... Gravitational wave detection Timing residuals = unmodelled physical effects Spin-down irregularities No angular signature CSIRO. Gravitational wave detection Time standards · Most pulsar observations referred to TT(TAI) · Post-corrected time standard TT(BIPM2010) can be used · Requirement to fit for the pulsar's period and first derivative => a quadratic must be removed from the expected clock errors CSIRO. ... Simulate 10x expected TAI-TT(BIPM2010) in real pulsar data 5s CSIRO. ... CSIRO. ...

Next: Star Formation Rate and Up: No Title Previous: Calculation of Evolutionary Tracks . To start calculations, we choose the distributions of the initial binary parameters: the mass of the primary ZAMS component, , binary mass ratio, , orbital separation a . ... whereas the mass ratio distribution is not. ... The zero assumption often made is that the mass ratio distribution has a flat shape, that is binaries with a high mass ratio occur as frequently as those with equal masses. ...

... Changing Programs & Resolving Problems . ... Several factors first came to mind that might explain what was seen. ... However, such changes cannot also explain the changes seen in the stellar spectra, and again this hypothesis was initially rejected. A drift of the spectrum on the diode array could lead to a decrease in observed flux over time. ... As mentioned previously, a significant change should also lead to a drop in the spectrum at one end relative to the other, and that is not seen. ...

... Girls from Scoil Rince Emain Macha and choreographer Lorraine Scallon provided a moving astronomy-inspired dance at the opening of the John Hewitt Summer School at the Market Place Theatre, Armagh, on Monday 26 July. The highly acclaimed performance was part ofб "OASES", a cross-border and cross-community initiative that uses science and the arts to bring people from different backgrounds and different communities together. ... Nowadays Science and Arts are completely separate worlds. ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems X ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... We here present an overview of Cel ldetect, a source detection program for Chandra. ... The size of the cell is chosen to be some large fraction of the Point Spread Function (PSF) size. ... These are subtracted from the cell counts. ... Cel ldetect starts analysis with a 2048 в 2048 unblocked "window" at the cen- Sliding-Cell Detection Program for Chandra Data 445 PSF Limit Cell 2k x 2k Window Detector Edge Figure 3. ...

... 2009 September 21 . Abell 370: Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lens . ... While imaging the cluster of galaxies Abell 370, astronomers had noted an unusual arc to the right of many cluster galaxies. ... In the mid-1980s, however, better images allowed astronomers to identify the arc as a prototype of a new kind of astrophysical phenomenon -- the gravitational lens effect of entire cluster of galaxies on background galaxies. ... About APOD | ...

... In most astronomical observations the image intensity consists of contributions from both object and sky background. Depending on the complexity of the field and the type of object, different methods are used to estimate and subtract the background intensity. ... Non--linear filters are often used to remove stellar images and other sharp features (see Section ) while extended objects are very difficult to eliminate automatically. ...

... RJMCMC Similar to Richardson Green 1997 Knowledge of the PSF makes things easier Insensitive to e.g. posterior for ten sources with = 3: Number of Components 9 10 11 12 0.141 0.222 0.220 0.157 0.022 0.029 0.027 0.021 Mean SD 7 0.029 0.018 8 0.058 0.019 13 0.082 0.014 Simulated Data Source region (2 SD) is about 28% of the area and contains about 41% of the observations Positions (-2, 0), (0, 1), (1.5, 0) with intensities ... Approximate the number of sources (2 in this case) 2. ...

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... Does the time it takes different methods to create all the elements coincide with the universeт??s accepted age? ... Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Different kinds of stars create elements at different rates, all of which are consistent with the age of the universe. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Registration is FREE and takes only a few seconds to complete. If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...