太阳整体行为研究

黑子相对数与黑子群在日面纬度上分布的蝴蝶图表征着太阳长期活动演化的特征，本文主要对这二者尤其是后者进行了研究。太阳活动在日面上分布表现为不对称，这是近30年太阳物理研究的主要内容之一。本文对这一领域进行了详细调研，发现太阳活动的南北半球分布不对称性的确存在，是否存在东西半球分布不对称目前还没有定论，但在日面经度上的分布肯定是不均匀的。本文还利用太阳22周活动极大时期X射线（Imp≥M1.0）耀斑事件进行了统计分析，给出了不对称演化特征，发现不对称性并不是事件活动剧烈程度的函数。统计分析表现21周太阳活动既不是已往方面中所述的南半球占优，也不是北半球占优。本文总结了以往对太阳长期活动特征研究的结论，也分析了黑子面积描述的活动周期特征，发现可用一个二参数函数来描述太阳活动周，这个结论对太阳长期活动预防是有用的。本文还详细解剖了蝴蝶图，揭示了其所含的物理信息，同时将不对称研究引入到这种解剖工作中，或是定量再现已有的一些定律，一些效应，或是揭示一些新的长期活动特征。本文最后对太阳长期活动预报方法和预报结构进行了总结，21－23周的预报事例说明前兆因子方法比其它方法要好。本文用Moscow中子监测值对23周作了预报，其峰值为151．1（月平均黑子相对数），对23周事例的总结分析表明其峰值为162．3。     

太阳光球磁通量南北不对称性研究

运用统计方法系统研究了1978-2002年太阳光球磁通量南北不对称性变化特征，发现其与太阳活动周有关．不对称值在太阳活动极小年要明显高于太阳活动极大年，并且磁通量变化总是由上升段的北半球占优逐渐过渡到下降段的南半球占优．另外运用小波变换方法详细讨论了这种不对称性变化可能存在的周期信息．     

太阳活动周的3个参量：AS,BT和BW

通过对１２－２２周（（１８７８－１９９５年）太阳大黑子群分布南北半球不对称的整体特征的研究,探讨了太阳活动周的长期演化趋势．约定Ｎ与Ｓ分别表示北南半球大黑子群数之和,ＢＮ与ＢＳ为北南半球大黑子群的纬度和．由这４个物理量定义了太阳活动周的３个参量：（１）太阳活动不对称指数ＡＳ＝（Ｎ－Ｓ）／（Ｎ＋Ｓ）;（２）平均纬度ＢＴ＝（ＢＮ＋ＢＳ）／（Ｎ＋Ｓ）,ＢＳ取负值;（３）太阳活动带的宽度ＢＷ＝ＢＮ／Ｎ－ＢＳ／Ｓ．对上述１１个活动周,得到了有关８０年周期的性质及奇偶数周大黑子群数变化的有意义的统计结果．     

21～24太阳活动周首个高纬黑子和首个X级耀斑的半球特点与太阳活动的南北不对称性的关系

利用GOES和SDO卫星监测的太阳软X射线耀斑的数据,发现在21~24太阳活动周期间,第1个X级耀斑与第1个高纬黑子都出现在同一半球。与高纬黑子表征的太阳活动南北半球的不对称性一样,一个太阳活动周第1个X级耀斑的出现,很可能预示着首先出现X级耀斑的半球,其太阳活动将比另一半球更剧烈。     

日面高纬黑子与太阳活动

利用云南天文台太阳黑子观测资料,对太阳活动第１９ 周至第２２ 周日面高纬度（ 高于４０°） 的黑子群进行了统计．结果表明：高纬黑子面积绝大部分小于１００ ,平均５６ ,寿命大部分为１ ～３ 天,平均４ 天;黑子分类绝大部分为ＡＸＸ、ＨＳＸ、ＢＸＯ,其中ＡＸＸ 约占总数的一半．高纬黑子在日面南北半球上的不对称分布可用来预报该太阳周内的太阳活动在南北半球上的主次．由此预报２３ 周太阳活动将在南半球更活跃     

旋转黑子的太阳周时间延迟研究

统计结果显示23周旋转黑子的纬度随时间的变化呈蝴蝶图分布.对23周旋转黑子蝴蝶图和黑子蝴蝶图两翼的4条拟合曲线间的均方差随相位变化进行研究的结果表明:黑子蝴蝶图南北半球之间、旋转黑子蝴蝶图南北半球之间以及在同一半球旋转黑子蝴蝶图和黑子蝴蝶图之间存在着系统的时间延迟.这说明:23周南北半球太阳黑子活动不是同时发生的,南半球和北半球之间存在着系统的时间延迟或提前(相位差),且是南半球滞后于北半球;23周旋转黑子蝴蝶图和黑子蝴蝶图之间存在着相位差,且是旋转黑子蝴蝶图滞后于黑子蝴蝶图,观测滞后值略小于发电机模型预言的理论值.     

冕洞演化与太阳活动周的关系及在日地预报中的应用

冕洞的研究在近二十多年里取得了丰硕的成果。本文回顾了冕洞的发现及观测历史，系统阐述了冕洞的结构特征、形成及演化规律，讨论了冕洞对日地空间产生的影响，冕洞与超级活动区的关系以及冕洞在太阳活动预报中所起的作用，在此基础上利用１９７０—１９９５年的冕洞资料对冕洞的时空分布和磁极性演化规律与太阳活动周的关系，以及冕洞与太阳风速度、地磁扰动等方面进行分析研究，得出以下结论：（１）冕洞在南北半球的分布在形态上基本是对称的，但在冕洞数量上北半球稍占优势；（２）冕洞的盛衰演化呈周期性，表现为赤道冕洞周期与黑子周期是完全一致的，极冕洞周期与黑子周期相位相差１８０°；（３）赤道冕洞的纬度分布随太阳活动周上升而上升，当太阳活动周达到极大值时，它也达到极大，然后再随太阳活动周下降而下降，极冕洞的纬度延伸方向演化与赤道冕洞相反；（４）极冕洞的极场呈１１年周期性，并且极场反转出现在太阳活动峰年期间；（５）太阳风和地磁扰动与冕洞的演化有着密切的关系     

太阳活动的不对称性研究

从三方面概述了太阳活动不对称的进展;不对称性的特征及其演化行为、周期性和可能的解释。太阳活动的南北半球及东西半球人发布是不均匀的,且在南北半球上分布不对称;但目前仍无法确定东西半球分布不对称。在众多的解释太阳活动不对称的理论中,没有一种理论被广泛接受。对将来开展太阳活动不对称性研究工作提出了一些看法。     

太阳活动和预报的几个问题(英文)

不少人用统计方法研究太阳黑子数序列或者太阳黑子周本身各参量间的关系,做太阳活动周预报。第21周只有少数这类预报的结果与实际情况相近。第22周也会有类似的趋势,即预报较实测偏低较多。为改进预报,研究太阳黑子活动的性质是有益的。黑子数是一个缺乏物理意义的统计量,人们已经找到和正在寻找新的太阳活动指标。但是黑子数的观测历史较长,用户广,而且作为一个统计量它能反映太阳活动的时间变化,所以仍是一个常用的参量。同时,应该看到太阳活动是一个广泛含意的概念,不应把它只与黑子数相联系。为了满足用户的不同要求,应该用多种太阳活动指标做预报。另外,从SMM卫星和GOES卫星的观测资料分析得出耀斑的152天周期性,地面观测资料也得到了同样的结果。这类研究也必然有助于预报工作。本文对与上述问题有关的几点做些简短的讨论。 研究发现,太阳活动周各参量间的关系是比较复杂的。例如,太阳周黑子数极大值与上升段的关系似乎可以用两条直线表示(图1),极小年均值与起伏之间也象是双线关系(图2)。这种非唯一的关系至少是太阳活动周预报不准的主要原因之一,也可能是太阳预报提前期越长越不准的原因之一。 太阳活动是一个意义广泛的概念,可以用多种指标描述太阳活动的不同方面。而且应注意到不同指标之间在     

冕洞演化与太阳活动周的关系及在日地预报中的应用

冕洞的研究在近二十多年里取得了丰硕的成果。本文回顾了冕洞的发现及观测历史，系统阐述了冕洞的结果特征，形成及演化规律，讨论了冕洞对日地空间产生的影响，冕洞与超级活动区的关系以及冕洞在太阳活动预报中所起的作用，在此基础上利用１９７０－１９９５年的晚洞资料听时空分 布和磁极性演化规律与太阳活动区的关系以及冕洞的时空分布和磁极性演化 规律与太阳活性周的得出以下结论：（１）冕洞在南北半球的分布在形态上基本是     

A thermodynamic model of high temperature lava vaporization on Io

We modified the MAGMA chemical equilibrium code developed by Fegley and Cameron (1987, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 82, 207-222) and used it to model vaporization of high temperature silicate lavas on Io. The MAGMA code computes chemical equilibria in a melt, between melt and its equilibrium vapor, and in the gas phase. The good agreement of MAGMA code results with experimental data and with other computer codes is demonstrated. The temperature-dependent pressure and composition of vapor in equilibrium with lava is calculated from 1700 to 2400 K for 109 different silicate lavas in the ONaKFeSiMgCaAlTi system. Results for five lavas (tholeiitic basalt, alkali basalt, Barberton komatiite, dunite, and a molten type B1 Ca, Al-rich inclusion) are discussed in detail. The effects of continuous fractional vaporization on chemistry of these lavas and their equilibrium vapor are presented. The predicted abundances (relative to Na) of K, Fe, Si, Al, Ca, and Ti in the vapor equilibrated with lavas at 1900 K are lower than published upper limits for Io's atmosphere (which do not include Mg). We predict evaporative loss of alkalis, Fe, and Si during volcanic eruptions. Sodium is more volatile than K, and the Na/K ratio in the gas is decreased by fractional vaporization. This process can match Io's atmospheric Na/K ratio of 10±3 reported by Brown (2001, Icarus 151, 190-195). Silicon monoxide is an abundant species in the vapor above lavas. Spectroscopic searches are recommended for SiO at IR and mm wavelengths. Reactions of metallic vapors with S- and Cl-bearing volcanic gases may form other unusual gases including MgCl₂, MgS, MgCl, FeCl₂, FeS, FeCl, and SiS.     

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Alkali and halogen chemistry in volcanic gases on Io

We use chemical equilibrium calculations to model the speciation of alkalis and halogens in volcanic gases emitted on Io. The calculations cover wide temperature (500-2000 K) and pressure (10⁻⁶ to 10⁺¹ bars) ranges, which overlap the nominal conditions at Pele (T=1760 K, P=0.01 bars). About 230 compounds of 11 elements (O, S, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, F, Cl, Br, I) are considered. The elemental abundances for O, S, Na, K, and Cl are based upon observations. CI chondritic elemental abundances relative to sulfur are used for the other alkalis and halogens (as yet unobserved on Io). We predict the major alkali species in Pele-like volcanic gases and the percentage distribution of each alkali are LiCl (73%), LiF (27%); NaCl (81%), Na (16%), NaF (3%); KCl (91%), K (5%), KF (4%); RbCl (93%), Rb (4%), RbF (3%); CsCl (92%), CsF (6%), Cs (2%). Likewise the major halogen species and the percentage distribution of each halogen are NaF (88%), KF (10%), LiF (2%); NaCl (89%), KCl (11%); NaBr (89%), KBr (10%), Br (1%); NaI (61%), I (30%), KI (9%). We predict the major halogen condensates and their condensation temperatures at P=0.01 bar are NaF (1115 K), LiF (970 K); NaCl (1050 K), KCl (950 K); KBr (750 K), RbBr (730 K), CsBr (645 K); and solid I₂ (200 K). We also model disequilibrium chemistry of the alkalis and halogens in the volcanic plume. Based on this work and our prior modeling for Na, K, and Cl in a volcanic plume, we predict the major loss processes for the alkali halide gases are photolysis and/or condensation onto grains. Their estimated photochemical lifetimes range from a few minutes for alkali iodides to a few hours for alkali fluorides. Condensation is apparently the only loss process for elemental iodine. On the basis of elemental abundances and photochemical lifetimes, we recommend searching for gaseous KCl, NaF, LiF, LiCl, RbF, RbCl, CsF, and CsCl around volcanic vents during eruptions. Based on abundance considerations and observations of brown dwarfs we also recommend a search of Io's extended atmosphere and the Io plasma torus for neutral and ionized Li, Cs, Rb, and F.     

Study on the Stressed Mirror Polishing with a Continuous Polishing Machine for Large Aperture Off-axis Aspheric Mirrors

A special stressed annular polishing technique is proposed to mill the off-axis aspheric sub-mirrors of a large segmented mirror with an annular polishing machine. Based on the basic principle of stressed annular polishing technique, a set of special stressing mechanisms are designed to convert milling the aspheric surfaces of sub-mirrors with different off-axis distances into milling the spherical surfaces with identical radii of curvature, so that they can be pol- ished simultaneously on a continuous polishing machine. It took about contin- uous 40 hours to polish a scaled-down mirror of the planning Chinese Future Giant Telescope (CFGT) using this technique. This mirror has the 330 mm di- ameter, 3.6 m off-axis distance, and the 21.6 m radius of curvature, and its max- imum asphericity is 16 micron. The experiment shows that this method has a high effciency, suits batch manufacturing, especially the batch manufacturing of aspheric sub-mirrors of the segmented primary mirror of an extremely large aperture telescope.     

Born–Infeld type phantom model in the ω–ω′ plane

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of Born–Infeld (B–I) phantom model in the ω–ω′ plane, which is defined by the equation of state parameter for the dark energy and its derivative with respect to N (the logarithm of the scale factor a). We find the scalar field equation of motion in ω–ω′ plane, and show mathematically the property of attractor solutions which correspond to ω _φ ∼−1, Ω _φ =1, which avoid the “Big rip” problem and meets the current observations well.      

A Comparison of Several Image Locating Algorithms in Astronomical Instruments

In astronomical observations at optical wavelengths, a fast image tracking system can be adopted to reduce the effects of the atmospheric seeing and telescopic tracking error, and therefore improve the observing efficiency. Aiming at the need of astronomical observations, totally 5 kinds of algorithms in two categories were selected to make a comparative study on their accuracies and stabilities under different noise conditions by both numerical experiment and laboratory test. The results indicate that the normalized cross-correlation method and barycenter method have not only a higher accuracy but also a better reliability against interferences, they will be applied to the high-resolution spectrograph of the Xinglong 2.16 m telescope and the scienti?c instruments of the SONG (Stellar Observations Network Group) project, respectively.     

Shear and vorticity in a combined Einstein-Cartan-Brans-Dicke inflationary lambda-Universe

A combined BCDE (Brans-Dicke and Einstein-Cartan) theory with lambda-term is developed through Raychaudhuri’s equation, for inflationary scenario. It involves a variable cosmological constant, which decreases with time, jointly with energy density, cosmic pressure, shear, vorticity, and Hubble’s parameter, while the scale factor, total spin and scalar field increase exponentially. The post-inflationary fluid resembles a perfect one, though total spin grows, but the angular speed does not (Astrophys. Space Sci. 312: 275, 2007d).