时间──比例尺系统中的客观存在和制图表示

本文试图提出规范化制图表示知识的观点。什么是世界上的客观存在要依据时间和比例尺而定，因此就有了由低到高不同层次的客观存在。制图表示就是对时间──比例尺系统中某个特定位置上现实世界的图形记录。本文还讨论了该时间──比例尺中客观存在在比例尺和时间维中的变化。     

河外射电源的结合阵数据的图像处理

不同类型的射电望远镜阵的分辨率差异甚大，用它们的数据进行图像处理后所得到的源结构的尺度也不一样。为了得到中间尺度的结构信息，有时我们需要把不同类型的射电望远镜阵的观测数据结合起来再进行图像处理。本文阐述我们把不同类型阵的数据结合时所用的方法；也给出我们使用的方法所获得的结果的实际例子。     

Development of airborne oil thickness measurements

A laboratory sensor has now been developed to measure the absolute thickness of oil on water slicks. This prototype oil slick thickness measurement system is known as the laser-ultrasonic remote sensing of oil thickness (LURSOT) sensor. This laser opto-acoustic sensor is the initial step in the ultimate goal of providing an airborne sensor with the ability to remotely measure oil-on-water slick thickness. The LURSOT sensor employs three lasers to produce and measure the time-of-flight of ultrasonic waves in oil and hence provide a direct measurement of oil slick thickness. The successful application of this technology to the measurement of oil slick thickness will benefit the scientific community as a whole by providing information about the dynamics of oil slick spreading and the spill responder by providing a measurement of the effectiveness of spill countermeasures such as dispersant application and in situ burning.

This paper will provide a review of early developments and discuss the current state-of-the-art in the field of oil slick thickness measurement.     

Nucleosynthesis and Mixing in Cassiopeia A

We present results from the first light observations of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant (SNR) by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Based on representative spectra from four selected regions, we investigate the processes of nucleosynthesis and mixing in Cas A. We make the first unequivocal identification of iron-rich ejecta produced by explosive silicon burning in a young Galactic SNR. Elsewhere in the remnant, we see silicon-rich ejecta from explosive oxygen burning. The Fe-rich ejecta lie outside the Si-rich material, indicating that bulk motions were extensive and energetic enough in Cas A to cause a spatial inversion of a significant portion of the supernova core. It is likely that this inversion was caused by "Fe"-rich ejecta emerging in plumes from the rising bubbles in the neutrino-driven convection layer during the supernova explosion. In addition, the radioactive decay energy from 56Ni may have contributed to the subsequent evolution of the material. We have also discovered faint, well-defined filaments with featureless X-ray spectra that are possibly sites of cosmic-ray acceleration in Cas A.     

活动星系和类星体中的喷流（Ⅰ）

自从人们获得河外射电源的第一个结构图像以来，３０多年时间已经过去了。在这段时间的后半期，人们对许多源中的喷流状结构作了大量研究。目前，我们正在分析所获得的有关喷流的第一代结果。这包括高分辨率观测，数值模拟和理论研究等诸方面的成就。在本文 详细地讨论河外射电源中的喷流。