We present the discovery of debris systems around three Sun-like stars based on observations performed with the Spitzer Space Telescope as part of a Legacy Science Program, ``The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems'' (FEPS). We also confirm the presence of debris around two other stars. ... ADS Citation Query . citations = 55 . citations vs. year [year,citations] . ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

Next: M.E. Bailey, Director Up: Research Previous: C.S. Jeffery, Research Astronomer Contents . Dr Michael Smith has focused mainly on the earliest stages of stellar evolution: the processes leading to star formation from an initially unstable, collapsing cloud of gas, and the energetic outflows -- jets and winds -- associated with the formation and early evolution of protostars and pre-main-sequence stellar objects. ... Spectacular jets of molecules, however, betray its presence. ...

... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Late Stages of Stellar Evolution . Welcome to the home page of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution" We are a research group which operates within the Astrophysics Group of the Australia Telescope National Facility. ... To investigate the late stages of stellar evolution and in particular the role of stellar mass-loss in the evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars, proto-planetary nebulae and extremely massive stars. ...

... 2000, ApJ, 537, L49 . ... F. Palla . Invited Talk at the IAU Symposium 200 "The formation of binary stars" eds. R.D. Mathieu and H. Zinnecker (ASP Conf. Ser.) in press . Optical follow-up of ROSAT discovered candidate members of the open cluster Coma Berenices . ... 2000, A , in press . ... 2000, ApJ, in press . ... 2000, ApJ, in press (Sept. ... 2000, ApJ Lett., in press . ... Click to examine publications from other years . ... Star Formation Group . ... Arcetri Home Page . ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members . ... Science Users Information . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO astronomers often are working on scientific programmes and data sets that are suited for PhD theses. This page gives an overview over what is currently offered by Faculty astronomers. ... Thesis topic . ...

Next: Radiopulsars as Sources of Up: Cosmic Rays and Evolution Previous: Cosmic Rays and Evolution . Presently, there is little doubt that galactic CR can be generated at rapidly expanding shock fronts produced by supernova explosions. ... Statistical properties of radiopulsars in our Galaxy indicate a formation rate of NS of about 1 per 10-20 years in the present cosmological epoch, while direct astronomical observations have so far not detected supernova explosions at this high rate. ...

My research interests are focussed on the theory and modelling of accretion processes as well as star and planet formation mechanisms. I am particularly interested in the stability properties of accretion discs, the generation of MHD turbulence and associated angular momentum transport, disk - planet interactions and the origin and characteristics of jets and winds from accreting systems . ... These results have been published in Salmeron & Wardle, 2005, M.N.R.A.S., 361: 45-69. ...

... Galaxy Evolution home . ... Regulating the ISM and star formation . Cosmological evolution of star-forming galaxies . The origin and evolution of radio sources . Radio sources and their environments . ... Observations of the local Universe clearly demonstrate that very active star formation phases (starbursts) are often associated with interacting and merging galaxies and that in these systems much of the short wavelength emission is absorbed by dust and re-emitted in the IR. ...

... We suggest simple method of the selection of distant galaxies based on their radio properties. ... RC0015+0503a , RC0015+0503b , RC0015+0501 , RC0034+0513 , RC0038+0449 , RC0042+0504 . ... RC0105+0501 , RC0110+0500 , RC0117+0503 , RC0126+0502 , RC0133+0459 , RC0135+0450 , RC0137+0539 , RC0143+0505 , RC0152+0453 , RC0154+0459 , RC0159+0448 . ... RC0209+0501b , RC0213+0516 , RC0226+0512 , RC0250+0512 . ... RC0302+0456 , RC0308+0454 , RC0311+0507 , RC0318+0456 , RC0355+0449 . ...

... More recently, I have been concerned with observing masers located in the circumstellar shells generated by red giant stars in their mass-loss phase, and in what we can therefore learn about the late stages of stellar evolution. 100 mJy are now undetectable after ~12 years, aka the DEATH of an OH/IR star or its cyclical evolution back to a Mira variable. ... I find that this momentum flux is sufficient to support the largest observed rates of AGB mass-loss. last updated: 14 January 2015 . ...

... According to the current estimates, a few percent of Main Sequence B5-F5 stars reveal strong surface magnetic fields reaching the values of tens of kilogauss, which is an order of magnitude greater than the maximal magnetic field in sunspots. ... An important direction in the study of magnetic stars is the study of binary and multiple systems with magnetic components using the techniques of spectroscopy and high angular resolution interferometry. ...

ChASeM33 . The Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 - . ... The major sources of feedback into the ISM are massive OB stars, which inject energy via Lyman continuum photons, stellar winds and, finally, supernova explosions. ... SB interiors are generally more efficient than individual SNRs in converting thermal into kinetic energy of expansion, because radiative losses are smaller in SBs than for the same number of isolated explosions. ... 1) Is the diffuse hot ISM shaped predominantly by SNRs or by SBs? ...

... The molecular content of the DMTau and GGTau disks . ... 317, P L55-L58 (1997). ... Article in PDF format . ... 317, P L59-L62 (1997). ... 317, P L63-L66 (1997). ... 317, P L67-L70 (1997). ... 317, P L71-L74 (1997). ... 317, P L75-L78 (1997). ... 317, P L79-L81 (1997). ... 317, P 303-317 (1997). ... 317, P 318-327 (1997). ... 317, P 328-349 (1997). ... 317, P 350-357 (1997). ... 317, P 358-384 (1997). ... 317, P 385-392 (1997). ... 317, P 393-396 (1997). ... helpdesk@link.springer.de . ...

... Laboratory "Structure" was created in 1992 from the temporary scientific group formed in 1988 in SAO RAS. In December 2003 it was transformed into group of Physics and Evolution of Galaxies , which enters into new Laboratory of Extragalactic ASTROPHYSICS and COSMOLOGY. ... Kniazev A.Y. senior researcher, associated foreign member . Kniazeva T.F. junior researcher, associated foreign member . ... Lipovetsky Valentin A. (1945-1996) former leader of the Laboratory . ...

... This thread contains a step-by-step recipe to extract MOS spectra of a point-like source observed in Imaging mode and to create associated response matrices, starting from a calibrated, concatenated event list (either produced with emproc or available as PPS product; here it has the assumed file name MOS.fits ). ... The users should note that the SAS metatask xmmselect allows them to interactively define source and background regions (via ds9) and to run backscale on the fly. ...

... Aloisi, A. The Old Stellar Population . Alonso-Herrero, A. HST /NICMOS Observations of the . ... Balcells, M. HST-NICMOS Observations of Galactic . ... Baum, S.A. Investigating the Evolution of . ... Becklin, E.E. A Coronagraphic Search for . ... Clampin, M. The Old Stellar Population . ... Close, L. HST NICMOS Observations of . ... The Stellar Population in . Geballe, T.R. HST NICMOS Observations of . ... Greggio, L. The Old Stellar Population . ... Leitherer, C. The Old Stellar Population . ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

Next: Implementing a New Data Archive Paradigm to Face HST Increased Data Flow . ... There have been two generations of archive systems (DMF and DADS) and user interfaces (STARCAT and StarView). In this paper, we describe recent projects and future directions in the continued evolution of the HST Archive. ... StarView is supported in CRT and X/Motif modes on Sun and Digital platforms. ... We continue to improve the HST Archive systems-DADS, StarView, and the new Web interface. ...

by Jim Kloeppel, University of Illinois News Bureau . James B. Kaler, a professor emeritus of astronomy at the University of Illinois, has been awarded the American Astronomical Society 2008 Education Prize. ... One of Kaler?s books, "Extreme Stars: At the Edge of Creation," received the 2001 award for excellence in the category of physics and astronomy from the Association of American Publishers. ... He is the president of the board of directors of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. ...