{"title":"Solar flares and variation of local geomagnetic field: Measurements by the Huancayo Observatory over 2001-2010","authors":"R. C. Reyes, Gabriel A.Gárate Ayesta, F. Navarro","doi":"10.2298/SAJ160424002C","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ160424002C","url":null,"abstract":"We study the local variation of the geomagnetic field measured by the Huancayo Geomagnetic Observatory, Peru, during 2001-2010. Initially, we sought to relate the SFI values, stored daily in the NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center, with the corresponding geomagnetic index; however, no relation was observed. Nonetheless, subsequently, a comparison between the monthly geomagnetic-activity index and the monthly SFI average allowed observing a temporal correlation between these average indices. This correlation shows that the effect of the solar flares does not simultaneously appear on the corresponding magnetic indices. To investigate this, we selected the most intense X-class flares; then, we checked the magnetic field disturbances observed in the Huancayo Geomagnetic Observatory magnetograms. We found some disturbances of the local geomagnetic field in the second and third day after the corresponding solar flare; however, the disturbance strength of the local geomagnetic field is not correlated with the X-class of the solar flare. Finally, there are some disturbances of the local geomagnetic field that are simultaneous with the X-class solar flares and they show a correlation with the total flux of the solar flare.","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68673462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OBSERVATIONS AND LIGHT CURVE SOLUTIONS OF THE ECLIPSING BINARIES USNO-B1.0 1395-0370184 AND USNO-B1.0 1395-0370731","authors":"D. Kjurkchieva, V. Popov, D. Vasileva, N. Petrov","doi":"10.2298/SAJ160328005K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ160328005K","url":null,"abstract":"We present follow-up photometric observations in Sloan filters g', i' of the \u0000 newly discovered eclipsing stars USNO-B1.0 1395-0370184 and USNO-B1.0 \u0000 1395-0370731. Our data revealed that their orbital periods are considerably \u0000 bigger than the previous values. This result changed the classification of \u0000 USNO-B1.0 1395-0370184 from ultrashort-period binary (P=0.197 d) to \u0000 short-period system (P=0.251 d). The light curve solutions of our \u0000 observations revealed that USNOB1.0 1395-0370184 and USNO-B1.0 1395-0370731 \u0000 are overcontact binaries in which components are K dwarfs, close in masses \u0000 and radii. The light curve distortions were reproduced by cool spots with \u0000 angular radius of around 20°.","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68673324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Galactic Distributions of Radio Pulsars and Plasma Density","authors":"A. Ankay, E. Yazgan, P. Kutukcu","doi":"10.2298/SAJ1693001A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ1693001A","url":null,"abstract":"Astronomical observations are fundamentally different as compared to laboratory experiments. In the former case, it is not possible to change the physical conditions of the objects under examination nor to fix their physical parameters, whereas in the latter case, controlled experiments can be done. Even the whole set-up can be changed or the object under examination can be replaced with another, more suitable one and the measurements can be repeated under more or less desired conditions. On the other hand, the maximum values of physical variables that can be attained and maintained for long time intervals are highly limited in laboratory conditions. This fact is especially important in checking and finding the limitations and the boundaries of applicability of some fundamental theories in physics. Checking the limit of Einstein’s theory of gravitation for strong gravitational fields is not possible in laboratory experiments done on Earth. The only hope to have some progress in this area of exploration is related to indirect observations of black holes. Neutron stars are next to black holes in having extremely high values of some physical quantities, especially the density and the magnetic field, and they give the advantage of direct observations. The main difficulty in determining some of their intrinsic and extrinsic properties is due to the fact that determining the distances to astronomical objects is a complicated problem in many cases. The neutron star distances need to be known accurately throughout the Galaxy for example to calculate their radiative power.","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68673700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interaction between Yarkovsky Force and Mean-Motion Resonances: Some Specific Properties","authors":"I. Milic-Zitnik","doi":"10.2298/SAJ160613007Z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ160613007Z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68673631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Drakul, V. M. vCadevz, J. Bajvceti'c, L. Popovi'c, D. Blagojevi'c, A. Nina
{"title":"Behaviour of electron content in the ionospheric d-region during solar x-ray flares","authors":"M. Drakul, V. M. vCadevz, J. Bajvceti'c, L. Popovi'c, D. Blagojevi'c, A. Nina","doi":"10.2298/SAJ160404006T","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ160404006T","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most important parameters in ionospheric plasma research also having a wide practical application in wireless satellite telecommunications is the total electron content (TEC) representing the columnal electron number density. The F region with high electron density provides the biggest contribution to TEC while the relatively weakly ionized plasma of the D region (60 km - 90 km above Earths surface) is often considered as a negligible cause of satellite signal disturbances. However, sudden intensive ionization processes like those induced by solar X ray flares can cause relative increases of electron density that are significantly larger in the D-region than in regions at higher altitudes. Therefore, one cannot exclude a priori the D region from investigations of ionospheric influences on propagation of electromagnetic signals emitted by satellites. We discuss here this problem which has not been sufficiently treated in literature so far. The obtained results are based on data collected from the D region monitoring by very low frequency radio waves and on vertical TEC calculations from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal analyses, and they show noticeable variations in the D region electron content (TECD) during activity of a solar X ray flare (it rises by a factor of 136 in the considered case) when TECD contribution to TEC can reach several percent and which cannot be neglected in practical applications like global positioning procedures by satellites.","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68673425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Observations and light curve solutions of four ultrashort-period binaries","authors":"D. Kjurkchieva, V. Popov, D. Vasileva, N. Petrov","doi":"10.2298/SAJ150914001K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ150914001K","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents light curve solutions of our observations of four new \u0000 ultrashort-period eclipsing binaries with MS components. Two of them have \u0000 periods almost at the upper limit (0.22 days) of the ultrashort-period \u0000 binaries, while the periods of around 0.18 days of CSS J171508.5+350658 and \u0000 CSS J214633.8+120016 are amongst the shortest known orbital periods. CSS \u0000 J171410.0+ 445850, CSS J214633.8+120016 and CSS J224326.0+154532 are \u0000 over contact binaries with fill out factors around 0.25 while CSS \u0000 J171508.5+350658 is a semidetached system. The two targets with shortest \u0000 periods consist of M dwarfs.","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68672550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Milošević, D. Dimitrijevic, G. Djordjevic, Marko Stojanovic
{"title":"DYNAMICS OF TACHYON FIELDS AND INFLATION - COMPARISON OF ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL RESULTS WITH OBSERVATION","authors":"M. Milošević, D. Dimitrijevic, G. Djordjevic, Marko Stojanovic","doi":"10.2298/SAJ160312003M","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ160312003M","url":null,"abstract":"The role tachyon fields may play in evolution of early universe is discussed in this paper. We consider the evolution of a flat and homogeneous universe governed by a tachyon scalar field with the DBI-type action and calculate the slow-roll parameters of inflation, scalar spectral index (n), and tensor-scalar ratio (r) for the given potentials. We pay special attention to the inverse power potential, first of all to V (x) ~ x−4, and compare the available results obtained by analytical and numerical methods with those obtained by observation. It is shown that the computed values of the observational parameters and the observed ones are in a good agreement for the high values of the constant X0. The possibility that influence of the radion field can extend a range of the acceptable values of the constant X0 to the string theory motivated sector of its values is briefly considered. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 176021, br. 174020 i br. 43011]","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68673229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Newtonian and MOND dynamical models of NGC 5128: Investigation of the dark matter contribution","authors":"S. Samurović","doi":"10.2298/SAJ160113002S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ160113002S","url":null,"abstract":"We study the well-known nearby early-type galaxy NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) and use the sample of its globular clusters to analyze its dynamics. We study both Newtonian and MOND models assuming three cases of orbital anisotropies: isotropic case, mildly tangentially anisotropic case and the radially anisotropic case based on the literature. We find that there are two regions with different values of the velocity dispersion: interior to ~ 3 effective radii the value of the velocity dispersion is approximately 150 km s−1 , whereas beyond ~ 3 effective radii its value increases to approximately 190 km s−1 , thus implying the increase of the total cumulative mass which is indicative of the existence of dark matter there in the Newtonian approach: the mass-to-light increases from M/LB = 7 in the inner regions to M/LB = 26 in the outer regions. We found that the Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) model with dark halo provides good description of the dynamics of NGC 5128. Using three MOND models (standard, simple and toy), we find that they all provide good fits to the velocity dispersion of NGC 5128 and that no additional dark component is needed in MOND. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 176021: Visible and Invisible Matter in Nearby Galaxies: Theory and Observations]","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68673634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Orbit limited theory in the solar wind - κ distributions","authors":"M. Martinović","doi":"10.2298/SAJ160220004M","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ160220004M","url":null,"abstract":"When a solid object is immersed into ionized gas it gets brought to a certain value of electrostatic potential and surrounded by a space charge region called ‘plasma sheath’. Through this region, particles are attracted or repelled from the surface of the charge collecting object. For collisionless plasma, this process is described by the so-called orbit limited theory, which explains how the collection of particles is determined by the collector geometry and plasma velocity distribution function (VDF). In this article, we provide explicit expressions for orbit-limited currents for generalized Lorentzian (κ) distributions. This work is useful to describe the charging processes of objects in non-collisional plasmas like the solar wind, where the electrons VDF is often observed to exhibit quasi power-law populations of suprathermal particles. It is found that these ‘suprathermals’ considerably increase the charge collection. Since the surface charging process that determines the value of electrostatic potential is also affected by the plasma VDF, calculation of the collector potential in the solar wind is described along with some quantitative predictions. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 176002]","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68673213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contribution of solar hydrogen Lyα line emission in total ionization rate in ionospheric D-region during the maximum of solar X-flare","authors":"A. Nina, V. M. vCadevz, J. Bajvceti'c","doi":"10.2298/SAJ150828003N","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SAJ150828003N","url":null,"abstract":"The solar Lyα line emission can be considered as the dominant source of \u0000 ionization processes in the ionospheric D-region at altitudes above 70 km \u0000 during unperturbed conditions. However, large sudden impacts of radiation in \u0000 some other energy domains can also significantly influence the ionization \u0000 rate and, in this paper, we present a study on the contribution of Lyα \u0000 radiation to the ionization rate when the ionosphere is disturbed by solar \u0000 X-flares. We give relevant analytical expressions and make calculations and \u0000 numerical simulations for the low ionosphere using data collected by the VLF \u0000 receiver located in Serbia for the VLF radio signal emitted by the DHO \u0000 transmitter in Germany. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. \u0000 III-44002, br. 176002 i br. 176004]","PeriodicalId":48878,"journal":{"name":"Serbian Astronomical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68672243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}