毫秒时间尺度太阳微波辐射新特征

自1990年6月北京天文台太阳射电偏振仪投入实测以来,观测到一百多个“Spike”和短时标精细结构微波幅射,其中包括一些新的微波幅射特征。本文给出了主要的四点特征:(1)窄带辐射;(2)快速偏振逆转;(3)快速频率漂移;(4)不同时标的准周期振荡。     

活动星系核中的准周期振荡现象

近年来,在活动星系核的光变曲线中越来越多的准周期振荡现象被发现并报道,而对此类现象的研究很有可能成为一种探索超大质量黑洞物理机制的特殊且有效的手段。首次收集了报道出的准周期振荡事例,并对其分不同波段进行了整理;此外还介绍了不同波段上显著事例的特点并阐明其相关的物理过程。根据所搜集的事例,讨论了它们的整体特点,其中所探测的周期具有很强的观测选择效应,并且至今高可信度的事例不多。目前考虑的准周期振荡的产生机制都与Lense-Thirring效应或双黑洞系统有关。相信在不久的将来,随着各类大型巡天项目的开展,会有大量的活动星系核准周期振荡现象被发现,这将有助于对该现象的深入研究。     

太阳spike辐射中的MHD振荡

我们在1981年5月16日所观测到的典型的微波大爆发的spike辐射中,发现存有～1.4—1.6秒的准周期振荡特征。本文依据MHD波理论,对观测进行了分析讨论,本文认为在日冕圈内外传播着的快磁声波(“腊肠”模)调制了源区的磁场以及电子束的投射角分布,从而影响了ECM不稳定性的增长率,因此而产生了spike辐射中的准周期振荡。另外,本文还对一些有关的物理参数作了定量的估算。     

激变变星3种周期振荡现象 的观测研究进展

激变变星(Cataclysmic Variables, CV)的典型特性是其存在3种周期振荡现象,周期振荡指准周期性的光度快速变化.按光变时标由短到长, CV的周期振荡可分为矮新星振荡、长周期矮新星振荡和准周期振荡.对3种不同振荡在观测上的特征以及在不同亚型CV中的表现进行了介绍,并阐述了可能产生3种周期振荡的物理机制.这些振荡现象为人们研究白矮星的吸积和几何提供了丰富的信息和线索.     

吸积盘随机振荡光度功率谱密度中低频准周期振荡现象的研究

采用含有频率涨落噪声和指数形式关联随机力作用的广义朗之万(Langevin)方程模型描述黑洞吸积盘的垂向振荡,推导出吸积盘随机振荡光度功率谱密度的解析表达式,并讨论了系统参数对功率谱密度中低频准周期振荡(Low Frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations,LFQPOs)现象的影响。研究结果发现选取合适的系统参数时,功率谱密度曲线上出现了一个基频和一个二次谐频的共振双峰低频准周期振荡,基频峰对应的中心频率为吸积盘振荡的特征频率;随机力关联时间决定了基频峰的高度和宽度,频率噪声强度和粘滞阻尼只对二次谐频峰产生影响。结果说明吸积盘的随机振荡模型可以作为低频准周期振荡起源的一种解释。     

出现在Ⅳμ爆发上的快变分量

概述了１９８８年１２月１６日出现在微波Ⅳ型大爆发上的快变分量观测特征，以及由ＭＨＤ调制磁流管的磁场强度，而产生了１２．５ｍｉｎ和１．２ｍｉｎ的长短准周期振荡，呈部分高能电子被磁场俘获，做同步加速回旋辐射，产生了微波Ⅳ型爆发，另一部分能电子以一定入射角喷注磁拱上，形成螺距角各为异性的空心束分布，其电子回旋不稳定性导致ｓｐｉｋｅ辐射。最后，用慢波模式计算了三个频率上的１．２ｍｉｎ的准周期振荡，结果表明     

1989年4月9日射电爆发中的准周期振荡特征

本文对1989年4月9日在2840 MHz上观测到的微波爆发进行分析,发现该爆发存在几十到几百秒的准周期振荡现象。这种现象可能与磁环的准周期现象有关,应遵从磁流体力学规律。通过简单初步分析,获得一些有意义的结果。     

出现在Ⅳμ爆发上的快变分量

概述了１９８８年１２月１６日出现在微波Ⅳ型大爆发上的快变分量观测特征，以及由ＭＨＤ调制磁流管的磁场强度，而产生了１２．５ｍｉｎ和１．２ｍｉｎ的长短准周期振荡。一部分高能电子被磁场俘获，做同步加速回旋辐射，产生了微波Ⅳ型爆发。另一部分高能电子以一定入射角喷注在磁拱上，形成螺距角各为异性的空心束分布，其电子回旋不稳定性导致ｓｐｉｋｅ辐射。最后，用慢波模式计算了三个频率上的１．２ｍｉｎ的准周期振荡，结果表明振荡周期随频率的增加而增大，与观测结果相符。     

复杂型爆发事件的特征

太阳射电宽带动态频谱仪1.10～2.06 GHz、2.6～3.8 GHz、5.2～7.6 GHz从2000年～2005年同时在3个频段上观测到复杂型频谱事件(45C爆发:双峰或多峰结构,单频辐射流量小于500 sfu)158个,有139个事件对应高能事件,其中对应X级耀斑3个,对应M级耀斑86个,对应C级耀斑44个。36个爆发对应发生日冕物质抛射(Coronal Mass Ejection,CME)事件,29个事件对应有II型爆发,20个事件对应IV型爆发。在76个事件中显示了丰富的毫秒级精细结构,有尖峰辐射(Spike)、鱼群结构(Fish)、斑马纹结构(Zebra)、纤维结构(Fiber)、漂移脉动结构(DPS)、准周期振荡(QPPS)、M型结构以及II、III型爆发等。举两例说明复杂爆发的观测特征。     

地球自转极移近120天准周期变化的小波分析及其大气激发机制

本文利用小波变换这一新的频谱分析方法研究了地球自转极移近１２０天准周期变化的时频特征，证实了在极移序列中存在显著的近１２０天准周期振荡，得到了极移准周期变化的周期与振幅随时间变化的规律．以地球自转动力学为基础，在时域内分析了大气变化对自转极移季节内变化的激发．表明大气激发在本文所研究的频段内是极移短周期变化的主要激发源。并发现在极移近１２０天准周期振荡平静时期，发生ＥＬＮｉｎｏ事件，同时日长变化近１２０天准周期变化增强．     

The effects of Alfvén waves on heating plasma in post-flare loops

In investigating the effects of collision Alfvén waves on the heating of a cool-type solar loop, like the post-flare loop, models are proposed, and the distributions of ion or electron density, temperature, pressure, and wave energy density are simulated. We assumed the magnetic field strength in the loop is about 100 G and found that Alfvén waves can propagate through the whole loop, that is to say, the decay length of collision Alfvén waves which we consider can reach to the height or length of the loop. Thus, the Alfvén wave heating is a considerable heating mechanism in cool loops. And we also found that the variations of density, pressure, and wave energy density are more significant than those of the temperature. In the whole loop, the temperature is of the order of 10⁴ K. In comparison with other parameters, the temperature can be considered as homogeneous; hence, the heat conductive flux in the simulations is omitted.     

MHD waves in coronal loops with a shell

We consider a model of a coronal loop in the form of a cord surrounded by a coaxial shell. Two slow magnetosonic waves longitudinally propagate within a thin flux tube on the m=0 cylindrical mode with velocities close to the tube velocities in the cord and the shell. One wave propagates inside the cord, while the other propagates inside the shell. A peculiar feature of the second wave is that the plasma in the cord and the shell oscillates with opposite phases. There are two fast magnetosonic waves on each of the cylindrical modes with m>0. If the plasma density in the shell is lower than that in the surrounding corona, then one of the waves is radiated into the corona, which causes the loop oscillations to be damped, while the other wave is trapped by the cord, but can also be radiated out under certain conditions. If the plasma density in the shell is higher than that in the cord, then one of the waves is trapped by the shell, while the other wave can also be trapped by the shell under certain conditions. In the wave trapped by the shell and the wave radiated by the tube, the plasma in the cord and the shell oscillates with opposite phases.     

Perturbations of a twisted solar coronal loop: The relation between surface waves and instabilities

The spectrum of propagating waves and instabilities on a current-carrying, zero gas pressure, twisted magnetic flux loop is analysed for several models of the magnetic field structure. A surface wave mode of the fast Alfvén wave is found to exist, with damping of the wave when Alfvén resonance absorption occurs. If the loop is surrounded by a uniform, purely axial magnetic field, then the surface wave is always stable. If the loop is surrounded by a nonuniform field which is continuous with the loop's field, then the surface wave may connect to the unstable external kink mode.     

太阳射电毫秒Spike辐射窄带宽的理论探讨

在磁拱底部非线性等离子体密度波传播期间,损失锥分布的反射电子驱动着电子迴旋maser不稳定性的增长,激励出二次谐频波模,支配着太阳射电毫秒Spike辐射。根据这个理论模型,本文着重研究了太阳射电毫秒Spike辐射的频带宽度问题。对于典型参数,计算结果发现:辐射带宽一般为几MHz到几十MHz,最高为100MHz。而且通常折射出的二次谐频z模辐射带宽较窄,而二次谐频o模辐射带宽较宽。     

Non-reflective Propagation of Kink Waves in Coronal Magnetic Loops

Propagating kink waves are ubiquitously observed in solar magnetic wave guides. We consider the possibility that these waves propagate without reflection although there is some inhomogeneity. We briefly describe the general theory of non-reflective, one-dimensional wave propagation in inhomogeneous media. This theory is then applied to kink-wave propagation in coronal loops. We consider a coronal loop of half-circle shape embedded in an isothermal atmosphere, and assume that the plasma temperature is the same inside and outside the loop. We show that non-reflective kink-wave propagation is possible for a particular dependence of the loop radius on the distance along the loop. A viable assumption that the loop radius increases from the loop footpoint to the apex imposes a lower limit on the loop expansion factor, which is the ratio of the loop radii at the apex and footpoints. This lower limit increases with the loop height; however, even for a loop that is twice as high as the atmospheric scale height, it is small enough to satisfy observational constraints. Hence, we conclude that non-reflective propagation of kink waves is possible in a fairly realistic model of coronal loops.     

Loop heating by D.C. electric current and electromagnetic wave emissions simulated by 3-D EM particle code

We have shown that a current-carrying plasma loop can be heated by magnetic pinch driven by the pressure imbalance between inside and outside the loop, using a 3-dimensional electromagnetic (EM) particle code. Both electrons and ions in the loop can be heated in the direction perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field, therefore the perpendicular temperature can be increased about 10 times compared with the parallel temperature. This temperature anisotropy produced by the magnetic pinch heating can induce a plasma instability, by which high-frequency electromagnetic waves can be excited. The plasma current which is enhanced by the magnetic pinch can also excite a kinetic kink instability, which can heat ions perpendicular to the magnetic field. The heating mechanism of ions as well as the electromagnetic emission could be important for an understanding of the coronal loop heating and the electromagnetic wave emissions from active coronal regions.     

Propagation and Damping of a Localized Impulsive Longitudinal Perturbation in Coronal Loops

We use linear analysis to simulate the evolution of a coronal loop in response to a localized impulsive event. The disturbance is modeled by injecting a narrow Gaussian velocity pulse near one footpoint of a loop in equilibrium. Three different damping mechanisms, namely viscosity, thermal conduction, and optically thin radiation, are included in the loop calculations. We consider homogeneous and gravitationally stratified, isothermal loops of varying length (50≤L≤400 Mm) and temperature (2≤T≤10 MK). We find that a localized pulse can effectively excite slow magnetoacoustic waves that propagate up along the loop. The amplitudes of the oscillations increase with decreasing loop temperature and increasing loop length and size of the pulse width. At T≥4 MK, the waves are dissipated by the combined effects of viscosity and thermal conduction, whereas at temperatures of 2 MK, or lower, wave dissipation is governed by radiative cooling. We predict periods in the range of 4.6?–?41.6 minutes. The wave periods remain unaltered by variations of the pulse size, decrease with the loop temperature, and increase almost linearly with the loop length. In addition, gravitational stratification results in a small reduction of the periods and amplification of the waves as they propagate up along the loop.     

Radio Bursts Associated with Flare and Ejecta in the 13 July 2004 Event

We investigate coronal transients associated with a GOES M6.7 class flare and a coronal mass ejection (CME) on 13 July 2004. During the rising phase of the flare, a filament eruption, loop expansion, a Moreton wave, and an ejecta were observed. An EIT wave was detected later on. The main features in the radio dynamic spectrum were a frequency-drifting continuum and two type II bursts. Our analysis shows that if the first type II burst was formed in the low corona, the burst heights and speed are close to the projected distances and speed of the Moreton wave (a chromospheric shock wave signature). The frequency-drifting radio continuum, starting above 1 GHz, was formed almost two minutes prior to any shock features becoming visible, and a fast-expanding piston (visible as the continuum) could have launched another shock wave. A possible scenario is that a flare blast overtook the earlier transient and ignited the first type II burst. The second type II burst may have been formed by the same shock, but only if the shock was propagating at a constant speed. This interpretation also requires that the shock-producing regions were located at different parts of the propagating structure or that the shock was passing through regions with highly different atmospheric densities. This complex event, with a multitude of radio features and transients at other wavelengths, presents evidence for both blast-wave-related and CME-related radio emissions.     

A model of hot loops associated with solar flares

A dynamical model is proposed for the formation of soft X-ray emitting hot loops in solar flares. It is examined by numerical simulations how a solar model atmosphere in a magnetic loop changes its state and forms a hot loop when the flare energy is released in the form of heat liberation either at the top part or around the transition region in the loop.When the heat liberation takes place at the top part of the loop which arches in the corona, the plasma temperature around the loop apex rises rapidly and, as the result, the downward thermal conductive flux is increased along the magnetic tube of force. Soon after the thermal conduction front rushes into the upper chromosphere, a local peak of pressure is produced near the conduction front and the chromospheric material begins to expand into the corona to form a high-temperature (10⁷ K-3 × 10⁷ K at the loop apex) and high-density (10¹⁰ cm^–3-10¹¹ cm^–3 at the loop apex) loop. The velocity of the expanding material can reach a few hundred kilometres per second in the coronal part. The thermal conduction front also plays a role of piston pushing the chromospheric material downward and gives birth to a shock wave which propagates through the minimum temperature region into the photosphere. If, on the other hand, the heat source is placed around the transition region in the loop, the expansion of the material into the corona occurs from the beginning of the flare and the formation process of the hot loop differs somewhat from the case with the heat source at the top part of the loop.Thermal components of radiations emitted from flare regions, ranging from soft X-rays to radio wavelengths, are interpreted in a unified way by using physical quantities obtained as functions of time and position in our flare loop model as will be discussed in detail in a following paper.     

Damping of slow magnetoacoustic waves in an inhomogeneous coronal plasma

We study the propagation and dissipation of slow magnetoacoustic waves in an inhomogeneous viscous coronal loop plasma permeated by uniform magnetic field. Only viscosity and thermal conductivity are taken into account as dissipative processes in the coronal loop. The damping length of slow-mode waves exhibit varying behaviour depending upon the physical parameters of the loop in an active region AR8270 observed by TRACE. The wave energy flux associated with slow magnetoacoustic waves turns out to be of the order of 10⁶ erg cm^?2 s^?1 which is high enough to replace the energy lost through optically thin coronal emission and the thermal conduction below to the transition region. It is also found that only those slow-mode waves which have periods more than 240s provide the required heating rate to balance the energy losses in the solar corona. Our calculated wave periods for slow-mode waves nearly match with the oscillation periods of loop observed by TRACE.