... A SPYBAL is executed to center the spectrum in the cross-dispersion (or GHRS ydirection) on the diode array. ... A SPYBAL actually produces science data consisting of a wavelength calibration exposure. ... This means that as long as the grating does not change, no new SPYBAL will be inserted, unless one has several exposures and the total alignment time (not real orbital time) exceeds 90 minutes. ...

... Up: Proposal Processing . ... ESO is prototyping a distributed ``Phase II'' system that will allow astronomers to prepare their observations at their home institutions, while maintaining a central repository for all observation data. ... ESO is developing a Phase II Proposal Preparation system (P2PP) to collect detailed scientific programme descriptions, in the form of observation blocks (OB). ... ESO's Phase II Proposal Preparation system is an integral part of the VLT Data Flow System (DFS). ...

... The most precisely determined characteristic for accreting neutron stars (NS's) is their period. ... Period changes show fluctuations. ... Some applications of stochastic processes in astrophysics especially in accreting systems were discussed in Lipunov (1987),Hoshino Takeshima (1993) and Lipunov (1992).In Hoshino Takeshima (1993) the authors, using simple models of MHD turbulence, try to explain aperiodic changes in X-ray luminosity of X-ray pulsars. ... Here, -constant angular momentum. ...

Next: How to get Up: Introduction Previous: Introduction . ... However, we cannot make all our observations at the same time, or at the same place in the sky. ... To do this, we must distribute the observations so that the main independent variables (such as airmass, star color, and instrumental temperature) are uncorrelated with each other. ... As some (like temperature) are inherently likely to be correlated with time, it is doubly important that others (like airmass) be uncorrelated. ...

... The dayside auroral precipitation consist of magnetosheath related boundary layer precipitation, and plasma sheet related BPS/CPS precipitation (extensions of the nightside precipitation regions). ... For example, the much lower fluxes from the LLBL region when compared to the cusp are compensated by the bidirectional electron beams found in the LLBL: the precipitating energy fluxes in the LLBL and the cusp are not that different. ... directly through the cusp and plasma mantle . ...

... Let us first find out which way -- rise in spectral resolution with some loss in the S/N ratio or increase in the S/N ratio with a fixed spectral resolution -- is better for the purpose of reduction of equivalent width determination errors. ... N -- number of counts for 1 ? ... line equivalent width, . ... Thus if the spectral resolution is managed to be increased (i.e. to decrease )without loss in the number of counts falling at 1 ?, the equivalent width measurement error is then proportional to . ...

Subject, Problems and Objects of Theoretical Astrophysics. ... Stellar Photospheres, Their Features. ... Physics of Continuous Radiation Absorption in Stellar Photospheres. ... Continuous Radiation Absorption in Stellar Photospheres of Various Spectral Classes. Solar Type Photospheres. ... Characterisics of Absorption Lines. ... Interstellar Absorption Lines, Their Features. ... Physical and Dynamic Features of Interstellar Medium, Which Follows from Observations of Interstellar Absorption Lines. ...

... Posts tagged ?regularity condition? ... 3, 2007? Tags: identifiability , likelihood ratio test , mixture , regularity condition . ... Data-Driven Goodness-of-Fit Tests by L. Mikhail . ... ArXiv] Data-Driven Goodness-of-Fit Tests, Aug. ... Chi-square function, chi-square statistics, chi-square goodness-of-fit test are the words that serve different data analysis purposes but under the same prefix. ... Tags: chi-square , degrees-of-freedom , optimization , regularity condition , test . ...

Molecular Lines in Star Formation Regions ­ the ALMA Challenge Paul Jones University of New South Wales Universidad de Chile 1 Molecular Lines in Star Formation Regions - Molecular lines trace the kinematics and chemistry (composition) of molecular clouds. ... The lines also trace physical conditions such as temperature and density, complementary to mm/sub-mm dust continuum data e.g. ATLASGAL and ALMA continuum. ... Simple molecules (eg. ... More complex molecules (eg. ...

... Within SAS, a tool is available to check the pile-up fraction in the pn data: epatplot . This tool compares the observed pattern distributions (derived from a pn calibrated and concatenated even list) with the calibrated models. ... The lower panel is the key element for the evaluation of the pile-up fraction: it shows the observed distribution of pattern as a function of energy (PI channel in Analog-Digital Units ), using the same color code. ... Pages maintained by SAS librarian . ...