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. ...

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Astro Space Center Russian Academy of Sciences S.A. Lavochkin Association, Roscosmos RADIOASTRON The Ground ­ Space Interferometer: radio telescope much larger than the Earth The Spectr-R Project http://www.asc.rssi.ru/ radioastron / High- Resolution HI 21 cm Mosaic of M 33 galaxy GENERAL OUTLINE The RadioAstron ... Such forecast could be used to prepare a long time-scale schedule of scientific observations. ...

... Description . Catalog . ... In the Catalog, we publish equatorial (ЮБ 2000 , ЮД 2000 ) and galactic (l,b) coordinates of cluster centers derived as the position of overdensity in 2MASS catalog (Koposov et al. ... Distances, color-excesses and ages are the mean-square values calculated using all available evaluations from different color-magnitude diagrams. ... There are individual pages for every cluster where all available plots and parameters are published. ... 2002). ...

... 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. ...

... Just as magnetic storms are composed of substorms, the substorms themselves seem to be composed of smaller scale events. ... steplike expansion of the auroral bulge (Vorobjev and Rezenov, 1973; Sergeev and Yahnin, 1979; Murphree and Cogger, 1992; Nakamura et al., 1993) . ... 1990) . ... fine structure in the bursts of bremsstrahlung X-rays (Lazutin et al., ... Nakamura, R., T. Oguti, T. Yamamoto, and S. Kokubun, Equatorward and poleward expansion of the auroras during auroral substorms, J. Geophys. ...

... For this one needs additionally to associate a weight with each attitude sample. ... time => real64Data(addColumn(binnedAttTab, 'TSTART', REAL64, 's')) raDeg => real64Data(addColumn(binnedAttTab, 'RA', REAL64, 'deg')) decDeg => real64Data(addColumn(binnedAttTab, 'DEC', REAL64, 'deg')) paDeg => real64Data(addColumn(binnedAttTab, 'PA', REAL64, 'deg')) isGood => boolData( addColumn(binnedAttTab, 'IS_GOOD', BOOLEAN)) weights => real64Data(addColumn(binnedAttTab, 'WEIGHTS', REAL64)) . ...

... A2063 Date Received: 2005-Feb-01 18:47:52 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category : Sub- Category : Observation Category : Total Time Requested: Prop osal Title: Regular Astronomy Spectroscopy Galactic 70 Hours The Fifth Session of Pulsar HI Absorption Measurements of Tiny-Scale Atomic Structure in the Interstellar Medium ABSTRACT: We have measured HI absorption sp ectra toward six pulsars using the Arecib o telescop e at four ... Part of the observing run. ...

... We describe a parallel code for 3-D structure detection and morphological analysis. The method is based on a multiscale technique, the wavelet transform and on segmentation analysis. ... This paper presents a new parallel code, that allows a rapid structure detection and morphological analysis in a 3-D set of data points. ... Segmentation analysis. ... Our code is based on the programming paradigm MASTER/SLAVE . ... Finally, the morphological analysis is executed by the master. ...

... First of all I would like to mention about the vanishing cohomology associated to the Milnor fibre of the isolated hypersurface singularity. We review the results on the Milnor number (local and global) by Kouchnirenko (Inventiones math. 32, No1 (1976), 1-32) and then roughly sketch the formula of Hodge numbers given by Danilov (FAA, 13, No.2(1979),32-47). ... The Hodge structure of the cohomology of an affine hypersurface in an algebraic torus will be discussed. ...

... The first task assumes the searching for chemical composition and sizes of particles which give the wavelength dependence of the extinction efficiencies close to the observed dependence of . Figure 7: Wavelength dependence of the extinction efficiency factors for homogeneous spherical particles of different sizes consisting of astronomical silicate and amorphous carbon. The dashed segment shows the approximate wavelength dependence of the mean galactic extinction curve at optical wavelengths. ...

asncombine -- Process and combine images in one or two NICMOS associations asncombine association . ... set to yes to include error planes in co-added images error. background . ... This is useful to use different background subtractions for different images. fheader . set to yes in order to multiply the background by the value of keyword "factor" in the image header. ... Set to yes to use quadrants statistics save in the image header from previous runs of asncombine. regquad1 . ...

... In collaboration with Drs Van Genderen (Leiden, Holland) and Sterken (Brussels, Belgium) papers XV and XVI in the series `Light Variations of Massive Stars' were published. These dealt with the brightness variations of several massive stars in the two nearest neighbour galaxies, namely six stars (R85, R99, R103, R110, R123 and R128) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and two (R42 and R45) in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 7, 1998 . COBE Hotspots: The Oldest Structures Known . ... After computer processing to remove contributions from nearby objects and the effects of the earth's motion , the map shows temperature variations in the early Universe as red "spots". These spots are the oldest, most distant structures known. ... About APOD > . ...

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. ...

SOLAR POLARIZATION 5 ASP Conference Series, Vol. 405, c 2009 S. V. Berdyugina, K. N. Nagendra, and R. Ramel li, eds. Fine-scale Sto chastic Structure of Solar Magnetic Fields V. Chertoprud, B. Ioshpa, and V. Obridko Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow Region, 142190 Russia Abstract. ... The exponent H is 0.5­0.7 for the active region magnetic fields and 0.1 for the background field. ...

Application of IVOA software tools for radio sources investigation Zhelenkova O., Kopylov A., Chernenkov V. The interrelationship between the objects of astronomical catalogs in the different ranges of electromagnetic spectrum and their association into the real astrophysical source has obvious scientific interest. ... We used NVSS as the reference coordinate catalog. ... For 60% of radio sources identified with the objects of the radio catalogs we discovered optical candidates in SDSS survey. ...

The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series 2 . The Distance to Messier 100 as Determined by Cepheid Variable Stars . ... The small variations in distance to the individual Cepheid variable stars in the Cloud are negligible compared with the much larger distance to the SMC. ... In this way Cepheid variable stars can be used as one of the 'standard candles' in the Universe that act either as distance indicators themselves or can be used to calibrate (or set the zero point for) other distance indicators. ...

MODERN APPROACHES TO CALCULATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE A. Kabanov Samara State University The modern technologies demands to compact and effective rechargeable systems of energy storage. ... In this work we investigated the activation energies of one promising compound ­ Li2CoPO4F using combination of two methods ­ ab-initio and geometrical calculations. ... The nudged elastic band (NEB) method is adopted to find the kinetic energy barrier along diffusion pathways. ...

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Magnetic Fields around Radio Galaxies Robert Laing (ESO) Laing et al. ... 2008) Negligible depolarization and 2 rotation Almost all Faraday effects must be due to foreground material How to fit depolarization caused by foreground Faraday rotation Complex polarization Rotation measure Integrate over a beam Observed RM for 0 2 rotation and depolarization Faraday rotation and depolarization 5.5 arcsec FWHM Faraday effects at high resolution FWHM = 1.5 ...