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    An analysis of rod outer segment adaptation based on a simple equivalent circuit (1978)
    Springer
    European biophysics journal 4 (1978), S. 115-128 
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    ISSN: 1432-1017
    Keywords: Adaptation ; Rod outer segment
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract This model of rod outer segment adaptation is based on the hypothesis that transmitter substance released by bleached rhodopsin closes sodium channels in the outer segment plasma membrane, leading to hyperpolarization of the receptor. The outer segment adaptation processes of the model are associated with the transmitter release, the transmitter background concentration and the plasma membrane leakage. Changes in the three model parameters correspond to the three types of outer segment adaptation processes. According to the model the stimulus-response function is in every adaptational state U/U max −I/(I+I H ). The model predicts how each adaptation process affects I H and U max. Specifically, when the number of liberated transmitter molecules per isomerizing quantum decreases, the amplitude U max remains constant but I H increases. A short description of this model has been published in a paper reporting experimental results on background adaptation (HemilÄ, 1977).
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00539226
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    A parametric experimental study of the slotted-wall boundary condition (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: An experimental study of slotted upper and lower walls in a two dimensional transonic wind tunnel with solid sidewalls is reported. Results are presented for several slot spacings and slot openness ratios. The experimental data were pressure measurements which were made on an airfoil model and on a sidewall near one of the slotted walls. The slotted-wall boundary condition coefficient, which related the pressure and streamline curvature near the wall, was determined from the wall pressure measurements. The measured wall-induced interference was correlated with the experimental values for the boundary condition coefficient. This correlation was compared with theory.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Advanced Technol. Airfoil Res., Vol. 1, Pt. 2; p 459-471
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    A procedure for analyzing transonic flow over harmonically oscillating airfoils (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: Finite difference procedures were successfully used to solve the steady transonic flow about airfoils and appear to provide a practical means for calculating the corresponding unsteady flow. The purpose of the paper is to describe a finite difference procedure derived from the equations for the potential flow by assuming small perturbations and harmonic motion. The velocity potential is divided into steady and unsteady parts, and the resulting unsteady equation is linearized on the basis of small amplitudes of oscillation. The steady velocity potential, which must be calculated first, is described by the classical nonlinear transonic differential equation.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center Advanced Technol. Airfoil Res., Vol. 1, Pt. 2; p 657-670
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    Section drag coefficients from pressure probe transverses of a wing wake at low speeds (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: An in-flight wing wake section drag investigation was conducted using traversing pitot and static probes. The primary objective was to develop measurement techniques and improve the accuracy of in-flight wing profile drag measurements for low values of dynamic pressure and Reynolds number. Data were obtained on a sailplane for speeds from about 40 knots to 125 knots at chord Reynolds numbers between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000. Tests were conducted with zero flap deflection, deflected flaps, and various degrees of surface roughness, and for smooth and rough atmospheric conditions. Several techniques were used to increase data reliability and to minimize certain bias errors. A discussion of the effects of a total pressure probe in a pressure gradient, and the effects of discrete turbulence levels, on the data presented and other experimental results is also included.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center Advanced Technol. Airfoil Res., Vol. 1, Pt. 2; p 601-621
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    Some calculations of transonic potential flow for the NACA 64A006 airfoil with oscillating flap (1978)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: A method for calculating the transonic flow over steady and oscillating airfoils was developed by Isogai. It solves the full potential equation with a semi-implicit, time-marching, finite difference technique. Steady flow solutions are obtained from time asymptotic solutions for a steady airfoil. Corresponding oscillatory solutions are obtained by initiating an oscillation and marching in time for several cycles until a converged periodic solution is achieved. In this paper the method is described in general terms, and results are compared with experimental data for both steady flow and for oscillations at several values of reduced frequency. Good agreement for static pressures is shown for subcritical speeds, with increasing deviation as Mach number is increased into the supercritical speed range. Fair agreement with experiment was obtained at high reduced frequencies with larger deviations at low reduced frequencies.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Advanced Technol. Airfoil Res., Vol. 1, Pt. 2; p 689-700
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    Applications of dynamic measurement techniques to wind-tunnel testing (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: The uses of laser Doppler velocimeter, hot wire, and surface hot film techniques in the study of turbulent flows are described, and data obtained in compressible flows are discussed. Applications are illustrated with measurements of wind tunnel freestream turbulence characteristics and with data obtained in transitional, turbulent, and separated shear flows. A new method which was developed for the study of time dependent and unsteady turbulent flows is also presented.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA. Langley Res. Center Advanced Technol. Airfoil Res., Vol. 1, Pt. 2; p 571-588
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    The case for a burst from 3U 0614+09 (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: A single flare event with a rise time of about 7 s and a decay time of approximately 40 s was observed by the Goddard cosmic X-ray spectroscopy experiment on OSO-8 during observations of 3U 0614+09 in September 1975. The possibility is discussed that the source was 3U 0614+09, which has been compared with the low-mass binary Sco X-1. The spectra during the event could be fitted with blackbody (kT = 0.8-1.1 keV) or thermal bremsstrahlung (kT = 1.1-2.5 keV) models with absorption by cool material. In the blackbody model the source was of the order of 1 million cm in size.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Royal Astronomical Society; vol. 182
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    Formation of a rotational accretion column (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: We consider the problem of the flow produced by the accretion of gas from a rotating cloud onto a point gravitational source. It is shown that, for a cloud initially in uniform rotation, the effect of accretion is to produce a Taylor column in the cloud parallel to the rotation axis. Only gas within the column is accreted; the gas outside the column undergoes oscillatory flow, which is probably subject to shear instability. The column forms in approximately one-half rotation period from the time at which accretion begins. Its initial radius is determined by the accretion rate and the angular velocity of the cloud. Application of the results to the formation of Jupiter by accretion is discussed.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 219
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    An experimental investigation of the condensation of silicate grains (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Results are presented for a series of laboratory experiments designed to investigate the nucleation of small silicate grains from a vapor of astrophysically significant elements and compounds. In the experiments, magnesium silicate grains were condensed by simultaneously evaporating Mg and SiO solids into an atmosphere of argon or hydrogen at a pressure of a few torr. The results show that at low temperatures (up to a few hundred degrees C) the condensates are amorphous grains and have widely varying stoichiometries. The thermodynamically most stable compounds (Mg2SiO4, MgSiO3, SiO2) do not form readily, but all initial condensates can be converted to crystalline forsterite (Mg2SiO4) by heating to 1000 C in vacuum. At higher temperatures (above 700 K) it becomes more difficult to nucleate any silicates, and those that do form are amorphous, indicating that surface energies and kinetic effects are very important in determining under what conditions condensation will occur. The IR spectra of the experimentally produced magnesium silicates are found to have a strong resemblance to those observed in many astronomical clouds.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 222
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    Soft X-ray emission from a newly discovered supernova remnant in Cygnus (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 222
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    Gamma ray spectroscopy in astrophysics: An observational overview (50 keV-20 MeV) (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The observational status of gamma ray astronomy based on results reported prior to April 1978 is discussed. Specific line observations are reviewed from the Sun, the galactic plane, the Galactic Center region, the active Galaxy NGC 5128 (Cen A), the Crab Nebula region, and a transient source in the general direction of the anti-Galactic Center region. A statistical method is described which determines the relative probability that a given, reported observation is due to an external source as compared to a random fluctuation in the experimental background counting rate. Only a few of the many reported observations can be considered likely extraterrestrial observations of an extraterrestrial source made with a confidence level of 99%.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Gamma Ray Spectry. in Astrophys.; p 42-68
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    Aerodynamic effects (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The tethered satellite concept provides an ideal platform for the study of the interaction of the atmosphere with satellites of various shapes and surfaces under a wide range of flow conditions. From experiments which would measure the drag, lift, and torque acting on the tethered satellite, important information could be obtained which would have application to satellite lifetime prediction, determination of properties of the upper atmosphere, and scientific information on the interaction of high speed molecules with surfaces (the gas surface interaction). These experiments using the tethered satellite concept are described and would measure the following variables: angle of attack, surface roughness, and flow properties.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: UAH(NASA Workshop on the Use of a Tethered Satellite System; p 151-155
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    Prospects for computational aerodynamics (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The integral representations approach, for the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations is discussed as well as experience in its development and in applying available finite-difference and finite-element techniques to the treatment of three-dimensional problems, and the computation of turbulent flow. The magnitude of efforts required to develop turbulence models and three-dimensional algorithms indicates that the computational fluid dynamics research must have a broad base. Broader access to modern computing facilities that are in existence within NASA should be promoted for active researchers not directly affiliated with that agency.
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    Type: NASA. Ames Res. Center Future Computer Requirements for Computational Aerodynamics; p 221-227
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    Modeling of the Reynolds stresses (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: In their most general form, the Reynolds averaged conservation equations result from ensemble or time averages of the instantaneous Navier-Stokes equations or their compressible counterparts. For these averaging processes to be consistent, the averaging time period must exceed the periods identified with the largest time scales of the turbulence, and yet be shorter than the characteristic times of the flow field. With these equations long period variations in the flow fields are deterministic, provided initial conditions are known. The average dependent variables are sufficiently smooth to be resolvable by finite difference techniques consistent with the size and speed of modern computers.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Future Computer Requirements for Computational Aerodynamics; p 239-247
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    Computational aerodynamics and the numerical aerodynamic simulation facility (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Technical and economic reasons for accelerating the maturation of the discipline of computational aerodynamics include the cost of conducting the experiments required to provide the empirical data base for new aeronautical vehicles and the limitations in test facilities (Reynolds number, wall and support interferences, aeroelastic distortions, real-gas effects, etc.) for simulating the full-scale vehicle environment. General purpose computers do not have the necessary capability for the next stage of development. Solution of the three dimensional Reynolds averaged Naiver-Stokes equations in a short time to be practical for design purposes will require 40 times the power of current supercomputers. However, it is feasible to construct a special purpose processor that will meet these requirements to enhance the nation's aerodynamic design capability in the 1980's.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Future Computer Requirements for Computational Aerodynamics; p 5-30
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    Carbon vaporization into a nonequilibrium, stagnation-point boundary layer (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The heat transfer to the stagnation point of an ablating carbonaceous heat shield, where both the gas-phase boundary layer and the heterogeneous surface reactions are not in chemical equilibrium, is examined. Specifically, the nonequilibrium changes in the mass fraction profiles of carbon species calculated for frozen flow are studied. A set of equations describing the steady-state, nonequilibrium laminar boundary layer in the axisymmetric stagnation region, over an ablating graphite surface, is solved, with allowance for the effects of finite rate of carbon vaporization.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA Journal; 16; July 197
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    Perturbations in two- and three-dimensional transonic flows (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The difficulty of treating the perturbation of transonic flow, during which shock waves change position, can be overcome by using a distorted coordinate system in which the locations of all shock waves do not change; the distortion is found as part of the solution. This device leads to a relation that allows a range of flows, with differing shock locations, to be related algebraically to two known 'calibration' flows. Results for flows around finite wings, including those with multiple, intersecting shock waves, are presented. A typical computing time for such examples is 0.3 sec on a CDC 7600 computer.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA Journal; 16; July 197
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    Gamma-ray lines - A new window to the Universe (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Gamma-ray emission is considered in terms of its usefulness in determining the physics of nucleosynthesis, the interstellar medium, solar flares, supernovae, and neutron stars. The mechanism of gamma-ray line emission is reviewed, i.e., nuclear deexcitation, radiative capture, positron annihilation, and possibly cyclotron radiation in the strong magnetic fields of neutron stars. Various gamma-ray spectra, obtained from balloon and satellite data, are analyzed with attention to solar particle energies and densities, including particle emission from black-hole supernova remnants.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Physics Today; 31; Mar. 197
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    New observations of ultraviolet variability in Wolf-Rayet stars (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Observations of ultraviolet variability in Wolf-Rayet stars have been made with the ANS satellite Ultraviolet Photometer Experiment. Significant variations are detected in several of the observed stars, the timescale of the variability ranging from a few minutes to several months.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Royal Astronomical Society; vol. 183
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    The nature of Aquila X-1 (1978)
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    Description: Photometry in the UBV spectra was used to observe Aquila X-1. This X-ray source, usually producing flux on the order of 1-10% that of the Crab Nebula, often behaves in a manner resembling the behavior of galactic X-ray stars. A description of the calibration methods used in the observations is presented, with attention to photoelectric-photographic methods. These observations suggest a quiescent spectral class near Ko, i.e., a dwarf at a distance of 1.6 kpc. The more intense X-ray emissions are said to be generated from internal heating of the stellar atmosphere, with additional energy supplied by a low-mass companion star. This explaination is at variance with the semi-detached Roche model.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Nature; 271; Feb. 16
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    Evidence that cosmic gamma-ray bursts are galactic (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Balloon observations registering scatter angles in a liquid scintillator have revealed gamma-ray bursts having energies as low as 10 to the -7th ergs per square cm. The burst distribution is graphed according to energy and frequency. The hypothesis that the bursts are galactic in origin is in good agreement with their small recorded energies and their predicted distribution on the graph.
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    Type: Nature; 271; Feb. 16
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    Distance limit for a class of model gamma-ray burst sources (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: It is pointed out that MeV photons have actually been observed in bursts. These observations imply that the nonrelativistic sources cannot be further away than a few kpc from the sun and, therefore, must be galactic. The 27 April 1972 event observed by Apollo 16 shows at higher energies a power law spectrum with a possible line feature around 4 MeV. The optical depth of a homogeneous, isotropic radiation field is estimated with the aid of formulae used by Nikishov (1962) and Jauch and Rohrlich (1955). On the basis of an investigation of the various factors involved, it is tentatively suggested that the gamma-ray bursts which have been detected are galactic, but are in the majority of the cases not connected with unique irreversible star transformation. It appears also unlikely that the gamma-ray bursts are connected with galactic novae.
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    Type: Nature; 271; Feb. 9
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    Numerical solution for supersonic flow near the trailing edge of a flat plate (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: In the present study, problems of laminar and turbulent two-dimensional flow of a viscous compressible fluid near the trailing edge of a thin flat plate are considered. The complete set of Navier-Stokes equations is solved by the finite-difference method of MacCormack (MacCormack and Baldwin, 1975). It is an explicit, predictor-corrector, time-splitting method of second order acuracy. The computational mesh employed has sufficient resolution for all the characteristic lengths suggested by theory. In the laminar case, the present results are compared with the triple deck solution of Daniels (1974). This comparison indicates that the asymptotic triple deck theory for supersonic trailing edge flow is accurate within five percent for Reynolds numbers greater than 1000. In the turbulent case, the Prandtl-Van Driest-Clauser algebraic eddy viscosity model is used. The numerical results show that the region of upstream influence is approximately of the order of the boundary layer thickness. The solutions for skin-friction, pressure and wake center-line velocity are presented.
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    Supernovae and the formation of the solar system (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The evidence that a supernova explosion may have triggered the formation of the solar system is reviewed. It cannot be said on the basis of the investigation that the supernova trigger is absolutely necessary for planetary system formation. However, it does appear according to the isotopic evidence that a supernova did blow up within a few million years of the solidification of objects in the solar system. If such an event occurred, it is reasonable to assume that the resultant supernova shock had a causal connection with the formation of the solar system and that a supernova may be one stimulus for formation of low-mass stars.
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    Star formation in molecular clouds (1978)
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    Description: A general overview is presented of the findings of molecular line and infrared astronomy regarding star formation. Beginning with the statement that stars, and therefore, planets, form from molecular clouds, it is argued that the growing body of data on conditions in molecular clouds should serve as input parameters for theoretical calculations of star and planet formation. The fact that the gravitational potential energy of molecular clouds far exceeds their thermal energy implies that the required rate of star formation is easily explained. Indeed the most important problem in this field is that the rate of star formation predicted from molecular cloud studies is too high. Until this problem is understood, additional modes of inducing star formation, while they may be occurring, only add to the existing difficulties.
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    The cloudy state of interstellar matter (1978)
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    Description: The expression 'cloudy state' is used to describe the state of the diffuse interstellar matter, with emphasis on its denser and more opaque regions. Questions of morphology with respect to the Galaxy are examined, taking into account neutral hydrogen, molecular regions, H II regions, infrared sources and masers, coronal gas in the Galaxy, and the major components of the interstellar medium. Aspects of dynamics are also considered, giving attention to the two-phase interstellar medium, the three-phase interstellar medium, the density-wave compression of clouds, and problems related to the concept of collapsing clouds. Developments concerning chemistry are explored. Radioactive chronologies are discussed along with isotopic anomalies and aspects of interstellar chemistry.
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    Unsteady vortical and entropic distortions of potential flows round arbitrary obstacles (1978)
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    Description: The analysis concerns the alterations produced when small amplitude disturbances, including entropy and vorticity disturbances, are imposed on steady potential flows. For the most general nonacoustic incident distortion field that can be imposed on the uniform upstream flow, it is shown that the perturbation velocity at any point of the resulting unsteady compressible and vortical flow consists of a part that is a known function of the imposed upstream distortion field and the mean flow variables and a potential part that can be found by solving a linear inhomogeneous wave equation with a dipole-type source term whose strength is a known function of the imposed upstream distortion field. The theory is applied to the unsteady flow past a corner, and a closed-form analytical solution is found.
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    Type: Journal of Fluid Mechanics; 89; Dec. 13
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    Some implications for interstellar molecules of a low electron abundance in dense clouds (1978)
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    Type: Astronomical Journal; 83; Dec. 197
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    Discovery and optical identification of 2S0921-630 (1978)
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    Description: The discovery of a faint X-ray source at approximately 282 deg galactic longitude, -9 deg galactic latitude with the rotation modulation collimator X-ray detectors aboard SAS 3 is reported. The source is designated 2S 0921-630 and is tentatively identified, on the basis of an optical search, with a 17th magnitude star exhibiting the He II line at 4686 A and H-beta in emission. The optical spectrum of this star is shown to be similar to those of the optical counterparts of Sco X-1 and other such galactic X-ray sources. It is suggested that 2S 0921-630 may belong to the class of low-luminosity galactic X-ray binaries.
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    Type: Nature; 276; Dec
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    Hard X-rays from U Geminorum (1978)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The A-2 experiment on HEAO 1 has discovered that the dwarf nova U Geminorum can be a weak source of hard X-rays at optical maximum. During the outburst in October 1977, when a strong soft X-ray flux was discovered, a 2-10-keV flux was also observed. Evidence is presented that this flux appeared with the rise to optical maximum, about half a day before the soft X-rays appeared, and persisted about 2 days. During these first 2 days of the outburst the average flux was 2.4 x 10 to the -11th erg/sq cm per sec, corresponding to a luminosity of 2.8 x 10 to the 31st erg/s for a distance of 100 pc and an absorbed thin thermal spectrum with kT of about 5 keV. During optical minimum an OSO 8 upper limit implies a luminosity less than 10 to the 31st erg/s. Restrictions on models of U Geminorum are discussed.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 226
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    Ice mantles and abnormal extinction in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud (1978)
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 226
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    Gamma-ray astrophysics - A new look at the universe (1978)
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    Description: Gamma-ray astronomy, which may be defined to include the spectral region from above 100 keV to about 1000 GeV, permits investigation of the most energetic photons originating in the Galaxy and beyond. These observations provide the most direct means of studying the largest transfers of energy occurring in astrophysical processes, including the dynamic effects of the energetic charged cosmic-ray particles, element synthesis, and particle acceleration. Further, gamma-rays suffer negligible absorption or scattering as they travel in straight paths. Hence they may survive billions of years. Studies of the spatial, temporal, and energy distribution of cosmic gamma-rays will, therefore, provide fundamental new information for resolving some of the major problems in astrophysics today. Attention is given to the gamma-ray observations of the solar system, stellar objects, diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Galaxy, other galaxies and cosmology, and future prospects.
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    Methane detected in Orion A (1978)
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    Description: This letter reports the detection of line emission from the Orion Molecular Cloud corresponding to six distinct pure-rotational delta J = 0 transitions in CH4. The transitions observed and the transition frequencies are: J = 11 E(2) - E(1), 4600.359 MHz; J = 18 F1(4) - F2(1), 76,231.45 MHz; J = 18 A1(2) - A2(1), 76,700.02 MHz; J = 19 F1(4) - F2(1), 75,944.99 MHz; J = 19 F2(4) - F1(1), 78,233.59 MHz; and J = 20 F2(5) - F1(2), 82,873.59 MHz. The observed spectra at the six transition frequencies are plotted, and all but two of the methane lines are found to be very narrow (about 2 km/s). It is noted that the small velocity widths of the four weaker lines and an observed variability of the J = 18 A line are classic characteristics of a maser and that the excitation appears to be nonthermal. An effective excitation temperature of 1100 to 2100 K is estimated for the methane in Orion A.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 226
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    Predicted color excess ratios versus interstellar grain size (1978)
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    Description: Various color excess ratios, the ratio (R) of total to selective extinction, and values of the wavelength of maximum interstellar linear polarization (lambda max) are computed and displayed as functions of mean interstellar grain size and absorption coefficients. E(V-K)/E(B-V)-E(u-b)/E(b-y) is shown to be highly sensitive to changes of mean grain size. The shape of the R versus lambda max curve is shown to depend on the amount of absorption initially present in the grains, and on the absorptivity of the material added to the grains. While no simple model of grain growth has been found to fit all the observations, the two stars with the largest values of lambda max (HD 147889 and W67) support the concept of dielectric mantles growing on dielectric grains. It is further shown that more accurate uby and JKL photometry of heavily reddened stars would permit better discrimination between grain growth theories.
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    Interaction between emission-line filaments and highly energetic explosions in QSOs (1978)
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    Description: The conditions under which QSO line-emitting regions can survive a relativistic explosion are investigated along with the question of whether past and future observations can place constraints on both predicted highly energetic outbursts of ultrarelativistic plasma or LF electromagnetic radiation and the line-emitting gas. Observed properties of QSO emission-line regions are reviewed, and the interaction between a relativistic explosion and a dense cloud is analyzed for the cases of a sudden release of relativistic plasma and an outburst of LF electromagnetic waves. Bremsstrahlung X-ray emission from shocked QSO filaments is calculated, the evolution of dense QSO clouds is examined, and radiative acceleration is excluded as the process responsible for the high bulk velocities of filaments, at least in sources that display energetic outbursts. An alternative mechanism involving highly energetic explosions is proposed.
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    Gas flow in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5383 (1978)
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    Description: Line-of-sight gas velocities calculated from a numerical hydrodynamical model of a barred spiral galaxy are compared with the observations and models made by Peterson, Rubin, Ford, and Thonnard of the gas flow in NGC 5383. The hydrodynamical model provides a somewhat better fit to the observations of NGC 5383 than does their symmetric, warped-disk model. It is argued that the basic model appropriate to understanding the gas motions in barred spiral galaxies is not circular rotation but rather a characteristic elliptical pattern of flow.
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    The formation of molecules in interstellar clouds from singly and multiply ionized atoms (1978)
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    Description: The suggestion is considered that multiply ionized atoms produced by K- and L-shell X-ray ionization and cosmic-ray ionization can undergo ion-molecule reactions and also initiate molecule production. The role of X-rays in molecule production in general is discussed, and the contribution to molecule production of the C(+) radiative association with hydrogen is examined. Such gas-phase reactions of singly and multiply ionized atoms are used to calculate molecular abundances of carbon-, nitrogen-, and oxygen-bearing species. The column densities of the molecules are evaluated on the basis of a modified version of previously developed isobaric cloud models. It is found that reactions of multiply ionized carbon with H2 can contribute a significant fraction of the observed CH in diffuse interstellar clouds in the presence of diffuse X-ray structures or discrete X-ray sources and that substantial amounts of CH(+) can be produced under certain conditions.
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    On the origin of Hawking mini black-holes and the cold early universe (1978)
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    Description: A simple argument is outlined leading to the result that the mass of mini black holes exploding today is 10 to the 15th power g. A mathematical model is discussed which indicates that the equation of state is greatly softened in the high-density regime and a phase transition may exist, such that any length (particularly very small sizes) will grow with time irrespective of its relation to the size of the particle horizon. It is shown that the effect of spin-2 mesons with respect to the equation of state is to soften the pressure and make it negative. An analytical expression is given for the probability that any particular region in a hot early universe will evolve into a black hole.
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    The 3 K blackbody radiation, Dirac's Large Numbers Hypothesis, and scale-covariant cosmology (1978)
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    Description: A program is described which is intended to derive a generalized system of gravitational equations that allow (but do not require) G to vary, to use the 3-K blackbody radiation to fix the relation between G and the gauge function, and to employ Dirac's (1937) Large Numbers Hypothesis to derive the geometry of the universe. Einstein's equations are retained in their total integrity, but the specification is made that they are valid only when gravitational units are used. A scale-invariant form of Einstein's equations is obtained, and from this are derived the energy conservation law, the baryon-number conservation law, and the appropriate cosmological equations. Dirac's proposals of 1937 and 1973 are incorporated into the formalism, and a gauge based on consolidation of the 3-K blackbody radiation is presented. A unique solution for the geometry of the universe is determined for zero curvature solely from the 3-K radiation and the Large Numbers Hypothesis; this solution predicts a deceleration parameter exactly equal to unity.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 224
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    Physics of the primitive solar nebula and of giant gaseous protoplanets (1978)
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    Description: It has been proposed that the supernova responsible for injecting Al-26 into the early solar system was in fact responsible for triggering the collapse of an interstellar cloud in order to produce a system of stars, one of which would be the solar system. Details concerning the mechanism involved in such a process are discussed. Attention is given to the evolution of the primitive solar nebula, the instabilities in the primitive solar nebula, and the giant gaseous protoplanets. The principal conclusion to be drawn from the material presented is that the primitive solar nebula was a rather chaotic place, highly turbulent, with the multiple formation of giant gaseous protoplanets.
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    Fragmentation of molecular clouds (1978)
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    Description: Fragmentation is generally considered to be the initial process that a molecular cloud must undergo before stars can form. Yet its role in determining the final mass spectrum remains obscure. It appears that gravitational fragmentation, considered as a unique process, is unsatisfactory. Both fragmentation and complementary physical processes are, therefore, discussed. One of the principle aims of the discussion is to indicate how stars of solar mass (and more generally, how the initial mass spectrum of stars) can form. Attention is given to the evidence for fragmentation, opacity-limited fragmentation, magnetic flux-limited fragmentation, fragmentation induced by molecule formation and excitation, protostellar heat input, fragment coalescence, accretion, binary formation, and probabilistic theories.
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    Numerical calculations of protostellar hydrodynamic collapse (1978)
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    Description: Although 1-D (spherically symmetric) experiments of protostar collapse are highly idealized, they are the only ones which have been carried to a stage where a 'stellar' object is formed. Experiments have shown that the parameters (e.g., radius and luminosity) of the visible stellar core are sensitive to the assumed initial conditions, particularly the initial density. One of the major findings of 2-D numerical experiments is the formation of rings. Three-dimensional hydrodynamical calculations indicate that a collapsing cloud will break up into two or more orbiting subcondensations with the possible subsequent development of a stellar multiple system.
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    Condensation processes and the formation of cosmic grains (1978)
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    Description: The case of condensation from a gas in the absence of any preexisting grains or nuclei upon which condensation can occur is considered. Some of the analysis is expected to apply to condensation on grains already present. An attempt is made to examine the basic assumptions of the various procedures used to describe condensation and to examine their applicability to astronomical systems. Attention is given to thermodynamic equilibration calculations, nucleation theory, kinetic mechanisms, the theoretical mechanisms, and condensation experiments.
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    Reynolds number influence on leeside flowfields (1978)
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    Description: Experimental results on the Reynolds number influence on the leeside flowfield of planar delta wings at supersonic speeds are presented. Wind tunnel experiments on two delta wing models with straight and sharp leading edges at freestream Mach number of 2.5 and 3.5 and angle of attack between 1 deg and 12.5 deg were carried out. The cross-sectional shape was triangular and the relative height was 0.25. The flow types investigated were to the left and right of the Stanbrook-Squire boundary. Under leading-edge separation conditions, the vortex position and intensity, and thus the suction pressure, vary with Re while the flow type remains nearly unchanged. In the region of separation with embedded shock, Re affects not only the shape of the separation bubble and pressure level near the leading edge but also the type of flow. At sufficiently high Re the flow type of separation with shock changes to one with shock-induced separation.
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    Type: AIAA Journal; 16; Dec. 197
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    Unsteady flow in a supersonic cascade with subsonic leading-edge locus (1978)
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    Description: Linearized theory is used to predict the unsteady flow in a supersonic cascade with subsonic axial flow velocity. A closed-form analytical solution is obtained by using a double application of the Wiener-Hopf technique. Although numerical and semianalytical solutions of this problem have already appeared in the literature, this paper contains the first completely analytical solution. It has been stated in the literature that the blade source should vanish at the infinite duct resonance condition. The present analysis shows that this does not occur. This apparent discrepancy is explained in the paper.
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    The observational status of the Beta Cephei stars (1978)
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    Description: The Beta Cephei stars are a group of variables of spectral type B, whose light and radial velocity periods lie between about three and seven hours. An up-to-date summary of the observational data for individual stars considered to be members of the Beta Cephei group is provided. The general properties of Beta Cephei stars as determined from a comparison between theory and observation are considered, taking into account location in the HR diagram and evolutionary state, physical properties, statistics and galactic distribution, and period-luminosity relation and pulsation mode. Recent trends concerning the observation of Beta Cephei stars are examined, giving attention to a search for new variables, ultraviolet observations from spacecraft, and high-resolution studies of profile variations.
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    The central, compact source in the Cygnus A galaxy (1978)
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    Description: Single, optically thin, component models as well as double, optically thick at low frequencies, component models have been examined in trying to explain the central source in the nucleus of Cygnus A. In the course of exploring those models, it is found that this compact radio source may be quite similar to other compact and variable sources in Seyfert galaxies and quasars. Double component models generally do better because they fit the X-rays, and there is a good chance that the X-rays arise in the central source; these models can naturally explain variability which may already have been detected in X-rays. The IR is most likely due to emission by cold dust in the nucleus of Cygnus A. Optical emission is, very likely, primarily thermal, except perhaps at UV wavelengths. A number of observations are suggested to check the predictions of this work.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 225
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    Optical detection of local interstellar particles during an out-of-ecliptic mission (1978)
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    Description: A proposed NASA/ESA 'out of ecliptic' mission for placing limits on the brightness of the interstellar (IS) relative to the interplanetary (IP) component of zodiacal light is discussed. The brightness integral used to estimate the monochromatic is introduced, and it is explained that, although the interstellar contribution is below the limit of detectability for earth-based measurements, sunwards viewing from a spacecraft located at a distance of 1 AU would be able to detect the IS component. The color difference between the IS and IP components is considered in an analysis of the upper limit of IS component detectability.
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    Relativistic blast-wave model for the rapid flux variations of AO 0235+164 and other compact radio sources (1978)
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    Description: A relativistic blast-wave version of a signal-screen model is developed which can adequately explain the details of the flux-density and structural variations of compact extragalactic radio sources. The relativistic motion implied by flux variations is analyzed with respect to the synchrotron spectrum of the BL Lac object AO 0235+164 observed during outbursts, and a signal-screen model for rapidly expanding shells produced by ultrarelativistic blast waves is examined. The approximate observed structure of the blast wave at three stages in its evolution is illustrated, each stage is described, and the model is applied to the flux density outburst in AO 0235+164 observed in late 1975. The results show that a relativistic blast-wave model can in general reproduce the main features of the observed flux variations in compact sources. Some problems with the proposed model are briefly discussed.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 224
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    The infrared source associated with Sh 2-149 (1978)
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    Description: Observations at optical and infrared wavelengths of the bright infrared point source in the direction of Sh 2-149 are used to determine a spectral type (M1) and luminosity class (Ib-II) for the object. These observations contradict the suggestion of Bergeat et al. (1975) that the object is a highly reddened O star. The estimated visual extinction (approximately 5-7 magnitudes) and luminosity class derived from the present observations are used to estimate the distance (about 1-3 kpc) to the infrared source.
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    Type: Astronomy and Astrophysics; 67; 2, Ju; July 197
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    Ionization of interstellar H2 clouds by supernovae (1978)
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    Description: Two destruction mechanisms for molecular hydrogen in the H I regions of the interstellar medium were given by Stecher and Williams (1967). The first is dominant in weak radiation fields and involves photon excitation (at about 1000 A) to the first excited electronic state with a subsequent decay into the vibrational continuum of the ground state. The second destruction mechanism is dominant in the strong photon fields that exist when a supernova explosion occurs. It involves photoionization (at about 1000 A) from metastable high vibrational levels produced by photon excitation (in the same wavelength range) to an excited electronic state and subsequent decay to bound vibrational levels. It is shown that ionization of molecular hydrogen can occur at considerable distances from such supernova events while the atomic hydrogen remains neutral. The effect should be observable in the dispersion measures of new pulsars.
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    Type: Astronomy and Astrophysics; 67; 1, Ju; June 197
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    Interplanetary gas. XXII - Plasma tail disconnection events in comets - Evidence for magnetic field line reconnection at interplanetary sector boundaries (1978)
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    Description: Attention is focused on a form of cometary activity which has been known for some time but is poorly understood: the discarding of a plasma tail by a comet. A link is found between plasma-tail rejections and conditions in the solar wind. A model is presented in which a disconnected tail is the end result of magnetic-field-line reconnection in the cometary ionosphere caused by the traversal of a magnetic sector boundary. Observations of plasma tails appear to be the best and only method at present of mapping the interplanetary sector structure out of the ecliptic plane.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 223
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    Hercules X-1 = HZ Herculis - A multiperiod variable (1978)
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    Description: Fundamental rotation properties of the free modes of oscillation of a star are employed to account for the various periodicities observed in the X-ray binary system HZ Her/Her X-1. The various rotation rates may be taken as defining a set of beat periods associated with the quasiregular flareups of HZ Her. This analysis, involving only one free parameter, provides a single physical mechanism to explain five observed periods of the binary system, including periods of 1.7 days, 35 days and 10 to 12 years.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 219
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    The rocket-ultraviolet spectrum and models of the planetary nebula NGC 7662 (1978)
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    Description: Ultraviolet spectral analysis of NGC 7662 has revealed a Balmer line distribution indicating a C/O ratio of unity. This abundance of carbon is characteristic of mixing between the central star and the outer envelope of the planetary nebula. A continuum spectrum is observed from the star and the nebula, radiating its energy via the two photon process through neutral hydrogen. Spectral lines were fitted to apply to the predictions of three models of the nebular structure. UV observations were compared with visible, IR, and radio observations.
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    Inlet boundary-layer shapes on four aircraft forebodies at Mach 6 (1978)
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    Description: Boundary-layer shape measurements at the engine inlet on four different hypersonic aircraft forebody designs (with no engine on the forebody) are reported. The measurements provide a qualitative assessment of the effectiveness of various forebody geometries as engine inlet precompression surfaces. The designs, tested in a hypersonic tunnel at Mach 6 and a nominal freestream Reynolds number of 30,500,000, included a semiconical forebody, a configuration similar to a slab delta wing, a conical nose blended into a flat surface, and a conical, complex forebody shape. Boundary layer height as a function of forebody compression is shown for each design.
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    Type: Journal of Aircraft; 15; Jan. 197
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    The light curve of the nucleus of comet d'Arrest (1978)
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    Description: This paper reports new photoelectric photometry of the nucleus of P/d'Arrest (1976e) during August 4, 5, and 6, 1976 (UT), just before perihelion passage. The comet appeared as a bright stellar nucleus with a faint surrounding coma. The average visual magnitude from the nuclear region (16-arcsec diaphragm) was 11.60. The visual brightness varies with an amplitude of 0.15 plus or minus 0.02 mag. There is evidence for a period of 5.17 plus or minus 0.01 hr. We interpret such a periodic variation as due to the rotation of the nucleus. The colors of the nuclear region are very similar to those of a solar-type star, and they do not vary significantly with aspect angle.
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    Type: Icarus; 34; Apr. 197
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    Superdense neutron matter (1978)
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    Description: A relativistic theory of high-density matter is presented which takes into account the short-range interaction due to the exchange of spin-2 mesons. An equation of state is derived and used to compute neutron-star properties. The prediction of the theory for the values of maximum mass and moment of inertia for a stable neutron star are 1.75 solar masses and 1.68 by 10 to the 45th power g-sq cm, in very good agreement with the presently known observational bounds. The corresponding radius is found to be 10.7 km. It is found that the inclusion of the spin-2 interaction reduces the disagreement between the relativistic and nonrelativistic theories in their predictions of masses and moments of inertia.
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    Some problems with the interpretation of recent microwave background observations in the direction of galaxy clusters, or, beware of negative antenna temperatures (1978)
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    Description: Recently reported observations of the 3-K microwave background in the direction of rich clusters of galaxies should be viewed as placing stringent limits on the mass of cooler ionized gas within the clusters, rather than as a verification of thermal bremsstrahlung models for cluster X-ray sources. At the high radio frequencies employed in the observations, there is a positive contribution to the observed source-brightness distributions from free-free emission by any cooler gas. This can overwhelm the anticipated inverse Compton diminution of the background radiation, even when the total mass in cooler gas is significantly less than the mass of hot plasma required to explain the X-ray source. Future experiments of this type should be conducted only when atmospheric stability is sufficient to permit lengthy drift scans across the clusters. Extreme care must be taken to remove the contributions from any discrete sources.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 220
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    An interstellar cloud density from Copernicus observations of CO in the spectrum of Zeta Ophiuchi (1978)
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    Description: Interstellar CO absorption bands in Copernicus spectra of Zeta Oph have been studied. Absorption profiles, computed under the assumption that excitation is due to collisions with H2 molecules and interaction with the 3-K background radiation field, were fitted to the reduced data of nine bands. When a gas kinetic temperature of 56 K is assumed, the best-fit condition implies a hydrogen-nucleus density of 120 per cu cm, a CO column density of 1.2 by 10 to the 15th power per sq cm, and a radial-velocity dispersion of 0.9 km/s. The relevance of these results to existing ideas concerning the Zeta Oph interstellar clouds is discussed. It is suggested that the strongest interstellar component is not circumstellar in origin but is instead part of a supernova remnant. Simple calculations are made to establish the plausibility of the supernova-remnant identification. This suggestion is also supported by Heiles's (1976) 21-cm pictures.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 220
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    Heliocentric distance dependence of the interplanetary magnetic field (1978)
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    Description: Numerous spacecraft measurements bearing on the heliocentric distance dependencies of both large- and small-scale properties of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) are assembled and compared. These data tend to indicate that the average of the radial field component varies as the inverse square of distance. However, the azimuthal component is rather strongly a function of time, being influenced by both the time-dependent solar wind speed and the evolution of the source field at the sun. Thus, unless the solar wind speed dependence is taken into account, individual sets of measurements by a single spacecraft give an azimuthal component gradient which is steeper than the inverse distance dependence predicted from the Parker spiral model. A least squares fit to the composite (five spacecraft) solar rotation average data set gives a result close to the inverse distance dependence. Preliminary Helios results suggest general consistency with the spiral model.
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    Type: Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics; 16; Feb. 197
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    ISAs and the dwarf content of the inner nuclear regions of M31 (1978)
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 37; May 1978
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    On the detection of newly created CN radicals in comets (1978)
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    Description: A description is presented of laboratory measurements concerning the amount and the distribution of energy released into newly formed radicals by the photodissociation process. The experimental method used involved flash photolysis of the parent compound followed by laser induced fluorescence detection of the CN fragment. This method allowed the detection of individual rotational lines and, thereby, a monitoring of the relative populations of the vibrational-rotational levels of the CN ground state. The results obtained in the investigation suggest the possibility of observing emission lines in cometary spectra from newly formed CN radicals. Calculations show that it is feasible with present observational techniques to detect photochemically excited lines in the 0-0 band of the violet system.
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    Type: Icarus; 34; May 1978
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    Notes on the transonic indicial method (1978)
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    Description: The indicial method for calculating flutter derivatives for two-dimensional airfoils at transonic speeds is discussed, with particular attention given to the effect of a moving shock on the flow variables in the indicial method. An expression for the pressure coefficient is developed on the basis of an explicit treatment of the shock motion; the pressure distribution may then be calculated for general oscillations through use of the indicial method. Explicit inclusion of the shock motion is not necessary if only the lift and pitching moment coefficients are desired.
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    Type: AIAA Journal; 16; June 197
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    Nova-driven winds in globular clusters (1978)
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    Description: Recent sensitive searches for H-alpha emission from ionized intracluster gas in globular clusters have set upper limits that conflict with theoretical predictions. It is suggested that nova outbursts heat the gas, producing winds that resolve this discrepancy. The incidence of novae in globular clusters, the conversion of kinetic energy of the nova shell to thermal energy of the intracluster gas, and the characteristics of the resultant winds are discussed. Calculated emission from the nova-driven models does not conflict with any observations to date. Some suggestions are made concerning the most promising approaches for future detection of intracluster gas on the basis of these models. The possible relationship of nova-driven winds to globular cluster X-ray sources is also considered.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 222
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    Plasma electron observations in the wake of Venus (1978)
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    Description: Two plasma regimes were observed in the Venus wake, one characterized by negative-going anisotropies accompanied by high bulk speeds and low magnetic variance, and the other characterized by positive-going anisotropies accompanied by low bulk speeds and high magnetic variance. The two modes alternate in time in a stochastic bimodal fashion as interplanetary magnetic field discontinuities propagate past Venus and switch on the positive anisotropies. The positive mode probably represents enhanced planetary ion pickup which results in instabilities, the damping of which energizes the electrons in the distant wake.
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    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research; 83; Apr. 1
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    Thermal continuum from acretion disks in quasars (1978)
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    Description: It is argued that supermassive accretion in disks may explain the flat optical continuum observed from some QSOs and Seyfert galaxies. With the aid of energy considerations it is shown that a luminous QSO may be powered by accretion onto a black hole with a mass corresponding to that of 100 million solar masses. It is proposed that the blue continuum component of 3C 273 is thermal continuum emission from the inner part of an accretion disk that powers 3C 273. The present model suggests that many QSOs and Seyfert galaxies may show a power law continuum plus thermal emission from the disk at optical or UV frequencies. Many such objects show indeed a flattening or upturn of their continua in the blue. The QSO PHL 957 shows a flat continuum and indications of a cutoff at the highest observed frequencies.
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    Interplanetary gas. XXII - Interaction of comet Kohoutek's ion tail with the compression region of a solar-wind corotating stream (1978)
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    Description: An apparently successful identification of a comet-tail feature with a solar-wind event is presented. Photographs of comet Kohoutek 1973f show a large-scale disturbance in the middle and outer regions of the ion tail early on January 20 of 1974. On the previous and succeeding days the comet had, however, a 'normal' and less active appearance. The peculiar tail structure is linked to an encounter with rapidly changing solar-wind conditions on the forward edge of the high-velocity solar-wind stream which encountered the earth late on January 24. The stream produced a geomagnetic storm of the recurrent type. The high-speed stream appears to have been associated with a large near-equatorial coronal hole which underwent central meridian passage on January 22. It is proposed that the comet was in the compression region on the stream forward edge at the time of formation of the tail disturbance. The accuracy of the time delays is actually tested by an application of the wind shock theory of ionic tail orientations.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 221
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    Extended observations of Vela X-1 by OSO 8 (1978)
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    Description: The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Cosmic X-Ray experiment aboard OSO 8 viewed the X-ray binary pulsar, Vela X-1, on three occasions from late 1975 through late 1976. The X-ray spectrum is well-represented by a power law modified by photoelectric absorption, a high-energy cutoff, and a line feature at about 6.8 keV. When combined with other observations, the reported measurements show that the pulse period is not decreasing monotonically. The three eclipses observed all indicate a significant eclipse flux.
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    Pulsational stabilities of a star in thermal imbalance - Comparison between the methods (1978)
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    Description: The stability coefficients for quasi-adiabatic pulsations for a model in thermal imbalance are evaluated using the dynamical energy (DE) approach, the total (kinetic plus potential) energy (TE) approach, and the small amplitude (SA) approaches. From a comparison among the methods, it is found that there can exist two distinct stability coefficients under conditions of thermal imbalance as pointed out by Demaret. It is shown that both the TE approaches lead to one stability coefficient, while both the SA approaches lead to another coefficient. The coefficient obtained through the energy approaches is identified as the one which determines the stability of the velocity amplitudes. For a prenova model with a thin hydrogen-burning shell in thermal imbalance, several radial modes are found to be unstable both for radial displacements and for velocity amplitudes. However, a new kind of pulsational instability also appears, viz., while the radial displacements are unstable, the velocity amplitudes may be stabilized through the thermal imbalance terms.
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    The spectrum of HM Sagittae - A planetary nebula excited by a Wolf-Rayet Star (1978)
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    Type: Astrophysical Letters; 19; 3, 19; 1978
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    Enriched gas in clusters and the dynamics of galaxies and clusters Implications for theories of galaxy formation (1978)
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    Description: Recent observations of the rotation of elliptical galaxies and of X-ray clusters are cited in developing a simple model for the formation of elliptical and spiral galaxies; the model provides for continuous galaxy formation from redshift values of about 100 onwards. In particular, it is argued that a fundamental alteration in the manner in which cosmic material fragmented to form stellar objects took place at a redshift value of approximately five. This change of regime may be employed to explain the formation of Population I disks, the origin of hot intracluster gas, the galaxy luminosity function, and the mass-to-light ratio stratification of galaxies.
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    Type: Comments on Modern Physics; vol. 7
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    A model of V356 Sagittarii (1978)
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    Description: It is pointed out that V356 Sgr is an abnormal member of the Algol class of binaries. According to Popper (1955), the primary component is of spectral type B3V and is rotating rapidly, while the secondary is of type A2II and is rotating at least approximately in synchronism with the orbital motion. The system is either semidetached or quite near to being semidetached. The main anomalies are related to the ratio of eclipse depths, the very small reflection effect of the light curves, differences between the duration of the primary and the secondary eclipse, and the unusual characteristics of the primary eclipse. It is concluded that the lack of agreement between theory and observation can be due only to an important attribute of the binary which has not yet been incorporated into the theory. The peculiarities can most reasonably be explained in terms of a geometrically and optically thick disk which surrounds the primary component.
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    Energetic secondary electrons and the nonthermal galactic radio background - A probe of the magnetic field in interstellar clouds (1978)
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    Description: A previous analysis of the manifestations of charged-pion-decay secondary electrons in interstellar cloud material is extended to include those contributions to the Galactic radio and soft gamma-ray backgrounds that are directly attributable to energetic secondaries. The equilibrium distribution of secondary electrons in dense interstellar clouds is calculated, synchrotron emissivity from isolated interstellar clouds is examined, and it is shown how the value of the magnetic field in these clouds may be determined by observing the radio emission in their directions. The contribution that such clouds make to the integrated radio background is evaluated, and the Galactic distribution of bremsstrahlung gamma rays that arise from interactions of secondary electrons with thermal material in dense clouds is computed. The results indicate that a magnetic field of no more than 80 microgauss is characteristic of dense clouds and that the integrated synchrotron radiation from secondary electrons in interstellar clouds will contribute a significant fraction of the nonthermal brightness along the Galactic equator even if the mean cloud field is as low as 35 microgauss.
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    Baryon symmetric big bang cosmology (1978)
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    Description: Both the quantum theory and Einsteins theory of special relativity lead to the supposition that matter and antimatter were produced in equal quantities during the big bang. It is noted that local matter/antimatter asymmetries may be reconciled with universal symmetry by assuming (1) a slight imbalance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, annihilation, and a subsequent remainder of matter; (2) localized regions of excess for one or the other type of matter as an initial condition; and (3) an extremely dense, high temperature state with zero net baryon number; i.e., matter/antimatter symmetry. Attention is given to the third assumption, which is the simplest and the most in keeping with current knowledge of the cosmos, especially as pertains the universality of 3 K background radiation. Mechanisms of galaxy formation are discussed, whereby matter and antimatter might have collided and annihilated each other, or have coexisted (and continue to coexist) at vast distances. It is pointed out that baryon symmetric big bang cosmology could probably be proved if an antinucleus could be detected in cosmic radiation.
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    Origin and evolution of the radio emission from immediate postoutburst supernovae (1978)
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    Description: Several models for the radio emission from immediate postoutburst supernovae are examined under the assumption that the expanding remnant consists of a homogeneously mixed distribution of relativistic particles, magnetic field, and thermal plasma. The evolutionary models are: (1) an adiabatic expansion model; (2) a model incorporating the existence of a central pulsar; and (3) variations on the first two models in which relativistic electrons are accelerated either instantaneously or over an extended period of time and in which ionization, bremsstrahlung, synchrotron, Compton, and expansion losses are explicitly included. The character of the radio emission expected from these models is quite dissimilar. Whereas in adiabatic expansion models the emission is expected to increase slowly and become most intense at high frequencies, in models involving a central pulsar the emission should increase rapidly with a maximum flux density that is the same at all frequencies. The theoretical evolution of the radio emission for each model is compared with observations of SN 1970g.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 220
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    Nuclear brightness profiles of the X-ray globular cluster M15 compared to M3, M5, and M13 (1978)
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    Description: Densitometer tracings of the globular clusters M3, M5, M13 and M15 indicate that the central peak of the brightness profile for M15 is narrower in the red than in the blue region. It is suggested that the red excess in the nucleus of M15 is due to red giants.
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    Type: Astronomical Journal; 83; May 1978
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    Maximum temperatures during the formation of the solar nebula (1978)
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    Description: Most numerical models of cloud collapse yield the result that temperatures were never above 1000 K at distances not less than 1 AU from the axis of the forming solar system. In contrast, most meteorite researchers hold that higher temperatures are necessary to account for a variety of elemental fractionations found between groups of meteorites, between members of a single group, and between components of a single meteorite. A summary of the researchers' viewpoint is presented. An investigation is conducted of the evidence which indicates that chondrites were formed in the solar nebula. Attention is also given to the maximum nebular temperatures during the formation of chondrites.
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    The chaotic solar nebula - Evidence for episodic condensation in several distinct zones (1978)
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    Description: Abundances of rare earth elements in Allende inclusions are considered along with the rim sequence on coarse-grained chondrules. It is found that in at least several zones the nebula went through episodes of condensation and gas/grain separation. Four separate zones are required to make the two types of fine-grained aggregates and the two types of coarse-grained chondrules. Other types of inclusions in Allende, such as the olivine aggregates, may well require additional condensation zones. All of these conclusions are based on data from one meteorite. Although the details of the gas/grain separation mechanism in these zones is not well understood, it is clear that a single monotonic-cooling condensation sequence followed by isolation of grains from gas cannot account for the observations.
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    Interplanetary dust - Possible implications for comets and presolar interstellar grains (1978)
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    Description: Interplanetary dust is important to studies of the origin of the solar system because it is material from comets and asteroids, the smallest surviving bodies from the early solar system. The fact that comets are the major suppliers of the millimeter meteoroids which produce optical meteors suggests that a significant fraction of the submillimeter portion of the meteoroid complex is also cometary material. While comets are probably the major source, it is important to remember that the dust presently impacting the earth was probably generated by a number of different parent bodies. The collection of interplanetary dust is considered and a description is presented of the physical properties of interplanetary dust, taking into account the structure, elemental composition, and mineralogy.
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    IMF structures between 0.3 and 1 A.U. - A comparison of two-spacecraft observations (1978)
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    Description: Interplanetary-magnetic-field observations by Helios 1 and IMP 8 have been compared for a period of time (corresponding to four solar rotations) in which the radial and latitudinal separations between spacecraft, respectively, ranged between 0 and 0.69 AU and 0 and 14.5 degrees. The correspondence between macrostructural features is good even when the observing spacecraft are located at opposite sides of the solar equatorial plane. Unipolar regions of the interplanetary magnetic field are confirmed as steady-state, corotating structures and are also mostly consistent with a quite regular extension of the field polarities of the observed coronal holes. There are, however, interesting examples of recurrent unipolar regions which are not associated with the recurrent pattern of high-velocity streams. A comparison of two field enhancements suggests that these structures do not experience significant modifications with the heliocentric distance.
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    Type: Nuovo Cimento C; vol. 1C
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    Neutron stars (1978)
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    Description: Quantum-mechanical processes associated with the presence of high magnetic fields and the effect of such fields on the evolution of neutron stars are reviewed. A technical description of the interior of a neutron star is presented. The neutron star-pulsar relation is reviewed and consideration is given to supernovae explosions, flux conservation in neutron stars, gauge-invariant derivation of the equation of state for a strongly magnetized gas, neutron beta-decay, and the stability condition for a neutron star.
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    X-ray emission from RS CVn systems - A progress report (1978)
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    Description: A report is given on progress made in a search for soft X-ray emission from RS CVn systems, using the low-energy detectors aboard HEAO 1. To date, nine systems have been seen. The properties of these systems are discussed. The failure to detect certain systems is considered. The possibility is discussed of discovering hitherto unknown RS CVn systems with soft X-ray observations.
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    Type: Astronomical Journal; 83; Dec. 197
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    Stellar winds and the evolution of luminous stars (1978)
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    Description: The effect of a stellar wind on the evolution of stars in the mass range 7-60 solar masses has been investigated for stellar models in which Carson's opacities have been employed. Several cases of mass loss have been considered. It is found that the assumption of heavy mass loss from both blue and red supergiants can account well for the relevant observations of OBN stars, WN stars, and very luminous supergiants of all spectral types. But no amount of mass loss can account adequately for the properties of the B supergiants of lowest luminosity. A critical comparison is made between the present results and some earlier results based on the adoption of Cox-Stewart opacities.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 226
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    On the nature and origin of comets and their contribution to planets (1978)
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    Description: The rotation of cometary nuclei and certain properties of cometary ices are discussed. Observations show that comets were formed at extremely low temperatures and probably contain amorphous ices that give off exothermal energy on mild heating. While a large comet has a slow rotation period, many smaller typical comets appear to be rotating rapidly, indicating that encounters among them were frequent during formation. An estimate for the product of the relaxation time for encounters and the mean space density near the end of comet formation is presented, and a time scale of approximately 1,000,000 yr for comet accumulation is suggested. Some probable and possible contribution of comets to the solar system are summarized.
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    IUE observations of the interstellar medium (1978)
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    Description: Results from a preliminary study of interstellar absorption lines in the spectra of the three stars HD149757, HD93521 and HD153919, observed by the IUE during its commissioning phase are presented. They demonstrate the capabilities of the IUE for interstellar research. Results from a preliminary study of the emission line spectrum of the planetary nebula NGC 7027 are outlined and used to study its interstellar reddening.
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    A consistent age for the Universe (1978)
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    Description: The constraints associated with traditional dating methods for determining the age of the universe are combined in the context of the standard cosmological model to see which age can satisfy them all. The allowed age of the universe is found to range from 13.5 to 15.5 times 1,000,000,000 years in accordance with the limits for the density parameter being 0.06 and 0.3 and the limits for the heavy element mass fraction of globular clusters being 0.0001 and 0.001. The proposed range for the age of the universe agrees with Friedmann's description of the universe.
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    Type: Nature; 274; Aug. 17
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    The X-ray source Serpens X-1 - Ariel 5 observations and discussion of models for the spectrum and time variability (1978)
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    Description: Experimental data from Ariel 5 on the spectral shape and time variability of Ser X-1 are presented, and possible explanations for the observations are discussed in terms of current theoretical suggestions for source emission. The observations are summarized in the form of a light curve for 3-7.6-keV photons. The data are fitted with a power law of index -2.3, which yields a hydrogen column density of (1.1 + or - 0.4) x 10 to the 22nd power atoms/sq cm. No persistent periodicity of amplitude greater than 5% of the steady flux is found, but evidence of statistically significant burst activity is obtained. Various emission mechanisms are considered for the time-averaged spectrum and the X-ray bursts. It is suggested that the inverse Compton mechanism is a likely cause for the emission from this source and that the source is radiating near the Eddington limit.
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    Type: Royal Astronomical Society; vol. 184
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    Detection of the C4H radical toward IRC plus 10216 (1978)
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    Description: Four emission doublets in the millimeter-wave spectrum of IRC plus 10216 are identified as successive rotational transitions of the linear butadiynyl radical (C4H). The identifications are made on the basis of the agreement to within about 1 part in 1000 between the observed rotation constant of C4H and the value obtained from a Hartree-Fock calculation. A rough estimate of the amounts of C4H and C3N in the molecular envelope of IRC plus 10216 is given. The results indicate that C4H seems to be the more abundant species by about a factor of 4.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 224
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    The far-infrared spectrum of S140 IR (1978)
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    Description: The spectrum of S140 IR from 65 to 345 kaysers (155-29 microns) has been measured with 9.4-kayser resolution. The emission in this spectral range is consistent with a 9-arcsec-diameter blackbody radiating at a temperature of 70 K. Attempts at finding a self-consistent radiative-transfer model of the source suggest that the near- and far-infrared observations cannot result from a spherically symmetric nebula with a continuous density distribution and a central exciting source. A number of compact near-infrared sources may be embedded in the cloud.
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    On the stability of disklike galaxies in massive halos (1978)
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    Description: Results are reported for a series of disk-galaxy simulations carried out as part of a systematic search for disk-galaxy models that show little change over the time of several galactic rotations. Systems in a given fixed external field, such as might be provided by a massive halo, are considered. The analysis is performed in terms of two parameters: the fraction of the total mass that resides in the active disk and the velocity dispersion in the active disk. The amount of halo mass required to stabilize a disk with a given velocity dispersion is investigated along with the question of whether any amount of halo mass can stabilize a completely 'cold' disk galaxy. The experimental results are quoted as growth rates estimated from plots of the amplitudes of Fourier analyses of the density in each of a set of narrow annuli, and systematic trends in the dependence of growth rates on the adjustable parameters are examined. It is shown that a massive inert halo contributes to the stability of disk-galaxy models, but some velocity dispersion is required.
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    Coordinated photometric and spectroscopic observations of strong extragalactic 90 GHz sources (1978)
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    Description: Nearly simultaneous radio and infrared-optical observations were obtained for several extragalactic radio sources which are strong at 90 GHz. The spectral-flux distributions are generally peaked or flat over the radio portion of the spectrum with a steeper, power-law behavior at infrared-optical frequencies. For all sources, the radio and infrared-optical portions of the spectral-flux distributions can be smoothly joined by physically sensible interpolations over the spectral gap, although spectral breaks are required. For many of the sources, this is consistent with a common (synchrotron) origin of the radio, millimeter, and infrared-optical radiation. However, proof, in terms of correlated temporal variations and polarization properties, is still generally lacking.
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    Consequences of narrow cyclotron emission from Hercules X-1 (1978)
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    Description: Explanations of the line feature in the hard X-ray (58 keV) spectrum of the compact X-ray source Hercules X-1 are presented. The most important characteristic of the emission (interpreted as a cyclotron emission from a strong magnetic field, i.e., B greater than one trillion Gauss) is that the FWHM is less than 12 keV, with a total observed luminosity in the line of approximately 1% of the total X-ray luminosity. If the source region is only at the magnetic poles of a neutron star, the electrons are confined to a path nearly parallel to the B-field lines, and the angle of emission will be narrow. Photon emission under such circumstances is also discussed; and it is suggested that photons can leave either through holes in the shell formed by the hard X-rays, or can escape through the shell itself. Attention is given to the accretion flow structure near the magnetopause, as a critical parameter of narrow line emission.
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    Type: Nature; vol2 274
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    Some astrophysical consequences of the existence of a heavy stable neutral lepton (1978)
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    Description: It is suggested that a stable, massive, neutral lepton may dominate the present mass density in the universe. To investigate this assumption, attention is given to an analysis of extended gauge theories as they apply to a lepton with a mass of a few GeV/sq cm. A critical factor in the accuracy of the hypothesis is the actual mass of the lepton, and it is noted that the more massive the individual particle, the smaller the particle's aggregate contribution to the universal mass density. High energy accelerators could prove a useful tool in an empirical determination of the lepton's mass. It is further suggested that the lepton considered might provide the material in galactic halos, or supply the mass necessary to bind galactic clusters. A study of intergalactic annihilation radiation is expected to yield more data pertaining to the lepton's existence.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 223
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    Numerical experiments on the stability of disklike galaxies (1978)
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    Description: It is noted that the stability properties of available galactic models are not consistent with presumptions based on observation and that axisymmetric disk systems with velocity dispersions like those of the Galaxy display major changes in form on a dynamical time scale. A report is given on a series of numerical experiments carried out as part of a systematic search for purely self-consistent disk galaxy models that might undergo little change over the time of several galactic rotations. The stability problem is reviewed, the method and calculations used are described, and initial conditions are outlined. The problem of estimating growth rates is discussed, and growth rates are evaluated for various disturbances. Experimental results are presented concerning growths of axisymmetric disturbances in 'cold' systems as well as disturbances with m = 1, 2, and 3. It is found that m = 2 disturbances are the most virulent and should dominate when all m values are allowed, but that the most rapidly growing disturbances are inhibited when several m values are allowed.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 223
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    Three-dimensional galaxy simulations (1978)
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    Description: A three-dimensional fully self-consistent computer model was used to determine the evolution of galaxies consisting of 100,000 simulation stars with exponential radial density variation. Comparison with two-dimensional (infinitesimally thin disk) simulations showed only a very slight stabilizing effect due to the additional degree of freedom. The addition of a fully self-consistent, nonrotating, exponential core/halo component resulted in considerable stabilization. The most pronounced instabilities present were those due to the Jeans' instability in the outer regions of the disk, while at the same time a relatively slowly-growing bar instability appeared. The two-dimensional disk, plus core/halo simulation, showed the usual fast-growing instability leading to bar formation.
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    Type: Astronomical Journal; 83; July 197
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    The Ca II V/R ratio and mass loss (1978)
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    Description: High-dispersion coude spectrograms of 181 MK standards of types early F through late M, including luminosity classes Ia, Ib, II, and III, are analyzed. It is shown that the brightness ratio of the V and R self-reversed emission peaks (denoted V/R) in the center of the Ca II K line is correlated with spectral type as well as with certain other spectral-type and luminosity-sensitive parameters, including indicators of mass loss and the H-K wing emission lines. The observations indicate that V/R varies smoothly from less than unity in late K and M giants to greater than unity for G giants. This trend appears to be true for bright giants as well but not necessarily for supergiants and seems to hold for the average V/R for a given star, although short-term variations in V/R occur. It is suggested that the V/R values, which can be interpreted in terms of atmospheric motions, may indirectly relate to effects of evolutionary changes in stellar structure and that V/R among late-type stars could be useful as an indicator of both chromospheric activity and the state of stellar evolution.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 223
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    New trends in cosmology (1978)
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    Description: A review of big-bang cosmology is presented, emphasizing the big-bang model, hypotheses on the origin of galaxies, observational tests of the big-bang model that may be possible with the Large Space Telescope, and the scale-covariant theory of gravitation. Detailed attention is given to the equations of general relativity, the redshift-distance relation for extragalactic objects, expansion of the universe, the initial singularity, the discovery of the 3-K blackbody radiation, and measurements of the amount of deuterium in the universe. The curvature of the expanding universe is examined along with the magnitude-redshift relation for quasars and galaxies. Several models for the origin of galaxies are evaluated, and it is suggested that a model of galaxy formation via the formation of black holes is consistent with the model of an expanding universe. Scale covariance is discussed, a scale-covariant theory is developed which contains invariance under scale transformation, and it is shown that Dirac's (1937) large-numbers hypothesis finds a natural role in this theory by relating the atomic and Einstein units.
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    Structure of current sheets in magnetic holes at 1 AU (1978)
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    Description: Current density profiles in several types of interplanetary magnetic holes have been calculated using high-resolution Imp 6 magnetic field data (12.5 vector measurements/s), assuming that the currents flow in planar sheets and that the magnetic field varies only in the direction normal to the sheet. The planarity was verified in four holes which were observed by two suitably spaced spacecraft. Four types of simple magnetic holes are discussed, in which B varies nearly monotonically on each side of the hole. In two of the holes, B varies in intensity but not in direction as a result of currents normal to B. In the other two holes, B changes in both magnitude and direction as a result of currents both normal and parallel to B. The observed structures are found to be qualitatively consistent with the models of Burlaga and Lemaire (1978). Examples of complex irregular magnetic holes are also presented, and they are shown to contain multiple current sheets in which currents flow parallel to one another at various angles with respect to B. There is no model of such magnetic holes at present.
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    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research; 83; Dec. 1
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    The distribution of S IV and Ne II in NGC 7027 (1978)
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    Description: Results are reported for measurements of the S IV 10.5-micron and Ne II 12.8-micron IR emission lines at four positions in NGC 7027 and of the Ar III 9.0-micron line at one position in the same planetary nebula. Ionic abundances are calculated using the data obtained at one position and are combined with published optical data for other ionization states to obtain total elemental abundances. The S IV and Ne II line-intensity distributions are compared with an 8.1-GHz radio map of the nebula. The S IV distribution indicates a density of about 500,000 per cu cm, and the Ne II is found to be contained in low-ionization regions distributed inhomogeneously throughout the nebula. The total abundances relative to hydrogen are determined to be 0.000015 for S, 0.000053 for Ne, and 0.000007 for Ar; these abundances are shown to be within the range of published average values for planetary nebulae.
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    Type: Astronomical Society of the Pacific; vol. 90
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    Discovery of polarized light scattered by dust around Alpha Orionis (1978)
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    Description: Following the suggestion by Jura and Jacoby (1976), linearly polarized blue continuum starlight scattered by the dust shell around the M2 Iab star Alpha Orionis (Betelgeuse) has been discovered. The polarization has been traced in the NE, NW, SE, and SW directions and has positive (tangential) orientation. Some asymmetry of the optical depth in the shell exists 15 and 30 arcsec from the star. In the NE direction the polarization was measured as far as 90 arcsec (17,000 AU) from the star. The dependence of the average intensity of the scattered light from the nebula on angular distance from the star is more consistent with an inverse-square density law than with inverse 1.5 or inverse-cube laws. Assuming that the density is proportional to the inverse square of distance from the star, the scattering optical depth in blue light along a radius of 0.03 arcsec is no more than 0.15 + or - 0.05. Future observations of the wavelength dependence of polarization will allow a determination of grain size.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 226
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