Ceres’ sunlight atlas

Ceres’ sunlight atlas⋆

Context. Astronomical research dealing with accurate radial velocity measurements need reliable astronomical standards to calibrate the spectrographs and to assess possible systematics. Stellar radial velocity standards offer a reference at the level of a few hundred m s−1 and are not adequate for most present needs. Aims. We aim to show that sunlight reflected by asteroids is a fairly accessib...

Collection of Ceres Results

CERES is a dilepton experiment at the CERN SPS, known for its observation of enhanced production of low mass ee pairs in collisions between heavy nuclei [ 1]. The fact that the excess pairs had invariant masses above approximately twice the pion mass and that the enhancement was absent in proton induced collisions [ 2] pointed towards pion annihilation ππ → ρ → ee as the additional source of le...

Ceres/na45 Status Report

New Ceres Results

During 1999 the CERES experiment upgraded by the new TPC was taking data from semi-central Pb+Au collisions at 40 AGeV. The analysis of the di-electron spectra shows an enhancement in the low mass region of at least the same magnitude as previously observed at full SPS energy. The results are compared to model calculations with and without medium modifications of the vector mesons. The addition...

Rotational Motion of Ceres

Ceres is the most massive body of the asteroid belt and contains about 25 wt.% (weight percent) of water. Understanding its thermal evolution and assessing its current state are major goals of the Dawn Mission. Constraints on its internal structure can be inferred from various observations. Especially, detailed knowledge of the rotational motion can help constrain the mass distribution inside t...