Comments on the comment on the Guzman-Bianchi type-VII h solutions

In this paper, we again discuss the new Brans-Dicke-Bianchi type-VII _h perfect fluid solutions, first given by us (Guzman, 1989). It is shown that the objections presented by Lorenz-Petzold (1989) are misleading. The dust case =0 is discussed.     

Comments on the comment on Jordan-Brans-Dicke universes

The principal objections to our paper on Jordan-Brans-Dicke Bianchi-type universes are misleading. The intended solutions assume a power-law form, only in the limit of very large times. Although this is the only one for which we wrote down explicit solutions. The physical point of view behind our paper was to extend the re-scaling method, developed by one of us, to anisotropic universes in general and not to make a detailed study of each of the possible solutions that could be obtained through this process.     

关于云南天文台2.4米望远镜YFOSC的CCD的平场

与国家天文台兴隆站2.16m安装的北京天文台暗天体分光成像仪(BAO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera,BFOSC)系统相似,云南天文台2.4m望远镜安装了云南暗弱天体光谱及成像仪(Yunnan Faint-Object Spectrograph and Camera,YFOSC),对它在直接照相时的CCD平场性能做了测定.使用不同旋转角度拍摄平均而得的平场,可以使不同位置拍摄的像场,所受最大误差≤0.015 mag.但与卡焦的VersArray CCD照相机不同,即使在视场中间直径6.′5的圆内,误差约在0.010～0.013 mag之间,达不到≤0.005 mag的精度.     

Researches in China on the Effects of Tides on the Earth Rotation

In this paper the tidal phenomena on the Earth are concisely specified, including solid tides, ocean tides and atmospheric tides due to the luni-solar tide-generating force, and the Earth pole tide due to the motion of the Earth's rotation axis (polar motion); as well as their effects on the Earth rotation. The outcomes of scientific researches of Chinese astronomers on these topics are described in some detail. These researches deal with the mechanisms responsible for tidal effects on the earth rotation, and on the measurements of the Earth rotation parameters. Finally, the effects discovered by Chinese researchers on the measurements of the period and change in period of pulsars are discussed. These effects are very small in magnitude but not negligible.     

Calibration measurements on the DEPFET Detectors for the MIXS instrument on BepiColombo

The Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) will be launched on board of the 5th ESA cornerstone mission BepiColombo. The two channel instrument MIXS is dedicated to the exploration of the elemental composition of the mercurian surface by imaging x-ray spectroscopy of the elemental fluorescence lines. One of the main scientific goals of MIXS is to provide spatially resolved elemental abundance maps of key rock-forming elements. MIXS will be the successor of the XRS instrument, which is currently orbiting Mercury on board of NASAs satellite MESSENGER. MIXS will provide unprecedented spectral and spatial resolution due to its innovative detector and optics concepts. The MIXS target energy band ranges from 0.5 to 7 keV and allows to directly access the Fe-L line at 0.7 keV, which was not accessible to previous missions. In addition, the high spectroscopic resolution of FWHM ≤ 200 eV at the reference energy of 1 keV after one year in Mercury orbit, allows to separate the x-ray fluorescence emission lines of important elements like Mg (1.25 keV) and Al (1.49 keV) without the need for any filter. The detectors for the energy and spatially resolved detection of x-rays for both channels are identical DEPFET (DEpleted P-channel FET) active pixel detectors. We report on the calibration of the MIXS flight and flight spare detector modules at the PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) beamlines at the BESSY II synchrotron radiation facility. Each detector was calibrated at least at 10 discrete energies in the energy range from 0.5 to 10 keV. The excellent spectroscopic performance of all three detector modules was verified.     

Note on the solar wind-induced drag on comets

The solar wind-induced drag on magnetically large comets is estimated as follows. As the comet approaches the sun, solar radiation striking the comet surface generates a surrounding neutral atmosphere which is subsequently ionized. The resulting plasma cloud interacts with the solar wind to produce a comet magnetosphere and associated collision-free shock wave. An approximation to the accompanying drag is obtained using the similarity between the comet magnetosphere and that of the earth, and is shown to be much less than the mechanical mass loss force.     

Perspectives on the interior of the Sun

The interior of the Sun is not directly accessible to observations. Nonetheless, it is possible to infer the physical conditions inside the Sun with the help of structure equations governing its equilibrium and with the powerful observational tools provided by the neutrino fluxes and oscillation frequencies. The helioseismic data show that the internal constitution of the Sun can be adequately represented by a standard solar model. It turns out that a cooler solar core is not a viable solution for the measured deficit of neutrino fluxes, and the resolution of the solar neutrino puzzle should be sought in the realm of particle physics.     

基于Jurkevich法Cyg X-1光变周期特性研究

针对天文观测数据不等间隔的特点,利用Jurkevich方法对黑洞候选体X射线双星Cyg X-1近16年的Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer(RXTE)All-Sky Monitor(ASM)数据进行了频谱分析,并结合Kidger周期存在可信度的判据,发现Cyg X-1存在363±11.5 d的光变周期,但没有发现420 d的光变周期,而且150 d的光变周期可能仅仅是51±1.4 d光变周期的观测表象。     

基于Jurkevich法CygX-1光变周期特性研究

针对天文观测数据不等间隔的特点,利用Jurkevich方法对黑洞候选体x射线双星CygX-1近16年的RossiX-rayTimingExplorer（RXTE）All-SkyMonitor（ASM）数据进行了频谱分析,并结合Kidger周期存在可信度的判据,发现CygX-1存在363±11．5d的光变周期,但没有发现420d的光变周期,而且150d的光变周期可能仅仅是51±1．4d光变周期的观测表象。     

Comment on the group velocity of surface waves on the plasma sheet boundary

In the recent estimation by Maltsev and Lyatsky (1984) of the group velocity of surface waves on the inner boundary of the plasma sheet, the effect of the curvature of the field lines of the ambient magnetic field of the Earth on the spectrum has been assessed. The authors have not accounted for the fact, however, that the group velocity of the compressional surface magnetohydrodynamic waves itself is nonzero transverse to the magnetic field—a characteristic which has been omitted in the spectrum of Chen and Hasegawa (1974), being used by Maltsev and Lyatsky.This characteristic of compressional surface MHD waves is inherent for the spectrum $\text{ω = (}\text{k}{}_6\text{k}\text{)V}{}_{\mathrm{A}}\text{(k}{}^2{}_6\text{+ 2k}{}^2{}_{\mathrm{\perp }}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$, obtained by Nenovski (1978) in the cold plasma limit V_A ? V_S(V_A is Alfvén velocity, and V_S, sound velocity). A comment has been made on the restrictions, proceeding from the approximation, used by Maltsev and Lyatsky. The estimation of the velocities for movements of auroral riometer absorption bays have been reviewed.     

基于SLR精密轨道的天文定位精度分析

利用全球卫星激光测距服务系统(ILRS,International Laser Ranging Service)标准点资料对Ajisai卫星进行精密定轨,残差均方根(RMS)优于3 cm,得到该星的精密轨道.进而对长春站40 cm空间碎片光电望远镜获得的Ajisai卫星的天文定位资料进行精度分析,外符合精度约3″左右.单独利用天文定位数据进行轨道改进,内符合精度优于3″.改进轨道的x、y、z坐标3分量在观测数据覆盖范围内的精度在100 m之内.同样地对Jason-1卫星作数据分析,结果和Ajisai卫星精度相当.分析各个弧段的精度变化,发现定标星个数减少,会导致天文定位精度下降.据此提出可以把最少定标星比例作为评定数据质量的参考指标之一.     

An Overview on the Kuiper Belt and on the Origin of Jupiter-family Comets

The present paper reviews our current understanding of the dynamical structure of the Kuiper belt and of the origin of Jupiter-family comets. It also discusses the evolutionary scenarios that have been proposed so far to explain the observed structure of the Kuiper belt population. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thoughts on monitoring the effects of climate change on the surface elevation of the Greenland ice sheet

The effect of mass balance variations on changes in surface elevation of the Greenland ice sheet is examined in connection with the rise in sea level that will be caused by increased melting. Changes in surface elevation of several metres (of either sign) can occur in the ablation area of the ice sheet over a period of a few years as a result of random ablation forcing without being evidence of change in mean climate. Similar, but smaller, changes can occur in the accumulation area due to accumulation forcing. The ablation area of the ice sheet probably thickened from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s as a result of lower ablation in that period but thinned again in the late 1980s as a result of higher ablation then. There is no evidence of any present trend of increased melting. Future climate warming will involve an accelerated thinning of the ablation area that could be detected in 1–2 decades against the background of natural fluctuations in surface elevation.     

低纬子午环传动系统的完善

本文介绍了仪器上某些部套结构或配置的不当之处及其引起的一些不良现象,包括竖直轴系的过定位影响,高度慢动系统的结构不妥和升降电机的位置不当等问题,叙述了对这些部套修改和完善的方法以及取得的效果.     

蓝回绕特性的研究

研究了可以影响蓝回绕(blue loops)的各种主要因素，发现蓝回绕的形状和中心氦燃烧阶段的总产能率的变化相关联，而总产能率的变化主要来源于壳层氢燃烧和中心氦燃烧产能率的变化，所以蓝回绕主要与壳层氢燃烧和中心氦燃烧产能率的变化相联系，壳层氢产能率的变化主要与氢丰度变化区(μ-梯度区)的氢丰度分布轮廓(X-proflle)，μ-梯度区的温度，以及外对流区的深入程度密切相关，氦核的大小和温度会影响中心氦燃烧产能率的变化，中心氦燃烧产能率的变化不仅对总产能率的变化有贡献，而且也会影响壳层氢燃烧产能率的变化。     

Limits on the bulk composition of the Moon

Recent hypotheses of lunar evolution hold that the Moon was extensively or completely melted and differentiated about 4.6 b.y. ago, resulting in formation of the plagioclase-rich lunar highlands underlain by a great thickness of complementary ferromagnesian cumulates. Mare basalts are interpreted as being formed by subsequent remelting of these cumulates. These hypotheses are tested experimentally in the cases of several bulk compositions which have been proposed for the Moon—those of Taylor and Jakes, Ganapathy and Anders, Wänke and co-workers, and Anderson. An extensive experimental investigation of melting equilibria displayed by the Taylor-Jakes model at high pressures and temperatures is presented. This permits a quantitative evaluation of the manner in which a model Moon with this composition would crystallize and differentiate under conditions of (i) total melting throughout, and (ii) total melting only of an outer shell a few hundred kilometers thick. A detailed study is made of the capacity of the cumulates underlying the crust in these models to produce mare basalts by a second stage of partial melting. A wide range of experimentally based arguments is presented, showing that for both cases, partial melting of such cumulates would produce magmas with compositions quite unlike those of mare basalts. In order to minimize these difficulties, bulk lunar compositions containing substantially smaller abundances of involatile components (e.g. CaO, Al₂O₃, TiO₂) relative to major components of intermediate volatility (e.g. MgO, SiO₂, FeO) than are specified in the Taylor-Jakes model, appear to be required. Other bulk lunar composition models proposed by Ganapathy and Anders, Wänke and co-workers and Anderson, were similarly tested in the light of experimental data. All of these are far too rich in (Ca and Al) relative to (Mg + Si + Fe) to yield, after melting and differentiation, cumulates capable of being parental to mare basalts. Moreover these compositions, whdn melted and differentiated, appear incapable of matching the composition of the pyroxene component of the lunar highland crust.A brief discussion of the petrogenesis of mare basakts is presented. The most promising model is one in which only the outer few hundred kilometers of the Moon were melted and differentiated around 4.6 b.y. ago. Continued radioactive heating of the deep undifferentiated lunar interior provided a second generation of primitive magmas up to 1.5 b.y. after the early melting and differentiation. These primitive magmas participated in assimilative interactions with late-stage differentiates formed near the crust-mantle boundary during the 4.6 b.y. differentiation. These interactions might explain some trace element and isotopic characteristics of mare basalts. The model possesses some attractive characteristics relating to the thermal evolution of the Moon.     

Comments on the mechanism for the spicule support

A one-dimensional model of nonviscous gas in isothermal flow is considered, using the theory of Abramovich (1976). A mechanism of spicule flow is proposed which successfully explains the observed spicule height. The model further predicts inhomogeneities in the magnetic field topology, and in the direction and magnitude of the velocity flow.     

Planetary perturbations on the Libration of the Moon

A theory of the libration of the Moon, completely analytical with respect to the harmonic coefficients of the lunar gravity field, was recently built (Moons, 1982). The Lie transforms method was used to reduce the Hamiltonian of the main problem of the libration of the Moon and to produce the usual libration series p₁, p₂ and . This main problem takes into account the perturbations due to the Sun and the Earth on the rotation of a rigid Moon about its center of mass. In complement to this theory, we have now computed the planetary effects on the libration, the planetary terms being added to the mean Hamiltonian of the main problem before a last elimination of the angles. For the main problem, as well as for the planetary perturbations, the motion of the center of mass of the Moon is described by the ELP 2000 solution (Chapront and Chapront-Touze, 1983).