We analyze the problem of reliably estimating uncertainties of the earthquake source spectrum and related source parameters using Empirical Green Functions (EGF). We take advantage of the large dataset available from 10 seismic stations at hypocentral distances (10 km < d < 50 km) to average spectral ratios of the 2001 M5.1 Anza earthquake and 160 nearby aftershocks. We estimate the uncertainty...

The ‘‘three-part ultra-simple’’ gravity wave parameterization of Warner and McIntyre is compared with the ‘‘Doppler-spread’’ parameterization of Hines. The two parameterizations are tested on a background state at rest with constant buoyancy frequency, as well as on background states defined by the CIRA86 data at 70N in July and January. To achieve as clean a comparison as possible between the ...

As increasingly precise information about the spectrum of the cosmic microwave background fluctuations is gathered with balloon and satellite experiments, interest has grown in foreground sources of opacity affecting these observations. One potentially important source is electron scattering produced by a post-recombination luminosity source, which would significantly attenuate the higher harmo...

Background: Prompt gamma neutron activation analysis (PGNAA) is known as a non-invasive technique capable of measuring elemental concentration in voluminous samples in a short period of time. Also it is a valuable diagnostic tool for total body elemental measurements. 252Cf and 241Am-Be sources which are usually used in this method, generate not only neutrons, but also emit high-energy and unwa...

We present the first detections of the black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 at sub-millimetre wavelengths. We clearly detect the source at 350 GHz on two epochs, with significant variability over the 24 hr between epochs. Quasi-simultaneous radio monitoring indicates an approximately flat spectrum from 2 – 350 GHz, although there is marginal evidence for a minimum in the spectrum between 15 – 3...

The unidentified TeV gamma-ray source MGRO J1908+06/HESS J1908+063 was observed with the VERITAS Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Array during October 2007 and May-June 2008. This extended source is located on the galactic plane at a galactic longitude of 40.45 degrees and has a hard TeV spectrum with an index of Γ≈2.08 [1]. The Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray flux was measured by H.E.S.S. out to...

Self potential (SP) method is a passive method that involves measurements of naturally occurring potentials, commonly associated with the weathering of sulfides ore bodies. Energy spectrum (power spectrum) method developed primarily for gravity and magnetic data have been adapted to electrical SP data. In case of SP data analysis, energy is taken as the square of the Fourier amplitude spectrum ...

Precision measurement of the scalar perturbation spectral index, ns, from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) temperature angular power spectrum requires the subtraction of unresolved point-source power. Here we reconsider this issue, attempting to resolve inconsistencies found in the literature. First, we note a peculiarity in the WMAP temperature likelihood’s response to the sourc...

The main objective of this study is estimating acceleration time history of 16 September 1978 Tabas earthquake incorporating the seismological/geological source-path and site model parameters by using finite-fault simulation approach. The method generalizes the stochastic ground-motion simulation technique, developed for point sources, to the case of finite faults. It subdivides the fault plane...

Background: The effectiveness and safety of brachytherapy treatment is mainly concerned with the calibration of sources and their traceability to internationally accepted Standards. Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (SSDL) does not offer calibration of ionization chambers with gamma-ray spectrum of high dose rate source 192Ir . This work has been carried out to calibrate the high dose rat...