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...

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...

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...

[1] We describe a method that retrieves surface photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and its direct and diffuse components from the Surface and Atmospheric Radiation Budget (SARB) product of Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES). The shortwave spectrum in the SARB Edition 2 is calculated in 15 bands, 4 of which are used to develop the PAR, in conjunction with the look-up tab...

in this study, a complex crop model was developed that integrates the various components of swap and csm-ceres-maize (dssat v4.0) model with the purpose of developing a more efficient model and according to the internal requirements. in the hybrid model, ceres-maize supplies swap model with daily leaf area index and root depth and on the other hand swap model supplies ceres-maize with daily wea...

The CERES-Maize model was developed to investigate how variations in environmental conditions, management decisions, and genetics interact to a€ect crop development and growth. A tile drainage subroutine was incorporated into CERES-Maize to improve soil-water and nitrogen leaching under subsurface tile drainage conditions. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the soil-water, soil-nitrogen, ...

Polygonal impact craters (PICs) are supposed to form as a result of impacts into structure systems within the target. The an umbrella term which encompass faults, joints, fractures, lithographic boundaries, and other planes weakness. These defined having at least two linear rim segments with recognizable angle between segments. PICs have been reported on both rocky icy bodies including Ceres. U...

The radiation budget at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) is a quantity of fundamental importance to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program. Thus, it is necessary to measure the radiation budget components, broadband shortwave (SW) albedo and outgoing longwave radiation, as accurately as possible. Measurement of TOA broadband albedos over the ARM surface sites has only been possible ...