. A gamma-ray pulsar is a compact neutron star that accelerates charged particles to relativistic speeds in its extremely strong magnetic field. This process produces gamma radiation (violet) far above the surface of the compact remains of the star, while radio waves (green) are emitted over the magnetic poles in the form of a cone. The rotation sweeps the emission regions across the terrestrial line of sight, making the pulsar light up periodically in the sky. б© NASA/Fermi/Cruz de Wilde

USING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ISGRI SURVEY RESULTS AND OTHER CATALOGUES TO AID SOURCE IDENTIFICATION John B. Stephen, A. Malizia and L. Bassani IASF-INAF, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, ITALY, E-mail: stephen@iasfbo.inaf.it ABSTRACT In order to help in the identification of INTEGRAL/ISGRI sources, we have developed a software package which allows a rapid and detailed cross-correlation to be performed between various source catalogues. ... We show below some preliminary results from this analysis. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... Microlocal Analysis is a theory of Pseudo-Differential Operators and Fourier Integral Operators (PDOs and FIOs). ... Microlocal analysis comes in few flavors. ... We will consider semi-classical PDOs and FIOs: one can always get from there to standard PDOs and FIOs but semi-classical theory has more applications. Less formal description of (semi-classical) microlocal analysis is ``a semi-classical limit of quantum mechanics'' or ``high-frequency limit of electrodynamics'' (etc). ...

Общий астрофизический семинар САО (2013 год) . ... Temporal and Spectral Properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts" . ... We aim to characterize the observed variability of the prompt emission of GRBs over a large energy range via analysis of spectral lags and other temporal properties such as the minimum characteristic timescale that distinguishes scaling regions from regions of intrinsic noise in GRB samples taken from both the Fermi and Swift databases. ...

PROJECT SUMMARY (max 3000 characters) The principal goals of the project are the observational and theoretical investigation of complex cosmic objects where the processes of dust scattering, absorption and emission play significant roles. ... Development of light scattering theory and computer codes to calculate the optical properties of non-spherical inhomogeneous particles and laboratory measurements of light scattering characteristics of irregularly shaped particles. ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > How is the sky spectrum for OFFSET data produced? ... Science Users Information . Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... Science Archive Facility . ... ESO Data . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... The product sky frame is generated as follows: . All the input sky frames are averaged . ...

Next: NICMOS Science Up: NICMOS Data Calibration and Previous: NICMOS Software at the . ... Reference File Tools . Image Analysis and Reduction . ... These include the tasks used in the STScI pipeline, tools to generate the reference files used by the calibration pipeline tasks, and general image analysis, manipulation, and arithmetic tasks. ... Calnica is used to apply instrumental calibrations to individual datasets, while calnicb is used to process associated sets of NICMOS images. ...

... Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Cremian Laboratory . Dr. Vladimir Amirhanyan - Soft, Radioobservations, Interpretations . Sternberg Astronomical Institute . Aleksandr Belinskiy - mechanics, soft, observations, interpretation . ... Mikhaylo Kuznecov - mechanics, soft, observations, interpretation . ... Moscow State University, Physics Department . ... Gleb Antipov - observations, interpretation . ...

Next: Public Understanding of Science, Up: Technical Research Summaries Previous: New Approaches to Risk . ... Michael Smith has been analysing new infrared data collected from 11 PPN and PN by Chris Davis (Joint Astronomy Centre, Hawaii) to search for clues as to how the objects evolve. ... Georgi Pavlovski studied the properties of supersonic turbulence in molecular clouds and its effect on the molecular cloud properties and their chemical evolution. ...

Next: CONCLUSION Up: CHIRPLET TRANSFORM SUBSPACES Previous: Nondilational Chirplet Transform . Suppose we choose a windowed sinusoidal FM signal for our mother chirplet. Such a signal has a frequency that periodically rises and falls (much like the vibrato of musical instruments or the wail of a police siren). ... Figure 14 . ... Using the warbling mother chirplet, we also computed the ``dilation-dilation'' ( ) plane of the chirplet transform (Fig. 16 ) for the pendulum data. ...

... The large field size of UIT is ideal for studies of globular clusters. ... Very metal poor clusters are conducive for the formation of very hot horizontal branch stars which radiate most of that energy in the UV part of the spectrum. ... M31 is the nearest large spiral galaxy to us. ... These are small dwarf galaxies and NGC 205 is a bit unusual because it still has retained some gas for star formation despite its low mass. M33 is an actively star forming spiral galaxy in the local group. ...

... Spectra obtained with the 6-m telescope of SAO RAS are used along with archival data from Spitzer and several ground-based telescopes to infer a strength of PAH emission, age, properties of the UV radiation field, and metallicity of studied HII complexes. Physical properties (age, radiation field parameters, metallicity) are related to the F 8 /F 24 ratio used as a proxy for the PAH abundance in order to reveal factors that may influence the PAH evolution in HII complexes. ... Projects | ...

... India (2011) 00, 1­11 Evidences of the central engine activity in the Naked-Eye Burst prompt optical emission S. Karpov1 , G. Beskin1 , S. Bondar2 , A. Guarnieri3 , C. Bartolini3 , G. Greco4 and A. Piccioni 1 2 3 4 3 Special Astropysical Observatory, Nizhnij Arkhyz, Russia, 369167 Institute for Precise Instrumentation, Nizhnij Arkhyz, Russia, 369167 Astronomy Department of Bologna University, Bologna, Italy Astronomical Observatory of Bologna, INAF, Italy Received 17th February 2012 Abstract. ...

... Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis . ... TOF-SIMS analysis . Total conductivity, Seebeck coefficient and ion transference number measurements in controlled atmos . ... Processing of ceramic materials, electrode systems and electrochemical cells . ... SIMS analysis is based on exposure of the sample surface with primary ions possessing some definite energy, which is partially consumed by the sample and induces emission of sН-called secondary ions. ... Spatial resolution: 60 nm . ...

... Exploring the physics of Type Ia supernovae through spectral analysis . ... Their progenitor scenario as well as the details of the explosion mechanism remain a mystery. ... It produces a supernova spectrum for a given luminosity, photospheric velocity, time since explosion and several elemental abundances. Tweaking these parameters to produce a spectrum that fits an observed spectrum is a complex, as of yet, manual task. ... The search space is large and complex. ...

... Research . ... Scientific instrumentation of main satellite APEX . ... electron accelerator . ... Russian Academy of Sciences,Troitsk,(IZMIRAN); . Electrical welding Institute named after E.O.Paton , National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;Kiev . ... plasma gun . ... IZMIRAN . ... Measurement of temperature and distribution on energy of electrons of cold plasma with T =0.1- 10 eV and resolution 15 K o for 50 ms . Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow, (IKI RAN) . ...

... X-ray analysis data of protein crystals will be used to develop new-generation medicines. ... An evaluation of space flight factors impact on the viability and development of embryonic and stem cells. ... Investigation of effect of microgravity on the mechanism of action of Vitamin D in osteoblasts. ... Effects of space flight environment on the lactolen producer strain. ... Effects of space flight environment on the expression of strains producing interleukins 1 , 1 , aryl. ... Cells In Space. ...

... In the course of the BURAN orbiter development, suborbital and orbital launches of BOR-4 and BOR-5 flight vehicles have been produced for aerodynamic analysis and working capacity of thermal protection structures verification. ... The flights of the SPIRAL prototype and BOR-4 and BOR-5 flying vehicles have allowed not only to speed up the BURAN orbiter development, but also to justify the choice of the aerodynamic scheme of the orbital stage of the advanced MAKS aerospace system. ... Buran Orbiter ....

... The axial support is provided by 78 air pistons. ... The transverse support is provided by 38 air pistons, supported by cantilevers from the mirror cell, that act on the mirror local center of gravity surface. ... The locations where the transverse mirror support forces should be applied to the mirror are listed in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 1. ... Figure 1: CAD drawing showing the 2.5-m primary mirror and the locations of the transverse support posts (black) and axial pneumatic pistons (blue...