Next: Polarization efficiency: size/shape/orientation effects Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: The 2175? feature . To model the interstellar polarization one needs to calculate the forward-transmitted radiation for an ensemble of non-spherical aligned dust grains. ... Let non-polarized stellar radiation passes through a dusty cloud with a homogeneous magnetic field. ... The angle between the line of sight and the magnetic field is ( ). ... where the angle is connected with and ( ). ...

... These are the filter transmission, the field of view (determined by the NICMOS optics external to the dewar, in combination with the HST mirrors), the reflectivities of the various external mirrors and the transmission of the dewar window. ... The sensitivity will obviously be affected by the pixel field of view. ... Finally, the optical efficiency will be degraded further by the reflectivities of the aluminum with MgF 2 overcoated HST primary and secondary mirrors. ... Primary mirror temperature . ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

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Next: EVOLUTION MODELS Up: EXTREME HELIUM STARS: PULSATION Previous: EXTREME HELIUM STARS . The characteristic surface properties, effective temperature , surface gravity and composition , of EHes have been summarized by Jeffery (1996). ... Helium: ( ) By definition, helium dominates the atmospheric abundances. ... This is supported by a correlation between N and Fe abundances in EHes. ... Next: EVOLUTION MODELS Up: EXTREME HELIUM STARS: PULSATION Previous: EXTREME HELIUM STARS Simon Jeffery . ...

Next: Copying Calibration Tables - Up: Calibration, the ATCA, and Previous: Determining Gains and Bandpass . ... This parameter can be used as an alternative way of specifying the XY phase of the antennas. ... Unless you explicitly turn off solving for XY phase in gpcal , then the only important XY phase value is that for the reference antenna. ... means that gpcal will solve for the XY phase of the reference antenna. ... By default it solves for all XY phases, except for the reference antenna. ...

Next: Star Formation Rate and Up: No Title Previous: Calculation of Evolutionary Tracks . To start calculations, we choose the distributions of the initial binary parameters: the mass of the primary ZAMS component, , binary mass ratio, , orbital separation a . ... whereas the mass ratio distribution is not. ... The zero assumption often made is that the mass ratio distribution has a flat shape, that is binaries with a high mass ratio occur as frequently as those with equal masses. ...

... To determine a lower limit to the sensitivity of current observations to measurements of NS surface temperatures, we have used data from the Einstein Slew Survey (Elvis et al. 1990) to establish temperature limits for 275 pulsars which received nonzero exposure during the survey. ... Filled squares correspond to pulsars actually detected in the survey data; the smaller symbols correspond to upper limits to the count rates. ... Click here for plot of x-ray data vs. cooling curves. ...

... 7 EPSC2012-52 2012 European Planetary Science Congress 2012 c Author(s) 2012 E P SC European Planetary Science Congress Properties of the impact-produced lunar exosphere during Perseid 2009 meteor shower A.A. Berezhnoy (1), O.R. Baransky (2), K.I. Churyumov (2), T.K. Churyumova (2), V.V. Kleshchenok (2), E.A. Kozlova (1), V. Mangano (3), V.O. Ponomarenko (2), Yu.V. Pakhomov (4), V.V. Shevchenko (1), Yu.I. Velikodsky (5) (1) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Universitetskij pr., ... 12/13, 2009. ...

... We are using Canadian Galactic Plane Survey l 74.2њ, -3.6њ < b This poster gives preliminary results for a full-fledged analysis of the gas properties and distribution of HISA features in the CGPS. ... where T ON and T OFF are observed brightnesses on and off the HISA feature, T S is the spin or excitation temperature of the HISA gas, tau is its optical depth, T C is the continuum intensity, and p is the fraction of H I emission lying behind the HISA feature. ... GIF | ...

Next: Redshift Distribution Up: Sample Identification Previous: Previously Identified Sources . ... In Figure 3, we plot the redshift distribution of DXRBS FSRQs opposite that of the 1 Jy and S4 samples. In Figure 4, we plot the redshift distribution of DXRBS BL Lacs opposite the Slew and 1 Jy samples. ... The apparent deficit of objects at the very highest luminosities is a result of the smaller area of sky covered by DXRBS compared to, e.g., the Slew and 1 Jy samples. ...

... This will be an introductory course on Artin $L$-functions (no prerequisites assumed). After reviewing basic theory of Galois representations, we will define Artin $L$-functions, which is the non-abelian generalization of Hecke $L$-functions, and study the elementary properties of them. ... This conjecture can be viewed as the non-abelian generalization of the classical analytic class number formula. ... Finiteness of the ideal class group $\text{Cl}(F)$, class number $h_F$ of $F$. ...

... Up: Data Analysis Applications . ... The astrometric properties of the NOAO Mosaic Imager are investigated using the new IRAF MSCRED and IMMATCHX packages and observations taken during recent engineering runs. ... The TAN projection plus cubic polynomial plate solutions and bilinear interpolation were used to combine the 8 pieces of the mosaic into a single 8K by 8K image with an undistorted TAN projection coordinate system. ... A new plate solution was computed for the combined images. ...

... High-pressures experiments are mostly aimed at studying phase transformations in solids, synthesising new phases and studying their composition, crystal and magnetic structure, physical and thermodynamical properties. ... The specific feature of investigations at LHPP that distinguishes it from most other high-pressure laboratories is combining in situ measurements with studies at ambient pressure of new high-pressure phases fixed by quenching to liquid nitrogen temperature. ...

... We present 5GHz high resolution VLA observations of 2,127 radio-- and X-ray--emitting sources found in both the Green Bank (GB) 5GHz radio catalog and the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS). We report core flux densities and positions accurate to =-0.5". ... This table has 1861 rows and 9 columns giving: Catalog source name, RA and DEC (J2000), observation code, S/N ratio, VLA core flux density at 5 GHz (mJy), Green Bank flux density at 5 GHz (mJy), error in Green Bank flux density (mJy), and Notes. ...

... This chapter documents all the JavaScript objects, along with their methods and properties. ... Full entries for each object appear in alphabetical order; properties and functions not associated with any object appear in Chapter 2, "Top-Level Properties and Functions." ... Tables included in the description of each object summarize the object's methods and properties. Full entries for an object's methods and properties appear in alphabetical order after the object's entry. ...

... ICND-96, Saratov, Russia. ... And though a number of efficient methods of digital sound compression is developed by far, there is still a need in new efficient methods. In this report we study a possibility of application of fractal methods to compression of speech signals. ... In this method, a speech frame is divided into larger pieces called domains, and smaller ones called regions, and an optimal set of affine transformations of domains into regions is calculated. ...

... In brief: the frequency-dependent radiative transfer equation is solved for a dust under assumption of spherically-symmetric geometry for its distribution taking into account particle size distribution and quantum heating effects for the very small dust particles. ... Table: Model parameters for IRAS04296+3429. ... parameter . ... hot dust shell) . ... The best fit to the spectral energy distribution of IRAS04296 is shown by heavy solid line (see Table2 for details concerning parameters of the model...

... It has been largely superceded by MatWeb . Conversion Factors . Material properties . Physical constants . Astronomical constants . This table gives conversion factors to convert various units to their SI equivalents. ... The units are SI. This is a short list of physical constants in SI units. ... Boltzmann constant . ... Gas constant . ... Mass . ... Plank's . ... Radiation constant . ... This is a short list of astronomical constants in SI units. ... Sun . ...

... Mathematical methods in physics . ... NUCLEAR PHYSICS . ... CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES . ... Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter . ... Thermal properties of condensed matter . ... CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES . ... Electronic transport in condensed matter . ... Optical properties, condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of radiation and particles with condensed matter . ...