Download or read book A Numerical Method for Calculating Occultation Light Curves from an Arbitrary Atmospheric Model written by Dawn Marie Chamberlain and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Discrete Forward modeling Method for Characterizing Occultation Lightcurves of Tenuous Planetary Atmospheres written by Ho Chit Siu and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present a discrete numerical approach for forward-modeling lightcurves from stellar occultations by planetary atmospheres. Our discrete approach provides a way to arbitrarily set atmospheric properties at any radius from the occulting body, giving it flexibility for applying models of vertical variation in atmospheric conditions. The method is used to examine trends in lightcurve characteristics resulting from changes in the atmosphere of the occulting body. We find that for Pluto-like atmospheres, temperature and pressure variations affect the characteristics of the lightcurve much more than the gas composition. We also find that the half-light radius is more sensitive to atmospheric changes than either the minimum normalized flux or the slope at half-light. Temperature is found to be the most easily-constrained atmospheric parameter, as the gradients for changes in lightcurve characteristics are much more aligned with the temperature axis of the atmospheric parameter space than any other axis. Trends in lightcurve characteristics were examined in and around the parameter space occupied by the atmospheric conditions predicted for Pluto based on the 2011 and 2013 occultation events. Our error analysis method produced uncertainty values consistent with the reported uncertainties for half-light radius. This kind of lightcurve characterization is potentially useful for constraining the level of precision required in measuring given lightcurve characteristics in order to provide certain uncertainty bounds on the atmospheric conditions of the occulting body.
Download or read book On the Theory and Analysis of Occultation Light Curves written by Richard Gordon French and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Implementation of Stellar Occultation Light Curve Modelling for Arbitrary Planetary Atmospheric Structures and the Analysis of Pluto s Occultation Light Curves and Its Atmosphere written by Chanita Tubthong and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, the analyses of stellar occultation light curves have been the most efficient method to study atmosphere of small solar system bodies. The variation in stellar flux due to the refraction in planetary atmosphere is directly related to the temperature profile of the planetary atmosphere. In this thesis, we implemented the occultation model derived by Chamberlain and Elliot (1997) [2], which is compatible with any occulting body with arbitrary temperature profile. The implementation was used to analysed Pluto occultation light curve of the star P384.2 on June 12, 2006. The result from the fit suggested that, if Pluto's temperature profile in June 2006 were isothermal, it profile would be consistent with the surface temperature of 74.2 ± 1.4 K. The best fit light curve from the isothermal model, however, expressed some inconsistency near the closest approach. The result, therefore, suggested that neither isothermal model nor the model with temperature gradient are sufficient to describe Pluto's temperature profile. More complicated temperature profiles should be considered, which are enable with this implementation.
Download or read book Referativny zhurnal written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stellar Occultation Lightcurve Modeling for Elliptical Occulting Bodies written by Bryan Nathaniel Hilbert and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of Light Curves from the 2003 Nov 14 Occultation by Titan of TYC 1343 1855 1 written by Angela Marie Zalucha and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We observed a stellar occultation by Titan on 2003 November 14 from La Palma Observatory using ULTRACAM with three Sloan filters: u', g', and i' (358, 487, and 758 nm, respectively). The occultation probed latitudes 2°S and 1°N during immersion and emersion, respectively. A prominent central flash was present in only the i' filter, indicating wavelength-dependent atmospheric extinction. We inverted the light curves to obtain six lower-limit temperature profiles between 335 and 485 km (0.04 and 0.003 mb) altitude. The i' profiles agreed with the temperature measured by the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument [Fulchignoni, M., and 43 colleagues, 2005. Nature 438, 785-791] above 415 km (0.01 mb). The profiles obtained from different wavelength filters systematically diverge as altitude decreases, which implies significant extinction in the light curves. Applying an extinction model [Elliot, J.L., Young, L.A., 1992. Astron. J. 103, 991-1015] gave the altitudes of line of sight optical depth equal to unity: 396 ± 7 km and 401 ± 20 km (u' immersion and emersion); 354 ± 7 km and 387 ± 7 km (g' immersion and emersion); and 336 ± 5 km and 318 ± 4 km (i' immersion and emersion). Further analysis showed that the optical depth follows a power law in wavelength with index 1.3 ± 0.2. We present a new method for determining temperature from scintillation spikes in the occulting body's atmosphere. Temperatures derived with this method are equal to or warmer than those measured by the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument. Using the highly structured, three-peaked central flash, we confirmed the shape of Titan's middle atmosphere using a model originally derived for a previous Titan occultation [Hubbard, W.B., and 45 colleagues, 1993. Astron. Astrophys. 269, 541-563].
Download or read book Literature 1988 Part 1 written by U. Esser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 1266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the reviews: "Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts has appeared in semi-annual volumes since 1969 and it has already become one of the fundamental publications in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics and neighbouring sciences. It is the most important English-language abstracting journal in the mentioned branches. ...The abstracts are classified under more than a hundred subject categories, thus permitting a quick survey of the whole extended material. The AAA is a valuable and important publication for all students and scientists working in the fields of astronomy and related sciences. As such it represents a necessary ingredient of any astronomical library all over the world." Space Science Reviews#1 "Dividing the whole field plus related subjects into 108 categories, each work is numbered and most are accompanied by brief abstracts. Fairly comprehensive cross-referencing links relevant papers to more than one category, and exhaustive author and subject indices are to be found at the back, making the catalogues easy to use. The series appears to be so complete in its coverage and always less than a year out of date that I shall certainly have to make a little more space on those shelves for future volumes." The Observatory Magazine#2
Download or read book Nuclear Science Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Physics Briefs written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literature 1992 Part 1 written by Astronomisches Recheninstitut and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 1456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts" appearing twice a year has become oneof the fundamental publications in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics andneighbouring sciences. It is the most important English-language abstracting journal in the mentioned branches. The abstracts are classified under more than a hundred subject categories, thus permitting a quick survey of the whole extended material. The AAA is a valuable and important publication for all students and scientists working in the fields of astronomy and related sciences. As such it represents a necessary ingredient of any astronomical library all over the world.
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Download or read book Light Curve Modeling of Eclipsing Binary Stars written by E.F. Milone and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the two decades since the development of the first eclipsing-binary modeling code, new analytic techniques and the availability of powerful, sometimes dedicated computing facilities have made possible vastly improved determinations of fundamental and even transient stellar parameters. The scale of these developments, of course, raises questions about modeling tools, techniques, and philosophies, such as: Who will maintain and upgrade the codes? Will the codes be open to improvement by outsiders, and if so, how? And, indeed, what should be the goals of a modeling program? Such questions had not been aired for a long time and, for this reason alone, deserved to be discussed in as general a forum as the community provides. This volume contains material presented by Commission 42 (Close Binary Stars) during the International Astronomical Union's XXI General Assembly in Argentina, July 1991, and during IAU Colloquium 151, Cordoba, Argentina, August 1991. The techniques discussed include simulations of stellar bright and dark spots, streams, partial and complete stellar disks, prominences, and other features characterizing active stars; modeling of polarization parameters; models that use radial velocities as well as line profile simulations to model velocity field variation across stellar disks; the weighted effects of brightness asymmetries; and models for translucent eclipsing agents such as stellar winds.
Download or read book A treatise of fluxions written by Colin Maclaurin and published by . This book was released on 1742 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum written by Dmitriĭ Aleksandrovich Varshalovich and published by World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ch. 1. Elements of vector and tensor theory -- ch. 2. Angular momentum operators -- ch. 3. Irreducible tensors -- ch. 4. Wigner D-functions -- ch. 5. Spherical harmonics -- ch. 6. Spin functions -- ch. 7. Tensor spherical harmonics -- ch. 8. Clebsch-Gordan coefficients and 3jm symbols -- ch. 9. 6j symbols and the Racah coefficients -- ch. 10. 9j and 12j symbols -- ch. 11. The graphical method in angular momentum theory -- ch. 12. Sums involving vector addition and recoupling coefficients -- ch. 13. matrix elements of irreducible tensor operators
Download or read book Scattering Absorption and Emission of Light by Small Particles written by Michael I. Mishchenko and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough and up-to-date treatment of electromagnetic scattering by small particles.
