... There are a lot of computer codes simulating this scattering and freely available in the Internet (see e.g. links on our JPDOC page ). ... The code and input file are available in the directory . ... A slightly modified code of Barber Hill with a C-shell and input files is available in the directory . ... The code, input and test output files are available in the directory . ... See also readme file. file. ... The code, input file and their description (a TeX file) are available in the directory . ...

Calibration of ALFA data in LiveData R. Minchin Abstract The calibration factors to be entered into LiveData have been calculated, for the parameters used for the AGES and ZOA E-ALFA pro jects and a method is described for calculating these more generally. ... The calibration factors 1 2 Testing the calibration http://www.naic.edu/~ rminchin/alfacal.shtml Three AGES cubes have so far been constructed using this calibration: the completed NGC 1156 and NGC 7332 cubes and the incomplete Abell 1367 cube. ...

... Column (1): Source name from NED. ... Column (8): Log star formation rate, from SDSS. {\it Detected sources:} (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) IC0159 0.58?0.10 8.31 ? 0.07 8.25 ? 0.07 9.55 9.70 8.89 -0.06 UGC2004 5.98?0.65 9.32 ? 0.04 9.03 ? 0.04 9.83 9.61 9.15 0.36 NGC1234 0.24?0.06 7.92 ? 0.09 7.80 ? 0.09 9.67 9.58 8.98 -0.68 2MASJ0839+03 2.30?0.54 8.91 ? 0.09 8.69 ? 0.09 --- 9.94 9.08 0.58 2MASJ0846+02 2.75?0.47 8.98 ? 0.07 8.85 ? 0.07 --- 9.84 8.99 ...

... The IRAF task rvcorrect is used to compute radial velocity corrections. rvcorrect is in the IRAF astutil package and it calls on task observatory , which is also found in astutil. The following steps are an example of its use for an HST dataset where the HST velocity around the Earth is ignored (maximum residual: +/- ~7.8 km/s): . ... Here is an example of file rvcor . ... Run the rvcorrect task: cl>rvcorrect f=rvcor.in > outputfile The above example produced the following output file. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Earth penumbra effects on AES motion taking into account the refraction and the extinction of the light in the atmosphere A. M. Fominov Institute of Applied Astronomy, St. Petersburg, Russia The perturbing acceleration F of the Artificial Earth Satellite (AES) due to the solar ... In step 1, the table of the shadow function values with the angle distances d between the solar disk and the earth disk edge may be calculated. ...

THE PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN HAPKE'S MODEL FOR ESTIMATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE EJECTA LUNAR TERRAINS. ... In the previous papers we were estimated the surface roughness of the ejecta lunar terrains by means comparison of the local phase function and the average integrated lunar indicatrix. ... The Hapke's theoretical model of the lunar surface reflection. ... For THE PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN HAPKE'S MODEL: S.G. Pugacheva, V.V. Shevchenko a low-albedo lunar surface parameter Bo = 1. ...

... The input string may contain: 1) functions ; syntax ff(..); where ff is one of the following available functions : abs(x) absolute value of x sqrt(x) square root of x sin(x) sine of x asin(x) inverse sine of x cos(x) cosine of x acos(x) inverse cosine of x tan(x) tangent of x sec(x) secans of x csc(x) cosecans of x cot(x) cotangent of x atan(x) inverse tan of x atan2(x,y) ... Any operation on a BLANK causes the result to be set to BLANK (except the function IFBLANK). ...

... fit_opt] [mean_opt] . This command determines the characteristics (position, width, height) of each selected stellar object through a non--linear best fit to the data. ... Besides the best fit, FIT/ROMAFOT also computes the quality of the fit by the test and the semi--interquartile interval for each individual object. ... This happens when the command is requested to fit a window with several objects and when one or more of these falls into the category ``NO CONVERGENCY''. ...

... The RA_PNT , DEC_PNT and PA_PNT keywords, together with the AVRG_PNT keyword which records the type of average used, are meant to describe the average value of the spacecraft attitude during the exposure. ... attsource =`binned': whatever values of the PNT keywords calculated by attbin and stored in the inbinnedattset dataset are simply copied over. attsource =`odf': PNT values are sought from the header of the dataset pointed to by pntkwdset . ... In this case AVRG_PNT is set to `FIXED'. ...

... DEPENDENCE OF ORDINARY WAVE ANOMALOUS ABSORPTION ON THE SOUNDING PROBLEM PARAMETERS . ... Transformation of electromagnetic wave into plasma waves plays an important role in different processes taking place in ionospheric plasma. ... According to modern point of view transformation of ordinary wave into plasma waves plays an important role in small-scale random irregularities generation when ionospheric plasma is heated by power radio wave [1,2]. ... Anomalous attenuation. ...

This section describes the calculation by which Aristarchus used the duration of a total lunar eclipse to deduce the distance of the Moon. ... This lesson plan supplements: "How Distant is the Moon--1", section #8c: on disk Shipprc2.htm , on the web . ... The shadow of the Earth at the Moon's distance is narrower than the Earth, because the Sun is seen not as a point but as a disk 0.5 degrees wide. ... An eclipse of the Moon is the passage of the Moon through the shadow of the Earth. ...

The Arcetri Spectral Code (Landi and Landini 2002) allows to evaluate the spectrum of continuum and line radiation emitted by hot and optically thin plasmas in the spectral range 1-2000 Angstrom. The Code is composed by a large database of atomic data and transition probabilities for calculating spectral line emissivities and a suite of fortran programs able to evaluate free-free, free-bound and two-photon continuum radiation. ... Landi, E., Landini, M., 2002, A , 384, 1124 . ...

... We consider stars with a constant (solar) initial chemical composition. Before the Roche lobe overflow, the components evolve as single stars (see for details LPP96). ... If the mass transfer onto a normal star occurs on a time-scale ten time shorter than the thermal Kelvin-Helmholz time for this star or a compact star is engulfed by a giant companion (e.g. as a result of the kick), the common envelope (CE) stage of the binary evolution is set in (Paczynski 1976). ...

... To derive the motion of a penny dropped inside an airliner moving at 600 miles/hr (about 1000 km/hr)--should we calculate it with respect to the interior of the airliner, or with respect to the ground? ... And if a similar penny is let go inside an orbiting spaceship--should its motion be calculated relative to the interior of the spaceship, or relative to the Earth outside? ... Each such choice is known as a frame of reference . Some possible frames are -- the interior of the airliner, . ...

... The SDSS 2.5-m primary mirror is supported in a manner similar to the Apache Point Observatory 3.5-m telescope primary. ... The axial support is provided by 48 air pistons. The pistons have the same diameter thereby applying equal forces with the same air pressure. ... Each group supports a 120? sector of the mirror. ... Figure 1: CAD drawing showing the 2.5-m primary mirror and the locations of actuators (green circles) These actuators apply forces (10*cos2 N) to correct astigmatism. ...

... Next: Statistical Analysis Up: Image Restoration and Previous: Restoration of HST . ... This presentation is devoted to the MEM (Maximum Entropy Method) task, version D, for image restoration in IRAF. Described in detail are its enhanced functions of Poisson noise only case handling and subpixelization technique; improved algorithms for maximization including the preconditioned conjugate method, accurate Newton method, the accurate one-dimensional search, and the model updating technique. ...

... According to the big bang theory, huge amounts of energy were released, giving rise to matter, antimatter and dark matter. ... The Big Bang Theory has enabled scientists to make certain predictions. ... These particles are the building blocks of matter, antimatter and dark matter. ... This could theoretically happen if the hydrogen was shockheated to over 100000 C. The Big Bang Theory is only a theory and so there is no concrete evidence to suggest that it is entirely correct. ...

... A star was observed at different zenith distances during one night at the Engelgardt's Astronomical Observatory in the program of atmospheric extinction study at blue. ... The determination of the star's brightness was performed with the method of photon counting. ... Variable star. ... The brightness of the variable star was measured occasionally during the other nights, and moments of maximal values of brightness (15.59m) were received on nights 2ґ5, the 2nd table. ... JD 2452805. ...

Next: To produce a region Up: Image Display in Xwindows Previous: General usage. ... Menu items are chosen by clicking any mouse button (cf. ... save current cursor as an include region (counts within region will be included in subsequent calculations) . ... When another image is displayed, the earlier one can be compared with it by pressing its respective mouse button with cursor in the main display window. ... Table 1: Detailed list of menu options . ... color . ... enter/leave region sub-menu . ...

March 27, 2003 (Thursday) Linear Collider Seminar . ... Winter 2003 . ... This is the second seminar. 1:00 pm, 412 Willamette Hall . ... return to top . ... I will describe how the BaBar experiment provides a copious source of low energy B mesons ideal for these searches and give the latest results. 4:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ... A second physics run occurred in fall 2002 and a final physics run will occur in summer 2003. 4:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ... 1:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ...