Effect of the Initial Mass Function of Primaries on Binary Stellar Populations

Using evolutionary population synthesis technique, we explore the behaviour of the integrated U-B,B-V, V-R and R - I colours, the integrated spectral energy- distributions (ISEDs) and Lick/IDS absorption-line indices of instantaneous burst solar-metallicity binary stellar populations, as a function of the initial mass function (IMF)of primaries. It is found that the variation of the IMF of primaries produces a small effect on the integrated colours and the Lick/IDS indices, while a significant difference in the absolute ISEDs.     

开普勒拯救火星大“灾变”

在每隔32年的某几个星期内,无论是托勒密的地心体系还是哥白尼的日心体系所预测的火星位置都与观测值有大约5°的偏差,这个偏差就是第谷（Tycho Brahe）1593年所发现的火星大灾变.本栏目是经美国物理联合会（AIP）授权,