... Posts tagged ?PDF? ... Probability density functions are another way of summarizing the consequences of assuming a Gaussian error distribution when the true distribution is Poisson. ... The figure below ( AAS 472.09 ) compares the pdfs for the Poisson intensity (red curves) and the Gaussian equivalent (black curves) for two cases: when the number of counts in the source region is 50 (top) and 8 (bottom) respectively. ... Tags: background , gaussian , PDF , Poisson . ... ArXiv] 4th week, Nov. 2007? ...

We present a mid-infrared analysis of star-formation activity in the Large Magellanic Cloud's molecular ridge (south of 30 Doradus). The Magellanic Clouds are a rare laboratory in which extragalactic star-formation diagnostics can be tested at high spatial resolution. ... Detailed analysis in very nearby galaxies, like the Magellanic Clouds, allows us to test and better understand the scaling relations used in unresolved and distant star-formation regions. ...

... Massive Star Forming Region DR21 in Infrared . ... JPL , Caltech , NASA Explanation: Deep in the normally hidden recesses of giant molecular cloud DR21, a stellar nursery has been found creating some of the most massive stars yet recorded. The orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope 's Infrared Array Camera opened the window into the cloud last year in mid- infrared light. ... Publications with keywords: star formation - stellar nursery . Publications with words: star formation - stellar nursery . ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 backcorr November 22, 2004 Abstract backcorr makes a background spectrum appropriate to the accumulation region used for a given source spectrum. The task calls arfgen twice; once for the source region and once for the background region. ... EPIC backcorr corrected background spectrum [1] 8 Algorithm subroutine backcorr Arfgen computes the effective area curves for both the source (arf_in_src.arf) and background (arf_in_bkg.arf) regions. ...

... 2004 April 14 . Massive Star Forming Region DR21 in Infrared . ... Explanation: Deep in the normally hidden recesses of giant molecular cloud DR21, a stellar nursery has been found creating some of the most massive stars yet recorded. The orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope 's Infrared Array Camera opened the window into the cloud last year in mid- infrared light. The cloud is opaque to visible light because of dense interstellar dust . ... About APOD | ...

Next: Arbitrary Regions of Interest Up: Region of Interest and Previous: Region of Interest and . Generally a minimum of three routines are needed to process even ``regular'' regions of interest. ... The routines of interest are: subroutine BoxInput(key,dataset,boxes,maxboxes) subroutine BoxSet(boxes,naxis,nsize,flags) subroutine BoxInfo(boxes,naxis,blc,trc) All routines require an integer array, boxes , which is used to accumulate a description of the region of interest. ...

... astro-ph . ... Whitespace-separated words are treated as AND ed. Show 10 50 100 articles per page in Full Compact mode . ... Quasar Variability in the Framework of Poissonian Models . ... It is shown that in this very general framework the well established anti-correlation between variability amplitude and wavelength can only be understood as an effect of an underlying spectral component which remains stable on long time-scales, and is redder than the variable component. ...

... We report on our ongoing project ``Infrared Study of HII Regions Associated with Small Clouds.' ... These IR data, combined with optical imaging (which will be obtained from the IAC-80 telescope), IRAS survey maps, and existing CO observations of the associated clouds, will allow us to undertake a detailed investigation of the gas-to-dust mass ratio, initial mass function and the star-formation efficiency in these complexes. ... CHECKPSF: check the PSF (Point Spread Function) model, . ...

... It was shown in the early 1980's that spectral lines formed around 1-2.5 x 10 5 K were enhanced in radiance by factors up to 15-25 over the normal quiet Sun. From the dynamical viewpoint, this would suggest a pressure imbalance between the sunspot and the surrounding region. ... Here, the electron density was evaluated over a bright sunspot plume region using lines within the O V 760? multiplet. ... The derived densities in all four regions are indicated. ...

... OCR by H.Andernach 1/96, to be proof-read) This is the first of a series of papers presenting results of a 10-GHz radio continuum survey of the galactic plane region using the 45-m telescope at Nobeyama. ... Weak Nonthermal Sources: A comparison with the Bonn S-GHz survey reveals a number of weak nonthermal sources near the galactic plane. ... For this reason we conducted a survey of the galactic plane region at 10 GHz using the 45-m radio telescope at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO). ...

T his page contains synthetic Hertzsprung-Russell Diagrams (HRDs) for a simulated Star Forming Region, assuming different scenarios and timescales for the history of star formation. ... In the paper we only presented the best fits to the HRD of the CMa R1 Star Forming Region. ... Download movie (1.90 MB) . Scenario II: Constant rate of star formation during a time interval delta t . delta t = 0.1 Myr . ... Scenario IV: Linearly decreasing rate of star formation during a time interval delta t . ...