Working with Magnitudes and Color Indices 1 A quick review of
... As the individual stars evolve (age) in the galaxy, the color index of that galaxy will also evolve. The primary reason for this is that the rate of evolution depends on the mass of the star, as does the color index. Thus the high mass stars, which tend to pull the B −V index negative because of the ...
... As the individual stars evolve (age) in the galaxy, the color index of that galaxy will also evolve. The primary reason for this is that the rate of evolution depends on the mass of the star, as does the color index. Thus the high mass stars, which tend to pull the B −V index negative because of the ...
Chapter 2 Basic Assumptions, Theorems, and Polytropes
... see that it is possible to estimate the conditions which exist inside a star and that they are fully compatible with the assumption. It is a fairly simple matter to see that the free-fall time for a particle on the surface of the sun is about 20 min. This is roughly equivalent to the dynamical time ...
... see that it is possible to estimate the conditions which exist inside a star and that they are fully compatible with the assumption. It is a fairly simple matter to see that the free-fall time for a particle on the surface of the sun is about 20 min. This is roughly equivalent to the dynamical time ...
A Second Luminous Blue Variable in the Quintuplet Cluster
... resolution only. Therefore, although we suspect that the value of He/H is not far from normal, we cannot rule out a much higher value. Finally, we consider the abundances of Mg, Si, and Fe. The striking similarity of the Mg ii lines in FMM#362 to those in the Pistol Star support a higher than solar ...
... resolution only. Therefore, although we suspect that the value of He/H is not far from normal, we cannot rule out a much higher value. Finally, we consider the abundances of Mg, Si, and Fe. The striking similarity of the Mg ii lines in FMM#362 to those in the Pistol Star support a higher than solar ...
Chapter 16 Option E: ASTROPHYSICS
... spectroscopic and eclipsing binary stars. E.2.11 Identify the general regions of star types on a Hertzsprung–Russell (HR) diagram. © IBO 2007 ...
... spectroscopic and eclipsing binary stars. E.2.11 Identify the general regions of star types on a Hertzsprung–Russell (HR) diagram. © IBO 2007 ...
Note - HKU Physics
... within a space of radius of the order of 100 light years. Thus, we can safely assume that stars in a single star cluster are formed from roughly the same material at about the same time under roughly the same physical conditions. Thus, mass of a star is perhaps the most important parameter to determ ...
... within a space of radius of the order of 100 light years. Thus, we can safely assume that stars in a single star cluster are formed from roughly the same material at about the same time under roughly the same physical conditions. Thus, mass of a star is perhaps the most important parameter to determ ...
Dark Matter Capture in the first stars
... • DM annihilates and annihilates more rapidly as its densities increase • At a high enough DM density, the DM heating overwhelms any cooling mechanisms which stops the cloud from continuing to cool and collapse. ...
... • DM annihilates and annihilates more rapidly as its densities increase • At a high enough DM density, the DM heating overwhelms any cooling mechanisms which stops the cloud from continuing to cool and collapse. ...
IEEE 2 Column Format
... The masses of MPMs can be determined by comparing their observed magnitudes with those predicted by a stellar evolutionary model (For known age, reddening, distance and metallicity). The MF values are given in Table 2 by considering the negligible effect of field star contamination. Fig. 2 shows the ...
... The masses of MPMs can be determined by comparing their observed magnitudes with those predicted by a stellar evolutionary model (For known age, reddening, distance and metallicity). The MF values are given in Table 2 by considering the negligible effect of field star contamination. Fig. 2 shows the ...
– 1 – 1. Feedback From The First Stars
... photons with GeV energies, can be very accurately characterized, the it might be possible to detect these energetic photons emitted from regions of high dark matter content. These might include the central region of the Milky Way, nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies, or dark satellites of the Galaxy (s ...
... photons with GeV energies, can be very accurately characterized, the it might be possible to detect these energetic photons emitted from regions of high dark matter content. These might include the central region of the Milky Way, nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies, or dark satellites of the Galaxy (s ...
Pre-supernova evolution of massive stars
... We have seen that low- and intermediate-mass stars (with masses up to ≈ 8 M⊙ ) develop carbonoxygen cores that become degenerate after central He burning. As a consequence the maximum core temperature reached is smaller than required for carbon fusion. During the latest stages of evolution on the AG ...
... We have seen that low- and intermediate-mass stars (with masses up to ≈ 8 M⊙ ) develop carbonoxygen cores that become degenerate after central He burning. As a consequence the maximum core temperature reached is smaller than required for carbon fusion. During the latest stages of evolution on the AG ...
Surface Gravity as a Diagnostic ... Youth Cameron Higby-Naquin Advisor: Eric Jensen
... Knowing the age of a star is only the first step to understanding stellar evolution and completely describing how stars change with time. In short, different stars take different amounts of time to form, and to fully grasp the formation process, physical properties of the star must be determined. A ...
... Knowing the age of a star is only the first step to understanding stellar evolution and completely describing how stars change with time. In short, different stars take different amounts of time to form, and to fully grasp the formation process, physical properties of the star must be determined. A ...
Estimating the total radiative power output from the hot outer layers
... measure is slightly di erent from that used by Jordan et where Nj is the population of the upper level j normalized al. (1987), since we integrate in temperature intervals of to the total population of all levels in the ion, Aji the tran- log Te = 0:1 compared to log Te = 0:3 used by Jorsition proba ...
... measure is slightly di erent from that used by Jordan et where Nj is the population of the upper level j normalized al. (1987), since we integrate in temperature intervals of to the total population of all levels in the ion, Aji the tran- log Te = 0:1 compared to log Te = 0:3 used by Jorsition proba ...
Delta isobars in neutron stars
... case, on the quark stars branch the star with the same number of baryons has a smaller gravitational mass and the conversion occurs. At variance with the previous case, the final quark star configuration has a radius larger than the one of the hadronic star progenitor. The process of conversion of a h ...
... case, on the quark stars branch the star with the same number of baryons has a smaller gravitational mass and the conversion occurs. At variance with the previous case, the final quark star configuration has a radius larger than the one of the hadronic star progenitor. The process of conversion of a h ...
Rotation - Indiana University Astronomy
... – Current sample sizes small – Must find stars very near ZAMS since winds in massive stars may cause significant loss of angular momentum on time scales of few times 106 yrs – Masses also uncertain ...
... – Current sample sizes small – Must find stars very near ZAMS since winds in massive stars may cause significant loss of angular momentum on time scales of few times 106 yrs – Masses also uncertain ...
Two extremely luminous WN stars in the Galactic center with
... broader than other lines, that it has a different line profile, and that the available spectrum is quite noisy, we conclude that the λ 2.189 μm feature cannot be due to He ii emission from that star. Therefore we chose as our best-fitting model the grid point that lies closest to the intersection poi ...
... broader than other lines, that it has a different line profile, and that the available spectrum is quite noisy, we conclude that the λ 2.189 μm feature cannot be due to He ii emission from that star. Therefore we chose as our best-fitting model the grid point that lies closest to the intersection poi ...
contributed talk in splinter session
... (relative to a disk wind) lies in the large lever arm that is associated with its large Alfvén radius. This wind is powered by the energy of the accretion flow itself. Indeed, a significant fraction of this energy is needed to drive the wind and a consistent model for this energy transfer process r ...
... (relative to a disk wind) lies in the large lever arm that is associated with its large Alfvén radius. This wind is powered by the energy of the accretion flow itself. Indeed, a significant fraction of this energy is needed to drive the wind and a consistent model for this energy transfer process r ...
The extreme ultraviolet and X-ray Sun in Time: High
... of four young clusters with ages of ∼150 Myr and used a rotational evolution model to predict the evolution of the resulting distribution of Ω on the MS. The sample contains 1556 stars in the 0.4−1.1 M mass range. In Fig. 1, we show predictions for the distributions of LX based on these Ω distribut ...
... of four young clusters with ages of ∼150 Myr and used a rotational evolution model to predict the evolution of the resulting distribution of Ω on the MS. The sample contains 1556 stars in the 0.4−1.1 M mass range. In Fig. 1, we show predictions for the distributions of LX based on these Ω distribut ...
Pulsating Stars: Stars that Breathe
... The pulsation properties of a star depend primarily on where its partial ionisation zones are found within the stellar interior. The location of the partial ionisation zones is determined by the star’s temperature. For stars hotter than Tef f ∼ 7500K, the partial ionisation zones are located too clo ...
... The pulsation properties of a star depend primarily on where its partial ionisation zones are found within the stellar interior. The location of the partial ionisation zones is determined by the star’s temperature. For stars hotter than Tef f ∼ 7500K, the partial ionisation zones are located too clo ...
Using Python to Study Rotational Velocity Distributions of Hot Stars
... mass can go from 2.5 up to 120 times the Solar mass, their temperatures ranging from 11,000 K up to 60,000 K, and rotation up to 400 km/s. By definition, a star is born when it starts synthesizing Hydrogen into Helium through nuclear fusion. The star performs this nucleosynthesis during some 90% of ...
... mass can go from 2.5 up to 120 times the Solar mass, their temperatures ranging from 11,000 K up to 60,000 K, and rotation up to 400 km/s. By definition, a star is born when it starts synthesizing Hydrogen into Helium through nuclear fusion. The star performs this nucleosynthesis during some 90% of ...
Protostellar/PMS Mass Infall Luminosity Problem
... mass, as in the Herschel Orion Protostar Survey (HOPS, Manoj et al. 2013; Fisher et al. 2013; Stutz et al. 2013) ...
... mass, as in the Herschel Orion Protostar Survey (HOPS, Manoj et al. 2013; Fisher et al. 2013; Stutz et al. 2013) ...
Lecture notes 8
... Average must be taken over the orbital energies to allow for the possible partitioning of the atom’s electrons among its orbitals. This is done by calculating the partition function, Z, for the initial and final atoms. Z is the weighted sum of the number of ways the atom can arrange its electrons wi ...
... Average must be taken over the orbital energies to allow for the possible partitioning of the atom’s electrons among its orbitals. This is done by calculating the partition function, Z, for the initial and final atoms. Z is the weighted sum of the number of ways the atom can arrange its electrons wi ...
Complete Lecture Notes (pdf file)
... Exercise 1.1: The V magnitudes of two main-sequence stars are both observed to be 7.5, but their blue magnitudes are B1 = 7.2 and B2 = 8.65. (a) What are the colour indices of the two stars. (b) Which star is the bluer and by what factor is it brighter at blue wavelength. (c) Making reasonable assum ...
... Exercise 1.1: The V magnitudes of two main-sequence stars are both observed to be 7.5, but their blue magnitudes are B1 = 7.2 and B2 = 8.65. (a) What are the colour indices of the two stars. (b) Which star is the bluer and by what factor is it brighter at blue wavelength. (c) Making reasonable assum ...
Gamma-ray absorption and pair echos at very high
... to the most powerful known blazars such as 3C279 with apparent GeV luminosities L ∼ 1048 erg s−1 should be firmly detectable by Fermi out to z ∼ 8 − 10 if they exist [17]. Utilizing the blazar evolution model of [18] which is consistent with the observed statistics of the blazar population and takes ...
... to the most powerful known blazars such as 3C279 with apparent GeV luminosities L ∼ 1048 erg s−1 should be firmly detectable by Fermi out to z ∼ 8 − 10 if they exist [17]. Utilizing the blazar evolution model of [18] which is consistent with the observed statistics of the blazar population and takes ...
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Chapter 4 [PDF only] - Princeton University Press
... hence can transfer momentum only during an “impact” with another particle. Consider ideal gas particles impinging on the side of a container, with a mean interval dt between consecutive impacts (see Fig. 4.5). Set the x axis perpendicular to the surface. Particles with an x component of momentum px ...
... hence can transfer momentum only during an “impact” with another particle. Consider ideal gas particles impinging on the side of a container, with a mean interval dt between consecutive impacts (see Fig. 4.5). Set the x axis perpendicular to the surface. Particles with an x component of momentum px ...
The Sagittarius dwarf irregular galaxy
... presents color-magnitude diagram in different colors, using a statistical correction of the foreground contamination. The CMD location of C stars is also discussed. In Sect. 4 we rederive the distance and metallicity of SagDIG by assuming a different reddening for the young and old populations. The ...
... presents color-magnitude diagram in different colors, using a statistical correction of the foreground contamination. The CMD location of C stars is also discussed. In Sect. 4 we rederive the distance and metallicity of SagDIG by assuming a different reddening for the young and old populations. The ...
The Sagittarius dwarf irregular galaxy: Metallicity and stellar
... presents color-magnitude diagram in different colors, using a statistical correction of the foreground contamination. The CMD location of C stars is also discussed. In Sect. 4 we rederive the distance and metallicity of SagDIG by assuming a different reddening for the young and old populations. The ...
... presents color-magnitude diagram in different colors, using a statistical correction of the foreground contamination. The CMD location of C stars is also discussed. In Sect. 4 we rederive the distance and metallicity of SagDIG by assuming a different reddening for the young and old populations. The ...