... pro phd_ana, name,ll_fit,ul_fit,i_thresh,PHDFRAC ; INPUT: ; name string name of datafile ; ll_fit integer lower limit of fit ; ul_fit integer upper limit of fit ; i_thresh integer event detection threshold ; OUTPUT: ; PHDFRAC real fraction of detected events ; read data rdtable,name,x,y ; gaussian fit yfit=gaussfit(x(ll_fit:ul_fit),y(ll_fit:ul_fit),a1,nterm=3) ; calculate fraction of detected events PHDFRAC= 1.-gauss_pdf((i_thresh-a1(1))/a1(2)) return end . ...

... More than 200 microlensing events have been detected during the last ~4 years, most of them towards the galactic bulge. Since the line of sight towards the bulge passes through the disk and the bulge itself, the known stars towards the bulge play a dominant role as gravitational lenses. If these stars have planets around them, then the signature of the planets can be seen as sharp, extra peaks on the microlensing light curves. ... Status of some other similar efforts will be briefly discussed. ...

... During the analysis of the surveys carried out on RATAN-600, it was found that almost one fifth of the detected sources shows significant radio flux variations. ... We used the data from "Cold" radio surveys carried out with RATAN-600 in 1980-1994 to search for radio sources with significant flux variability. ... On possibility of detection of variable sources using the data of Cold surveys carried out on RATAN-600. ... Detection of Variable Sources Using the Data of "Cold" Surveys. ...

... The measured gravitational waves match those expected from two large black holes merging after a death spiral in a distant galaxy, with the resulting new black hole momentarily vibrating in a rapid ringdown . ... The featured illustration depicts the two merging black holes with the signal strength of the two detectors over 0.3 seconds superimposed across the bottom. ... Two Black Holes Merge . Advanced LIGO: Gravitational Wave Detectors Upgraded . ... A Step Toward Gravitational Wave Detection ...

... 2016 February 11 . LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes . ... The first-ever detection was made by both facilities of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana simultaneously last September. ... The measured gravitational waves match those expected from two large black holes merging after a death spiral in a distant galaxy, with the resulting new black hole momentarily vibrating in a rapid ringdown . ... About APOD | ...

This source is hiding behind our Galaxy at a distance of ~18 Mpc, located at a galactic latitide of 0 degrees. ... As we look towards longer wavelengths, 60 micron, to try and penetrate the Galactic Plane, we still see confusion from galactic sources. ... If the image seems some what confusing that is because the MOST is a continuum radio telescope and when it looks in the direction of our Galaxy it detects radiation from sources within our Galaxy and from sources that may lie behind our Galaxy. ...

... user-defined data file formats . ... better integration with a user's analysis routines To add such functionality to SAOimage, we developed the XPA Messaging System that allows X programs to define points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with external programs. ... We have utilized XPA to develop "SAOimage: The Next Generation" (SAOtng), an extensible image display service that can cooperate with other processes and programs. ... SAOtng help pages . ...

Next: Gamma-Ray Bursts Up: Detection rate of binary Previous: Detection rate of binary . Figure: A schematic dependence of the detection rate ratio on the detector sensitivity (the upper scale) and the limiting distance from which binary NS (1.4+1.4M , the middle scale) and binary BH (8.5+8.5M , the bottom scale) mergings can be detected. ... At the end of this segment evolutionary effects can affect the detection ratio (the dashed line). ...

Next: HST Paper Products: A New Way to Look at HST Data . ... After providing on-the-fly re-calibration of HST data to archive users, ST-ECF has embarked on a new project aiming at grouping, cosmic ray cleaning and drizzling images taken by most HST instruments. ... The production of the missing jitter files combined with the extraction of additional engineering parameters will greatly enhance the homogeneity and the scientific value of the entire archive. ... 1995, HST Data Handbook, STScI, 107 . ...

Dear PALFA consortium members, Another smooth day of observing, with detections of J1928+1746 (PALFA#1), a much brighter re-detection of B2020+28, a few single-pulse candidates, and not much else to report from our quicklook. ... Update databsae with fill_observed.py Quicklook Notes: * Plot order bug: displays candidate 1, 10, 2, 3, .. Plot display bug: If the last candidate (#9 for now) is filtered out, then the single pulse plot is also filtered out. ... No other obvious quicklook candidates. ...

... The Russian Federation State Program "Physics of Condenced Matter", the "Superconductivity" division , Project code "Generation-2" . ... The multielement josephson structures are known to allow implementation of the unique properties of the Josephson junctions as electromagnetic waves sources with high change rate of generation frequency, working in the millimeter and submillimeter wavelength diapasones. ... Even the optimal type of the junction electrodynamic interconnection isn't chosen. ...

Общий форум . Scientific.ru Все форумы . Постоянные участники форумов [ .. ... KBOB - 30.09.2005 11:51 . Гравитационные волны . ... Gravitons in a gravitational-wave burst are (b)phase-coherent(/b); photons in electromagnetic signals are usually phase-incoherent. ... Re: Гравитационные волны KBOB, 30.09.2005 11:55 . вернуться на форум ] . ... Re: Гравитационные волны Вячеслав, 30.09.2005 14:19 . ... Scientific.ru , 2000-2016 . ...

PixelVision Inc. ... Soft X-ray Imaging Systems . ... Figure 1: Schematic of a Back-Illuminated CCD . ... To complete CCD thinning, the back surface must be specially "treated" or very low and very unstable responsivity will be exhibited. ... Figure 2: Back-illuminated CCD electron hole pair generation rate as a function of depth from back surface . X-ray detection occurs in a CCD when a high-energy primary x-ray dissipates its energy in the silicon of the back-illuminated CCD. ...

... After 100 years of theory and decades of experiments, astronomers have detected gravitational waves directly for the first time. ... Gravitational waves are literally distortions in space-time, ripples in the fabric of the universe. ... Astronomy : Roen Kelly . ... This is the birth of gravitational wave astronomy. ... Reporting by Eric Betz (@ericbetz) and Korey Haynes (@weird_worlds) /Astronomy magazine; Carl Engelking (@CarlJamesKing) and Bill Andrews (@unique9881) /Discover magazine . ...

... Proposed location of the new generation Russian VLBI network radio telescopes Kaliningrad St. Petersburg Zelenchukskaya (Zc) Badary (Bd) Ussurijsk Working frequency bands for the new generation Russian VLBI network S X Ka 2.2 2.6 7.0 9.5 27 33 F, GHz Data acquisition parameters 4 frequency bands : 512 MHz bandwidth x 2 polarisations or 1024 MHz bandwidth x 1 polarisation 2-bit sampling ...

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The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series 2 . The Distance to Messier 100 as Determined by Cepheid Variable Stars . ... The small variations in distance to the individual Cepheid variable stars in the Cloud are negligible compared with the much larger distance to the SMC. ... In this way Cepheid variable stars can be used as one of the 'standard candles' in the Universe that act either as distance indicators themselves or can be used to calibrate (or set the zero point for) other distance indicators. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... New observations with the European Southern Observatory (ESO)тАЩs Very Large Telescope of some of the most distant galaxies ever detected are revealing the mysteries of this important phase of the early Universe. ... These powerful instruments are essential for exploring this early period in cosmic history as they alone can enable the accurate observations of €аthese extremely distant and faint galaxies. ...

Perhaps the greatest theoretical achievement of physics in the 19th century was the discovery of electromagnetic waves. ... It is possible to use this to define a unit of electric charge, as the charge which repels a similar charge at a distance of, say, 1 meter, with a force of unit strength (actual formulas make this precise). ... But "field" originally only meant the force a magnet or an electric charge could expect at a point in space, if it were placed there. ...

Detected Supernovae . The search have produced till now the detections of 4 SNe. ... This result highlights the power of infrared monitoring in detecting Obscured SNe and indicates that optical surveys are probably missing a significant fraction of SNe, especially in obscured systems such as starburst galaxies. ... In Fig. we show the archival SOFI image of NGC3256 (left) and the first image obtained in 2001 (right) where SN2001db has been detected. ...