Sentences with word «filamentary»

The gravitational interaction has also resulted in the formation of filamentary structures in the group.

On the largest scales, matter in the Universe is arranged in a vast network of filamentary structures known as the «cosmic web», its tangled strands spanning hundreds of millions of light - years.

Williams, of Cardiff University, explains: «We've known for some time that dusty, filamentary cloud structures are ubiquitous in the Milky Way's interstellar medium.

Abstract: The influence of magnetic fields (B - fields) in the formation and evolution of bipolar bubbles, due to the expanding ionization fronts (I - fronts) driven by the Hii regions that are formed and embedded in filamentary molecular clouds, has not been well - studied yet.

«I wonder if we can indeed use this technique to see the emission of filamentary gas in the cosmic web.

The creature is thought to predate Archaeopteryx and has long arms with large, stiff filamentary feathers, not the kind used for flying.

Supercomputer simulations model how galaxies and galactic clusters grow in long filamentary structures known as the cosmic web.

It is driven by the motion of the motor protein myosin along filamentary actin strands.

«Although this technique has been employed previously, the depth of the COSMOS image and its superior resolution enables a more precise and detailed map, covering a large enough area to see the extended filamentary structures,» said co-investigator Richard Ellis of the California Institute of Technology.

Patches of dust block out the light as it travels towards us, preventing us from seeing the stars behind it, and smaller tendrils of dust create the dark filamentary structures within the clouds.

We have clearly detected FIR dust emission extended in the halo of the galaxy; there are two filamentary emission structures extending from the galactic disk up to 9 kpc in the northern and 6 kpc in the northwestern direct... ▽ More We present new far - infrared (FIR) images of the edge - on starburst galaxy NGC253 obtained with the Far - Infrared Surveyor (FIS) onboard AKARI at wavelengths of 90 um and 140 um.

In addition to the anisotropic expansion of I - fronts into a filament, B - fields are expected to introduce an additional anisotropic press... ▽ More The influence of magnetic fields (B - fields) in the formation and evolution of bipolar bubbles, due to the expanding ionization fronts (I - fronts) driven by the Hii regions that are formed and embedded in filamentary molecular clouds, has not been well - studied yet.

Abstract: The Serpens South embedded cluster, which is located at the constricted part in a long filamentary infrared dark cloud, is believed to be in very early stage of cluster formation.

The map provides a tantalizing glimpse of giant filamentary structures extending across millions of light - years, and paves the way for more extensive studies that will reveal not only the structure of the cosmic web, but also details of its function — the ways that pristine gas is funneled along the web into galaxies, providing the raw material for the formation of galaxies, stars, and planets.

In the new work, a team from the University of Edinburgh tried to tease out the WHIM in filamentary networks using an entirely different source of illumination: the CMB itself.

The four dark, filamentary arms are clearly visible.

The NASA Hubble Space Telescope snapshot is centered on the region around the neutron star (the rightmost of the two bright stars near the center of this image) and the expanding, tattered, filamentary debris surrounding it.

The electrical interconnections are thin and narrow, in filamentary serpentine shapes; they deform as tiny springs during the stretching process.

The images show filamentary and cumulus clouds, along with a good view of the planet's giant hurricane (middle).

This dark matter filamentary structure is thought to be a progenitor of large scale structures in the Universe.

One of the best known examples of large scale structure in the modern Universe is the cosmic Great Wall, a gigantic filamentary structure spanning over 500 million light - years.

The debris, called the Veil Nebula, is one of the best - known supernova remnants, deriving its name from its delicate, draped filamentary structures.

It can be found: northeast of Delta and Gamma Sagittae, and southeast of Albireo (Beta1 Cygni); east of the Dumbbell Nebula; southwest of the Veil or Witch's Broom, Lace - work, Cirrus, Network, and Filamentary nebulae, and northwest of Sualocin and Rotanev (Alpha and Beta Delphini, respectively).

What the GBT was able to pin down was a population of 20 discrete neutral hydrogen clouds, together with an extended filamentary component, which, the astronomers believe, are both associated with Andromeda.

«Those devices are connected via very thin filamentary wires to an external control and power module, which also itself is very small, but which mounts on the outside surface of the skull almost like a cap,» Rogers said.

The surface intensity shows the sunspot with the dark central umbra surrounded by the somewhat brighter, filamentary penumbra.

This allows for the large - scale filamentary structure of dark matter to be evident.

Galaxies are actually believed to draw in gas that resides along filamentary strings.

«Filamentary gas is very difficult to detect,» Tanimura says.

Our polarization measurements of near - infrared point sources indicate a well - ordered global magnetic field that is perpen... ▽ More The Serpens South embedded cluster, which is located at the constricted part in a long filamentary infrared dark cloud, is believed to be in very early stage of cluster formation.

Combining all of the measurements across the entire field of view allowed the team a tantalizing glimpse of giant filamentary structures extending across millions of light - years, and paves the way for more extensive studies that will reveal not only the structure of the cosmic web, but also details of its function — the ways that pristine gas is funneled along the web into galaxies, providing the raw material for the formation of galaxies, stars, and planets.

We have clearly detected FIR dust emission extended in the halo of the galaxy; there are two filamentary emission structures extending from the galactic disk up to 9 kpc in the northern and 6 kpc in the northwestern direction.

The image shows a fine web of filamentary «bicycle - spoke» features embedded in the colorful red and blue ring of gas.

For example, rough or filamentary structures may form in the battery after repeated charge - discharge cycles.

The filamentary shapes to the left in the image are the not the results of starbirth, but rather stellar death.

This filamentary streamer rotates and twists throughout the ten - hour span of the Great Red Spot image sequence, distorted by winds that are blowing at 540 kilometres per hour.

Nor had anyone been able to observe that stellar systems develop from parts of a filamentary gas cloud until now: «At first, we thought that the fragments wouldn't interact with each other.»

Instead, the sun likely formed from something that was more spherical than filamentary.

An international team of astrophysicists has witnessed a unique event: for the first time, researchers have discovered the formation of a quadruple star system from widely separated fragments of a filamentary gas cloud in the Perseus constellation.

The filamentary feathers gave the impression that it was flightless, but the rod - like bones sticking out from the wrists were a puzzle.

«I was pretty struck by the prevalence of the filamentary type of clouds,» he says.

The MAMMOTH - 1 nebula appears to have a filamentary structure that aligns with the galaxy distribution in the large - scale structure of the protocluster, supporting the idea that ELANs are illuminated segments of the cosmic web, Cai said.

The filamentary structure in SSA22 could be called a proto - Great Wall.

In the final sequence, the viewer enters an immersive exploration of the filamentary structure of the local universe, navigating inside the filaments and visiting the major nodes such as the Great Attractor.

Early results from the simulations are able to produce the filamentary structure and voids.

The filamentary veins were only about 5 nanometers in diameter, but penetrate to depths more than 400 nanometers below the surface.

We present results of near - infrared (JHKs) polarization observations toward the filamentary cloud.

Applying the Chandrasekhar - Fermi method, the magnetic field strength is roughly estimated to be a few x 100 microgauss, suggesting that the filamentary cloud is close to magnetically critical as a whole.

This is a very active area of research, and we hope to someday see gas as it falls into these more normal galaxies along these filamentary streams.