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Annual Report and Financial Statements
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 Dimensional Funds ICVC Authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority No marketing notification has been submitted in Germany for the following Funds of Dimensional Funds ICVC: Global Short-Dated Bond Fund International Core Equity Fund International Value Fund United Kingdom Core Equity Fund United Kingdom Small Companies Fund United Kingdom Value Fund Accordingly, these Funds must not be publicly marketed in Germany. Table of Contents Dimensional Funds ICVC General Information* 2 Investment Objectives and Policies* 3 Authorised Corporate Directors’ Investment Report* 6 Incorporation and Share Capital* 10 The Funds 10 Fund Cross-Holdings 10 Authorised Status* 10 Regulatory Disclosure* 10 Potential Implications of Brexit* 10 Responsibilities of the Authorised Corporate Director 11 Responsibilities of the Depositary 11 Report of the Depositary to the Shareholders 11 Directors' Statement 11 Independent Auditors’ Report to the Shareholders of Dimensional Funds ICVC 12 The Annual Report and Financial Statements for each of the below sub-funds (the “Funds”); Emerging Markets Core Equity Fund Global Short-Dated Bond Fund International Core Equity Fund International Value Fund United Kingdom Core Equity Fund United Kingdom Small Companies Fund United Kingdom Value Fund are set out in the following order: Fund Information 14 Portfolio Statement* 31 Statement of Total Return 149 Statement of Change in Net Assets Attributable to Shareholders 149 Balance Sheet 150 Notes to the Financial Statements 151 Distribution Tables 168 Remuneration Disclosures (unaudited)* 177 Supplemental Information (unaudited) 178 * These collectively comprise the Authorised Corporate Directors’ (“ACD”) Report. Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. Annual Report and Financial Statements, 31 December 2018 1 Dimensional Funds ICVC General Information Authorised Corporate Director (the “ACD”): Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. -
Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer Launch Press
PRess KIT/DECEMBER 2009 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Launch Contents Media Services Information ................................................................................................................. 3 Quick Facts ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Mission Overview .................................................................................................................................. 5 Why Infrared? ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Science Goals and Objectives ......................................................................................................... 12 Spacecraft ............................................................................................................................................. 16 Science Instrument ............................................................................................................................. 19 Infrared Missions: Past and Present ............................................................................................... 23 NASA’s Explorer Program ................................................................................................................. 25 Program/Project Management .......................................................................................................... 27 Media Contacts J.D. Harrington -
X-Ray Telescope
Early results of the Hitomi satellite Hiro Matsumoto Ux group & KMI Nagoya Univ.1 Outline •Hitomi instruments •Early scientific results –DM in Perseus –Turbulence in Perseus –others 2 Japanese history of X-ray satellites Launch, Feb. 17, 2016 Weight Suzaku Ginga ASCA Hitomi Tenma Hakucho Rocket 3 International collaboration More than 160 scientists from Japan/USA/Europe 4 Attitude anomaly Loss of communication (Mar. 26, 2016) spinning Gave up recovery (Apr. 28, 2016)5 Hitomi Obs. List Target Date Perseus Cluster of galaxies Feb. 25—27, 2016 Mar. 4—8, 2016 N132D Supernova remnants Mar. 8—11, 2016 IGR J16318-4848 Pulsar wind nebula Mar. 11—15, 2016 RXJ 1856-3754 Neutron star Mar. 17—19, 2016 Mar. 23—25, 2016 G21.5-0.9 Pulsar wind nebula Mar. 19—23, 2016 Crab Pulsar wind nebula Mar. 25, 2016 6 Scienfitic Instruments 7 4 systems Name X-Ray Telescope SXS Soft Micro-calorimeter (E<10keV) SXI Soft CCD (E<10keV) HXI Hard Si/CdTe (E<80keV) SGD --- Si/CdTe (Compton) 8 Wide energy range (0.3—600keV) HXT 1keV∼ 107K SXT SGD SXI HXI SXS 9 SXT + SXS (0.3—12keV) Soft X-ray Telescope Soft X-ray Spectrometer (X-ray micro-calorimeter) f=5.6m 10 Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) FOV: 3′ × 3′ Δ푇 ∝ ℎ휈 6 × 6 pix 11 Energy Resolution Hitomi SXS Suzaku CCD Δ퐸 = 5 푒푉@ 6푘푒푉 (cf. CCD Δ퐸 = 130 푒푉)12 Before Hitomi: gratings Point source Extended Not good for extended objects 13 X-ray microcalorimeter Extended Non-dispersive type. Spatial extension doesn’t matter. -
Building the Coolest X-Ray Satellite
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite 朱雀 Suzaku A Video Guide for Teachers Grades 9-12 Probing the Structure & Evolution of the Cosmos http://suzaku-epo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ www.nasa.gov The Suzaku Learning Center Presents “Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite” Video Guide for Teachers Written by Dr. James Lochner USRA & NASA/GSFC Greenbelt, MD Ms. Sara Mitchell Mr. Patrick Keeney SP Systems & NASA/GSFC Coudersport High School Greenbelt, MD Coudersport, PA This booklet is designed to be used with the “Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite” DVD, available from the Suzaku Learning Center. http://suzaku-epo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Table of Contents I. Introduction 1. What is Astro-E2 (Suzaku)?....................................................................................... 2 2. “Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite” ....................................................................... 2 3. How to Use This Guide.............................................................................................. 2 4. Contents of the DVD ................................................................................................. 3 5. Post-Launch Information ........................................................................................... 3 6. Pre-requisites............................................................................................................. 4 7. Standards Met by Video and Activities ...................................................................... 4 II. Video Chapter 1 -
Orbiting Debris: a Space Environmental Problem (Part 4 Of
Orbiting Debris: A Since Environmential Problem ● 3 Table 2--of Hazardous Interference by environment. Yet, orbital debris is part of a Orbital Debris larger problem of pollution in space that in- cludes radio-frequency interference and inter- 1. Loss or damage to space assets through collision; ference to scientific observations in all parts of 2. Accidental re-entry of space hardware; the spectrum. For example, emissions at ra- 3. Contamination by nuclear material of manned or unmanned spacecraft, both in space and on Earth; dio frequencies often interfere with radio as- 4. Interference with astronomical observations, both from the tronomy observations. For several years, ground and in space; gamma-ray astronomy data have been cor- 5. Interference with scientific and military experiments in space; rupted by Soviet intelligence satellites that 14 6. Potential military use. are powered by unshielded nuclear reactors. The indirect emissions from these satellites SOURCE: Space Debris, European Space Agency, and Office of Technology As- sessment. spread along the Earth’s magnetic field and are virtually impossible for other satellites to Earth. The largest have attracted worldwide escape. The Japanese Ginga satellite, attention. 10 Although the risk to individuals is launched in 1987 to study gamma-ray extremely small, the probability of striking bursters, has been triggered so often by the populated areas still finite.11 For example: 1) Soviet reactors that over 40 percent of its available observing time has been spent trans- the U.S.S.R. Kosmos 954, which contained a 15 nuclear power source,12 reentered the atmos- mitting unintelligible “data.” All of these phere over northwest Canada in 1978, scatter- problem areas will require attention and posi- ing debris over an area the size of Austria; 2) a tive steps to guarantee access to space by all Japanese ship was hit in 1969 by pieces of countries in the future. -
Securing Japan an Assessment of Japan´S Strategy for Space
Full Report Securing Japan An assessment of Japan´s strategy for space Report: Title: “ESPI Report 74 - Securing Japan - Full Report” Published: July 2020 ISSN: 2218-0931 (print) • 2076-6688 (online) Editor and publisher: European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) Schwarzenbergplatz 6 • 1030 Vienna • Austria Phone: +43 1 718 11 18 -0 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.espi.or.at Rights reserved - No part of this report may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without permission from ESPI. Citations and extracts to be published by other means are subject to mentioning “ESPI Report 74 - Securing Japan - Full Report, July 2020. All rights reserved” and sample transmission to ESPI before publishing. ESPI is not responsible for any losses, injury or damage caused to any person or property (including under contract, by negligence, product liability or otherwise) whether they may be direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential, resulting from the information contained in this publication. Design: copylot.at Cover page picture credit: European Space Agency (ESA) TABLE OF CONTENT 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background and rationales ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Objectives of the Study ................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Methodology -
MIT Japan Program Working Paper 01.10 the GLOBAL COMMERCIAL
MIT Japan Program Working Paper 01.10 THE GLOBAL COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH INDUSTRY: JAPAN IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Saadia M. Pekkanen Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 05753 [email protected] I am grateful to Marco Caceres, Senior Analyst and Director of Space Studies, Teal Group Corporation; Mark Coleman, Chemical Propulsion Information Agency (CPIA), Johns Hopkins University; and Takashi Ishii, General Manager, Space Division, The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies (SJAC), Tokyo, for providing basic information concerning launch vehicles. I also thank Richard Samuels and Robert Pekkanen for their encouragement and comments. Finally, I thank Kartik Raj for his excellent research assistance. Financial suppport for the Japan portion of this project was provided graciously through a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies. MIT Japan Program Working Paper Series 01.10 Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room E38-7th Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: 617-252-1483 Fax: 617-258-7432 Date of Publication: July 16, 2001 © MIT Japan Program Introduction Japan has been seriously attempting to break into the commercial space launch vehicles industry since at least the mid 1970s. Yet very little is known about this story, and about the politics and perceptions that are continuing to drive Japanese efforts despite many outright failures in the indigenization of the industry. This story, therefore, is important not just because of the widespread economic and technological merits of the space launch vehicles sector which are considerable. It is also important because it speaks directly to the ongoing debates about the Japanese developmental state and, contrary to the new wisdom in light of Japan's recession, the continuation of its high technology policy as a whole. -
Science Vision Draft
A Science Vision for European Astronomy ASTRONET SVWG DRAFT December 19, 2006 ii Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The role of science in society . ............................. 1 1.2 Astronomy . ........................................ 3 1.3 Predicting the future .................................... 5 1.4 This document ........................................ 6 2 Do we understand the extremes of the Universe? 7 2.1 How did the Universe begin? . ............................. 8 2.1.1 Background . .................................... 8 2.1.2 Key observables . ............................. 9 2.1.3 Future experiments . ............................. 9 2.2 What is dark matter and dark energy? . ......................... 10 2.2.1 Current status .................................... 10 2.2.2 Experimental signatures . ............................. 11 2.2.3 Future strategy . ............................. 12 2.3 Can we observe strong gravity in action? . ..................... 13 2.3.1 Background . .................................... 13 2.3.2 Experiments . .................................... 15 2.4 How do supernovae and gamma-ray bursts work? . ................. 17 2.4.1 Current status .................................... 17 2.4.2 Key questions .................................... 18 2.4.3 Future experiments . ............................. 19 2.5 How do black hole accretion, jets and outflows operate? . .......... 20 2.5.1 Background . .................................... 20 2.5.2 Experiments . .................................... 21 2.6 What do we learn -
Possibilities and Future Vision of Micro/Nano/Pico-Satellites - from Japanese Experiences
CanSat & Rocket Experiment(‘99~) Hodoyoshiハイブリッド-1 ‘14 ロケット Possibilities and Future Vision of Micro/nano/pico-satellites - From Japanese Experiences Shinichi Nakasuka University of Tokyo PRISM ‘09 CubeSat 03,05 Nano-JASMINE ‘15 Contents • Features of Micro/nano/pico-satellites • Japanese History and Lessons Learned – CanSat to CubeSat “First CubeSat on orbit” – From education to practical applications – Important tips for development • Visions on Various Applications of Micro/nano/pico-satellites • University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC) and International Collaborations Micro/nano/pico-satellite “Lean Satellite” Micro-satellite: 20-100kg Nano-satellite: 2-20kg Pico-satellite: 0.5-2kg Japanese Governmental Satellites ALOS-1: 4 ton ASNARO: 500 kg Kaguya: 3 ton Hayabusa: 510 kg Motivation of Smaller Satellites Current Problem of Mid-large Satellites ALOS 4.0 (4t) Trend towards 3.5 larger satellites Weight SELENE ・Enormous cost >100M$ 3.0 (3t) ・Development period >5-10 years 2.5 ・Conservative design (ton 2.0 ・Almost governmental use ・No new users and utilization ideas ) ・Low speed of innovation 1.5 10-50M$ Micro 1.0 Small-sat /Nano /Pico 0.5 Sat 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 <50kg Introduce more variedGEO new players intoOTHERS space. 1-5M$ Innovation by Micro/nano/pico satellites (<100kg) 超小型衛星革命 Education Remote sensing Telescope Weather Bio-engineering Re-entry Rendezvous/ Communication Space Science Atmosphere Exploration High Resolution. docking Universty/venture companies’ innovative idea and development process <10M$ -
J. Paul History of High Energy Astrophysics
HHisisttooricricalal VVieieww JaJaccququeess PPaauull AAPPCC ((UUMMRR 77116644)) CCEEAA--SSaacclalayy I.E.S. 3 April I.E.S. Observing the X- and Gamma-ray Sky 3 April Caarrggèèssee Observing the X- and Gamma-ray Sky 2006 TThhee XX-- aanndd ggaammmma-a-rraayy ddoommaaiinn Jacques Paul I.E.S. Cargèse ± Observing the X- and Gamma-ray Sky ± Historical View ± 3 April 2006 Slide 2 EEleleccttrroommagagnneetticic ssppeeccttrruumm ffoorr asasttrroonnoommyy WWavaveleleennggtthh ((mm)) 0 7 4 1 2 1 1 1 8 5 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 GamGammma-raya-ray X-rayX-ray UUVV IIRR radradioio VVisiisibbllee X- andd ggaammmmaa--rarayyss:: mmoorere tthhaann 500%% ooff tthee uussaabbllee EEMM sspeeccttrum Jacques Paul I.E.S. Cargèse ± Observing the X- and Gamma-ray Sky ± Historical View ± 3 April 2006 Slide 3 TThhee atatmmoosspphheerricic ssccrreeeenn 110000 50% reduction of atmospheric ) ) 8800 m m transmission k k ( ( e e d d 6600 u u tit tit 4400 Al Al 2200 radradioio IIRR VV UUVV XX-ray-ray ggaammmma-raa-rayy Jacques Paul I.E.S. Cargèse ± Observing the X- and Gamma-ray Sky ± Historical View ± 3 April 2006 Slide 4 FFooccuussiningg XX-- anandd ggamammmaa raysrays radradiio,o, IIR,R, vviissiibbllee,, UUVV Jacques Paul I.E.S. Cargèse ± Observing the X- and Gamma-ray Sky ± Historical View ± 3 April 2006 Slide 5 AAssttrroonnoommyy wwitithh XX-- aanndd ggamammma-a-rrayay pphhoottoonnss PPhhootonton eneneergrgyy V V V V V e V e V e V e V V e V T e V G e V M e V k T G e M e k e V T e G e M k e 0 T 0 G 0 M 0 k 0 0 T 0 0 G 0 0 M 0 0 k 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 GGamammmaa raysrays X-rayX-rayss very hiigh energy hiigh energy llow energy hard soft HESS GLAST INTEGRAL XMM Jacques Paul I.E.S. -
Astrosat-A Multi-Wavelength Astronomy Satellite
AstroSat − a multi-wavelength astronomy satellite A. R. Rao, K. P. Singh Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India D. Bhattacharya Inter University Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune, India September 4, 2018 Abstract AstroSat is a multi-wavelength astronomy satellite, launched on 2015 September 28. It carries a suite of scientific instruments for multi-wavelength observations of astronomical sources. It is a major Indian effort in space astronomy and the context of AstroSat is examined in a historical perspective. The Performance Verification phase of AstroSat has been completed and all instruments are working flawlessly and as planned. Some brief highlights of the scientific results are also given here. keywords: Astronomy: general, Astronomy: instrumentation 1 Introduction AstroSat, India's first dedicated astronomy satellite, was launched on 2015 September 28. It was the 30th successful launch of India's workhorse rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The satellite was placed precisely in a near-Earth orbit of 650 km at 6◦ inclination, thus saving the onboard fuel meant for orbit correction for any future eventualities and ensuring a very long arXiv:1608.06051v1 [astro-ph.IM] 22 Aug 2016 orbital life for the satellite. AstroSat, weighing 1550 kg, carries a suite of scientific instruments for multi-wavelength observations of astronomical sources (Singh et al. 2014). Within six months of operation, the Performance Verification phase has been completed and a very complex satellite like AstroSat is working flawlessly -
Future Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts and Their Afterglows with ASTRO-H ASTRO‐H White Paper: Arxiv:1412.1179 Makoto S
Future Observations of Gamma-ray Bursts and their Afterglows with ASTRO-H ASTRO‐H White Paper: arXiv:1412.1179 Makoto S. Tashiro (Saitama Univ.), on behalf of ASTRO‐H WPTF#20 & HXI/SGD shield team Daisuke Yonetoku (Kanazawa Univ.), Masahiro Ohno, Takafumi Kawano (Hiroshima Univ.), Hiroaki Sameshima, Tadayuki Takahashi (ISAS/JAXA), Haruka Ueno (JAXA), Hiromi Seta (Tokyo Metro. Univ.), Kazutaka Yamaoka (Nagoya Univ.), Richard Mushotzky (GSFC/NASA) Astro‐H Hakucho Tenma Ginga ASCA Suzaku 1979‐1985 1983‐1989 1987‐1991 1993‐2001 2005‐ 2016‐ 2 + 2 soft & hard X‐ray telescopes ASTRO‐H will be launched in SXI FY2015 (inside) 12 m SGD SXS (inside) HXI ASTRO‐H Performance Soft X-ray Spectrometer Angular resolution 1.7 arcmin (HPD) (SXT-S+XCS) Effective area 210 cm2@6 keV X-ray -calorimeter array Energy resolution 4-7 eV FWHM 0.3-12 keV FOV 3 arcmin @ 6 keV Soft X-ray Imaging System Angular resolution <1.7 arcmin (HPD) (SXT-I+SXI) Effective area 360 cm2@6 keV X-ray BL CCD Energy resolution 150 eV 0.5-12 keV FOV 34 x 34 arcmin 2 Hard X-ray Imaging System (HXT+HXI) Angular resolution 1.7 arcmin (HPD) 2 multi-layered hard X-ray mirror Effective Area 300 cm @30 keV Energy resolution 2 keV DS-Si-D+ CdTe FOV 9 arcmin @ 30 keV 5-80 keV (F.L 12 m) Soft Gamma-ray Detector Compton Camera (SGD) Effective area 100 cm2@100 keV Si-Pad+ CdTe-Pad Energy resolution 2 keV 10-600 keV 1mCrab @ 200 keV polarimetry Prompt emission with SGD‐Shield Effective area ~800 cm2 at 1 MeV (2 x of WAM) Energy range: 150(TBR)‐5000 keV High speed spectroscopy: 32 enegy ch in every 16 ms (covers 5.376 s /GRB) enhance the hard‐X‐ray spectroscopy science SGD Suzaku‐WAM Observed over SGD‐shield 1000 confirmed GRBs BATSE 4B WAM (confirmed) Suzaku-WAM WAM (possible) twice of Suzaku‐WAM’s BGO active shields © M.