云台凤凰山太阳光谱最佳观测时间讨论

将一年中可以进行光谱观测的时间相对最多，同时太阳成像质量相对较好的月份作为光谱观测最佳时间。为此我们统计了光谱仪1976年到1987年的观测资料，初步分析得出云台凤凰山太阳光谱最佳观测时间的年分布情况，相对好一些的是9月份，其次是3～4月份。     

云台太阳光谱仪像质优良的时间分布规律

通过对云台水平式太阳光谱仪 1 982年太阳光谱观测中的成像质量情况统计分析 ,初步得到光谱仪一年中成像质量优良的时间在秋夏 9月和 8月份 ;一天内有两次像质优良的时间 ,上、下午各有一次 ,分别在日出后 2～ 3小时和日落前 3～ 4小时各有半小时到 1小时左右的时间。     

南京大学光谱观测概要(英文)

南京大学太阳塔于1979年在南京郊区建成,1988年参加了全国联测,它的主要性能如下: 定天镜口径:46cm 成象镜口径:33cm 太阳象直径:20cm 多波段光谱仪可观测谱线:H_α,H_β,H_γ,H_(9-12),CaⅡ H, K 光谱观测时间分辨率:～10~s 光谱仪色散度:1.2-1.5mm/A 表1列出了1988年联测期间成功观测到的耀斑光谱(表1见下页)。     

太阳光谱仪用探测器的研究

观测太阳光谱所使用的探测器,在选型与使用上有其特殊性。结合云南天文台太阳光谱仪,首先建立了太阳光谱仪分光流量的计算机模型,并通过观测实验对该模型进行了检验。利用该模型计算了云南天文台太阳光谱仪各可见光及近红外波段的太阳光谱分光流量,在此基础上,详细讨论了太阳光谱仪用探测器的选型方案,以及观测中的注意要点。     

一米新真空太阳望远镜光谱扫描观测系统设计

1 m新真空太阳望远镜(New Vacuum Solar Telescope,NVST)是国内用于对太阳进行观测和研究的大型科研设备,针对太阳活动区光谱观测的需求,在现有的大色散光谱仪及多波段光谱仪基础上,设计了光谱扫描设备,并基于C#设计了一套观测控制系统软件,实现扫描设备的运动控制和观测数据的采集。进行光谱扫描观测时,计算机控制扫描设备步进运动,并利用图像采集卡通过Camera Link总线采集CCD/CMOS相机的探测数据,基于多线程技术采集观测数据,将采集的图像数据存储成FITS(Flexible Image Transport System)文件,并将光谱图像数据处理成灰度图像用于软件界面监视。此套软件已用于1 m太阳望远镜光谱扫描观测,测试结果满足预期功能需求,为后续观测系统功能升级提供了良好的扩展性。     

二维太阳光谱观测方法和技术

经典的太阳光谱观测是一维的，它有很大的局限性。从５０年代起，天文工作者采用多种方法开展二维太阳光谱观测，已经研制出一系列仪器，建立完整的资料归算程序，取得优良成果。在二维观测资料的基础上，用理论方法推出深度分布，可以得出三维的立体图像，这会成为太阳研究的主要方法之一。     

太阳耀斑的近红外光谱诊断

本文简要介绍了太阳耀斑近红外光谱的观测和研究,指出太阳近红外光谱的确能对耀斑的运动、电子密度和加热机制等提供诊断信息,有些方面比Ｈα还灵敏。最后还对２３ 周峰年观测选题提出了一些建议     

太阳光谱线的快速变化

太阳光谱线呈现出复杂的快速变化,这是各种动力学过程的反映.近年来随着光谱观测的空间和时间分辨率的提高以及理论研究的深化,这方面的工作取得了重大进展,本文对此作综合的论述.第一节叙述太阳大气动力学过程的光谱特征及其诊断原理。第二节介绍近30年来观测工作的概况。第三节讲述理论研究的原理和一些主要结果。第四节对今后的研究提出一些概括性的意见。     

NVST垂直双光谱切换扫描系统

1 m新真空太阳望远镜(New Vacuum Solar Telescope, NVST)的科学目标之一是对太阳活动区域进行二维光谱扫描观测。基于1 m新真空太阳望远镜多波段光谱仪(Multi-Band Spectrometer, MBS)和大色散光谱仪(High Dispersion Spectrometer, HDS)提出了垂直双光谱切换扫描系统,可实现相互垂直的两个光谱仪的光谱扫描观测任务,并实现两个光谱仪之间的切换。分析了光谱扫描观测的原理和过程,结合终端仪器系统的具体构造,完成了扫描系统的光机结构设计和装调分析,并对扫描系统进行了性能测试,包括系统稳定性、扫描直线度以及扫描步幅精度。测试结果满足预期功能需求和精度要求,为后续1 m新真空太阳望远镜进行常规光谱扫描观测提供了支持。     

利用差分光吸收法进行平流层二氧化氮的地面观测(英文)

太阳活动对中层大气物理、化学过程影响的研究是日地物理的重要部分。在平流层中,大气二氧化氮直接控制着臭氧的平衡。对20—40Km高度区,导致的奇氧成分的损耗占总损耗的60—70％。在可见光波段,二氧化氮有明显的吸收带结构,可用于大气光谱学方法测量其含量。 本文给出测量仪器的基本特性。该仪器是一个微机自动控制和数据采集的分光计系统,16秒内扫描436.5—451.5nm波段。信噪比大于3000。该仪器也可同时测量大气臭氧,适当改进还可作大气氯化物以及三氧化氮的观测。 影响二氧化氮资料观测分析的主要是太阳的方和斐线。它使观测曲线上无法直接辨认出二氧化氮吸收的带状结构。这里利用60°太阳天顶角的观测光谱作为基准值,其他太阳天顶角的观测资料与其比较给出比值光谱。此光谱除二氧化氮吸收的带结构外,还包含分子和气溶散射的影响。由于所测波长范围狭窄,假定其随波长线性变化不会引起明显误差,这样可由差分吸收给出倾斜路径中二氧化氮的含量。 分析测量误差指出,主要来源是相对波长位移,包括计算比值光谱时两观测曲线间的系统波长偏差和随机波长位移。利用使比值光谱波动最小的方法可把前者减小到0.02nm以下。试验指出,随机波长位移不大于0.03nm,引起的测量误差约为0.3％,相应于二氧化氮含量的反演误     

On the theory of the oblateness of the Sun

In this paper we first emphasize why it is important to know the successive zonal harmonics of the Sun's figure with high accuracy: mainly fundamental astrometry, helioseismology, planetary motions and relativistic effects. Then we briefly comment why the Sun appears oblate, going back to primitive definitions in order to underline some discrepancies in theories and to emphasize again the relevant hypotheses. We propose a new theoretical approach entirely based on an expansion in terms of Legendre's functions, including the differential rotation of the Sun at the surface. This permits linking the two first spherical harmonic coefficients (J ₂ and J ₄) with the geometric parameters that can be measured on the Sun (equatorial and polar radii). We emphasize the difficulties in inferring gravitational oblateness from visual measurements of the geometric oblateness, and more generally a dynamical flattening. Results are given for different observed rotational laws. It is shown that the surface oblateness is surely upper bounded by 11 milliarcsecond. As a consequence of the observed surface and sub-surface differential rotation laws, we deduce a measure of the two first gravitational harmonics, the quadrupole and the octopole moment of the Sun: J ₂=−(6.13±2.52)×10⁻⁷ if all observed data are taken into account, and respectively, J ₂=−(6.84±3.75)×10⁻⁷ if only sunspot data are considered, and J ₂=−(3.49±1.86)×10⁻⁷ in the case of helioseismic data alone. The value deduced from all available data for the octopole is: J ₄=(2.8±2.1)×10⁻¹². These values are compared to some others found in the literature. Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005238718479     

Accounting for the viscosity of the fluid core in the problem of the physical libration of the moon

A two-component theoretical model of the physical libration of the Moon in longitude is constructed with account taken of the viscosity of the core. In the new version, a hydrodynamic problem of motion of a fluid filling a solid rotating shell is solved. It is found that surfaces of equal angular velocity are spherical, and a velocity field of the fluid core of the Moon is described by elementary functions. A distribution of the internal pressure in the core is found. An angular momentum exchange between the fluid core and solid mantle is described by a third-order differential equation with a right-hand side. The roots of a characteristic equation are studied and the stability of rotation is proved. A libration angle as a function of time is found using the derived solution of the differential equation. Limiting cases of infinitely large and infinitely small viscosity are considered and an effect of lag of a libration phase from a phase of action of an external moment of forces is ascertained. This makes it possible to estimate the viscosity and sizes of the lunar fluid core from data of observations.     

Rotation of the elastic Earth: the role of the angular-velocity-dependence of the elasticity-caused perturbation

We calculate the so-called convective term, which shows up in the expression for the angular velocity of the elastic Earth, within the Andoyer formalism. The term emerges due to the fact that the elasticity-caused perturbation depends not only on the instantaneous orientation of the Earth but also on its instantaneous angular velocity. We demonstrate that this term makes a considerable contribution into the overall angular velocity. At the same time the convective term turns out to be automatically included into the correction to the nutation series due to the elasticity, if the series is defined by the perturbation of the figure axis (and not of the rotational axis) in accordance with the current IAU resolution. Hence it is not necessary to take the effect of the convective term into consideration in the perturbation of the elastic Earth as far as the nutation is related to the motion of the figure axis.     

Impact of the Quadrupole Moment of the Sun on the Dynamics of the Earth-Moon System

Range of values of the Sun's mass quadrupole moment of coefficient J₂ arising both from experimental and theoretical determinations enlarge across literature on two orders of magnitude, from around 10^-7 until to 10^-5. The accurate knowledge of the Moon's physical librations, for which the Lunar Laser Ranging data reach an outstanding precision level, prove to be appropriate to reduce the interval of J₂ values by giving an upper bound of J₂. A solar quadrupole moment as high as 1.1 10^-5 given either from the upper bounds of the error bars of the observations, or from the Roche's theory, is not compatible with the knowledge of the lunar librations accurately modeled and observed with the LLR experiment. The suitable values of J₂ have to be smaller than 3.0 10^-6. As a consequence, this upper bound of 3.0 10^-6 is accepted to study the impact of the Sun's quadrupole moment of mass on the dynamics of the Earth-Moon system. Such as effect (with J₂ = 5.5±1.3 × 10^-6) has been already tested in 1983 by Campbell & Moffat using analytical approximate equations, and thus for the orbits of Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Icarus. The approximate equations are no longer sufficient compared with present observational data and exact equations are required. As if to compute the effect on the lunar librations, we have used our BJV relativistic model of solar system integration including the spin-orbit coupled motion of the Moon. The model is solved by numerical integration. The BJV model stems from general relativity by using the DSX formalism for purposes of celestial mechanics when it is about to deal with a system of n extended, weakly self-gravitating, rotating and deformable bodies in mutual interactions. The resulting effects on the orbital elements of the Earth have been computed and plotted over 160 and 1600 years. The impact of the quadrupole moment of the Sun on the Earth's orbital motion is mainly characterized by variations of , , and . As a consequence, the Sun's quadrupole moment of mass could play a sensible role over long time periods of integration of solar system models. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

On the role of the motion of the photospheric footpoints of the magnetic field lines

By means of a simple relation between the velocity v of the fluid particle and the velocity v_f of the photospheric footpoint of the magnetic field line v_z and B_z being respectively the components of v and the magnetic field B normal to the photospheric surface, it is shown formally that through the phtospheric surface the transport of all the quantities attributed to the magnetic field, such as the magnetic flux, the magnetic energy and the helicity, is independent of v_z, and v_f is the only kinematical quantity on which the transport depends. In addition, in the neighborhood of the neutral line the velocity v_l of the moving curve of constant B_z is found to be equal approximately to the component of v or v_f in the direction of v_l. Since v_l can be measured or extimated, so can the components of v and v_f near the neutral line.     

Determination of the temperature of the solar corona from the spectrum of the electron-scattering continuum

When the K-corona is formed by the scattering of photospheric radiation from free electrons, the Fraunhofer lines are greatly broadened by the thermal motions of the hot electrons. This paper discusses the possibility of measuring the coronal electron temperature from the residual depressions in the K-coronal spectrum. If the ratio of the intensities at 4100 Å and 3900 Å can be measured to an accuracy of ±1%, the coronal temperature can be inferred to an accuracy of ±0.2 MK. The temperature of a coronal inhomogeneity may also be measured by this method, provided the position angle is known.Now at Fraunhofer Institute, Freiburg, Germany.     

Calculation of the global system of the field-aligned currents on the dayside of the magnetosphere

Using the well-known equation for the normal component of the current which exist near the tangential discontinuity in the plasma in the case of the frozen-in magnetic field, and supposing that the current closes in the ionosphere in the auroral oval in the region 1, one calculates and compares with the data of observations the dependence of the density of the field-aligned current at the level of the ionosphere on the local time.     

On the systematic errors of the determinations of the absolute orientation of the meridian marks

The classical method of determination of the absolute azimuth (or Bessel's parameter n) can secure sufficiently precision for RA from observations of stars at high geographical latitudes during polar night only.