The Blue Stragglers and the Integrated Spectral Energy Distribution of Single Stellar Populations

Blue stragglers are a common observational fact for the Galactic clusters. Single Stellar Populations (SSPs) are basic to the studies of galaxy structre and evolution. SSPs are mainly based either on the observation of the integrated properties of star clusters, or on the theoretical understandings of single star evolution. Both of the two ways of making SSPs suffer from either observational uncertainties concerning field contaminations or lack of good models for close binary systems. Based on the photometry of the classical open cluster M67 and the thorough membership survey, we made a color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of high membership stars for the cluster. We will show that by including the contributions of the bright blue stragglers that is common to open clusters, the integrated properties of the clusters are quite different from tranditional SSP models. We further conclude that these blue light contributors are very important to SSP models, and may cast new lights on its applications in the studies of galaxies.

A Simplified Full-Wave Analysis for Microstrip Patch Antennas

The spectral domain integral equation(SDIE) provides an accurate and efficient method for computing the resonant frequency, radiation patterns, etc . Using continuous Fourier transform, the formulation utilizes the singular integral equations via the Glerkin's method to derive the deterministic equation with fewer mathematical manipulations. In contrast, discrete Fourier transform(DFT) requires intricate mathematical labor. The present scheme requires a small size, i.e ., (2×2) matrix, and it is possible to extract higher order modal solutions conveniently. Moreover, computation is reduced with the same convergence properties. Based on the present scheme, some results for resonant frequency and radiation patterns compared with available data and computed current distribution on the patch are presented.

The Spectral Integral Method(SIM)for the Scattering from an Arbitrary Number of Circular PEC Cylinders

We present an accurate spectral integral method(SIM)for the analyses of scattering from multiple circular perfect electric conductor(PEC)cylinders.It solves the coupled surface integral equations by using the Fourier series and addition theorem to decouple the system.The SIM has exponential convergence so that the error decreases exponentially with the sample density on the surfaces,and requires only about 2–3 points per wavelength(PPW)to reach engineering accuracy defined as higher than 99%accuracy(or with an error smaller than 1%).Numerical results demonstrate that the SIM is much more accurate and efficient than the method of moments(MoM),and thus can be potentially used as the exact radiation boundary condition in the finite element and spectral element methods.

Bernstein n-Widths for Classes of Convolution Functions with Kernels Satisfying Certain Oscillation Properties

In this paper, we consider some classes of 2π-periodic convolution functions Bp, and Kp with kernels having certain oscillation properties, which include the classical Sobolev class as special case. With the help of the spectral of nonlinear integral equations, we determine the exact values of Bernstein n-width of the classes Bp, Kp in the space Lp for 1 〈 p 〈 ∞.

ON AN INVERSE INITIAL-BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR A ONE-DIMENSIONAL HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

In this paper, the inverse boundary value problem of the hyperbolic system of first-order deferential equations is discussed. The estimate of the solution and the quantitative analysis about its stability are obtained, and some stability criteria are established.