相关实验视频
Updated: May 3, 2026

10:35
Bringing the Visible Universe into Focus with Robo-AO
Published on: February 12, 2013
21.4K
在一个日食双星系中发现了两个年轻的棕矮星
Keivan G Stassun1, Robert D Mathieu, Jeff A Valenti
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA. keivan.stassun@vanderbilt.edu
Nature
|March 17, 2006
概括
我们发现了一颗棕色矮星二进制星系,提供了对它们的直接测量.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 恒星和行星的形成.
背景情况:
- 棕矮星弥合了恒星和行星之间的差距.
- 棕矮星的基本性质受到很小的限制.
- 了解棕矮星的形成是恒星和行星形成的关键.
研究的目的:
- 直接测量新形成的棕矮星的质量和半径.
- 为了研究阴影二进制系统中的棕矮星的特性.
- 为了测试棕矮星演化的理论模型.
主要方法:
- 在猎户座星云中发现了一颗色矮星,覆盖着二进制星系.
- 使用日食二进制系统直接测量质量和半径.
- 观察到的属性与理论预测的比较.
主要成果:
- 测量质量为:0.054 ± 0.005 M(o) 和0.034 ± 0.003 M(o).
- 测量的半径为:0.669 ± 0.034 R ((o) 和0.511 ± 0.026 R ((o).
- 观察到较小质量的棕矮星更热,与模型相矛盾.
结论:
- 直接测量证实了棕矮星的地位,并揭示了类似恒星的大小.
- 结果挑战了当前关于同期棕矮星演变的理论模型.
- 提供了精炼星下物体形成理论的关键数据.
相关概念视频
Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion
4.9K
In the early 17th century, German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler postulated three laws for the motion of planets in the solar system. He formulated his first two laws based on the observations of his forebears, Nikolaus Copernicus and Tycho Brahe.
Polish astronomer Nikolaus Copernicus put forth a theory that stated a heliocentric model for the solar system. According to this heliocentric theory, all the planets, including Earth, orbit the Sun in circular orbits.
On the other hand,...
Polish astronomer Nikolaus Copernicus put forth a theory that stated a heliocentric model for the solar system. According to this heliocentric theory, all the planets, including Earth, orbit the Sun in circular orbits.
On the other hand,...
4.9K
Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion
4.7K
In the early 17th century, German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler postulated three laws for the motion of planets in the solar system. His first law states that all planets orbit the Sun in an elliptical orbit, with the Sun at one of the ellipse's foci. Therefore, the distance of a planet from the Sun varies throughout its revolution around the Sun.
While in an elliptical orbit, the total energy of the planet is conserved. Therefore, the planet slows down when it is at apogee and...
While in an elliptical orbit, the total energy of the planet is conserved. Therefore, the planet slows down when it is at apogee and...
4.7K
Schwarzschild Radius and Event Horizon
2.2K
No object with a finite mass can travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. This fact has an interesting consequence in the domain of extremely high gravitational fields.
The minimum speed required to launch a projectile from the surface of an object to which it is gravitationally bound so that it eventually escapes the object’s gravitational field is called the escape velocity. The escape velocity is independent of the mass of the object. Merging the idea of escape...
The minimum speed required to launch a projectile from the surface of an object to which it is gravitationally bound so that it eventually escapes the object’s gravitational field is called the escape velocity. The escape velocity is independent of the mass of the object. Merging the idea of escape...
2.2K
Detection of Black Holes
1.7K
Although black holes were theoretically postulated in the 1920s, they remained outside the domain of observational astronomy until the 1970s.
Their closest cousins are neutron stars, which are composed almost entirely of neutrons packed against each other, making them extremely dense. A neutron star has the same mass as the Sun but its diameter is only a few kilometers. Therefore, the escape velocity from their surface is close to the speed of light.
Not until the 1960s, when the first neutron...
Their closest cousins are neutron stars, which are composed almost entirely of neutrons packed against each other, making them extremely dense. A neutron star has the same mass as the Sun but its diameter is only a few kilometers. Therefore, the escape velocity from their surface is close to the speed of light.
Not until the 1960s, when the first neutron...
1.7K
Thomson's e/m Experiment
8.2K
In a beam of charged particles created by a heated cathode, the particles move at different speeds. However, many applications need a beam with uniform particle speeds. An arrangement known as a velocity selector uses electric and magnetic fields to pick particles with a particular speed from the beam.
A particle with charge q, speed v, and mass m enters an area from the top, where the magnetic and electric fields are perpendicular both to the particle's motion and to one another. The magnetic...
A particle with charge q, speed v, and mass m enters an area from the top, where the magnetic and electric fields are perpendicular both to the particle's motion and to one another. The magnetic...
8.2K
Atomic Emission Spectroscopy: Lab
873
AES is a powerful analytical technique, especially effective when used with plasma sources, producing abundant spectra in characteristic emission lines. The Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), in particular, yields superior quantitative analytical data due to its high stability, low noise, low background, and minimal interferences under optimal experimental conditions. However, newer air-operated microwave sources are emerging as promising alternatives that could be more cost-effective than...
873

