Observations of Sun-spot Spectra in 1883

Digital Sun Sensor Multi-Spot Operation

The operation and test of a multi-spot digital sun sensor for precise sun-line determination is described. The image forming system consists of an opaque mask with multiple pinhole apertures producing multiple, simultaneous, spot-like images of the sun on the focal plane. The sun-line precision can be improved by averaging multiple simultaneous measures. Nevertheless, the sensor operation on a ...

Spot Sizes on Sun-like Stars

The total area coverage by starspots is of interest for a variety of reasons, but direct techniques only provide estimates of this important quantity. Sunspot areas exhibit a lognormal size distribution irrespective of the phase of the activity cycle, implying that most sunspots are small. Here we explore the consequences if starspot areas were similarly distributed. The solar data allow for an...

Inferno in Embedded Space: Porting to the Sun SPOT

We report, here, on a project to port the Inferno operating system to the Sun SPOT sensor platform. The port provides support for the temperature and light sensors, the threeaxis accelerameter, LEDs, momentary contact switches, and GPIO pins. Communication among sensors is provided by an IPv6 implementation running over the integrated 802.15.4 radios.

The Direction of Rotation of Sun-Spot Vortices.

Charged lepton spectra from hot-spot evaporation

Spectra for the emission of charged leptons from evaporating hot-spots of preconfining phase in SU(2) Yang-Mills thermodynamics are computed. Specifically, we consider charged single and dileptons with their spectra being functions of energy and invariant mass, respectively. In the former case, our results relate to narrow and correlated electron and positron peaks measured in supercritical hea...