... Magnetic Storms . ... Cosmic Rays . ... Energetic Particles . ... Solar fast Particles . We cannot observe the way the distant universe accelerates cosmic rays or produces energetic photons, but acceleration processes also occur on our Sun , though on a much more moderate scale. ... That is why such events are often missed by cosmic ray detectors near the equator, where the lowest energies are excluded by the Earth's magnetic field. ... Should we be concerned about solar energetic radiation? ...

... Future seminars . ... Relativistic magneto-active laser plasmas " . ... Generation of super-strong magnetic fields. ... This method is based on the observation of resonance interaction between the Landau levels in magnetic field and energy levels of plasma ions. ... The important peculiarity of the energy distribution of fast ions is their slow decreasing up to the energy of 1.4 MeV at the laser intensity of 2 10 18 W/cm 2 ; the effective temperature of fast ions is of the order of 350 keV. ...

... Enhancing the Characterization of Extrasolar Planets via Direct Detection with a Coronagraphic Terrestrial Planet Finder . ... Should larger launch vehicles become available, the design of large space missions optimized for planet characterization should be revisited. Clearly, a larger collecting area would reduce the integration times needed to search for terrestrial mass planets and increase the practical temporal/spectral resolution of observations performing follow-up characterization. ...

... Programme . ... Abstract: Centaurus A is the first system in which direct evidence for a strong shock associated with radio-lobe expansion has been found, and is the nearest and most dramatic example of a jet / environment interaction. ... I will discuss the implications of these results for particle acceleration at the shock, for Centaurus A as a source of TeV radiation and UHECRs, and for shock heating in nearby and more distant galaxies. go back . ...

... Click here to go directly to the Orion Nebula Images. ... Copies of individual figures from this paper are available from John Bally . ... Figure 1: The core of the Trapezium showing the four energetic massive stars and a plethora of Sun-like stars with surrounding extended emission. ... Click to download figure in jpeg format. Click to download figure in tiff format. ... Figure 3: A gallery of star-disk systems in Orion's Trapezium. ... To Doug Johnstone's Scientific Home Page . ...

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, . Moscow, Russia . Supernovae make us brighter .. Search russian astronomical resources . Mirror of International Supernovae Network ( Original site ) . Catalogue of Supernovae Stars . HTTP access to SAI Catalogue of Supernovae Stars . SAI SN Light Curves Online . ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute ( in Russian ) . ... Astronet - Russian Astronomical Network . ... Russian Foundation for Basic Research . ...

... Bogod V.M., Gel'freikh G.B.: Study of the solar atmosphere based on spectral and polarization observations on the RATAN-600. ... V.M. Bogod, C. Mercier, L. V. Yasnov: About the nature of long-term microflare energy release in the solar active regions, Paper accepted by JGR in 2000 (Manuscript Number: 20.4013). ... Bogod V.M., Garaimov V., Grebinskij A., Komar N., Opeikina L.: Solar active regions study based on wide wavelength range radio observations with RATAN-600, Abstract of JENAM-2000, p.115 . ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

Proceedings of the Particle Physics and Early Universe Conference (PPEUC). For this paper: postscript PPEUC CMB index 1 Introduction.. ... Combining measurements of the thermal Sunyaev--Zel'dovich effect with X-ray data allows calculation of a direct, physical estimate of Hubble's Constant ( ) without the need for distance-ladder-type arguments. ... 1 Introduction . ... 3 Calculating Hubble's Constant . 4 Errors In Determination of . ... PPEUC Proceedings . Fri Jun 27 15:29:33 BST 1997 ...

... Direct observation of the vortex structure in high- T c superconductors in tilted magnetic fields. Abstract: . A high-resolution Bitter technique has been used to observe an effect of tilting the external magnetic field on the flux line lattice (FLL) in Tl 2 Ba 2 CaCu 2 O 8+x single crystals. ... The reason is believed to be that the formation of the equilibrium vortex state (vortex chains) was prevented by strong pinning, revealed for our crystals by the M(t) curves. ...

Next: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: Research Contents . ... Solar Variability and Climate . Other Activities . ... Applied to data of flares on Gliese866 he was able to estimate the area of hydrogen emitting flare regions as 1-13% of the stellar surface. ... As partners in the project, Armagh Observatory has been asked to contribute to the selection process in exchange for priority access to the data which will eventually flow from the satellite. ...

... Shematovich, V.I . ... Shematovich, V. I. ; Bisikalo, D. V.; Marov , M. Ya . ... Shematovich, V.I., Bisikalo, D.V., and Gerard J.-C. Superthermal particles in the planetary atmosphere. ... Shematovich, V.I., Bisikalo, D.V., and Gerard, J.-C. The thermospheric odd nitrogen photochemistry : role of non-thermal N(4S) atoms (abstract) . ... Geophys ., ... Gerard, J.C., Shematovich, V.I., and Bisikalo, D.V. Effect of hot N( 4S) atoms on the NO solar cycle variation in the lower thermosphere (abstract) . ...

... 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. ...

Find Similar Abstracts . ... 26, Jan. 1983, p. 77-83. ... CAUSTICS (OPTICS), COSMOLOGY, PARTICLE MOTION, GEOMETRICAL OPTICS, GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS, UNIVERSE . ... The analogy between caustics in geometrical optics and the singularities that arise in irrotational flows in a cold collisionless medium is discussed. ... Use: Authors Title Abstract Text Text Query with Keywords Return: Query Results Query Form Database: Astronomy Instrumentation Physics and Geophysics ABSTRACT QUERY USER FEEDBACK HELP ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

... An international facility to store, catalogue and digitise photographic plates is under development at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle-Brussels. ... The international workshop "A European Plate Centre" took place in March 2000 at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle (ROB), one year after the international workshop "Treasure Hunting in Astronomical Plate Archives" , held at Sonneberg Observatory, Germany (Kroll, la Dous, & Br?uer 1999; la Dous 1999). ...

Masses of asteroids 10 Hygiea and 152 Atala obtained by the dynamical method . ... Masses of asteroids 10 Hygiea and 152 Atala have been obtained by the dynamical method. ... m 152 = 1.34 0.27 (10 -11 Sun )]. ... Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Small Solar System Body (SSSB), mass of asteroids 10 Hygiea, mass of asteroids 152 Atala, the dynamical method, perturbing asteroids, the additional acceleration, the Yarkovsky effect, elimination of erroneous observations, optical observations. ...

Direct Electron Imaging Using Back Thinned CCDs . ... A proximity focused Gen III image intensifier has been built using a back illuminated 512 x 512 CCD in place of the phosphor screen. Signal to noise, spatial resolution, minimum resolvable signal and life are discussed. ... Very low light level imaging is driven by the need for high quantum efficiency detection of single photons at the highest possible speed and the highest spatial resolution. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... One of the rarest but most interesting effects which can be observed with the Irkutsk IS radar is anomal high power signal registraion(coherent echo) due to strong magnetic storms. ... These signals are formed at E-layer heights in the presence of a strong electric field which causes particles to drift. ...

... A2005 Date Received: 2004-Sep-29 18:51:13 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Astronomy Continuum Galactic 42 Hours The Origin of Magnetic Activity in Sub-Stellar Ob jects The pro cesses of magnetic field generation, amplification and dissipation in sub-stellar ob jects are not understo o d, but could provide direct information on the internal convection and the structure of the atmosphere. ...