previous: Phenomenological Kick Velocity . Let us consider what fraction of different types of binary radiopulsars can be obtained within the framework of the modern evolutionary scenario of binary stars if a phenomenological kick velocity   caused by the collapse anisotropy   is added. ... Next: Binary Pulsar Diversity and Up: Restrictions on the Scenario Previous: Phenomenological Kick Velocity Mike E. Prokhorov . ...

... Integrated superconducting submm receivers and spectrometers. ... Development, study and optimization of the superconducting phase locked Local Oscillator for integrated spectrometer. ... Superconducting Integrated Submm Spectrometer for Laboratory Applications. ... Development, study and optimization of the superconducting phase locked Local Oscillator . ... The objective is to develop and study a superconducting Local Oscillator (LO) for an integrated submm spectrometer . ...

... Educational programs (English) . ... Pre-university education . ... Research areas . ... Samara region . SSAU History . ... Scientific Publications . ... Samara State Aerospace University and Schneider Electric signed a memorandum of cooperation. Document was signed by Evgeniy Shakhmatov, SSAU Rector and Joachim Dahms, Senior Vice President in management of Schneider Electric Energetics market, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PC Electroshield - TM Samara . ... Schneider Electric . ...

More about Handling Difficult Questions (and Difficult People) . ... Role-playing exercises can be an excellent way for you and your club members to share effective ways to interact with the public in difficult situations. ... Plan to allow 20 minutes for each scenario -- 5 minutes for the role-playing and 15 minutes for a discussion. ... Sharing the Universe is based upon work supported by the Informal Education Division of the National Science Foundation under Grant no DRL-0638873. ...

Brad Carter, Carolyn Brown, Rhodes Hart Drew Foster, John Kielkopf, Ron Moore University of Southern Queensland, Australia University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA OVERVIEW Mt Kent Observatory is now providing live remote observations of southern skies as part of a collaborative project between USQ, the University of Louisville, and Northern Kentucky University. ... This enables observers to make daytime use of a remote telescope during its local night-time, and image otherwise inaccessible skies. ...

... The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility's (AXAF) High and Low energy transmission gratings (HETG, LETG) data require new tools and data structures to support x-ray dispersive spectroscopy. ... The sky coordinates, which are referenced to the telescope mirror node and therefore independent of the grating reference node, are only useful for the imaging of zero order and the filtering of grating arm photons. ... For more details on the AXAF grating flight processing software, see: . ...