Significance of absorption features in Io's IR reflectance spectrum

Nature ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 280 (5725) ◽  
pp. 761-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fraser P. Fanale ◽  
R. Hamilton Brown ◽  
Dale P. Cruikshank ◽  
Roger N. Clake
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Ferrari ◽  
R. Demichelis ◽  
F. Pascale ◽  
A. Meyer ◽  
L. Maschio ◽  
...  

Nature ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 295 (5844) ◽  
pp. 43-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin D. Pang ◽  
Sandy F. S. Chun ◽  
Joseph M. Ajello ◽  
Zhao Nansheng ◽  
Liang Minji

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1074-1077
Author(s):  
V D Frolov ◽  
P A Pivovarov ◽  
V G Plotnichenko ◽  
V I Konov

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 643-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Pelta ◽  
Amihai Granot ◽  
Eyal Ben-Dor

Reflection spectroscopy, in the visible–near-infrared–shortwave infrared region (Vis-NIR-SWIR, 350–2500 nm), is a useful technology to extract chemical and physical properties of materials, but might be useless in identifying the spectral features of transparent or dark opaque liquids. Low reflectance values of a liquid reduce the ability to identify characteristic absorption features at specific wavelengths in the reflectance spectrum. In this study, we present a rapid and easy-to-use method to increase the measured reflectance spectrum and expose characteristic absorption features of a liquid. This was done by mixing the liquid with a white enhanced substance (WES). For this purpose, we used aluminum oxide (Al2O3) powder—a very bright (high albedo) substance and featureless across the entire Vis-NIR-SWIR region. The reflectance spectrum of the mixture—liquid and WES—was measured using a spectroradiometer. This procedure enabled to identify characteristic spectral features of the liquids that would have not been observed in the reflectance spectrum measured from the liquid alone.


2021 ◽  
Vol 502 (4) ◽  
pp. 5508-5527
Author(s):  
Taniya Parikh ◽  
Daniel Thomas ◽  
Claudia Maraston ◽  
Kyle B Westfall ◽  
Brett H Andrews ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We derive ages, metallicities, and individual element abundances of early- and late-type galaxies (ETGs and LTGs) out to 1.5 Re. We study a large sample of 1900 galaxies spanning 8.6–11.3 log M/M⊙ in stellar mass, through key absorption features in stacked spectra from the SDSS-IV/MaNGA survey. We use mock galaxy spectra with extended star formation histories to validate our method for LTGs and use corrections to convert the derived ages into luminosity- and mass-weighted quantities. We find flat age and negative metallicity gradients for ETGs and negative age and negative metallicity gradients for LTGs. Age gradients in LTGs steepen with increasing galaxy mass, from −0.05 ± 0.11 log Gyr/Re for the lowest mass galaxies to −0.82 ± 0.08 log Gyr/Re for the highest mass ones. This strong gradient–mass relation has a slope of −0.70 ± 0.18. Comparing local age and metallicity gradients with the velocity dispersion σ within galaxies against the global relation with σ shows that internal processes regulate metallicity in ETGs but not age, and vice versa for LTGs. We further find that metallicity gradients with respect to local σ show a much stronger dependence on galaxy mass than radial metallicity gradients. Both galaxy types display flat [C/Fe] and [Mg/Fe], and negative [Na/Fe] gradients, whereas only LTGs display gradients in [Ca/Fe] and [Ti/Fe]. ETGs have increasingly steep [Na/Fe] gradients with local σ reaching 6.50 ± 0.78 dex/log km s−1 for the highest masses. [Na/Fe] ratios are correlated with metallicity for both galaxy types across the entire mass range in our sample, providing support for metallicity-dependent supernova yields.


Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Yusuf Tutel ◽  
Gökhan Sevinç ◽  
Betül Küçüköz ◽  
Elif Akhuseyin Yildiz ◽  
Ahmet Karatay ◽  
...  

Meso-substituted borondipyrromethene (BODIPY)-porphyrin compounds that include free base porphyrin with two different numbers of BODIPY groups (BDP-TTP and 3BDP-TTP) were designed and synthesized to analyze intramolecular energy transfer mechanisms of meso-substituted BODIPY-porphyrin dyads and the effect of the different numbers of BODIPY groups connected to free-base porphyrin on the energy transfer mechanism. Absorption spectra of BODIPY-porphyrin conjugates showed wide absorption features in the visible region, and that is highly valuable to increase light-harvesting efficiency. Fluorescence spectra of the studied compounds proved that BODIPY emission intensity decreased upon the photoexcitation of the BODIPY core, due to the energy transfer from BODIPY unit to porphyrin. In addition, ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy measurements indicated that the energy transfer of the 3BDP-TTP compound (about 3 ps) is faster than the BDP-TTP compound (about 22 ps). Since the BODIPY core directly binds to the porphyrin unit, rapid energy transfer was seen for both compounds. Thus, the energy transfer rate increased with an increasing number of BODIPY moiety connected to free-base porphyrin.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3037
Author(s):  
Huy Hoa Huynh ◽  
Jaehung Yu ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Nam Hoon Kim ◽  
Bum Han Lee ◽  
...  

This paper demonstrates an integrative 3D model of short-wave infrared (SWIR) hyperspectral mapping and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based digital elevation model (DEM) for a carbonate rock outcrop including limestone and dolostone in a field condition. The spectral characteristics in the target outcrop showed the limestone well coincided with the reference spectra, while the dolostone did not show clear absorption features compared to the reference spectra, indicating a mixture of clay minerals. The spectral indices based on SWIR hyperspectral images were derived for limestone and dolostone using aluminum hydroxide (AlOH), hydroxide (OH), iron hydroxide (FeOH), magnesium hydroxide (MgOH) and carbonate ion (CO32−) absorption features based on random forest and logistic regression models with an accuracy over 87%. Given that the indices were derived from field data with consideration of commonly occurring geological units, the indices have better applicability for real world cases. The integrative 3D geological model developed by co-registration between hyperspectral map and UAV-based DEM using best matching SIFT descriptor pairs showed the 3D rock formations between limestone and dolostone. Moreover, additional geological information of the outcrop was extracted including thickness, slope, rock classification, strike, and dip.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Fazlali ◽  
S. Gorji Kandi

Abstract Employing an economical and non-destructive method for identifying pigments utilized in artworks is a significant aspect for preserving their antiquity value. One of the non-destructive methods for this purpose is spectrophotometry, which is based on the selected absorption of light. Mathematical descriptive methods such as derivatives of the reflectance spectrum, the Kubelka–Munk function and logarithm have been employed for the characterization of the peak features corresponding to the spectrophotometric data. In the present study, the mentioned mathematical descriptive methods were investigated with the aim to characterize the constituents of an Iranian artwork but were not efficient for the samples. Therefore, inverse tangent derivative equation was developed on spectral data for the first time, providing considerable details in the profile of reflectance curves. In the next part, to have a simpler and more practical method it was suggested to use filters made up of pure pigments. By using these filters and placing them on the samples, imaging was done. Then, images of samples with and without filter were evaluated and pure pigments were distinguished. The mentioned methods were also used to identify pigments in a modern Iranian painting specimen. The results confirmed these methods with reliable answers indicating that physical methods (alongside chemical methods) can also be effective in determining the types of pigments.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 678
Author(s):  
Yuqi Han ◽  
Yan Jiang ◽  
Wei Guo ◽  
Bing Li ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
...  

Based on the anchoring effect due to the self-assembling behavior of the phospholipid molecules at the interface between the liquid crystal and water phases on the orientation of liquid crystals, the optical response associated with the orientation and structure of liquid crystals with respect to the concentration of 1,2-didodecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine solution has been investigated. The optical response owing to changes in the orientation and structure of the mixed cholesteric liquid crystals with respect to the change in the concentration of phosphatidylcholine has been obtained. Moreover, the feasibility of using as-prepared mixed cholesteric liquid crystals to measure the phosphatidylcholine concentration has been verified. A methodology to measure the reflectance spectrum by using mixed cholesteric liquid crystals to sensitize the phosphatidylcholine concentration has been further realized. The sensitization effect of the mixed cholesteric liquid crystals on the measurement of phosphatidylcholine concentration was also verified.


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