... The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is moving towards public domain access software for its data holdings. Several ADS services are already accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) (e.g., abstract service, catalogs, Einstein archive) and more are planned. ... The main emphasis of the restructured ADS Project will be the operation and development of the ADS Astrophysics Science Information and Abstract Service (ASIAS) (formerly the ADS Abstract Service). ... Figure: ASIAS query result. ...

... TOBIN is a command-line program that converts transfer format SPK, CK and EK files to binary format. ... The name ``tobin'' is obviously derived from ``to binary,'' as in ``convert to binary''. ... If only the name of the input transfer file is provided on the command line, TOBIN will generate a name for the output binary kernel file that has the same base name as the input transfer file and an appropriate filename extension, based on the filename extension of the transfer file. ...

Lucio Piccirillo , T, . тАЬNew Detection Techniques for CMB Polarization ExperimentsтАЭ . Abstract: CMB polarization signals, especially the B-modes, are very weak and usually immersed in several sources of noise, from instrumental to astrophysical. I will briefly review the major experimental issues of CMB polarization measurements with particular emphasis to detectors and optics. A novel scheme for a potential future experiment will be discussed.

... Programme . ... Abstract: We reveal the stellar light originating from the kiloparsec-scale, ring-like structure of the Centaurus A galaxy in unprecedented detail. In particular, we use sub-arcsecond resolution near infrared images to create a dust-free view of this structure that is heavily obscured by the central dust lane at visual wavelengths. ... Finally, we discuss the large-scale geometry implied by the reddening signatures of dust in our near infrared images. go back . ...

Quasi-Hilda Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu: Another long temporary satellite capture by Jupiter . ... The quasi-Hilda comets (QHCs), being in unstable 3:2 Jovian mean motion resonance, are considered a major cause of temporary satellite capture (TSC) by Jupiter. ... Both these numbers rank 147P as third among long TSC/orbiter events, behind SL9 and 111P. This study also confirms the importance of the QHC region as a dynamical route into and out of Jovian TSC, via the Hill's sphere. ...

... Several attempts to discover the FICN signal in VLBI nutation series made during last years failed. ... We investigated several VLBI CPO series by means of spectral and wavelet analysis. It has been shown that there are several periodic signals with close amplitude around the expected FICN period without any prevailing one that can be reliably associated with the FICN. ... DATA ANALYSIS We analyzed several CPO series obtained in IVS analysis centers by means of spectral and wavelet analysis. ...

Hide Zen home . ... PostgreSQL: the best DBMS solution for astronomy and astrophysics. We consider PostgreSQL, an open-source RDBMS distributed under BSD license, as one of the best database solutions for astronomical and astrophysical tasks. ... We present two backend programming modules. pgSphere, the ready-for-use contribution module for PostgreSQL, offers the capability for dealing with geometric objects in spherical coordinates. ... Zen, 2003-2007 ...

... Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Pulsars 34 Hours 45 Spectral Indices of Millisecond Pulsars Although millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are extremely important for several experiments, the spectra of these pulsars have not been measured often. ... RFI Considerations Frequency Ranges Planned 312 - 342 1150 - 1730 1800 - 3100 This proposal requires Iridium RFI protection at 1612 MHz between 10pm and 6am EST. ...

Report “Laboratory zero-baseline interferometer tests” (ZBT) was prepared and issued in ASC (35 pages including 17 figures and diagrams in Russian language). ... The Ground-Space radio interferometer (OVLBI) Radioastron includes several space and ground-based segments which are designed and manufactured by different countries and organizations. ... ZBI tests (for OVLBI) were implemented in Russia firstly. The tests were implemented by joint team of ASC, JPL and NRAO in 1999. ...

... I present results from several seasons of photometric observations of X--ray sources in the Orion OB1a and OB1b star formation regions. The initial goal was to measure the rotational periods of several dozen pre--main sequence (PMS) stars. ... Infrared and optical data confirm that 90% of the X--ray sources are PMS and about 10% of the PMS stars may have disks. ... I find rotation periods for five stars at confidence of greater than 99.9/ greater than 99/ at much lower confidence. ...

Authors: Yu.G. Shevelev , V.A. Marsakov , . ... Based on a previously compiled catalog of fundamental astrophusical parameters for nearby disk F stars (containing, in particular, metallicity, isochronal ages, and space-velocity components), with were derived from published astrometric data, the Galactic orbital elements were calculated for 1630 stars. ... The radial and vertical metallicity gradients were found for mixed-age stars and for a few narrow age ranges. ...

... Future seminars . P a s t seminars . Seminar council . Resonance phenomena: a tool for mixing, a tool for control, Part II " . Dmitri Vainchtein ( IKI ) . ... I consider a special class of singular phenomena: capture into resonance and scaterring on resonance. I particular, I illustrate how the capture into resonance, that by itself is random in nature and, consequently, is rather inefficient as a mechanism of regular transport, can be structured with little additional cost. ...