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Plasma acceleration away from rotating magnetized astrophysical objects analyzed and applied to pulsar NP 0532 for magnetic moment and mass loss rate calculations
Nonthermal phenomena of astrophysics in relation to plasma physics, considering planetary and stellar regions, supernova envelopes, interstellar medium, cosmic rays, radio galaxies, etc
Infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopy of solar radiation, astrophysics, and interplanetary diffusion
Internal energy partition function of atom or ion immersed in plasma - astrophysical application
Infrared spectra of molecules and materials of astrophysical interest Quarterly progress report, 15 Jun. - 15 Sep. 1970
Atomic configurations population inversions of astrophysical interest, assuming excitation by electron collisions, solving rate equations for level populations by computer
CH, CD and CH ion excited states decay rates determined from phase shift and frequency data, discussing implications for astrophysics
Electron-neutrino weak interaction and beat decay coupling constants found nearly equal, describing astrophysical tests based on white dwarf stars luminosity intervals
Continuity equation plasma oscillation, discussing ion current waveform flowing from discharge and implications for periodic astrophysical phenomena
Photon-neutrino coupling theory of weak interactions, noting exclusion by astrophysical data for white dwarfs
Astrophysical objects magnetic field generation, examining behavior at large dynamo numbers
Intense magnetic fields in astrophysics, emphasizing flux conservation law and quantum effects
Astrophysical and aeronomic UV molecular photoabsorption cross sections, discussing experimental techniques and associated systematic and random errors
The research activities related to high energy astrophysics and interplanetary plasma are reported. The experimental work in the following areas are described: (1) balloon-and rocket-borne cosmic X-ray, (2) X-ray spectroscopy, and (3) OSO-3 gamma ray experiment. Plasma studies in the interplanetary region, magnetosphere, and geomagnetic tail are included.
The effect of electromagnetic fluctuations, or plasma turbulence, on the motion of the individual particles in a plasma is investigated. Two alternative methods are used to find a general equation governing the time-evolution of a distribution of charged particles subject to both an external force field and the random fields of the fluctuations. It is found that, for the high-temperature, low-density plasmas frequently encountered in the study of astrophysics, the presence of even a small amount of turbulence can have a very important effect on the behavior of the plasma. Two problems in which turbulence plays an important role are treated.
Studies of particle excitation processes in the solar corona are reviewed, covering electron affinities, negative ion experiments using two-photon laser and drift tube techniques, geometrical hindrance in molecular ion formation, negative ion-molecule reactions, and negative ions in the ionosphere and astrophysics. Aspects of forbidden atomic transitions are also discussed, including the calculation of transition probabilities, the Fe II problem, and magnetic quadrupole radiation in a relativistic approximation.
The results are presented of a survey of the Astrophysical Journal for the period January 1962 through March 1972 (volumes 135-172). Some 395 references are contained within this document related to cosmic X-ray astronomy.
The origin of the diffuse X-ray and gamma ray background and some of the astrophysical implications of such radiation background are outlined. The range of energies that is of interest here extends from approximately 100 eV to approximately 10 to the 8th power eV.