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    Multi-telescope studies of neutron stars (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: Neutron stars are unique stellar remnants with extreme properties, as their density and magnetic field. Their study can be the key to a number of unanswered problems in fundamental physics and astronomy, ranging from stellar evolution to strong field gravity. One of the best ways of studying these objects is with observations at radio wavelengths, the efficiency of which can be vastly improved with the combination of data from multiple radiotelescopes. In this thesis, we use the largest European radiotelescopes for performing high quality studies of the properties of objects belonging into two separate categories of neutron stars, millisecond pulsars and magnetars. In the first part of this thesis, a complete description of the observing systems and calibration procedures for the multiple telescopes used is presented. Specifically, all observations were made with the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) telescopes, which are the Effelsberg 100m radiotelescope in Germany, the Lovell 76m radiotelescope in UK, the Westerbork 94m equivalent synthesis radiotelescope in the Netherlands and the Nanc cay 94m equivalent decimetric radiotelescope in France...
    Description: Zsfassung in dt. und engl. Sprache
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 523 ; THU 400 ; THK 000 ; TBC 000 ; Pulsare, Neutronensterne {Astronomie} ; Spektren und Spektroskopie von Sternen {Astronomie} ; Radioastronomie
    Language: English
    Type: monograph , publishedVersion
    Format: 152 S.
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    Star-disc encounters in young star clusters (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: According to current knowledge, star formation occurs preferentially in clustered environments. As a byproduct of the star formation process young stars are found to be surrounded by accretion discs that are potential birth places of planets and planetary systems. Located in the hosting cluster, these protoplanetary discs are potentially subject to stellar interactions. These interactions give rise to a fundamental question of clustered star formation: How far does the cluster environment affect the evolution of protoplanetary discs and the formation of planets? The question is addressed in the present investigation in terms of the effect of stellar encounters on stars and their disc in young clusters by combining numerical simulations of isolated star-disc encounters and stellar dynamics of young star clusters. The investigation is composed of three key aspects. First, simulations of a dynamical model of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) show that disc destruction is dominated by encounters with high-mass stars that act as gravitational foci for the lower mass stars in the cluster centre. The massive stars are thus subject to repeated encounters which can lead to a total disc destruction ...
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 523 ; THX 000 ; TIC 000 ; Extrasolare Planetensysteme {Astronomie: Sterne} ; Sternhaufen {Astronomie}
    Language: English
    Type: monograph , publishedVersion
    Format: 137 S.
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    The LRS double prism assembly to be flown on the James Webb Space Telescope and host galaxies of active galactic nuclei in the near infrared (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: The work presented in my thesis covers two aspects of modern astronomy: Observations and instrumentation. Part I of this thesis addresses the design, the development and the qualification of the Low Resolution Spectroscopy Double Prism Assembly (LRSDPA). From an instrumentational point of view, the purpose of the LRSDPA is to make an integration of two prisms, made of Germanium and Zincsulfide, into the imaging module of the mid infrared instrument of the James Webb Space Telescope possible. My design of the LRSDPA answers to several challenging specifications, joining together available envelope, mechanical, thermal, optical and alignment aspects. Both prisms are mounted separately onto a holder via a semi-kinematic interface. The Aluminium components of the demonstration, qualification and flight model all have been manufactured at the mechanical workshop of the 1st Institute of Physics. As it is demanded of all space equipment, the function and performance of the LRSDPA has to be thoroughly demonstrated. The qualification campaign that was conducted in collaboration with the Centre Spatial de Liège, has just been brought to a successful finish. A brief introduction to the James Webb Space Telescope and its mid infrared instrument are given in Chapters 1 and 2. Chapter 3 then describes in detail the scientific capabilities, the design and the qualification of the LRSDPA. The low resolution spectroscopy mode will provide prism slit spectroscopy at a resolution of R=100 and cover the wavelength range from 5æm-10æm. This mode is particularly aiming at spectroscopic analyses of very low surface brightness objects, such as the first light-emitting galaxies that re-ionized the universe shortly after the big bang ...
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 522 ; TCE 230 ; TIE 400 ; TBG 000 ; TCE 380 ; Weltraumbasierte UV-, Optische und Infrarotteleskope {Astronomische Instrumente} ; Spektren und Leuchtkraft von Sternsystemen {Astronomie} ; Infrarot-Astronomie ; CCD, Photodetektoren {Astronomische Instrumente}
    Language: English
    Type: monograph , publishedVersion
    Format: 146 S.
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    Periodic variability in active galactic nuclei (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: In this doctoral thesis, multi-frequency very long baseline interferometry observations together with multi-frequency total flux-density variability data of compact relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei are presented and analyzed. The main goal of the thesis is to investigate the physical mechanisms in relativistic jets responsible for such phenomena as the co-existence of moving and stationary jet components, jet wiggling and precession. We also aim to study the connection between the structural changes in the relativistic jets and flares in the total flux-density light curves and to find observational evidences for the appearance of a primary perturbation in the base of the jet and its further propagation. In this thesis we also investigate which physical mechanisms are responsible for periodical total flux-density variability and to search for periodicities as a sign of jet precession. In order to study the jet physics we used the multi-frequency very long baseline interferometry technique which gives the highest possible in astronomy resolution. We also compared jet structural changes with single-dish multi-frequency observations spanning more than 30 years together with optical and gamma-ray data. In particular, analysis of the long-term kinematics of two active galactic nuclei S5 1803+784 and 0605-085 shows evidence for jet precession ...
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 523 ; TBC 000 ; TIE 500 ; Radioastronomie ; Aufbau und Struktur von Sternsystemen {Astronomie}
    Language: English
    Type: monograph , publishedVersion
    Format: 201 S.
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    Star formation conditions in nearby galaxies (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: The understanding of gravitational stability of galactic disks against star formation, the interplay of atomic and molecular components of the interstellar medium in a galaxy and its physical conditions, namely temperature and density, are important to gain a deeper insight into star formation. Nearby galaxies like the spiral galaxy M51 or the southern starburst galaxies NGC4945 and Circinus offer excellent opportunities to investigate these topics over a complete galactic disk or parts of the galaxy. A suitable tracer to study the molecular part of the gaseous component of galaxies is the CO molecule. It is the second most abundant molecule after H2 in the interstellar medium, its lower lying transition are excited at typical conditions of molecular clouds and the rotational transitions lie in the radio window. Thus, CO emission can penetrate throughout galactic disks and is observable from the ground. Apart from complementary data from the literature, we use observations of 12CO 21, 12CO 4--3, and 13CO 2--1 in this thesis. Additionally, the [CI] 3P1-3P0 fine structure line was observed to study the physical conditions in the central regions of galaxies. In the first part of this thesis, the nearby spiral galaxy M51 is used as a sample source to investigate the onset of star formation. CO, HI, radio-continuum, dust, and stellar maps of M51 are combined to study star formation rate, the H2/HI transition, the gas-to-dust ratios, the stability of the disk against gravitational collapse, and properties of the giant molecular clouds. Parts of the results have been published in Astronomy and Astrophysics (461,143) in 2007 and are submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2008 for publication. We use the first complete 12CO 2--1 map of M51 including the companion galaxy NGC5195 observed with HERA at the IRAM-30m telescope to trace the molecular gas. Complementary HI VLA data is used to study the atomic gas distribution and the combined total gas surface density ...
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 523 ; TEG 000 ; Kosmogonie {Astronomie}
    Language: English
    Type: monograph , publishedVersion
    Format: 180 S.
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    LINC-NIRVANA piston control and near-infrared polarization images of the Orion proplyds (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: This thesis is focussed on the development of optimized techniques to overcome limitations of astrophysical observations. The goal is an optimal signal estimation in noisy measurements by the consideration of underlying physical processes. This principle was applied to two different fields in astrophysics: intrumental design and analysis of polarimetric observations. In the observational part of this thesis near-infrared images of young stellar objects in the Orion constellation are studied. Limitations in resolution and sensitivity of current astronomical instruments prohibit the detailed analysis of interesting proto-stellar sources to improve theories of star formation. Radiation from the astronomical targets is not only characterized by its spectral energy, but also by polarization properties. The modeling of typical configurations of star-disk systems and the simulation of their polarization patterns helped to understand and interprete features, that were found in observations. For the case of a proto-stellar systems with both a disk and an envelope analysis techniques were developed, which are based on polarimetric effects of the scattering of light by dust. These techniques substantially improve the sensitivity and resolution and are reliable under different observing conditions. Although the obtained data did not allow investigations of substructures of the circumstellar material, the techniques are suitable to obtain constraints on star formation processes ...
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 523 ; THK 000 ; Spektren und Spektroskopie von Sternen {Astronomie}
    Language: English
    Type: monograph , publishedVersion
    Format: 168 S.
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    Entwicklung und Aufbau eines BWO-basierten 1,9-THz-Lokaloszillatoren für den Heterodynempfänger GREAT (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: Astronomische Beobachtungen im Bereich der THz-Frequenzen geben Aufschluss über die Entwicklung der interstellaren Materie in unserem Universum. Als wichtigste Kühllinie dichter Molekülwolken ist die Detektion des Feinstrukturübergangs von einfach-ionisiertem atomarem Kohlenstoff CII bei der Frequenz von 1,9 THz von fundamentaler Bedeutung. Wünschenswert ist das Studium astronomischer Quellen hinsichtlich ihrer Dynamik, Temperatur und Dichte mit möglichst hoher sowohl räumlicher als auch spektraler Auflösung. Heterodynempfänger sind für diese Aufgabe am besten geeignet. Bei dieser Technologie wird das astronomische Signal mittels eines Lokaloszillatoren (LO) auf eine Zwischenfrequenz von wenigen GHz umgesetzt und dann rauscharm weiterverstärkt. Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Entwicklung und der Aufbau des LOs für den 1,9 THz Frequenzkanal des Mehrkanalheterodynempfängers German REceiver for Astronomy at THz-Frequencies (GREAT) der auf dem Flugzeugobservatorium Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) zum Einsatz kommen wird. Für den Aufbau des LOs wurde auf eine Kombination zweier THz-Strahlungsquellen bestehend aus einem Rückwärtswellenoszillator (Backward-Wave Oscillator, BWO) und einem Frequenzverdreifacher zurückgegriffen. Dieser Ansatz erforderte die Entwicklung einer astigmatisch-abbildenden Submillimeteroptik, um die Leistungsankopplung zwischen BWO und Frequenzverdreifacher zu verbessern...
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 522 ; 550 ; TBG 000 ; Infrarot-Astronomie
    Language: German
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    The central parsec of the milky way at 3.8 micrometer (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: The central part of the Milky Way is a unique environment where an interplay of different astrophysical phenomena can be studied, starting from the physics of the interstellar medium, stellar physics and star formation, to high energetic processes associated with the accretion onto the supermassive black hole Sgr A*. In this thesis I focus onto the central parsec of the Milky Way, observed at 3.8 micrometer (L'-band) during several epochs from 2002 to 2007. This particular wavelength is interesting because one can observe the (very dense) Galactic stellar nuclear cluster, as well as the thermal component of the interstellar medium which is not visible at shorter near-infrared wavelengths. Our images revealed a high number of very narrow filamentary structures associated with the streamers of gas and dust (called mini-spiral), and sometimes also with stars. We also detected several stellar sources that are barely observable at shorter wavelengths, but well defined in the dust-dominated L'-band. The goal of this thesis was to use multi-epoch observations in order to measure motions of filamentary structures, as well as of those very red stars. The proper motion analysis allows us to come a step further in understanding the real nature of these enigmatic sources. The high-resolution observations were obtained with the NAOS/CONICA Adaptive Optics system at the ESO Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile. The first part of the thesis deals with the narrow dust filaments. The analysis of their morphology and proper motions shows that they are (i) probably not due to a projectional effect and (ii) are influenced by other forces than just the gravitational force of the central black hole...
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 523 ; 550 ; TIE 662 ; Struktur der Milchstrasse {Astronomie}
    Language: German
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    The near infrared activity of Sagittarius A* (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: The meaning of my thesis was to obtain new insights about the supermassive Black Hole in the center of our Milky Way and its accretion flow. The non-thermal radio, X-ray, and near-infrared source Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the electro-magnetic manifestation of the Black Hole. Sgr A* is a unique source to study the accretion onto a very massive compact object as it is the closest galactic nucleus. For this work I conducted observations as well as theoretical computations. The near-infrared camera CONICA in combination with the adaptive optics device NAOS at ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile were used for the observations. The goal of our group was in particular to find further evidence for a quasi-periodic signal of ~17 minutes in radiation outbursts from Sgr A* that has been reported for the first time in 2003. The radiation outbursts - most often termed `flares' - are periods of ~50 - 130 minutes in which the flux of Sgr A* in the near-infrared rises up to a factor of ten. The quasi-periodic sub-structure thereby manifests itself as sub-flares with a constant separation superimposed on the larger, underlying flare. In 2005 and 2006 we were able to detect a significant periodicity, hence the previous findings are supported ...
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 522 ; TBG 000 ; THK 000 ; Infrarot-Astronomie ; Spektren und Spektroskopie von Sternen {Astronomie}
    Language: English
    Type: monograph , publishedVersion
    Format: 125 S.
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    Broadband IF circuits for superconductor isolator superconductor (SIS) mixers for the Heterodyne Instrument for the far infrared on the Herschel Space Observatory and for sideband separating mixers (2010)
    Univ. Köln
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Description: This thesis describes the development and manufacturing of the IF circuits for two different heterodyne receivers used for sub-mm radio astronomy. The first project is the broadband 4-8 GHz IF circuitry for the mixer units for band 2 of the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI). This instrument will be operating onboard of ESA’s Herschel space observatory. The band 2 mixer units for HIFI, built by KOSMA, implement low noise SIS mixers in a very compact, modular design. The complete IF path in the mixer units consist of the mixer block (with the SIS mixer chip) and the bias-T, which is needed to apply a bias voltage to the SIS-junction and to extract the IF signal. The detailed investigation of the IF performance of the mixer block must consider the geometric capacitances of the SIS-junction and the tuning structure as well as the inductance of the bond wires used to establish the contact between the mixer chip and the SMA output connector. The calculations presented in this thesis show that the design can be used for IF frequencies up to 12 GHz. The bias-T, which is implemented in the mixer unit, is a dedicated, new development with high performance and high reliability complying with the special requirements for a spaceborne instrument. These include the survival under high mechanical stress such as vibration during the launch and extensive thermal cycling to cryogenic temperatures during the tests of the mixer unit and the instrument.
    Description: thesis
    Keywords: 522 ; 550 ; TBC 000 ; TCE 230 ; Radioastronomie ; Weltraumbasierte UV-, Optische und Infrarotteleskope {Astronomische Instrumente}
    Language: English
    Type: monograph , publishedVersion
    Format: 173 S.
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