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A Colorful Tribute To Staerkel Planetarium, Erik Johnson
A Colorful Tribute To Staerkel Planetarium, Erik Johnson
Natural Science Faculty
On October 1, 1987, the William M. Staerkel Planetarium was dedicated at Parkland College. Alongside the debut of the 50-foot wide dome, the Zeiss M1015 opto-mechanical star projector, dozens of slide projectors, and a 35-mm film projector, a stained glass art piece was installed in the lobby. The piece, called the solar window, was a gift from William and Mary Lou Staerkel in memory of their parents and a tribute to the faculty and staff of the college. The solar window was created by Arthur Stern and has brought light into the planetarium in several unique ways.
Vlti/Gravity Observations And Characterization Of The Brown Dwarf Companion Hd 72946 B, William O. Balmer, Laurent Pueyo, Tomas Stolker, Henrique Reggiani, A. L. Maire, S. Lacour, P. Mollière, M. Nowak, D. Sing, N. Pourré, S. Blunt, J. J. Wang, E. Rickman, J. Kammerer, Th Henning, K. Ward-Duong, R. Abuter, A. Amorim, R. Asensio-Torres, M. Benisty, J. P. Berger, H. Beust, A. Boccaletti, A. Bohn, M. Bonnefoy, H. Bonnet, G. Bourdarot, W. Brandner, F. Cantalloube, P. Caselli, B. Charnay, G. Chauvin
Vlti/Gravity Observations And Characterization Of The Brown Dwarf Companion Hd 72946 B, William O. Balmer, Laurent Pueyo, Tomas Stolker, Henrique Reggiani, A. L. Maire, S. Lacour, P. Mollière, M. Nowak, D. Sing, N. Pourré, S. Blunt, J. J. Wang, E. Rickman, J. Kammerer, Th Henning, K. Ward-Duong, R. Abuter, A. Amorim, R. Asensio-Torres, M. Benisty, J. P. Berger, H. Beust, A. Boccaletti, A. Bohn, M. Bonnefoy, H. Bonnet, G. Bourdarot, W. Brandner, F. Cantalloube, P. Caselli, B. Charnay, G. Chauvin
Astronomy: Faculty Publications
Tension remains between the observed and modeled properties of substellar objects, but objects in binary orbits, with known dynamical masses, can provide a way forward. HD 72946 B is a recently imaged brown dwarf companion to a nearby, solar-type star. We achieve ∼100 μas relative astrometry of HD 72946 B in the K band using VLTI/GRAVITY, unprecedented for a benchmark brown dwarf. We fit an ensemble of measurements of the orbit using orbitize! and derive a strong dynamical mass constraint M B = 69.5 ± 0.5 M Jup assuming a strong prior on the host star mass M A = …
Conformational Landscapes Of Symmetrically Fluorine-Substituted Benzoic Acids Ii: Calculations And Measurements For The Rotational Spectrum And Structure Of 3,4,5-Trifluorobenzoic Acid, Jingling Hong, Alitza Gracia, Savannah Romero, Mingfei Zhou, Wei Lin, Weixing Li
Conformational Landscapes Of Symmetrically Fluorine-Substituted Benzoic Acids Ii: Calculations And Measurements For The Rotational Spectrum And Structure Of 3,4,5-Trifluorobenzoic Acid, Jingling Hong, Alitza Gracia, Savannah Romero, Mingfei Zhou, Wei Lin, Weixing Li
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
Calculations on the structure of 3,4,5-trifluorobenzoic acid were made using the Gaussian 16 program. The potential energy surfaces were scanned along CCCO and OCOH dihedral angles at the B3LYP/6-311G level to analyze its conformational landscape. Two conformations were identified and reoptimized at the B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ level. The result indicates that 3,4,5-trifluorobenzoic acid prefers a planar structure in its global minimum conformation. The pure rotational spectra of 3,4,5-trifluorobenzoic acid were measured in the frequency range of 6 – 12.5 GHz using a chirped pulse Fourier transform microwave (CP-FTMW) spectrometer. The spectra of the parent, seven 13C, and one deuterium singly substituted isotopologues …
Conformational Landscapes Of Symmetrically Fluorine-Substituted Benzoic Acids I: Microwave Spectroscopic And Theoretical Studies On 3,5-Difluorobenzoic Acid, Alitza Gracia, Jingling Hong, Rebakah Arismendi, Mingfei Zhou, Weixing Li, Wei Lin
Conformational Landscapes Of Symmetrically Fluorine-Substituted Benzoic Acids I: Microwave Spectroscopic And Theoretical Studies On 3,5-Difluorobenzoic Acid, Alitza Gracia, Jingling Hong, Rebakah Arismendi, Mingfei Zhou, Weixing Li, Wei Lin
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
We report our combined theoretical and spectroscopic studies on 3,5-difluorobenzoic acid. Using a chirped pulse Fourier transform microwave (CP-FTMW) spectrometer, we recorded and analyzed the rotational spectrum spanning the frequency range of 6 – 12.5 GHz. Quantum chemical calculations were employed to analyze the conformational changes and landscapes of 3,5-difluorobenzoic acid. These calculations focused on studying the potential energy surfaces along the CCCO and OCOH dihedral angles at the B3LYP/6-311G level. Based on the computational results, we identified the global minimum conformer 1 as well as the local minimum conformer 2. We discussed and interpreted the geometric structures of the …
A Review On Antibacterial Activity Of Nanoparticles, Badr-Edine Sadoq, Mohammed Reda Britel, Adel Bouajaj, Ramzi Maâlej, Ahmed Touhami, Marwa Abid, Hanen Douiri, Fakhita Touhami, Amal Maurady
A Review On Antibacterial Activity Of Nanoparticles, Badr-Edine Sadoq, Mohammed Reda Britel, Adel Bouajaj, Ramzi Maâlej, Ahmed Touhami, Marwa Abid, Hanen Douiri, Fakhita Touhami, Amal Maurady
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
The increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotic agents is a main global public health problem. The use of nanoparticles is one of the promising ways to overcome microbial resistance to antimicrobial agents. Metal nanoparticles are increasingly used to target bacterial strains. Advances in nanotechnology, in particular the ability to synthesize nanoparticles of specific size and shape, are likely to lead to the development of new antibacterial agents. The antibacterial activities of nanoparticles are largely influenced by their sizes and large surface area/mass ratio. The antibacterial mechanisms of nanoparticles are poorly understood, but the currently accepted mechanisms include oxidative stress induction, …
Search For Subsolar-Mass Black Hole Binaries In The Second Part Of Advanced Ligo’S And Advanced Virgo’S Third Observing Run, R. Abbott, H. Abe, F. Acernese, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Francisco Llamas, Soma Mukherjee, Gaukhar Nurbek, Volker Quetschke, Wenhui Wang
Search For Subsolar-Mass Black Hole Binaries In The Second Part Of Advanced Ligo’S And Advanced Virgo’S Third Observing Run, R. Abbott, H. Abe, F. Acernese, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Francisco Llamas, Soma Mukherjee, Gaukhar Nurbek, Volker Quetschke, Wenhui Wang
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
We describe a search for gravitational waves from compact binaries with at least one component with mass 0.2 –1.0M⊙ and mass ratio q ≥ 0.1 in Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Advanced Virgo data collected between 2019 November 1, 15:00 UTC and 2020 March 27, 17:00 UTC. No signals were detected. The most significant candidate has a false alarm rate of 0.2yr−1 . We estimate the sensitivity of our search over the entirety of Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run, and present the most stringent limits to date on the merger rate of binary black holes …
Rubin Observatory Lsst Transients And Variable Stars Roadmap, Kelly M. Hambleton, Federica B. Bianco, Rachel Street, Keaton Bell, David Buckley, Melissa Graham, Nina Hernitschek, Michael B. Lund, Elena Mason, Liliana Rivera Sandoval
Rubin Observatory Lsst Transients And Variable Stars Roadmap, Kelly M. Hambleton, Federica B. Bianco, Rachel Street, Keaton Bell, David Buckley, Melissa Graham, Nina Hernitschek, Michael B. Lund, Elena Mason, Liliana Rivera Sandoval
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
The Vera C. Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) holds the potential to revolutionize time domain astrophysics, reaching completely unexplored areas of the Universe and mapping variability time scales from minutes to a decade. To prepare to maximize the potential of the Rubin LSST data for the exploration of the transient and variable Universe, one of the four pillars of Rubin LSST science, the Transient and Variable Stars Science Collaboration, one of the eight Rubin LSST Science Collaborations, has identified research areas of interest and requirements, and paths to enable them. While our roadmap is ever-evolving, this document …
Search For Gravitational Waves Associated With Fast Radio Bursts Detected By Chime/Frb During The Ligo–Virgo Observing Run O3a, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, F. Acernese, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Francisco Llamas, Soma Mukherjee, Volker Quetschke, Wenhui Wang
Search For Gravitational Waves Associated With Fast Radio Bursts Detected By Chime/Frb During The Ligo–Virgo Observing Run O3a, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, F. Acernese, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Francisco Llamas, Soma Mukherjee, Volker Quetschke, Wenhui Wang
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
We search for gravitational-wave (GW) transients associated with fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst Project, during the first part of the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (2019 April 1 15:00 UTC–2019 October 1 15:00 UTC). Triggers from 22 FRBs were analyzed with a search that targets both binary neutron star (BNS) and neutron star–black hole (NSBH) mergers. A targeted search for generic GW transients was conducted on 40 FRBs. We find no significant evidence for a GW association in either search. Given the large uncertainties in the …
Effects Of Spin-Orbit Coupling On Gravitational Waveforms From A Triaxial Nonaligned Neutron Star In A Binary System, Wen-Fan Feng, Tan Liu, Jie-Wen Che, Yan Wang, Soumya D. Mohanty
Effects Of Spin-Orbit Coupling On Gravitational Waveforms From A Triaxial Nonaligned Neutron Star In A Binary System, Wen-Fan Feng, Tan Liu, Jie-Wen Che, Yan Wang, Soumya D. Mohanty
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
Spinning neutron stars (NSs) can emit continuous gravitational waves (GWs) that carry a wealth of information about the compact object. If such a signal is detected, it will provide us with new insight into the physical properties of matter under extreme conditions. According to binary population synthesis simulations, future space-based GW detectors, such as LISA and TianQin, can potentially detect some double NSs in tight binaries with orbital periods shorter than 10 minutes. The possibility of a successful directed search for continuous GWs from the spinning NS in such a binary system identified by LISA/TianQin will be significantly increased with …
Organizing Pmode Dopplergrams Of Jupiter With Matlab, Brady T. Smith, Deborah Gulledge, Cody Shaw, Gerard Williger
Organizing Pmode Dopplergrams Of Jupiter With Matlab, Brady T. Smith, Deborah Gulledge, Cody Shaw, Gerard Williger
The Cardinal Edge
The interiors of the giant planets are poorly known. At the time of writing, such investigations have been limited to measuring gravitational effects from a handful of orbital probes. The most recent attempt to map the interior is via PMODE (the Planetary Multilevel Oscillations and Dynamics Experiment), designed to explore Jupiter’s core by collecting Dopplergrams. Small radial velocity shifts in Jupiter’s upper cloud decks enable us to map its atmospheric dynamics and consequently its interior via Dioseismology (techniques similar to Helioseismology, applied to Jupiter). This campaign produced a vast dataset with more than 50,000 exposures, every 30 seconds, over 24 …
Anharmonic Ir Absorption Spectra Of The Prototypical Interstellar Pahs Phenanthrene, Pyrene, And Pentacene In Their Neutral And Cation States, Vincent J. Esposito, Louis J. Allamandola, Christiaan Boersma, Jesse D. Bregman, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Alexandros Maragkoudakis, Pasquale Temi
Anharmonic Ir Absorption Spectra Of The Prototypical Interstellar Pahs Phenanthrene, Pyrene, And Pentacene In Their Neutral And Cation States, Vincent J. Esposito, Louis J. Allamandola, Christiaan Boersma, Jesse D. Bregman, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Alexandros Maragkoudakis, Pasquale Temi
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
Combination band and overtone transitions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) cations in the 2000–2900 cm-1 (5-3.5 µm) region are implicated as carriers of the ‘quasi-continuum’ observed in the near-infrared (IR) emission spectra of many astronomical objects. In neutral PAHs, the strongest absorption features are concentrated in the 700–900 cm-1 (14–11 µm) range, which are associated with CH out-of-plane bending motions. Upon ionization, this shifts to the 1000–1600 cm-1 (10–6 µm) range, where bands are associated with C=C stretches and CH in-plane bends. Anharmonicity is required to accurately characterize the IR absorption spectrum of PAHs, indicated herein by …
The Rs Oph Outburst Of 2021 Monitored In X-Rays With Nicer, Marina Orio, Keith Gendreau, Morgan Giese, Gerardo Jaun M. Luna, Jozef Magdolen, Tod E. Strohmayer, Andy E. Zhang, Diego Altamirano, Andrej Dobrotka, Teruaki Enoto, Elizabeth C. Ferrara, Richard Ignace, Sebastian Heinz, Craig Markwardt, Joy S. Nichols, Michael L. Parker, Dheeraj R. Pasham, Songpeng Pei, Pragati Pradhan, Ron Remillard, James F. Steiner, Francesco Tombesi
The Rs Oph Outburst Of 2021 Monitored In X-Rays With Nicer, Marina Orio, Keith Gendreau, Morgan Giese, Gerardo Jaun M. Luna, Jozef Magdolen, Tod E. Strohmayer, Andy E. Zhang, Diego Altamirano, Andrej Dobrotka, Teruaki Enoto, Elizabeth C. Ferrara, Richard Ignace, Sebastian Heinz, Craig Markwardt, Joy S. Nichols, Michael L. Parker, Dheeraj R. Pasham, Songpeng Pei, Pragati Pradhan, Ron Remillard, James F. Steiner, Francesco Tombesi
Publications
The 2021 outburst of the symbiotic recurrent nova RS Oph was monitored with the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer Mission (NICER) in the 0.2–12 keV range from day one after the optical maximum, until day 88, producing an unprecedented, detailed view of the outburst development. The X-ray flux preceding the supersoft X-ray phase peaked almost 5 days after optical maximum and originated only in shocked ejecta for 21–25 days. The emission was thermal; in the first 5 days, only a non-collisional-ionization equilibrium model fits the spectrum, and a transition to equilibrium occurred between days 6 and 12. The ratio of …
Observation Of Self-Patterned Defect Formation In Atomic Superfluids–From Ring Dark Solitons To Vortex Dipole Necklaces, Hikaru Tamura, Cheng-An Chen, Chen-Lung Hung
Observation Of Self-Patterned Defect Formation In Atomic Superfluids–From Ring Dark Solitons To Vortex Dipole Necklaces, Hikaru Tamura, Cheng-An Chen, Chen-Lung Hung
Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund
Unveiling nonequilibrium dynamics of solitonic and topological defect structures in a multidimensional nonlinear medium is a current frontier across diverse fields. One of the quintessential objects is a ring dark soliton (RDS), whose dynamics are expected to display remarkable interplay between symmetry and self-patterned topological defect formation from a transverse (snake) instability, but it has thus far evaded full experimental observations. Here, we report an experimental realization of RDS generation in a two-dimensional atomic superfluid trapped in a circular box. By quenching the confining box potential, we observe an RDS emitted from the edge and its peculiar signature in the …
Survey Of X-Rays From Massive Stars Observed At High Spectral Resolution With Chandra, Pragati Pradhan, David P. Huenemoerder, Richard Ignace, Joy S. Nichols, A.M.T. Pollock
Survey Of X-Rays From Massive Stars Observed At High Spectral Resolution With Chandra, Pragati Pradhan, David P. Huenemoerder, Richard Ignace, Joy S. Nichols, A.M.T. Pollock
Publications
Identifying trends between observational data and the range of physical parameters of massive stars is a critical step to the still-elusive full understanding of the source, structure, and evolution of X-ray emission from the stellar winds, requiring a substantial sample size and systematic analysis methods. As of 2022, the Chandra data archive contains 37 high-resolution spectra of O, B, and WR stars, observed with the Chandra/HETGS, and of sufficient quality to fit the continua and emission-line profiles. Using a systematic approach to the data analysis, we explore morphological trends in the line profiles (i.e., O, Ne, Mg, and Si) and …
Powerful Radio Sources In The Southern Sky. Ii. A Swift X-Ray Perspective, Francesco Massaro, S. V. White, A. Paggi, A. Jimenez-Gallardo, Juan P. Madrid, C. Mazzucchelli, W. R. Forman, A. Capetti, C. C. Cheung
Powerful Radio Sources In The Southern Sky. Ii. A Swift X-Ray Perspective, Francesco Massaro, S. V. White, A. Paggi, A. Jimenez-Gallardo, Juan P. Madrid, C. Mazzucchelli, W. R. Forman, A. Capetti, C. C. Cheung
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
We recently constructed the G4Jy-3CRE, a catalog of extragalactic radio sources based on the GLEAM 4-Jy (G4Jy) sample, with the aim of increasing the number of powerful radio galaxies and quasars with similar selection criteria to those of the revised release of the Third Cambridge Catalog (3CR). The G4Jy-3CRE consists of a total of 264 radio sources mainly visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Here, we present an initial X-ray analysis of 89 G4Jy-3CRE radio sources with archival X-ray observations from the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. We reduced a total of 624 Swift observations, for about 0.9 Ms of integrated exposure …
Exploring The Capabilities Of Gibbs Sampling In Pulsar Timing Arrays, Nima Laal, William G. Lamb, Joseph D. Romano, Xavier Siemens, Stephen R. Taylor, Rutger Van Haasteren
Exploring The Capabilities Of Gibbs Sampling In Pulsar Timing Arrays, Nima Laal, William G. Lamb, Joseph D. Romano, Xavier Siemens, Stephen R. Taylor, Rutger Van Haasteren
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications
We explore the use of Gibbs sampling in estimating the noise properties of individual pulsars and illustrate its effectiveness using the NANOGrav 11-year dataset. We find that Gibbs sampling noise modeling (GM) is more efficient than the current standard Bayesian techniques (SM) for single pulsar analyses by yielding model parameter posteriors with average effective-sample-size ratio (GM/SM) of 6 across all parameters and pulsars. Furthermore, the output of GM contains posteriors for the Fourier coefficients that can be used to characterize the underlying red noise process of any pulsar’s timing residuals, which are absent in current implementations of SM. Through simulations, …
Find The Distance To The Moon, Dean Smith
Find The Distance To The Moon, Dean Smith
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This assignment leads students through a series of measurements that lead the student to calculate the distance to the Moon. Students who complete this assignment will see how knowledge that they would normally look up is gathered through experiment and observation.