... Focus Model . ... For a given time, this model estimates the amount of defocus at a particular camera. ... If you obtained focus model values from this site prior to May 23rd, for HST observations made after March 29th 2011, then obtaining those values again now will improve agreement with measurements. ... the average focus value over the time period requested (measured and/or modeled values as applicable). a link to a space-delimited text file containing Date, Julian date, Time, and Model value . ...

... Second, the observatory can control the configuration, test data analysis procedures, and provide calibration solutions with the help of instrument models. This paper presents the VLT object-oriented framework for the development of ETCs (Exposure Time Calculators) and data simulators. ... Instrument simulations are being developed for the purpose of predictive calibration, instrument configuration control, and evaluation of data analysis procedures. ...

... Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Dynamical models of multiple globular cluster populations around massive galaxies . ... Different techniques have been devised to separate multiple GC populations and perform dynamical analyses. ... Within this project, the PhD candidate will examine mock models of multiple GC populations around massive galaxies, devising `blinded' functional tests and comparing the possible sources of bias in different techniques....

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Although their determination is based on the scattering process model, independent check-ups by rocket experiments have shown their correctness in experimental applications. ... Ionospheric data analysis, especially during strong disturbances, cannot be without some other kinds of diagnostic tools. ... The lack of data has always been a challange in this case. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This will include: efficient polarized and unpolarized spectrum synthesis; critical compilations of atomic data; determination of fundamental physical parameters; quantitative spectroscopy for abundance determination; magnetic field detection and modelling. ... Evelyne Alecian (Royal Military College of Canada) . ... Abundance analysis in magnetic and non magnetic stars (part I) . ... COFFEE BREAK . ... Herbig Ae/Be stars ....

... A Hubble diagram for Quasars . ... The potential use of such relation as a cosmological probe is obvious: assuming no redshift evolution of the relation, the observed X-ray flux is a function of the observed UV flux, the redshift, and the parameters of the adopted cosmological model. ... In this framework, Guido Risaliti and Elisabeta Lusso (INAF-Arcetri Observatory) have recently published in the Astropysical Journal the first Hubble Diagram for quasars suitable for cosmological measurements . ...

... The models provided are: . abs - absorption of x-rays by neutral gas with solar abundances. parameter 1 = . ... parameter 2 = . ... normalization - logarithmic value of the flux density at 1 keV in units of keV cm -2 s -1 keV -1 . ... normalization - logarithmic value of the normalization of the gaussian in units of keV cm -2 s -1 . ... absorption ( params )* model ( params ) . ... A single value for the normalization (i.e., fixed normalization) will force the program to use that value. ...

... Future seminars . ... G.V. Levina (Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics) . ... Abstract . ... The INTEGRAL mission and its first results" . ... Reconnection - new basic results and solar simulations " . October, 30 . ... D.L. Vainchtein (IKI RAN; Dept. of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, USA) . ... New results on Solar Structure and Dynamics and Solar Space Observatories " . ... E.B. Gliner (Theoretial Research Institute, San Francisco) . ...

... Towards a Truly Unified Model of AGN . ... The Unified Model holds that the aspect-dependent effects primarily determine the nature of the active galactic nucleus that we observe. ... The full postscript file can be obtained here: . The PASA Latex file can be obtained here: . The postscript file of Fig 1 can be obtained here: . ...

Decomposition of Galaxy Images and Galaxy Rotation Curves Mosenkov A.V.*^, Savchenko S.S.*, Sotnikova N.Ya.* ... The DECA (DEComposition Analysis) code is designed to investigate images of galaxies in an automatic regime (using the simple 'bulge+disc' model) as well as in manual mode for more detailed images and/or for multicomponent structures. ... The GRCF package was created for performing the galaxies rotation curve decomposition using the models of the bulge, the disc, and the dark halo. ...

Toward models of light relativistic jets interacting with an inhomogeneous ISM Alexander Wagner Geoffrey Bicknell Ralph Sutherland (Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics) 2/7/ 2009 Many Faces of CenA 1 Outline Introduction ­ Motivation Model ingredients FLASH 3 Computing facilities Jet parameters ISM structure 2D test simulations ( slab jet ) with CenA parameters Near future work 2/7/ 2009 Many Can jet momentum be isotropically distributed? ... Jet affecting halo? ...