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Highlights and Discoveries from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory1
Highlights and Discoveries from the Chandra X-ray Observatory1 H Tananbaum1, M C Weisskopf2, W Tucker1, B Wilkes1 and P Edmonds1 1Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. 2 NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ZP12, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805. Abstract. Within 40 years of the detection of the first extrasolar X-ray source in 1962, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has achieved an increase in sensitivity of 10 orders of magnitude, comparable to the gain in going from naked-eye observations to the most powerful optical telescopes over the past 400 years. Chandra is unique in its capabilities for producing sub-arcsecond X-ray images with 100-200 eV energy resolution for energies in the range 0.08<E<10 keV, locating X-ray sources to high precision, detecting extremely faint sources, and obtaining high resolution spectra of selected cosmic phenomena. The extended Chandra mission provides a long observing baseline with stable and well-calibrated instruments, enabling temporal studies over time-scales from milliseconds to years. In this report we present a selection of highlights that illustrate how observations using Chandra, sometimes alone, but often in conjunction with other telescopes, have deepened, and in some instances revolutionized, our understanding of topics as diverse as protoplanetary nebulae; massive stars; supernova explosions; pulsar wind nebulae; the superfluid interior of neutron stars; accretion flows around black holes; the growth of supermassive black holes and their role in the regulation of star formation and growth of galaxies; impacts of collisions, mergers, and feedback on growth and evolution of groups and clusters of galaxies; and properties of dark matter and dark energy. -
Second AGILE Catalogue of Gamma-Ray Sources?
A&A 627, A13 (2019) Astronomy https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834143 & c ESO 2019 Astrophysics Second AGILE catalogue of gamma-ray sources? A. Bulgarelli1, V. Fioretti1, N. Parmiggiani1, F. Verrecchia2,3, C. Pittori2,3, F. Lucarelli2,3, M. Tavani4,5,6,7 , A. Aboudan7,12, M. Cardillo4, A. Giuliani8, P. W. Cattaneo9, A. W. Chen15, G. Piano4, A. Rappoldi9, L. Baroncelli7, A. Argan4, L. A. Antonelli3, I. Donnarumma4,16, F. Gianotti1, P. Giommi16, M. Giusti4,5, F. Longo13,14, A. Pellizzoni10, M. Pilia10, M. Trifoglio1, A. Trois10, S. Vercellone11, and A. Zoli1 1 INAF-OAS Bologna, Via Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy e-mail: [email protected] 2 ASI Space Science Data Center (SSDC), Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Roma, Italy 3 INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via di Frascati 33, 00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy 4 INAF-IAPS Roma, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy 5 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy 6 INFN Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy 7 Consorzio Interuniversitario Fisica Spaziale (CIFS), Villa Gualino - v.le Settimio Severo 63, 10133 Torino, Italy 8 INAF–IASF Milano, Via E. Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy 9 INFN Pavia, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy 10 INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius, CA, Italy 11 INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via E. Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, LC, Italy 12 CISAS, University of Padova, Padova, Italy 13 Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy 14 INFN, sezione di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy 15 School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein stateJohannesburg 2050, South Africa 16 ASI, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Roma, Italy Received 27 August 2018 / Accepted 12 March 2019 ABSTRACT Aims. -
Abstract a Highly Efficient, Megawatt Class Constant
ABSTRACT Title of dissertation: A HIGHLY EFFICIENT, MEGAWATT CLASS CONSTANT IMPEDANCE TUNABLE POWER EXTRACTION CIRCUIT FOR MOBILE IONOSPHERIC HEATERS Amith Hulikal Narayan Doctor of Philosophy, 2020 Dissertation directed by: Professor Thomas M Antonsen Jr Department of Electrical Engineering Ionospheric modification (IM) refers to changes in the ambient properties of the ionosphere that are produced by humans. The ability to control and exploit iono- spheric processes helps us understand naturally occurring phenomena like aurora, scintillations, and airglow. It also helps us improve trans-ionospheric communica- tion and develop new applications that take advantage of the ionosphere as an active plasma medium. Ionospheric Heaters broadcast high power radio waves, typically in the radio frequency (RF) band, to modify the ionosphere in a controlled manner. These facilities are permanent terrestrial installations and do not presently support study at different latitudes. However, past IM experiments conducted at high lati- tudes across the world indicate a strong dependence of ionospheric processes on the geomagnetic latitude. Mobile Ionospheric Heaters will allow for the first time, quantitative explo- ration of the ionosphere at different geomagnetic latitudes. These mobile structures must be relatively smaller than the existing arrays (small enough to fit on the barge of a ship) and highly efficient at the same time. The size and efficiency of the terres- trial heating units prevent their reuse in mobile structures. These factors motivate the need for developing novel heater units. Our research focused on a new high power, high-efficiency RF source that consists of a gridless tetrode RF tube and a highly efficient power extraction circuit. -
Sodium and Potassium Signatures Of
Sodium and Potassium Signatures of Volcanic Satellites Orbiting Close-in Gas Giant Exoplanets Apurva Oza, Robert Johnson, Emmanuel Lellouch, Carl Schmidt, Nick Schneider, Chenliang Huang, Diana Gamborino, Andrea Gebek, Aurelien Wyttenbach, Brice-Olivier Demory, et al. To cite this version: Apurva Oza, Robert Johnson, Emmanuel Lellouch, Carl Schmidt, Nick Schneider, et al.. Sodium and Potassium Signatures of Volcanic Satellites Orbiting Close-in Gas Giant Exoplanets. The Astro- physical Journal, American Astronomical Society, 2019, 885 (2), pp.168. 10.3847/1538-4357/ab40cc. hal-02417964 HAL Id: hal-02417964 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02417964 Submitted on 18 Dec 2019 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. The Astrophysical Journal, 885:168 (19pp), 2019 November 10 https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab40cc © 2019. The American Astronomical Society. Sodium and Potassium Signatures of Volcanic Satellites Orbiting Close-in Gas Giant Exoplanets Apurva V. Oza1 , Robert E. Johnson2,3 , Emmanuel Lellouch4 , Carl Schmidt5 , Nick Schneider6 , Chenliang Huang7 , Diana Gamborino1 , Andrea Gebek1,8 , Aurelien Wyttenbach9 , Brice-Olivier Demory10 , Christoph Mordasini1 , Prabal Saxena11, David Dubois12 , Arielle Moullet12, and Nicolas Thomas1 1 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland; [email protected] 2 Engineering Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA 3 Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA 4 LESIA–Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC Univ. -
Coordinated Optical and Radar Observations of Ionospheric Pumping for a Frequency Pass Through the Second Electron Gyroharmonic at HAARP M
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 112, A06325, doi:10.1029/2006JA012146, 2007 Coordinated optical and radar observations of ionospheric pumping for a frequency pass through the second electron gyroharmonic at HAARP M. J. Kosch,1,2,3 T. Pedersen,1 E. Mishin,4 S. Oyama,5,6 J. Hughes,7 A. Senior,2 B. Watkins,5 and B. Bristow5 Received 30 October 2006; revised 20 January 2007; accepted 12 February 2007; published 23 June 2007. [1] On 4 February 2005, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility was operated in O and X mode while pointing into the magnetic zenith to produce artificial optical emissions in the ionospheric F layer. The pump frequency was set to 2.85 MHz to ensure passing through the second electron gyroharmonic of the decaying ionosphere. Optical recordings at 557.7 and 630 nm were performed simultaneously with the side-viewing high frequency (HF) and colocated ultra high frequency (UHF) ionospheric radars. No X-mode effects were found. For O-mode pumping, when passing from below to above the second gyroharmonic frequency, the optical intensity shows a distinct increase when the plasma frequency passes through the second electron gyroharmonic, while the UHF backscatter changes from persistent to overshoot in character. The optical intensity decreases when pump wave reflection ceases, dropping to zero when upper-hybrid resonance ceases. The HF radar backscatter increases when the upper-hybrid resonance frequency passes from below to above the second gyroharmonic frequency. These observations are consistent with the coexistence of the parametric decay and thermal parametric instabilities above the second gyroharmonic. -
Detection of Some Elements in Sand (Reddish Orange and Black) By
Sudan University of Science and Technology College of Graduate Studies Detection of Some Elements in Sand (Reddish Orange and Black) by Using X-Ray Fluorescence Device الكشف عن بعض العناصر في الرمل )البرتقالي المحمر واﻷسود( بإستخدام جهاز اﻷشعة السينية المتوهجة Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for requirement of the degree of master in physics By Ghada Osman khalf Allah Ahmed Supervisor Dr. Rawia Abdelgani Eobaid Mohammed January 2020 1 اﻵية ﭧﭐﭨﭐ ﱡﭐ ﲻ ﲼ ﲾﲽ ﲿ ﳀ ﳁ ﳂ ﳃ ﳄ ﳅ ﳆ ﳇ ﳈ ﳉ ﳊ ﱠ صدق اهلل العظيم سورة اﻹسراء I Dedication To the precious spirit … my mother To my continues supporter … my father To everyone who stood beside me and extended a helping, to my brothers, sisters and friends II Acknowledgement My great Thank and my love to Allah who helps me to prepare this research. I would like to thank the supervisor, Dr. Rawia Abdelgani Alobaid. I offer all Thanks, appreciation and respect to Mr. Mohammed Abdelaziz Mohammed Elhassan for his benevolence and patience. III Abstract This research deals with one of the applications of spectroscopy, which is the detection of some components of sand and the concentrations of these elements using X-ray fluorescence technology and comparison between them. Where sand samples were taken from Bara north Kordofan region (red-orange, black) from surface and depth (30cm, 70cm). It was found that the elements present on the surface of the red-orange sample are: Silicon (Si), Zirconium (Zr), Thorium (Th), Titanium (Ti), and their concentrations respectively (18.5%- 3.1%- 4.8%- 6.2%). -
An Atlas of Calcium Triplet Spectra of Active Galaxies 3
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 000, 000–000 (0000) Printed 1 December 2018 (MN LATEX style file v2.2) An atlas of Calcium triplet spectra of active galaxies A. Garcia-Rissmann1⋆, L. R. Vega1,2†, N. V. Asari1‡, R. Cid Fernandes1§, H. Schmitt3,4¶, R. M. Gonz´alez Delgado5k, T. Storchi-Bergmann6⋆⋆ 1 Depto. de F´ısica - CFM - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, C.P. 476, 88040-900, Florian´opolis, SC, Brazil 2 Observatorio Astron´omico de C´ordoba, Laprida 854, 5000, C´ordoba, Argentina 3 Remote Sensing Division, Code 7210, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375 4 Interferometric Inc., 14120 Parke Long Court, 103, Chantilly, VA20151 5 Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Andaluc´ıa (CSIC), P.O. Box 3004, 18080 Granada, Spain 6 Instituto de F´ısica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, C.P. 15001, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 1 December 2018 ABSTRACT We present a spectroscopic atlas of active galactic nuclei covering the region around the λλ8498, 8542, 8662 Calcium triplet (CaT). The sample comprises 78 ob- jects, divided into 43 Seyfert 2s, 26 Seyfert 1s, 3 Starburst and 6 normal galaxies. The spectra pertain to the inner ∼ 300 pc in radius, and thus sample the central kine- matics and stellar populations of active galaxies. The data are used to measure stellar velocity dispersions (σ⋆) both with cross-correlation and direct fitting methods. These measurements are found to be in good agreement with each-other and with those in previous studies for objects in common. The CaT equivalent width is also measured. -
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Artificial Aurora and Ionospheric Heating by HAARP
Advances in Applied Physics, Vol. 4, 2016, no. 1, 23 - 30 HIKARI Ltd, www.m-hikari.com http://dx.doi.org/10.12988/aap.2016.667 Artificial Aurora and Ionospheric Heating by HAARP S. Hadavandkhani Department of Physics, Islamic Azad University(IAU) Varamin Pishva Branch, Iran Bijan Nikouravan1 Department of Physics, Islamic Azad University (IAU) Varamin Pishva Branch, Iran & The Indian Planetary Society (IPS) Mumbai, 400092, India F. Ghazimaghrebi Department of Physics, Islamic Azad University (IAU) Varamin Pishva Branch, Iran Copyright c 2016 S. Hadavandkhani, Bijan Nikouravan and F. Ghazimaghrebi. This article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits un- restricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract A recent experiment was achieved at HAARP to study the scaling of the ionospherically generated ELF signal with power transmitted from the high frequency (HF) array. The results were in excellent agreement with computer simulations. The outcomes approving that the ELF power increases with the square of the incident HF power. This paper present a review on the situation of the ionized particles in Ionospheric layer when stimulated by artificial an ELF and VLF external high energy radio waves. Keywords: Ionospheric modification, Ionospheric heating 1Corresponding author 24 S. Hadavandkhani, Bijan Nikouravan and F. Ghazimaghrebi 1 Introduction Near the ground the air is almost unionized and its electrical conductivity is negligibly small. In very near equilibrium atmosphere, gravity force has a powerful controlling effect up to about 1000 km from the ground [1]. The gradient of the refractive index is responsible for the bending of the propagation direction of the electromagnetic wave [2]. -
Role and Applications of Synchrotron Removal from Raman Spectra For
Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 57-96, (October 2020) Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies (AUJES) Online ISSN: 2735-4237, Print ISSN: 2735-4229 Journal homepage: http://aujes.aswu.edu.eg/ E-mail: [email protected] Original research Role and Applications of Synchrotron Removal from Raman Spectra for Quantitative Analysis of Cancer Tissues Alireza Heidari1,2* 1Faculty of Chemistry, California South University, 14731 Comet St. Irvine, CA 92604, USA 2American International Standards Institute, Irvine, CA 3800, USA Received: 28/8/2020 Accepted: 12/9/2020 © Unit of Environmental Studies and Development, Aswan University Abstract: In the current paper, the effect of presence and absence of synchrotron on quantitative analysis of sample is investigated using Fourier transform filters method. Using Raman spectroscopy on cancer tissues sample, which is one of the most important herbs, quantitative and qualitative analyses are performed. DNA/RNA of cancer cells was detected in the sample and the performance of Raman arrangement for measuring DNA/RNA of cancer cells concentration was evaluated at two parts using calibration graph. In the first part, spectra are containing synchrotron while in the second part, spectra are filtered and synchrotron are removed. Keywords: Quantitative Analysis, Cancer Tissues, Raman Spectroscopy, Calibration Graph, DNA/RNA, Synchrotron 1- INTRODUCTION Raman spectroscopy is a fast, cheap and inoffensive method for analyzing various types of solid, liquid and gas samples. One of the Raman spectroscopy problems about biological samples is presence of synchrotron in spectra. For removing synchrotron, there are various applied methods such as changing the laser wavelength or using Fourier transform arrangement and some theories such as shifted spectra and Fast Fourier Transform Filters [1–23]. -
Hadron Spectroscopy, Baryon Spectroscopy and Meson
Integrative Molecular Medicine Image ISSN: 2056-6360 Hadron spectroscopy, baryon spectroscopy and meson spectroscopy comparative study on malignant and benign human cancer cells and tissues under synchrotron radiation Alireza Heidari* Faculty of Chemistry, California South University, 14731 Comet St. Irvine, CA 92604, USA In the current study, we have experimentally and comparatively investigated and compared malignant human cancer cells and tissues before and after irradiating of synchrotron radiation using Hadron spectroscopy, Baryon spectroscopy and Meson spectroscopy. In the current study, we have experimentally and comparatively investigated and compared malignant human cancer cells and tissues before and after irradiating of synchrotron radiation using Hadron spectroscopy, Baryon spectroscopy and Meson spectroscopy. It is clear that malignant human cancer cells and tissues have gradually transformed to benign human cancer cells and tissues under synchrotron radiation with the passing of time (Figures 1-3) [1-198]. It can be concluded that malignant human cancer cells and tissues have gradually transformed to benign human cancer cells and tissues under synchrotron radiation with the passing of time (Figures 1-3) [1- 198]. Figure 2. Baryon spectroscopy analysis of malignant human cancer cells and tissues (a) before and (b) after irradiating of synchrotron radiation in transformation process to benign human cancer cells and tissues with the passing of time [1-198] *Correspondence to: Alireza Heidari, Faculty of Chemistry, California -
The Importance of Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform
ISSN: 2641-9475 ONCOGEN Research Article 2019; 2(2): 7 The Importance of Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR–FTIR) and Raman Biospectroscopy of Single–Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT) and Multi– Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT) in Interpreting Infrared and Raman Spectra of Human Cancer Cells, Tissues and Tu- mors Alireza Heidari*1,2, Jennifer Esposito1, Angela Caissutti1 1Faculty of Chemistry, California South University, 14731 Comet St. Irvine, CA 92604, USA 2American International Standards Institute, Irvine, CA 3800, USA *Corresponding author: Graphical Abstract Alireza Heidari In the current research, structure of Single–Walled Carbon American International Standards Institute, Nanotubes (SWCNT) and Multi–Walled Carbon Nanotubes Irvine, CA 3800, USA (MWCNT) was investigated by Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR–FTIR) and Raman spectrosco- Received : January 31, 2019 pies and it was combined with Carbon nanotubes to evaluate Published : March 12, 2019 its ability in act as radar absorber for interpreting infrared and Raman spectra of human cancer cells, tissues and tumors. In order to structurally characterize the sample and to determine characteristics related to degree of wave absorption by the sample, some analyses such as Back Scattering Raman, Atten- uated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Biospec- troscopy (ATR–FTIR), X–Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Network An- alyzer (NA) were used. The structure of Single–Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT) and Multi–Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT) was clearly observable through active modes of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of Single–Walled Carbon Raman spectra and results of X–Ray Diffraction (XRD). Accord- Nanotubes (SWCNT) with 90000x zoom. ing to Network Analyzer (NA) spectrum analysis, the effect of nanotubes on wave absorption characteristics of sample was determined for interpreting infrared and Raman spectra of hu- man cancer cells, tissues and tumors.