缺脉冲现象显著的脉冲星的若干特性

本文把呈现缺脉冲现象的脉冲星作为一种次型来进行研究。发现缺脉冲现象显著的脉冲星分布在射电辐射的截止线附近,组成一条近于和截止线平行的直线。此外,这种脉冲星还有如下的特点:它在光速圆柱距离处的磁场偏小,能损率也偏小。文中讨论了缺脉冲产生的可能原因。     

从光速圆柱磁能的衰减研究毫秒脉冲双星的演化

本文用脉冲星光速圆柱附近磁能的衰减理论研究了毫秒脉冲星的演化。文中从理论了给出了脉冲星到达辐截止线时的年龄和自转周期，及现在的辐射年龄和从现在辐射年龄到达辐截止线所需的时间。并用此理论对７颗脉冲双星的演化作了数值计算。     

从光速圆柱磁能的衰减研究毫秒脉冲双星的演化

本文用脉冲星光速圆柱附近磁能的衰减理论研究了毫秒脉冲星的演化。文中从理论上给出了脉冲星到达辐射截止线时的年龄和自转周期,及现在的辐射年龄和从现在辐射年龄到达辐射截止线所需的时间。并用此理论对7颗脉冲双星的演化作了数值计算。     

新的γ射线脉冲星PSR1055－52的COS－B证认

本文利用ＣＯＳ－Ｂ卫星观测资料对ＣＧＲＯ卫星新近发现的一颗γ射线脉冲星进行了守时性分析，得到了显著的周期结构。这个结果对ＰＳＲ１０５５－５２是一颗γ射线脉冲星提供了新的、独立的证认，本文对普遍公认的六颗γ射线脉冲星也作了比较和讨论。     

AGNs的铁6.4KevKα线观测及对盘—线模型质凝

本文简要介绍了ＡＧＮｓ的铁Ｋα线的ＡＳＣＡ观测结果,主要观测特征。这一研究课题的重要意义。以及目前解释观测的主导模型盘－线模型的要点,特别指出了盘－线遇到的基本困难。从而由该模型得到的推断：即ＡＧＮｓ存在中央大质量黑洞的结论不再可靠。本文的分析也为今后进一步探讨这一重大课题找到一个方向。     

脉冲星的一种分类方法及辐射部位的统计研究

本文对83颗脉冲星进行了分类统计研究。主要结果如下: 1.采用转动能损失率与射电光度的比值作为分类参数可以较好地反映不同类型脉冲星的物理特性和演化方式。 2.由于各类脉冲星的射电光度和光速圆柱附近的磁能之间都有着相关系数较高的回归关系,而射电光度和表面磁能之间却不相关,由此推论脉冲星辐射部位很可能在光速圆柱附近。 3.在周期变率户和周期P的关系图上,光速圆柱附近的“缠绕”磁能PP-4的某一临界值可作为射电辐射的截止线,它比Lyne等提出的光速圆柱处的磁能户PP~(-5)作为射电辐射截止线更接近观测事实。     

射电脉冲星的偏振特性与逆康普顿散射（ICS）模型

大量射电脉冲星的偏振观测－包括红偏振和圆偏振，个别脉冲的生直偏振模式，累积脉冲的消偏振现象等－为辐射区的物理状态和辐射提供了非常确切的观测事实，但现有理论对大从观测事实尚无法给出完整的说明，综述了脉冲星的偏振观测特征，并利用逆康谱顿散射模型对这些特性进行了解释。     

Crab脉脉冲星巨脉冲研究进展

巨脉冲是一种持续时间很短的射电爆发现象,它们的流量密度往往比平均脉冲大几十倍、百倍,甚至千倍以上,成为脉冲星射电辐射中最显著、最突出的现象。Crab脉冲星自发现以来一直受到广泛关注,它是极少数能够发射巨脉冲的脉冲星之一。射电巨脉冲轮廓形状、微细结构、能量分布的充分研究,对揭示脉冲星辐射机制和具体辐射过程有重要意义。     

类星体Lyα吸收线密度与其发射线红移的关系

本文利用７２个具有中等分辨率的类星体Ｌｙα线资料，研究了Ｌｙα吸收线数密度Ｎ（Ｚａｂｓ）与类星体发射红移Ｚｅｍ的变化关系，结果表明：对于Ｚｅｍ越大的类星体其全部Ｌｙα吸收线的平均数密度Ｎ（Ｚａｂｓ）也越大，但对于相同的吸收红移值而言，Ｎ（Ｚａｂｓ）在统计意义上与Ｚｅｍ并无关系。本文还将所得结果与其他的有关工作作了比较及讨论。     

新的γ射线脉冲星PSR1055—52的COS—B证认

本文利用ＣＯＳ－Ｂ卫星观测资料对ＣＧＲＯ卫星新近发现的一颗γ射线脉冲星进行了守时性分析，得到了显著的周期结构，这个结果对ＰＳＲ１０５５－５２是一颗γ射线脉冲星提供了新的、独立的证认，本文对普遍公认的六颗γ射线脉冲星提供了新的、独立的证认。本文对普遍公认的六颗γ射线脉冲星也作了比较和讨论。     

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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.     

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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.     

The climatic and physiographic controls of the eastern Mediterranean over the late Pleistocene climates in the southern Levant and its neighboring deserts

Modern-day synoptic-scale eastern Mediterranean climatology provides a useful context to synthesize the diverse late Pleistocene (60–12 ka) paleohydrologic and paleoenvironmental indicators of past climatic conditions in the Levant and the deserts to its south and east. We first critically evaluate, extract, and summarize paleoenvironmental and paleohydrologic records. Then, we propose a framework of eastern Mediterranean atmospheric circulation features interacting with the morphology and location of the southeast Mediterranean coast. Together they strongly control the spatial distribution of rainfall and wind pattern. This cyclone–physiography interaction enforces the observed rainfall patterns by hampering rainfall generation south and southeast of the latitude of the north Sinai coast, currently at 31°15′.The proposed framework explains the much-increased rains in Lebanon and northern Israel and Jordan as deduced from pollen, rise and maintenance of Lake Lisan, and speleothem formation in areas currently arid and semiarid. The proposed framework also accounts for the southward and eastward transition into semiarid, arid, and hyperarid deserts as expressed in thick loess accumulation at the deserts' margins, dune migration from west to east in the Sinai and the western Negev, and the formation of hyperarid (< 80 mm yr^− 1) gypsic–salic soils in the southern Negev and Sinai. Our climatic synthesis explains the hyperarid condition in the southern Negev, located only 200–250 km south of the much-increased rains in the north, probably reflecting a steeper rainfall gradient than the present-day gradient from the wetter Levant into its bordering southern and eastern deserts.At present, the rainiest winter seasons in Lebanon and northern and central Israel are associated with more frequent (+ 20%), deeper Cyprus Lows traversing the eastern Mediterranean at approximately the latitude of southern Turkey. Even these wettest years in northern Israel do not yield above average annual rainfall amounts in the hyperarid southern Negev. This region is mainly influenced by the Active Red Sea Troughs that produce only localized rains. The eastern Mediterranean Cyprus Lows also produce more dust storms and transport higher amounts of suspended dust to the loess area than any other atmospheric pattern. Concurrent rainfall and dust are essential to the late Pleistocene formation of the elongated thick loess zone along the desert northern margin. Even with existing dust storms, the lack of rain and very sparse vegetation account for the absence of late Pleistocene loess sequences from the southern Negev and the formation of hyperarid soils.When the north Sinai coast shifted 30–70 km northwest due to last glacial global sea level lowering, the newly exposed coastal areas supplied the sand and dust to these active eastern Mediterranean cyclones. This enforced the latitude of the northern boundary of the loess zone to be directly due east of the LGM shoreline. This shift of coast to the northwest inhibited rainfall in the southern Levant deserts and maintained their hyperaridity. Concurrently, frequent deep eastern Mediterranean Cyprus Lows were funneled along the northern Mediterranean increasing (probably doubling) the rains in central and northern Israel, Lebanon, southwestern Syria and northern Jordan. These storms and rains formed lakes, forests, and speleothems only a short distance north of the deserts in the southern Levant.     

Active hot star shells

Interferometry in the visible provides milliarcsecond spatial resolution and thus has been used for studying the circumstellar environment of active hot stars. In this paper I will illustrate how the visibility modulus and phase can be used to better constrain the physics of Be disks through results from the VLA, the MkII and the GI2T interferometers. I will insist on the importance and the potential of coupling high angular resolution with high spectral resolution to the study of Be shells. Finally I will present a possible study of the circumstellar disk of Be stars using the VLTI. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Fitting X-ray Afterglow Light curves of Gamma-ray Bursts by Using the Magnetar Energy Injection Model

The central compact object for some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) may be a strongly magnetized millisecond pulsar. It can inject energy to the outer shock of the GRB by through the magnetic dipole radiation, and therefore causes the shallow decay of the early afterglow. Recently, from a large number of GRB X-ray afterglows observed by Swift/XRT(X-ray telescope), it is revealed that many of them exhibit the shallow decay about 10²∼10⁴ s after the burst prompt emission. We have fitted the X-ray afterglow light curves of 11 GRBs by using the energy injection model of a magnetar with the rotation period in the millisecond order of magnitude. The obtained result shows the validity and universality of the magnetar energy injection model in explaining the shallow decay of afterglows, and simultaneously provides some constraints on the magnetic field strength and rotation period of the central magnetar.     

我国新一代VLBI数字基带转换器研制进展

数字化是目前设备研制发展的趋势,介绍了中国科学院上海天文台利用超大规模集成电路结合软件无线电技术,自主研发的我国新一代VLBI数字基带转换器(Chinese Data Acquisition System,简称CDAS).文中描述了设备的工作原理及其组成,并以VLBI观测实验数据证明其可行性.与原有的模拟设备(Anal...