85 Peg A: what age for a low-metallicity solar-like star?

We explore the possible evolutionary status of the primary component of the binary 85 Pegasi, listed as a target for asteroseismic observations by the MOST satellite. In spite of the assessed 'subdwarf' status, and of the accurate distance determination from the Hipparcos data, the uncertainties in the metallicity and age, coupled with the uncertainty in the theoretical models, lead to a range of predictions on the oscillation frequency spectrum. Nevertheless, the determination of the ratio between the small separation in frequency modes, and the large separation as suggested by Roxburgh, provides a very good measure of the star age, quite independent of the metallicity in the assumed uncertainty range. In this range, the constraint on the dynamical mass and the further constraint provided by the assumption that the maximum age is 14 Gyr limits the mass of 85 Peg A to the range from 0.75 to  0.82 M_⊙  . This difference of a few hundredths of a solar mass leads to well detectable differences both in the evolutionary stage (age) and in the asteroseismic properties. We show that the age determination which will be possible through the asteroseismic measurements for this star is independent either of the convection model adopted or the microscopic metal diffusion. The latter conclusion is strengthened by the fact that, although metal diffusion is still described in an approximate way, recent observations suggest that real stars suffer a smaller metal sedimentation compared with the models.     

广西前汛期两次暴雨天气过程对比分析

利用micaps常规观测资料及客观分析资料,对2013年4月29日和5月10日出现的两次暴雨天气过程的影响系统及物理量进行对比分析,结果表明：（1）“4·29”过程主要是受高原槽和低空急流影响,“5·10”过程主要是受南支槽、低空切变和地面冷空气影响,无明显的低空急流相配合;（2）“4·29”的不稳定能量环境条件和水汽条件比“5·10”过程的要好,垂直系统更加深厚,但辐合上升条件相对较弱.     

2009～2010年河西走廊大风日低空垂直切变和湍流统计特征

为了给河西走廊风电场建设提供科学依据,利用河西走廊14 座风能观测塔2009 年9 月至2010 年8 月的资料,分析了大风日低空垂直切变和湍流的演变和分布.结果表明：大风日风速垂直切变指数年平均在0. 092 ～0. 158 之间,较国标有些偏低;10 ～ 30 m、10 ～ 50 m 和10 ～ 70 m 的大风日风速垂直切变指数比非大风日偏小;低层风速垂直切变大,高层风速垂直切变小;大风日10 m、30 m、50 m 和100 m 4 层的年平均湍流强度为0. 11,比非大风日偏小一半左右;在大风日,随风速增大,风速不均一性减小,风向趋于稳定.     

A Study of the Molecular Cloud S64 with Multiple Lines of CO Isotopes

We report on a study of the molecular cloud S64 with observations at millimeter wavelengths of multiple molecular lines of CO isotopes.A weak outflow is found,and its physical parameters are estimated.The departure of the core of S64 from the S64 HII region indicates that there are still other star formation activities in that region.     

The lower limit of the Doppler factor for a Fermi blazar sample

We selected 457 blazars(193 flat spectrum radio quasars, 61 lowsynchrotron peaked blazars, 69 intermediate-synchrotron peaked blazars and 134high-synchrotron peaked blazars) from the second Fermi-LAT catalog(2FGL) of γ-ray sources, which have X-ray observations. We calculated the lower limits for their Doppler factors, δγ, and compared the lower limits with the available Doppler factors and the apparent superluminal velocities in the literature.     

A benchmark comparison of numerical methods for infinite Prandtl number thermal convection in two-dimensional Cartesian geometry

Abstract

A comparison is made between seven different numerical methods for calculating two-dimensional thermal convection in an infinite Prandtl number fluid. Among the seven methods are finite difference and finite element techniques that have been used to model thermal convection in the Earth's mantle. We evaluate the performance of each method using a suite of four benchmark problems, ranging from steady-state convection to intrinsically time-dependent convection with recurring thermal boundary layer instabilities. These results can be used to determine the accuracy of other computational methods, and to assist in the development of new ones.