Projet professionnel personnel de bibliothécaire : Bibliothéconomie : Villeurbanne, ENSSIB : 2000.

Projet professionnel personnel de bibliothécaire : gestion de projet : Bibliothéconomie : Villeurbanne, ENSSIB : 2004.

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SPIDERS (The SPectroscopic IDentification of eROSITA Sources) is a programme dedicated to the homogeneous and complete spectroscopic follow-up of X-ray active galactic nuclei and galaxy clusters over a large area (similar to 7500 deg(2)) of the extragalactic sky. SPIDERS is part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)-IV project, together with the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and the Time-Domain Spectroscopic Survey. This paper describes the largest project within SPIDERS before the launch of eROSITA: an optical spectroscopic survey of X-ray-selected, massive (similar to 10(14)-10(15) M-circle dot) galaxy clusters discovered in ROSAT and XMM-Newton imaging. The immediate aim is to determine precise (Delta(z) similar to 0.001) redshifts for 4000-5000 of these systems out to z similar to 0.6. The scientific goal of the program is precision cosmology, using clusters as probes of large-scale structure in the expanding Universe. We present the cluster samples, target selection algorithms and observation strategies. We demonstrate the efficiency of selecting targets using a combination of SDSS imaging data, a robust red-sequence finder and a dedicated prioritization scheme. We describe a set of algorithms and work-flow developed to collate spectra and assign cluster membership, and to deliver catalogues of spectroscopically confirmed clusters. We discuss the relevance of line-of-sight velocity dispersion estimators for the richer systems. We illustrate our techniques by constructing a catalogue of 230 spectroscopically validated clusters (0.031 < z < 0.658), found in pilot observations. We discuss two potential science applications of the SPIDERS sample: the study of the X-ray luminosity-velocity dispersion (L-X-sigma) relation and the building of stacked phase-space diagrams.

3 v. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Music, 1980

La première partie de cette thèse concerne la gestion des très grands catalogues astronomiques. Deux grands projets de cartographie du ciel dans l'infrarouge proche, DENIS et 2MASS, étaient en cours pendant ce travail de thèse. Je présente les méthodes de compression, sans perte d'information et préservant une indexation sur la base des positions célestes, développées pour les catalogues de sources ponctuelles de ces deux relevés. Le codage optimisé permet un gain de compression d'un facteur 1.5 à 2 par rapport à des algorithmes de type LZ77. Les premières versions des catalogues DENIS et 2MASS sont pleinement intégrées aux services du CDS (VizieR, Aladin), et donc interrogeables par le Web, avec des temps d'accès moyens inférieurs à 20 microsecondes par source. Dans le cadre du projet DENIS, le travail de validation des données a permis, dans un premier temps, la première diffusion publique pour ce relevé (\url(http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/denis-public/)). La comparaison des données réduites par les deux chaînes de traitement DENIS (LDAC et PDAC) a ensuite permis de définir des critères de filtrage et d'utiliser les données PDAC pour l'étude de la structure Galactique. La deuxième partie de la thèse s'appuie sur une version modifiée du modèle de synthèse de populations stellaires de Besançon. Les lois de densité du disque ont été modifiées pour pouvoir simuler un disque stellaire gauchi et/ou évasé. Les comparaisons avec les données PDAC indiquent une échelle de longueur $h_R=2.5$~kpc pour le disque, avec une troncature à $R=14$~kpc. Je discute une méthode de reconstruction tridimensionnelle de l'extinction par ajustement du modèle sur les données DENIS. Le gauchissement du disque galactique est observé entre $l=230$ et 330\degres\xspace, et se traduit par une inclinaison du disque stellaire vers $b<0$, comme pour le gaz. Le gauchissement commence près de la position du Soleil ($R=8.4$~kpc), et l'origine de l'évasement montre une dépendance en longitude.

Th. archiviste-paléographe--Paris--Ecole nationale des chartes, 2002. / Bibliogr. t. 1, f. 47-78.

Projet professionnel personnel de bibliothécaire : gestion de projet : Bibliothéconomie : Villeurbanne, ENSSIB : 2004.

The verbal protocol method is used extensively in computer usability studies. This study was designed to test the feasibility of using the verbal protocol method as a means of conducting field research on the online catalogue. Ten undergraduate students conducted their own research on DRA’s Infogate. As they searched, they talked aloud about what keys they were pressing, what was happening on the screen, and their reactions. Transcripts of sessions were analyzed. A total of 65 different problems or comments were noted during search sessions, with 11 problems or comments noted in three or more sessions. This supports the hypothesis that the verbal protocol method is a valuable means of identifying common problems for users. It is suggested that the verbal protocol method offers great potential as a research tool in librarianship, for example in the area of interface design.

In this thesis we construct a B-band catalogue of the local universe which we call the Millennium Galaxy Catalogue (MGC). The MGC is photometrically and astrometrically accurate to +/-0.03 mags and +/-0.08" respectively and covers an area of~ 36 sq deg in the NGP. Colour and redshift information are available from overlapping regions of the two-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release (SDSS-EDR). With an exposure time of 750s and an isophotal surface brightness limit of 26 mags/sq arcsecs, the MGC is the largest and deepest photometric survey of the local universe to-date. As well as containing photometric information, by making use of a newly developed software package-Galaxy Image 2D (GIM2D), and assuming a standard de Vaucouleurs and exponential galaxy profile, the MGC also contains structural parameters (half light radius and (B/T) etc) to all galaxies in the magnitude range 16 < BMGC < 20. By making use of the information in the MGC we are able to classify our galaxies into three morphological types (E/SO, Sabc and Sd/Irr) using (B/T) cuts. In doing this we find that 30.52% of the galaxies form a "new" galaxy population identified by having a (B/T) of exactly 0. After visual inspection this population is found to be a mixture of early and late type star-forming Spirals and Irregular galaxies, all of which have a disk component that is flatter than an exponential. After visually redistributing these galaxies we find that the local galaxy population consists of 28.1% E/SO, 39.64% Sabc and 31.37% Sd/Irr. From the redshift information contained within the MGC we are able to look at the galaxy distribution in terms of physical parameters. We find that the galaxies are distributed in absolute magnitude, surface brightness and half light radii in a manner that is consistent with the hierarchical formation scenario. We derive total and morphological galaxy number counts and, after combining them via a step wise maximum likelihood (SWML) technique, we arrive at morphological LFs. From examining the galaxy counts we find that there is no steep rise in the bright end, eradicating the need for strong local evolution. Also one does not need to renormalise the morphological or total galaxy counts in order for them to be consistent with faitner counts. The Sabc and Sd/Irr LFs are surprisingly similar with both showing a mild faint end slope. We look at the properties of bulges and disks of galaxies. We find that as galaxies become more diskey there bulges move away from the Kormendy law for Elliptical galaxies. Due to the similarity of the Spiral and Irregular population LFs, as well as apparent and intrinsic parameter distributions, we are forced to conclude that one can only reliably distinguish between the Ellipticals and the general galaxy population, and that investigating the bulge and disk components of a galaxy may be more useful than Hubble types.