The efficiency of interaction of radiation with a particle and hence its optical properties depend on the particle chemical composition, size, shape, structure, etc. ... Particle size expressed in units of the wavelength of incident radiation, together with chemical composition, most strongly affects the optical properties of a scatterer. ... There are many methods to solve the light-scattering problem for a homogeneous spheroid (our survey of the light-scattering methods see here ). ...

... 295, 2003 H. E. Payne, R. I. Jedrzejewski, and R. N. Hook, eds. Generalized Self-Calibration for Space VLBI Image Reconstruction Sergey F. Likhachev Astro Space Center, Profsojuznaya 84/32, GSP-7, 117997, Moscow, Russia Abstract. Generalized self-calibration (GSC) algorithm as a solution of a non-linear optimization problem is considered. ... The GSC-algorithm was implemented in the radio astronomy imaging software pro ject Astro Space Locator (ASL) for Windows developed at the Astro Space Center. ...

... ESO for the Public > Doing Business with ESO > Technology Transfer > Developments at ESO . ... About ESO . ... Survey Telescopes . ... The survey has been carried out at ESO in late 2004 to document both the technologies developed by, or for, ESO as well as examples of Technology Transfer that have taken place. ... Technologies that have been developed or extended in collaboration with industry through an ESO development contract or collaboration agreement, etc. ... Historic Developed Technologies ....

... By the time Isaac Newton entered college, the scientific revolution of the 17th century was well underway. ... Men like Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Descartes had all helped develop a new view of nature. ... Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my best friend is truth." ... Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, the same year Galileo died. ... He was one of the most creative geniuses the world has ever seen and to many people the greatest scientist who ever lived. ...

LAUNCH COMPLEX . Considering the system reusability, great emphasis was placed on pre-launch processing facilities at both launch sites. To implement the Energia-Buran program, it was decided to develop a versatile complex "Stand-Start", modify and re-equip the launch site previously developed under the N1-L3 program, develop an Orbiter launch complex, and to foresee backup runways to be used for the Orbiter unplanned landing. ... SEA LAUNCH . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... SSAU History . ... SSAU team took the 1st place in the competition of engineering teams within the competence of Lifecycle Management at the National Championship of cross-industry working professions in high-tech industries WorldSkills Hi-Tech-2015 in Yekaterinburg. ... The participants developed the project concepts, prepared design and engineering documentation, performed strength, aerodynamic and economic calculation as well as marketing research, made 3D-printed model of the developed jetpack. ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . omfchain (omfchain-1.22.13) [xmmsas_20030110_1802-5.4.1] . Meta Index / Home Page Mod-8 noise may affect the estimation of background and the output light-curves of very bright source. An algorithm to account for this pattern around bright objects needs to be developed. ... XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2003-01-10 ...

... Contact . ... Neutron stars and black holes aren't all they've been thought to be. In fact, neutron stars can be considerably more massive than previously believed, and it is more difficult to form black holes, according to new research developed by using the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. read more .. Contributors that wish to publish their papers in AORSS must send an HTML version of their article to Alice Hine at [ ahine@naic.edu ] . ...

Model for motion of comet Encke during all its apparitions . ... The shrinking of the ice fraction of comet nucleus is considered as the principal factor of the variation of nongravitational effects for . ... Equations for determination of parameters of Marsden formula for nongravitational effects are developed. ... The error in the representation of time of perihelion passagein 1786 is 1.3 days versus 58 days in JPL theory. ... comet motion, apparition, nongravitational effects, Marsden's model. ...

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... Learning set is formed on basis of the Taken' algorithm. ... For 10, 100, 200, 300 day forecast the time lag was correspondingly = 10, = 100, = 200, = 300. ... For every forecast (10, 100, 200, 300 days) ANN started k = 10 times. ... On figure, 1 it is shown the MAE and RMS statistics for 10-, 200- and 300-day forecast for Xp : M AE = 1 n i=n |f orecastav erag ei - realv aluei |, ... i=1 139 RMS 300 MAE 300 RMS 200 RMS 10 MAE 10 MAE 200 Figure 1: 10, 200, 300 day statistics for Xp forecast. ...

... Why Do People Strive To Develop Science? ... Sometimes it is hard to imagine why anybody could find satisfaction from science. There are so many unanswered questions, and, for every one question that is answered, an uncountable number of new questions arise. ... If our only purpose were to find ways to stop boredom, we would be...well...bored! ... Where frontiersmen moved west in a developing America to open up new country and find a place with fewer people, we are exploring science to find more. ...

The rising tides. In 1777 Laplas made a report in the Paris academy about the rising tides and the falling tides. Their first model was considered by Newton and Kepler so that the rising tides and the falling tides were caused by the Moon and the Sun. This theory was developed by I. Bernully, Ailer and d'Alamber. Their scheme about the rising tides following on two directions (one to the Moon and the other to the Sun) was suited the non deep ocean in the stable planet. ...

MATHEMATICAL MODELING: . ... This model is developed on the base of the probabilistic description of the collisional aeronomical processes and is realized on a computer as the numerical system (stochastic model). ... Shematovich, V.I., Bisikalo , D.V.             Nonequilibrium processes in the planetary and cometary atmospheres. ... In Russian) . ... Piarnpuu , A. A.; and Shematovich, V. I.       Construction of structural stochastic models of collision processes in rarefied gas media (abstract) . ...

Transmission of a large-aperture thin film metal strip array Daria V. Kharchenkoa,b, Mikhail A.Tarasovb, Lyudmila V. Filippenkoa, Andrey I. Kleevc, Genrikh D. Bogomolovc , and Leonid S. Kuzminb a V.Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronisc RAS, Moscow b Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden c P.Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow. Abstract--We have developed a new approach for analyzing the diffraction of a plane wave by a thin film metal strip array. ...

This document describes procedures and suggestions for submission, implementation, and scheduling of calibration programs. It is Presto's goal to implement, schedule, and execute calibration programs as correctly and efficiently as possible. ... Calibration programs added after the Director's Office Review must be submitted to the TTRB at least 8 weeks prior to execution; . All changes to calibration programs must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to execution; . ...

NTD and xNTD Project Reports for ATUC (June 2006) NTD The NTD project is on schedule to meet its overall objectives by 30 June 2007 (completion of MNRF funding). ... The NTD project aims to develop a 5 x 5 prototype tile for further development in the xNTD. ... John O'Sullivan is leading this research project. xNTD From 1 July 2006 all the NTD and xNTD projects will be part of a new Theme in the ATNF known as the "xNTD and SKA Phase 1". ... The xNTD figures prominently in that proposal. ...

Next: Initial binary parameters Up: Population synthesis of Previous: Introduction . Monte-Carlo method for statistical simulation of binary evolution was originally proposed by Kornilov & Lipunov (1983a,b) for massive binaries and developed later by Lipunov & Postnov (1987) for low-massive binaries. ... Recently Leitherer & Heckman (1995) have modelled star formation for elliptical and spiral galaxies, taking into consideration only the single stars. ... Initial binary parameters . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... According to recent government figures, the UK space industry contributes бе9bn to the economy each year and supports tens of thousands of jobs.б  Working closelyб  with Invest Northern Ireland, Aerospace, Defence and Security Industries NI, CCEA has developed a new Level 2 Space Science Technology qualification to give learners aged 14-16 the necessary skills and expertise needed in Northern IrelandБЂ™s growing space industry. ...

O ptimal transport : T heory and A pplications . ... Solar dynamo wave with meridional circulation: a WKB approach (H. Popova, D. Sokoloff) . Moment equations for linear and nonlinear equations with random coefficients (D. Grachev, D. Sokoloff) . ... Weighted nearest neighbor search in numerical transport optimization (A. Andrievskii, A. Sobolevskii) . ... WANN is part of a multipurpose library for numerical transport optimization developed in the OTARIE project. ...