9.16. A sub-parsec accretion disk in NGC 4261

We observed the nuclear region of NGC 4261 (3C270) with the VLBA to determine the morphology of the central radio source on parsec scales. Our highest angular resolution image at 8.4 GHz shows a very narrow gap in emission just east of the radio core (on the counterjet side), which we interpret as an absorption feature caused by a small, dense inner accretion disk whose width is less than 0.1 parsec. If the inclination of this inner disk is close to that of the much larger-scale disk imaged by HST, it becomes optically thin to 8.4 GHz radiation at a deprojected radius of about 0.8 pc. September 1997 VLBA observations at higher frequencies should allow us to determine the radial electron density distribution of the inner disk.

Electronic Structure of a Single Hydrogen Centre in Magnesium Crystals

In the present work, the problem “hydrogen storage in metals” is treated with the aid of the so-called New Tamm-Dancoff (NTD) procedure. We employ this method in lowest approximation for the evaluation of the electronic energy difference eigenvalue between a metal crystal with and without hydrogen centre. As an example we use Magnesium with hexagonal structure. For this system we calculate the difference eigenvalue with dependence on the displacement of the nearest neighbours and next nearest neighbours of the hydrogen centre, respectively. Finally we calculate the radial electron density distribution in the environment of the proton.

The anomalous skin effect in cylindrical plasmas

A theoretical analysis of the anomalous skin effect in cylindrical plasma is carried out for a model where the radial electron-density distribution is of Gaussian form. It is shown that there are major qualitative differences between the results for cylindrical and those for plane geometry. Calculations of the electromagnetic field distribution over the plasma cross-section show that the present theory is in satisfactory agreement with experiment.