A Mid-Summer Night's Dream

A mid-winter night's dream ….

A Subambient Open Roof Surface under the Mid‐Summer Sun

A novel material open to warm air stays below ambient temperature under maximum solar intensities of mid-summer. It is found to be 11 °C cooler than a commercial white cool roof nearby. A combination of specially chosen polymers and a silver thin film yields values near 100% for both solar reflectance, and thermal emittance at infrared wavelengths from 7.9 to 13 μm.

The Persian Nights Vs. The Arabian Nights

This paper explores the possible origins of some names in 1001 Nights. The names of the major characters of the Night stories, and their borrowed reflexes in Arabic, have been traced back to their ancient Persian roots. Examples from classical works are brought to argue that Shahrāzād, Shahriyār, and Dīnāzād are not only the correct forms but more suitable to the deep structure of the frame-sto...

Hot nights on extrasolar planets: mid-infrared phase variations of hot Jupiters

We present results from Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the mid-infrared phase variations of three short-period extrasolar planetary systems: HD 209458, HD 179949 and 51 Peg.We gathered Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) images in multiple wavebands (3.6 μm or 4.5 μm, and 8 μm) at eight phases of each planet’s orbit. We find the uncertainty in relative photometry from one epoch to the next to...

Hot Nights on Extrasolar Planets: Mid-IR Phase Variations of Hot Jupiters

We present results from Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the mid-infrared phase variations of three short-period extrasolar planetary systems: HD 209458, HD 179949 and 51 Peg.We gathered Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) images in multiple wavebands (3.6 μm or 4.5 μm, and 8 μm) at eight phases of each planet’s orbit. We find the uncertainty in relative photometry from one epoch to the next to...