太阳耀斑环的收缩和剪切

分析了2个耀斑事件,这2个事件分别是2002年3月14日M5.7级和2003年10月29日X10级耀斑。这两个耀斑在紫外(Ultroviolet or UV,160.0 nm)或远紫外(Extremeultraviolet or EUV,17.1 nm)都具有双带结构,在硬X射线(Hard X-ray or HXR)能段有明显的共轭足点。通过"重心法",可以得到EUV双带以及硬X射线足点的位置。通过对这2个耀斑事件的初步分析,得到下面的结论:(1)耀斑脉冲期,这两个耀斑的共轭亮核和双带都具有明显的会聚运动,会聚运动延续了3～10 min。亮核或双带的分离运动发生在会聚运动后;(2)耀斑的硬X射线足点具有很强的剪切运动,并且在耀斑过程中,剪切角的变化持续减小。这些结果表明磁重联通常发生在剪切程度高的磁场区域。这些结果支持Ji(2007)的磁场模型,这个模型认为耀斑环的收缩运动是剪切磁场松弛引起的。     

太阳耀斑亮核和硬X射线环顶源运动的初步分析

分析了2个耀斑事件。这2个耀斑事件都具有双带结构，并伴有耀斑环顶部位置的硬X射线（HXR）辐射，这个辐射源我们称为环顶源。在文章中，通过求亮度重心的方法，我们对耀斑双带的相对运动，以及HXR环顶源的高度变化进行了分析。结果表明：耀斑相偶亮核间距离的时间曲线，与HXR亮度曲线具有相反的相关性，亮核间距离在HXR流量上升阶段会减少；与此同时，HXR环顶源的高度会下降。而通常的相偶亮核的分离运动以及环顶源的上升运动发生在极大相之后。     

1981年5月16日耀斑中的环弧系

本文研究了1981年5月16日质子耀斑中环弧系内的物质运动,环的形状大小以及在耀斑发展过程中双带走向和形状变化。结果表明:H_α环的一对足点都位于H_α亮带的内侧;在H_α环中环体两侧的物质都处于下落状态;在日面上看到的H_α亮环可能是亮带内边缘迅速膨胀的结果;耀斑前暗条最初不稳定的位置正是环弧系中环与纵向磁场中性线剪切最大的位置,也正是环面与太阳表面倾斜最大的地方;耀斑初始亮带走向与后期亮带的走向有一明显的交角,这可能是新磁流在日冕下层影响磁中性线走向的结果,并可能是该耀斑能量的一个重要的来源。     

太阳耀斑磁重联的数值模拟

数值模拟了太阳耀斑中二维磁重联过程。结果表明,当重联Ｘ 点比较高时,演化过程能再现双带耀斑中耀斑环的运动等主要特征;当重联Ｘ 点比较低时,可解释致密耀斑的观测特征。结果还表明,耀斑环上升和重联点上升之间没有直接的联系。     

耀斑环动力学的数值研究

数值模拟了太阳耀斑环动力学演化的二维磁重联过程。结果表明,在重联Ｘ 点比较高时,演化过程能再现双带耀斑中的耀斑环活动;而重联Ｘ 点比较低时,演化情况能解释致密耀斑的观测特征     

2003年8月太阳活动区AR0442内的暗条爆发及其相关现象的研究

利用色球Ha单色像、TRACE和SOHO／EITEUV单色像、SOH0／LASCO白光日冕观测及SOH0／MDI光球磁图，对2003年8月25日日面AR0442边界上2个暗条爆发的不同动力学行为及与之相关的耀斑、耀斑后环和CME等现象进行了分析。主要结论如下：(1)2个暗条的激活态和爆发过程有明显不同：暗条F1先变粗变黑，出现明显分叉，然后表现为whiplike爆发；而暗条F2一部分先消失，其余部分出现水平的轴向运动，最后F2整体爆发。(2)2个暗条的爆发机制是不同的：F1的爆发可能与新浮磁流密切相关，而F2的爆发与F1爆发产生的双带耀斑的分离运动和相互作用密切相关。     

两个相邻活动区中的相应耀斑

本文描述ＮＯＡＡ６２３３活动区中的一组双带耀斑及和与之有时间相关性的ＮＯＡＡ６２４０中的单带耀斑的磁场位形．并着重讨论由观测推断出的磁场拓扑联接性．分析表明：三个单耀斑发生在正极磁区里，与发生在δ黑子区中的双带耀斑，可能有远距离磁环相联系．这一高位磁环与δ黑子中的低位剪切磁环柑互作用，可能是能发双带耀斑的直接原因．在双带耀斑能量初始释放中被加速的电子，可能是沿着高位磁环或磁拓扑分界面（ＮＯＡＡ ６２４０与ＮＯＡＡ６２３３间）传播，并导致ＮＯＡＡ６２４０中的单带耀斑．因此这些单带耀斑都可能是双带耀斑的相应耀斑．     

1991年10月24日白光耀斑的高时间分辨率多波段光谱分析

本文分析了南京大学太阳塔1991年10月24日用多波段光谱仪观测到的高时间分辨率（5s）的一个2N／X2．1级白光耀斑光谱．对耀斑谱线轮廓、连续发射强度、X射线和射电爆发资料进行了综合对比，分析表明，该耀斑属Ⅰ类白光耀斑，具有如下特征：（1）在白光耀斑的脉冲相期间，各波段光谱线心强度、连续辐射、谱线半宽以及线翼红不对称性与硬X射线高能波段的爆发同时达到极大；（2）H_a谱线在连续发射极大时半宽达10A，且呈现强烈的线心反转，H_β和H_γ线心亦有反转；（3）所拍摄的5条谱线都有明显的红不对称性，持续时间约为1分钟，根据上述结果，本文用电子束轰击、色球蒸发和色球压缩区对该耀斑能量积聚和释放的动力学机制作了定性的分析和解释。     

2004年4月11日AR0588中环形暗条爆发与CME的研究

利用云南天文台色球Hα单色像、SOHO/EITEUV单色像、SOHO/LASCO白光日冕观测、SOHO/MDI光球磁图及Nobeyama17GHz微波射电观测资料对2004年4月11日AR0588中的环形暗条爆发进行了初步的分析。主要结论如下:(1)爆发的暗条呈现封闭的环形。在Hα观测上爆发前有明显的激活态,表现为西半环变粗变厚,断裂出现缺口并缓慢向西南方向上升。在EIT195 观测上,此暗条爆发表现出两条扎根于爆发源区的亮带,其顶部可能是爆发中的暗条,而这两条亮带是暗条的两条腿。该暗条爆发是动力学爆发,但暗条等离子体在爆发过程中也受到明显的加热。(2)该暗条爆发伴随有一个明显的双带耀斑。一个带位于暗条爆发的中心,几乎不动,而另一个带呈环状包围爆发的暗条,展示明显的分离运动。这两个带之间,在耀斑后期出现明显的耀斑后环。(3)这一暗条爆发及耀斑与LASCO观测到的一个快速的、具有典型三部分结构的partialHaloCME在时间和空间上是密切相关的。     

一个亚耀斑的HeI 10830二维光谱观测

本文介绍了１９９３年１２月２９日一个ＳＦ／Ｃ１．９耀斑过程的ＨｅＩ１０８３０　的二维光谱观测和资料的初步分析，主要结果如下：（１）在直接拼出的ＨｅＩ１０８３０　单色象上未发现有Ｒｕｓｔ提出的强度超过连续谱的耀斑亮点，但在剩余强度图上的确发现有四个小区相对周围变亮。其强度在耀斑爆发过程中有明显变化；（２）所有ＨｅＩ１０８３０　＂亮区＂均落在Ｈ_α耀斑亮区内。反之则不一定有对应；（３）ＨｅＩ１０８３０　＂亮区＂有两个位于黑子半影，一个伸入本影，另一个可能在一个小黑点处；（４）ＨｅＩ１０８３０　在所有亮区均有红移或不对称。表示有≤１６ｋｍ／ｓｅｃ的物质向下运动，速度随耀斑衰减而减小。这个亚耀斑＂亮区＂的特征与我们以前观测到的辐射超过连续谱的发射点极为相似，因而可认为它们具有同一物理起源。其强度小很可能是因为其激发源的Ｘ射线强度弱。     

Optical observations of GRB 050401 afterglow : a case for double-jet model

The afterglow of GRB 050401 presents several novel and interesting features. (i) An initially faster decay in optical band than in X-rays. (ii) A break in the X-ray light curve after ∼0.06 d with an unusual slope after the break. (iii)The X-ray afterglow does not show any spectral evolution across the break while the R -band light curve does not show any break. We have modelled the observed multiband evolution of the afterglow of GRB 050401 as originating in a two-component jet, and interpreting the break in X-ray light curve as due to lateral expansion of a narrow collimated outflow which dominates the X-ray emission. The optical emission is attributed to a wider jet component. Our model reproduces all the observed features of multiband afterglow of GRB 050401. We present optical observations of GRB 050401 using the 104-cm Sampurnanand Telescope at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital. Results of the analysis of multiband data are presented and compared with GRB 030329, the first reported case of double jet.     

Comparison between Swift and pre-Swift gamma-ray bursts

The gamma-ray burst (GRB) mission Swift has made a much deeper GRBsurvey than any previous one. I present a systematical comparison between GRB samples detected with pre-Swift missions and those from Swift, in order to investigate whether they show any statistical difference. Our Swift GRB sample includes the bursts detected by Swift/BAT before 2007 September. With both flux-limited surveys and redshift-known GRB samples, I show that, apparently, the observed distributions of the redshifts, T90, and log N-log P are significantly different, but not for the spectral hardness ratio, fluence and Eiso. The redshifts of the Swift GRB sample are statistically larger than those of pre-Swift GRBs, with a mean of 1.95±0.17 compared to ～ 1 for pre-Swift GRBs. The cosmological effect on the observables is thus considerable. This effect on the spectral hardness ratio, fluence and Eiso is cancelled out, and the distributions of these quantities indeed do not show significant differences between the Swift and pre-Swift GRBs. Taking this effect into account, I found that the corrected distributions of T90 for long GRBs and log N - log P observed with Swift/BAT are also consistent with those observed with CGRO/BATSE. These results indicate that the Swift and pre-Swift GRBs are from the same population.     

Swift/BAT Observations of X-Ray Flashes

An analysis of prompt gamma-rays of X-ray flashes (XRFs) observed with the Swift/BAT has been presented. Our sample includes 235 bursts. It is found that the BAT detection ratio of XRFs to typical Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is 42:193, for division at Γ=2 (roughly corresponding Ep～50 keV), Γ being the power law index of the BAT spectrum and Ep, the peak energy (Ep) of the νfν spectrum. This is consistent with the HETE-2 observations. For both XRFS and GRBs Γ are almost normally distributed in the range of 1 to 2.8, similar that observed with HETE-2. The distribution of Γ for the entire set of GRBs/XRFs is not available due to poor statistics on the peak at Γ>2.3. This result probably indicates that the BAT spectrum of a typical XRF could have a Γ of roughly 2.3, if they indeed are a distinct soft component of the GRB population. By comparing the fluence and the peak flux in different energy bands, it is found that the XRFs are ordinarily softer than the GRBs, but during the peak time the spectra of both GRBs and XRF are similar, showing that the dominant radiation mechanisms of both GRBs and XRFs are similar.     

Quiescent times in gamma-ray bursts – I. An observed correlation between the durations of subsequent emission episodes

Although more than 2000 astronomical gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been detected, the precise progenitor responsible for these events is unknown. The temporal phenomenology observed in GRBs can significantly constrain the different models. Here we analyse the time histories of a sample of bright, long GRBs, searching for the ones exhibiting relatively long (more than 5 per cent of the total burst duration) 'quiescent times', defined as the intervals between adjacent episodes of emission during which the gamma-ray count rate drops to the background level. We find a quantitative relation between the duration of an emission episode and the quiescent time elapsed since the previous episode. We suggest here that the mechanism responsible for the extraction and the dissipation of energy has to take place in a metastable configuration, such that the longer the accumulation period, the higher the stored energy available for the next emission episode.     

The evolution of a beamed gamma-ray-burst afterglow: the non-relativistic case

There has been increasing evidence that at least some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are emission beamed. The beamed GRB-afterglow evolution has been discussed by several authors in the ultrarelativistic case. It has been shown that the dynamics of the blast wave will be significantly modified by the sideways expansion, and there may be a sharp break in the afterglow light curves under certain circumstances. However, this is only true when the fireball is still relativistic. Here we present an analytical approach to the evolution of the beamed GRB blast wave expanding in the surrounding medium (density     in the non-relativistic case, our purpose is to explore whether the sideways expansion will strongly affect the blast-wave evolution as in the relativistic case. We find that the blast-wave evolution is strongly dependent on the speed of the sideways expansion. If it expands with the sound speed, then the jet angle θ increases with time as     which means that the sideways expansion has little effect on the afterglow light curves, the flux     for     and     for     It is clear that the light curve of     is not always steeper than that of     as in the relativistic case. We also show that if the expansion speed is a constant, then the jet angle     and the radius     in this case the sideways expansion has the most significant effect on the blast-wave evolution, the flux     independent of s , and we expect that there should be a smooth and gradual break in the light curve.     

Gamma-ray bursts with peculiar temporal asymmetry

Based on Link & Epstein's study of temporal asymmetry of 631 gamma-ray bursts from the BATSE 3B catalogue, we identify the population of bursts with rising times that are longer than their decays, thus showing atypical profiles. We analyse their sky distribution, morphology, time–space clustering and other average properties and compare them with those associated with the bulk of the bursts. We show how most of the peculiar bursts analysed are consistent with recent fireball models, but a fraction of bursts (∼4 per cent of the total sample) appear to be inconsistent.     

Temporal properties of short gamma-ray bursts

We analyse a sample of bright short bursts from the BATSE 4B-catalog and find that many short bursts are highly variable  ( δt _min/ T ≪1  , where δt _min is the shortest pulse duration and T is the burst duration). This indicates that it is unlikely that short bursts are produced by external shocks. We also analyse the available (first  1–2 s)  high-resolution Time Tagged Events (TTE) data of some of the long bursts. We find that variability on a 10-ms time-scale is common in long bursts. This result shows that some long bursts are even more variable than it was thought before  ( δt _min/ T ≈10^-4–10^-3)  .     

Evidence for energy injection and a fine-tuned central engine at optical wavelengths in GRB 070419A

We present a comprehensive multiwavelength temporal and spectral analysis of the 'fast rise exponential decay' GRB 070419A. The early-time emission in the γ-ray and X-ray bands can be explained by a central engine active for at least 250 s, while at late times the X-ray light curve displays a simple power-law decay. In contrast, the observed behaviour in the optical band is complex (from 10² up to 10⁶ s). We investigate the light-curve behaviour in the context of the standard forward/reverse shock model; associating the peak in the optical light curve at ∼450 s with the fireball deceleration time results in a Lorenz factor  Γ≈ 350  at this time. In contrast, the shallow optical decay between 450 and 1500 s remains problematic, requiring a reverse shock component whose typical frequency is above the optical band at the optical peak time for it to be explained within the standard model. This predicts an increasing flux density for the forward shock component until   t ∼ 4 × 10⁶ s  , inconsistent with the observed decay of the optical emission from   t ∼ 10⁴ s  . A highly magnetized fireball is also ruled out due to unrealistic microphysic parameters and predicted light-curve behaviour that is not observed. We conclude that a long-lived central engine with a finely tuned energy injection rate and a sudden cessation of the injection is required to create the observed light curves, consistent with the same conditions that are invoked to explain the plateau phase of canonical X-ray light curves of γ-ray bursts.     

Swift observations of GRB 050712

We present the results of X-ray and optical observations of GRB 050712 performed by Swift . The X-ray light curve of this burst exhibits episodes of flares in the first 1000 s, the same epoch at which the UVOT detected an optical counterpart. A shallow X-ray decay, with a decay slope of  α=−0.73  , followed and lasted ∼70 ks. This behaviour can be explained in terms of activity of the gamma-ray burst 'inner engine', with the possibility that the last flare is caused by the interaction of the ejecta with the surrounding medium.
We also find interesting spectral parameters for the X-ray emission. In particular, data suggest the presence of an intrinsic absorption in the first 1000 s, which can be explained if circumburst medium clouds lie along the line of sight.