W3（OH）区域H2O脉泽的快速时变

通过对Ｗ３（ＯＨ）区域２２ＧＨzＨ２Ｏ脉泽源的短时间跟踪观测,探测到速度为－５２ ．８Ｋｍ／ｓ子谱的流量密度呈线性下降趋势,变化时村约为１９天。同时也观测到了整个脉泽源的谱线宽度与该子谱的强度之间的相关变化。这些现象可能是由脉泽云之间的相互碰撞导致脉泽抽运率的变化所引起的。     

ON2中部区域OH1667MHz脉泽的新观测

利用法国巴黎默东天文台的南锡射电望远镜对ＯＮ２ 中部区域ＯＨ１６６７ ＭＨｚ 脉泽首次进行观测．观测结果表明中部区域的ＯＨ１６６７ ＭＨｚ 脉泽的辐射频谱为典型的双峰结构．这说明ＯＮ２ 中部区域的ＯＨ１６６７ ＭＨｚ 脉泽是位于绕中央星运动的薄盘上．结合模型对中部区域的ＯＨ１６６７ ＭＨｚ 脉泽谱线频谱图进行分析和研究     

SiO脉泽星的近红外测光与分析

本文给出３５个不同类型含ＳｉＯ（ｖ＝１,Ｊ＝１－０）脉泽发射的ＡＧＢ星的近红外观测结果（其中包括６个Ⅰ型ＯＨ星,１３个Ⅱ型ＯＨ星,９个仅有ＳｉＯ脉泽的星以及７个无ＯＨ脉泽但有ＳｉＯ和Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽的星）．得出了它们的ＪＨＫ星等和流量．同时经认证找出了它们对应的ＩＲＡＳ观测数据．通过对它们的近红外、中远红外以及ＯＨ射电资料的同时分析,得出了不同类型ＳｉＯ脉泽星的色指数、谱斜率以及在近红外波段上拟合的等效黑体温度Ｔｅｑ．由红外及ＯＨ射电资料导出了其中心星的质量损失率Ｍ,并在此基础上结合已知的ＳｉＯ脉泽源资料,找出了不同类型ＳｉＯ脉泽星各量之间的关系．计算结果表明,ＳｉＯ脉泽具有普遍性,在各类脉泽星中都可出现．ＳｉＯ脉泽的光度与质量损失率弱相关,并且从（Ｍｉｒａ）ＳｉＯ到（ＯＨ／ＩＲ）ＳｉＯ逐渐增加．ＳｉＯ脉泽的流量与近红外“色”以及等效黑体温度Ｔｅｑ的关系较为密切．ＳｉＯ脉泽积分流量的上限与ＩＲＡＳ在１２μｍ和２５μｍ上流量分别都相关．本文对ＳｉＯ脉泽在ＡＧＢ演化中的地位和特殊性进行了简单讨论．     

AGB后星OH 17.7-2.0附近一个新的弱OH脉泽源

使用澳大利亚Ｐａｒｋｅｓ６４ｍ射电望远镜,在五个不同的位置上观测了ＯＨ１７．７２．０附近的弱ＯＨ脉泽源．发现了一个新的弱ＯＨ脉泽源,其峰值速度为５２．５ｋｍ／ｓ．利用二维Ｇａｕｓｓｉａｎ拟合技术,得到了这个源的最佳拟合位置     

AGB后星OH17.7—2.0附近一个新的弱OH脉泽源

使用澳大利亚Ｐａｒｋｅｓ６４ｍ射电望远镜,在五个不同的位置上观测了ＯＨ１７．７－２．０附近的弱ＯＨ脉泽源,发现了一个新的弱ＯＨ脉泽源,其峰值速度为５２．５ｋｍ／ｓ。利用二维Ｇａｕｓｓｉａｎ拟合技术,得到了这个源的最佳拟合位置。     

星际水脉泽源中高速气体的CO巡测

用射电天文联合实验室紫金山天文台青海站１３．７米望远镜，于１９９７年４月对９７个水脉泽源做了ＣＯ（Ｊ＝１－０）的巡测及部分成图观测，结果表明８１个源的谱线适于作成协星体活动分析．经初步证认有外向流候选者３３个，全部为首次给出高速范围．对其轮廓特点及与Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽辐射的关系作了简要讨论．ＣＯ高速气体和Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽的速度范围和峰值速度在多数情况下分别相符，这说明两者的激发可能相关．     

G45.07＋0.13羟基分子脉泽的VLBI观测

利用甚长基线干涉仪，在１６６５ＭＨｚ频率上，观测超致密氢ＩＩ区Ｇ４５．０７＋０．１３的左右圆偏振羟基（ＯＨ）分子脉泽辐射．利用多条纹率成图方法，获得了这个区域２０ｍａｓ相对位置精度的脉泽结构图．除两个弱子源以外，所有脉泽子源都位于彗状结构氢ＩＩ区“彗头”的前沿．脉泽团离致密氢ＩＩ区中心投影距离为０＂．４．在完全饱和辐射的假设下，估计脉泽活动区具有氢分子数密度约为４．５×１０８（Ｈ２）ｃｍ－３．在脉泽源中，发现一对Ｚｅｅｍａｎ对，从它们的ＬＳＲ速度差，导出脉泽区的磁场约为３ｍＧ，方向为远离地球方向．在致密氢ＩＩ区Ｇ４５．０７＋０．１３彗头附近的脉泽团的直径为６×１０１６ｃｍ．这与Ｇ３４．０３＋０．２的观测结果很类似．这给解释彗状结构的氢ＩＩ区的各种模型提供了一个可靠的观测约束条件．     

星际水脉泽源中高速气体的CO巡测

用射电天联合实验紫金山天台青海站１３．７米望远镜,于１９９７年４月对９７个水脉泽源做了ＣＯ（Ｊ＝１－０）的巡测及部分成图观测。结果表明８１个源的谱线适于作成协星体活动分析。经初步认证认有外向流候选３３个,全部为首次给出高速范围,对其轮廓特点及与Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽辐射的关系作了简要讨论,ＣＯ高速气体和Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽的速度范围和峰值速度在多数情况下的分别相符,这说明两的激发可能相关。     

7个新近发现的与分子外流成协的H_2O脉泽

本文发表继探测到恒星形成区的１０个新Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽［１］后，再发现和证认的７个银河系星际Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽及其有关参量和谱线图。这些新Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽是与ＣＯ分子外流源［２－５］ＡＦＧＬ５１４２，ＨＨ－３，ＡＦＯＬ５１５７，ＮＧＣ２０２３，ＲＮＯ７３，２０１２６＋４１０４，Ｌ１２５１－Ａ成协的。它们与相应的外向流的中心ＩＲＡＳ点源间的平均位置差为｜△α｜＝２４＇＇．８，｜△δ｜＝２７＇＇。     

7个新近现的与分子外流成协的H2O脉泽

本文发表继探测到恒星形成区的１０个新Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽后，再发现和证认的７个银河系星际Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽及其有关参量和谱线图，这些新Ｈ２Ｏ脉泽是与ＣＯ分子外流源ＡＦＧＬ５１４２，ＨＨ－３，ＡＦＧＬ５１５７，ＮＧＣ２０２３，ＲＮＯ７３，２０１２６＋１＋４１０４，Ｌ１２５１－Ａ成协的。它们与相应的外向流的中心ＩＲＡＳ点源间的平均位置差为｜Δα｜＝２４＇＇８，｜Δδ｜＝２７＇＇。     

The application of co-integration theory in ensemble pulsar timescale algorithm

Employing multiple pulsars and using an appropriate algorithm to establish ensemble pulsar timescale can reduce the influences of various noises on the long-term stability of pulsar timescale, compared to a single pulsar. However, due to the low timing precision and significant red noises of some pulsars,their participation in the construction of ensemble pulsar timescale is often limited. Inspired by the principle of solving non-stationary sequence modeling using co-integration theory, we put forward an algorithm based on co-integration theory to establish an ensemble pulsar timescale. It is found that this algorithm can effectively suppress some noise sources if a co-integration relationship between different pulsar data exists.Different from the classical weighted average algorithm, the co-integration method provides the chance for a pulsar with significant red noises to be included in the establishment of an ensemble pulsar timescale.Based on data from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves(NANOGrav),we found that the co-integration algorithm can successfully reduce several timing noises and improve the long-term stability of the ensemble pulsar timescale.     

Long-Term Changes in Sunspot Activity,Occurrence of Grand Minima,and Their Future Tendencies

Long-term changes in the magnetic activity of the Sun were studied in terms of the empirical mode decomposition that revealed their essential modes. The occurrence of grand minima was also studied in their relation to long-term changes in sunspot activity throughout the past 11 000 yr. Characteristic timescales of long-term changes in solar activity manifest themselves in the occurrence of grand minima. A quantitative criterion has been defined to identify epochs of grand minima. This criterion reveals the important role of secular and bicentennial activity variations in the occurrence of grand minima and relates their amplitudes with the current activity level, which is variable on a millennial timescale. We have revealed specific patterns in the magnetic activity between successive grand minima which tend to recur approximately every 2300 yr but occasionally alternate with irregular changes. Such intermittent activity behavior indicates low dimensional chaos in the solar dynamo due to the interplay of its dominant modes. The analysis showed that in order to forecast activity level in forthcoming cycles, one should take into account long-term changes in sunspot activity on a ≈2300-yr timescale. The regularities revealed suggest solar activity to decrease in the foreseeable future.     

Observations of a stationary mid-latitude cloud system on Titan

We report the observation of a cloud system on Titan that remained localized near 40°S latitude and 60°W longitude for at least 34 h. Ground-based observations obtained with the SINFONI imaging spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope over four consecutive nights recorded the lifetime and altitude of the unresolved cloud system. Concomitant measurements made by Cassini/VIMS over 3 h resolved changes in the altitude and opacity of individual regions within the system during this time. Clouds are measured from 13 to 37 km altitude with optical depths per pixel ranging from τ=0.13 to 7. Short timescale rise times are consistent with previous measurements of the evolution of mid-latitude clouds; however the long timescale localization of the cloud structure is unexplained. We speculate about the role of mesoscale circulation in relation to cloud formation.     

Linear MHD Wave Propagation in Time-Dependent Flux Tube

MHD waves and oscillations in sharply structured magnetic plasmas have been studied for static and steady systems in the thin tube approximation over many years. This work will generalize these studies by introducing a slowly varying background density in time, in order to determine the changes to the wave parameters introduced by this temporally varying equilibrium, i.e. to investigate the amplitude, frequency, and wavenumber for the kink and higher order propagating fast magnetohydrodynamic wave in the leading order approximation to the WKB approach in a zero-β plasma representing the upper solar atmosphere. To progress, the thin tube and over-dense loop approximations are used, restricting the results found here to the duration of a number of multiples of the characteristic density change timescale. Using such approximations it is shown that the amplitude of the kink wave is enhanced in a manner proportional to the square of the Alfvén speed, $V_{\mathrm{A}}^{2}$ . The frequency of the wave solution tends to the driving frequency of the system as time progresses; however, the wavenumber approaches zero after a large multiple of the characteristic density change timescale, indicating an ever increasing wavelength. For the higher order fluting modes the changes in amplitude are dependent upon the wave mode; for the m=2 mode the wave is amplified to a constant level; however, for all m≥3 the fast MHD wave is damped within a relatively small multiple of the characteristic density change timescale. Understanding MHD wave behavior in time-dependent plasmas is an important step towards a more complete model of the solar atmosphere and has a key role to play in solar magneto-seismological applications.     

Migration of protoplanets: Effects on terrestrial planet formation

I review the role of planetary migration on the formation process of terrestrial planets. I first show a simple estimation for growth timescale of solid proto-planets and review a linear theory of disk-planet gravitational interaction to estimate the migration rate of proto-planets in a gas disk, and then discuss the difficulty of the formation of terrestrial planets in terms of comparison between migration timescale and growth timescale. Next I show recent studies which suggest possible mechanisms to solve the problem. I briefly discuss the formation process of Mercury in the context of terrestrial-planet formation.     

Southern Ocean biogeochemical impact on the tropical ocean: Stable isotope records from the Pacific for the past 25,000 years

Modeling of oceanic nutrient fields indicates that the Southern Ocean may have a strong impact on the chemistry of the thermocline waters which upwell in the eastern tropical oceans and feed biological productivity there. The subantarctic is a primary source of equatorial undercurrent (EUC) waters. The Southern Ocean to equator connection has been shown through modeling to have a potential influence on atmospheric carbon dioxide content via an increase in the efficiency of the tropical biotic pump (silica leakage hypothesis). On the glacial–interglacial timescale the eastern equatorial Pacific (EEP) has a thermocline (EUC) carbon isotope record which is consistent with that idea and a stronger ice age biologic drawdown in the subantarctic. This carbon isotope record features glacial values more positive than those of the Holocene, which is the reverse of what is seen in the non-equatorial, stratified, ocean. We report planktonic carbon isotope records from the Pacific subantarctic in an effort to trace the unique EEP carbon isotope signature to its source. Our results are compatible with the subantarctic as a source of the tropical carbon isotope signature. Analysis of the glacial to Holocene isotopic pattern in terms of causative process indicates that an increased glacial subantarctic biotic pump accounts best for our observations. This supports the hypothesis of Southern Ocean drive on tropical biological production, and potential impact on the global carbon cycle.     

Climate and paleoclimate: What we can learn about solar luminosity variations

The Earth's climate is not constant, and has experienced major changes in the past on all timescales. The causes of these changes, although still incompletely understood, vary according to the timescale considered. Some of the most important causal mechanisms include continental drift, changes in the Earth's orbital parameters, volcanic activity and solar variations. Solar variations have been invoked to explain climatic change on almost all timescales from 1 to 10⁹ yr. Unfortunately, even though the Sun is a prime candidate for explaining many changes in past climate, the use of past climate as a proxy for solar luminosity changes is fraught with difficulty. For example:

1. In many cases observed changes in climate can be adequately explained without recourse to solar variations as a causal factor. In fact, on the longest timescales the Earth's climate was remarkably similar to today in spite of a considerably lower solar output.
2. For most timescales of climatic change there are, as yet, no plausible theories giving similar timescale variations in solar activity, so that a vital link between cause and effect is missing.
3. There are considerable uncertainties in the record of past climates.
4. On short timescales many proposed solar activity-climate links have failed to stand up to rigorous statistical analysis.

This paper reviews past changes in climate and proposed causal mechanisms on timescales of from 1 to 10⁹ yr. The evidence for solar activity-climate links is discussed with special reference to the above points.     

Simultaneous optical and ultraviolet observations of variability in HD 50896

In this paper, simultaneous optical and ultraviolet observations of spectral variability of the WN5 star HD 50896 are presented. Night-to-night and shorter timescale changes were found in the shape and intensity of most emission lines and P Cygni profiles in both wavelength ranges but there is no clear link between the ultraviolet and optical variability. There are some indications that the ultraviolet variations occur in phase with the well-known 3.766-day period often associated with this star.     

Observational evidence for global oscillations in be star disks

From a long-term spectroscopic observing campaign of Be stars we have found that their emission line profiles separate into two classes, the second of which is very asymmetric. The sign of asymmetry changes on a timescale of a few years. We show that these line profiles and the well-known enigmaticV/R variations observed in some Be stars are two aspects of the same phenomenon, one-armed global oscillations in a Keplerian disk. We present model profiles and a line fit to support this hypothesis and find good overall agreement.     

Large Scale Jets in Microquasars

Relativistic jets are now believed to be a fairly ubiquitous property of accreting compact objects, and are intimately coupled with the accretion history. Associated with rapid changes in the accretion states of the binary systems, ejections of relativistic plasma can be observed at radio frequencies on timescale of weeks before becoming undetectable. However, recent observations point to long-term effects of these ejecta on the interstellar medium with the formation of large-scale relativistic jets around binary systems. In this paper, we review the observations of these large-scale structures in microquasars, highlighting their contributions at high energies.