USAAAO 2020, I кръг — Задача 28
USAAAO National Astronomy Olympiad First Round 02/10/2020-02/16/2020 · 10 февруари 2020 г. · 1 т.
Указания
This exam contains 8 pages and 30 questions. Each question is worth 1 point, so there are 30 points total. Students MUST take the exam between 02/10/2020-02/16/2020. Proctors must scan students’ responses by 11:59 pm PST on 02/16/2020.
PHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL CONSTANTS
| c | Speed of light in vacuo | |
| e | Elementary charge | |
| Neutron rest mass | ||
| Proton rest mass | ||
| Electron rest mass | ||
| h | Planck’s constant | |
| Hubble’s constant | 70 (km/s)/Mpc | |
| k | Boltzmann’s constant | |
| b | Wien’s constant | |
| G | Gravitational constant | |
| Stefan-Boltzmann constant | ||
| First Radiation Constant | ||
| Second Radiation Constant | ||
| Avogadro constant | ||
| R | Gas constant | |
| Bohr radius | ||
| Bohr magneton | ||
| Solar mass | ||
| Solar radius | ||
| Solar luminosity | ||
| Solar temperature | 5770 K | |
| Earth mass | ||
| Mean Earth radius | ||
| Earth moment of Inertia | ||
| R☾ | Mean Moon radius | |
| M♃ | Mean Jupiter mass | |
| R♃ | Mean Jupiter radius | |
| a♃ | Mean orbital radius of Jupiter | 5.2 AU |
| a☾ | Mean semimajor axis Moon orbit | |
| 1 light year | ||
| 1 AU | Astronomical Unit | |
| 1 pc | Parsec | |
| 1 year | ||
| 1 erg |
ENERGY CONVERSION : 1 joule (J) = electronvolts (eV)
Условие
At optical wavelengths, star formation is strongly obscured by dust. Studies of protoplanetary disks therefore usually observe at infrared or sub-milimeter wavelengths. Why are these observations less strongly affected by interstellar dust?
A. Higher angular resolution from interferometers averages out dust effects
B. The thermal emission of interstellar dust is comparatively less at longer wavelengths
C. Dust grains scatter shorter wavelengths more efficiently than longer wavelengths
D. The optical obscuration is a result of atomic transitions not present at longer wavelengths
E. None of the above
Отговори
- Dust grains scatter shorter wavelengths more efficiently than longer wavelengths
Решение
C: Dust grains scatter shorter wavelengths more efficiently than longer wavelengths
Dust scattering cross sections scale as , so the answer is C. A is nonsense, B and D assume emission/absorption processes are responsible for the obscuration rather than scattering.
Оригинал в Архива: 2020_usaaao_first_round.pdf · официални решения: usaaao_first_round_answer_key_2020.pdf