... Having quite low efficiency at this pilot stage it is natural to try to improve the selection criteria. The analysis of all accumulated data discussed here, shows that in order to improve the selection of BCGs the following additional criteria and selection procedures should be applied to the preselected lists of candidates: . ... The results of follow-up spectroscopy have shown that even part of the prominent first priority candidates turned out non-emission objects. ...

QED calculations of H2 molecule Vladimir A. Yerokhin St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University in collaboration with Krzysztof Pachucki Warsaw University FFK 2013, Pulkovo, St. Petersburg, October 7-11 Do we need QED for H2? ... 150, 51 (2011) An order of magnitude in precision every 14 years QED : -0.1964 (9) 5, 3039 (2009) Theory: J. Chem. ... Wave function is represented by a linear combination of basis functions Choice of the basis functions: · · Explicitly correlated basis set. ...

We would like to announce the release of Version 2.0 of the CHIANTI database for astrophysical spectroscopy. The additions and corrections to the database have been described in a paper `CHIANTI - an atomic database for emission lines, III - Continuum radiation and extension of the ion database' by E. Landi, M. Landini, K.P. Dere, P.R. Young, H.E. Mason and has been published in Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 135, 339 ,1999, (Paper III). ... Beryllium sequence . ... Boron sequence . ...

... The Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is now a mature and largely well-characterized instrument. Information already available through the WFPC2 Instrument Handbook and the HST Data Handbook is fairly complete. In this update we provide additional information obtained from recent studies of the instrument, as well as calibration plans for the WFPC2 and a short note on present and planned imaging capabilities for HST. ... Calibration: Calibration of WFPC2 continues. ...

... The cross entropy for this complex image is given by ( 16 ) and ( 17 ). ... Differentiating ( 31 ) with respect to and , we find the gradient of is given by . and upon differentiating once more we find the Hessian (curvature) matrix of has the form . ... and its Hessian matrix reads . ... From ( 16 ) and ( 17 ), we find the components of the gradient vector of the cross entropy are given by . ... Differentiating once more we find the components of the Hessian of the cross entropy to be given by . ...

Next: Ejectors in Massive Binary Previous: Artificial Galaxy: Full Matrix . The first version of the Scenario Machine was aimed especially at the simulation of massive binary star evolution. ... First, there is a large class of intermediate mass binaries (say, consisting initially of 8 + 5 solar masses) that can also produce NS and thus lead to the formation of a bright X-ray source. ... Next: Ejectors in Massive Binary Previous: Artificial Galaxy: Full Matrix Mike E. Prokhorov . ...

sw@newmail.ru THE PROBE LAYER METHOD IN THE CALCULATIONS OF CONTRIBUTION AND RESPONSE FUNCTIONS S.G.Mozharovsky Ussuriysk Astrophysical Observatory of FEB RAS, Ussuriysk, Russia sw@newmail.ru The method of probe layer for the calculation of response and contribution functions is discussed. ... This allows us to turn from the response functions to the contribution functions calculated with help of the probe layer (CFPL). ... V- VMAX . ... Solar Phys., v.136, p.239-250. ... Solar Phys., v.35, p.11-29. ...

Microsymposium 40, abstract 88, 2004 (A4 format) GAMMA RAYS FROM MAJOR ELEMENTS BY THERMAL NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTIONS: EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION FOR PLANETARY GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY. ... Then the calculation can be restarted by producing gamma rays and let them trans- GAMMA RAYS FROM MAJOR ELEMENTS BY THERMAL NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTIONS: N. Yamashita et al. port and react, with initial energies determined the outside multiplication and initial locations wh neutron capture reaction took place. ...

... Parkes projects/positions database . ... Galaxy Lunch - Laboratory Spectroscopy for Herschel, ALMA and the Cologne Database for Molecular Spectroscopy (CDMS) by Holger Mueller . ... Holger Mueller (University of Cologne, Germany) . ... The `Cologne Database for Molecular Spectroscopy' (CDMS) has been built within the past ten years. ... The CDMS is available online (www.astro.uni-koeln.de/cdms/; short-cut to the main page: www.cdms.de). ... Bring your lunch! ...

... The MIDAS Data Organizer, a customizable utility to analyze and identify associations in a database of astronomical observations, is described. ... On-line Data Reduction: . ... The main characteristics of the on-line implementation of the DO at the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) are described below. The database for all operations is a MIDAS (ESO-IPG 1993) table, the so-called Observation Summary Table (OST) which contains all relevant parameters extracted from the FITS keywords. ...

... Science Newsletter March 2014 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... The zCOSMOS-bright advanced data products are now available via the Science Data Products query form of the ESO Archive . ... Upcoming ESO or ESO-Related Workshops . ... Held in central Tokyo, the aim of this workshop is to highlight the science results from ALMA obtained during the first three years of science operations. ...

... click image to view discuss) . Stellafane 2011 - Eileen at the T-shirt stand . Submitted by Al Takeda on 08/04/2011 12:16:34 . ... Stellafane 2011 - Ken Launie tries on a hat . ... Stellafane 2011 - Bernie Kosicki and Stellafane East . ... Stellafane 2011 - Friday Technical Talks - Flanders Pavillion . ... Stella-Rain 2011 - Friday Evening . ... Stellafane 2011 - Deep Sky Imaging with a DSLR Camera; Saturday Night Demo . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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 ). ...

... In this talk, I will discuss a study of the effect of ionization on the low end of HI mass function. The existence of a large population of low mass galaxies follows from CDM theory. ... HIDEEP found no low HI column density galaxies. One possible explanation is that the disks are "frozen". ... We assume that galaxies are exposed to an ionizing background radiation, from a uniform quasar distribution. ... We find a gap in the average column densities around N H which drops to 10 17 cm -2 . ...

home education > activities . ... Astronomy . ... In this collaborative group activity, teams of students use the internet to find moon myths in a number of cultures and then try to discern the astronomy behind each myth. There is a section on researching moon missions that just seems tacked on to curry favor with NASA. [e,m] . ... A field test version with good activities and background information about the Saturn system and the Cassini mission, which is scheduled to enter Saturn orbit in 2004. ...

Communications For Your Astronomy Event . Articles | ... John Huggins, December 19, 2005 . ... Citizens Band Radio - The original . Multi-Use Radio Service . Family Radio Service (FRS) . General Mobile Radio Service . Hybrid Radios . Amateur Radio Service . ... Does your event need communications? ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

... Nonadiabatic linear pulsation models have been calculated for low-mass stars with effective temperatures between 16,000 and 35,000 K, and with surface gravities in the range 3 0.3, although the position of the red edge is sensitive to X. We have found that non-radial pulsations are also excited in the same instability region as radial pulsations. The implications of these results for individual low-mass helium stars are discussed. ...

January 11, 2012 (Wednesday) Tom Schwarz, Fermilab SEMINAR CANCELLED . ... Noon, 472 Willamette Hall . return to top . ... Recent results and an outlook for dedicated stop and sbottom searches will be discussed. 4:00pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ... I will review the measurements done with the inclusive W (and Z) samples, focusing on the W charge asymmetry and the W transverse momentum measurements and their connection with the broader ATLAS physics program. 4:00pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ...

This astrostatistics session will honor the memory of Alanna Connors. Alanna was a pioneer in the investigation and development of statistical methods required for the analysis of high energy data. The session will provide a historical perspective on Bayesian methods, highlight the topics where the contribution made by Alanna were particularly important, summarize current analysis challenges and discuss future perspectives. ... 131.02 Promoting widespread use of Bayesian analysis . ...

ON THE ENERGY DISSIPATION RELEASE IN THE BY MAGNETIC FIELD SOLAR ATMOSPHERE M. KOPECKY and V. OBRIDKO* Astronomical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Ond(ejov (Received 18 April, 1968) Abstract. ... 1) The calculations of the conductivity for the case of fully ionized gas gave very great values for all layers in the solar atmosphere. ... 2) What is the value of the energy released by magnetic-field dissipation, and how large is the heating of atmospheric layers by this process? ...