Wave-coupling at the magnetopause

The paper considers wave coupling for an arbitrary direction of propagation on the basis of single fluid hydromagnetic equations appropriate for a rarefied plasma. The analysis is used to study the transfer of solar wind momenta into the magnetosphere. It is found that wave refraction is significant only during disturbed conditions for waves travelling with the wind. Enhanced reflection of waves might be important even under quiet conditions in the flanks of the magnetosphere.     

缅怀昆明凤凰山天文台建成70周年

在昆明凤凰山天文台建成70周年到来之际,本文从正史的角度,对有关的几个问题阐释和澄清.同时简述笔者亲历的与黑子有关的工作,以示缅怀.     

Forces at the Kerr singularity

In a classical-like language introduced in a previous paper, the fact that the ring singularity of the Kerr spacetime cannot be left/reached by timelike geodesic which is not bound to the equatorial plane is interpreted as a result of the interplay of the gravitational and – mainly – the centrifugal forces.     

Absence of whistlers at the equator reaffirmed

Synoptic observations made on magnetic recording tape at Huancayo, Peru, at the magnetic dip equator, during the International Geophysical Year 1957–1958, were aurally reviewed at that time and no whistlers, hiss, or other emissions were heard. In view of the more recent observation of whistlers at geomagnetic latitudes as low as 12°, and in conjunction with a study of equatorial hiss observed in the topside ionosphere, these recordings have recently been reassessed by reducing them with modern real-time, digital spectrographic equipment. Although the observations were found to be of high quality, and to show the classical features of ground-wave and sky-wave propagation of sferics and VLF transmissions, again no evidence whatsoever of whistlers, hiss, or other emissions is found. Thus it is concluded that the whistlers observed at very low latitudes do not propagate subionospherically to the equator and it is confirmed that “hybrid” whistlers must be due to subionospheric propagation across the equator of the causative sferic rather than of the short whistler.     

The variation of solar brightness at the extreme solar limb at centimetre radio waves

In this note some properties of the nonconvolved brightness profile close to the extreme solar limb are described. In particular, at 6 cm and 11 cm wavelength relatively strong, narrow spikes should occur, noticeably affected by inhomogeneities (for example spicules) in the solar atmosphere.     

Magnetic fields at the surfaces of stars

Summary Magnetic fields have now been detected in stars in several parts of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Roughly dipolar fields ranging in strength between 3× 10² and 3×10⁴ G are found in many chemically peculiar A and B main sequence stars. Dipolar fields are also found in some 2–3% of white dwarfs, but with strengths between 1×10⁶ and 5×10⁸ G. In both these types of stars, the observed fields vary as the underlying star turns, but do not change in a secular manner. In solartype stars, structurally complex fields of a few kG are found with filling factors of the order of 0.1 to 0.8. Further indirect evidence of fields in cool main sequence stars is provided by detection of visible and ultraviolet line emission (chromospheric activity), x radiation (coronal matter), and giant starspots. In this review, we survey the observations of stellar magnetism in all these types of stars, as well as efforts to model the observed magnetic fields and associated photospheric peculiarities and activity.This article was processed by the author using the Springer-Verlag T_EX AAR macro package 1991.     

Observations of the 1988 Leonids at Gaomeigu

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汶川地震的天文背景

比较系统地分析了汶川地震发生时的天体位置、月亮白赤交角、太阳活动与地球自转等天文因素的影响,结果表明,无论从地震的孕育还是从发生来看这些天文因素的影响都是不可忽视的,是值得进一步深入研究的.     

Radio astronomy at the University of Sydney

The recent improvements to the radio telescopes at the Molonglo (MOST) and Fleurs (FST) Observatories are described along with some of the astronomical projects.Paper presented at the IAU Third Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting, held in Kyoto, Japan, between 30 September–6 October, 1984.     

Measurement of the meteoroid flux at Mars

In the fall of 2005, a dedicated meteor observing campaign was carried out by the Panoramic Camera (Pancam) onboard the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit to determine the viability of using MER cameras as meteor detectors and to obtain the first experimental estimate of the meteoroid flux at Mars. Our observing targets included both the sporadic meteoroid background and two predicted martian meteor showers: one associated with 1P/Halley and a potential stream associated with 2001/R1 LONEOS. A total of 353 images covering 2.7 h of net exposure time were analyzed with no conclusive meteor detections. From these data, an upper limit to the background meteoroid flux at Mars is estimated to be for meteoroids with mass larger than 4 g. For comparison, the estimated flux to this mass limit at the Earth is [Grün, E., Zook, H.A., Fechtig, H., Giese, R.H., 1985. Icarus 62, 244-272]. This result is qualitatively consistent, within error bounds, with theoretical models predicting martian fluxes of ∼50% that at Earth for meteoroids of mass ¹⁰⁻³-¹⁰¹ g [Adolfsson, L.G., Gustafson, B.A.S., Murray, C.D., 1996. Icarus 119, 144-152]. The MER cameras, even using the most sensitive mode of operation, should expect to see on average only one coincident meteor on of order 40-150 h of total exposure time based on these same theoretical martian flux estimates. To more meaningfully constrain these flux models, a longer total integrated exposure time or more sensitive camera is needed. Our analysis also suggests that the event reported as the first martian meteor [Selsis, F., Lemmon, M.T., Vaubaillon, J., Bell, J.F., 2005. Nature 435, 581] is more likely a grazing cosmic ray impact, which we show to be a major source of confusion with potential meteors in all Pancam images.     

丽江高美古的大气消光系数测定

１９９６年１－２月，我们用光电方法测定了丽江高美古在Ｂ、Ｖ两个波段的大气消光系数。为便于比较，在同一时期还测定了云南天文台凤凰山台址的大气消光系数。本文给出了观测结果，同时也列出了世界上一些天文台站的数据以供参考。     

日面高纬度区域黑子

用云南天文台太阳黑子观测资料,对太阳活动１９、２０、２１、２２周及２３周上升段日面高纬度区域（大于±４０°）的黑子群进行统计。结果表明,高纬度黑子具有数量少,结构较简单,在日面存在时间不长等特点,是太阳活动周期更换的表征     

Weighing the cusp at the Galactic Centre

As stars close to the galactic centre have short orbital periods it has been possible to trace large fractions of their orbits in the recent years. Previously the data of the orbit of the star S2 have been fitted with Keplerian orbits corresponding to a massive black hole (MBH) with a mass of M_BH = 3–4 × 10⁶M_⊙ implying an insignificant cusp mass. However, it has also been shown that the central black hole resides in a ∼1″ diameter stellar cluster of a priori unknown mass. In a spherical potential which is neither Keplerian nor harmonic, orbits will precess resulting in inclined rosetta shaped trajectories on the sky. In this case, the assumption of non‐Keplerian orbits is a more physical approach. It is also the only approach through which cusp mass information can be obtained via stellar dynamics of the cusp members. This paper presents the first exemplary modelling efforts in this direction. Using positional and radial data of star S2, we find that there could exist an unobserved extended mass component of several 10⁵M_⊙ forming a so‐called ‘cusp’ centered on the black hole position. Considering only the fraction of the cusp mass Mequation/tex2gif-inf-4.gif within the apo‐center of the S2 orbit we find as an upper limit that Mequation/tex2gif-inf-6.gif/(M_BH + Mequation/tex2gif-inf-9.gif) ≤ 0.05. A large extended cusp mass, if present, is unlikely to be composed of sub‐solar mass constituents, but could be explained rather well by a cluster of high M/L stellar remnants, which we find to form a stable configuration. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

丽江高美古天文候选点的气象观测

介绍了丽江高美古气象定点观测情况,给出了两年半天文可用时间及两年气象各因素的统计结果。     

Temperature gradients at the core-mantle interface

Heat flowing out of the core must flow into the mantle. If the Earth's magnetic field is owing to adiabatic magnetohydrodynamic circulation of the outer core, whole mantle convection or melting at the core mantle boundary is required to keep the inner core from becoming isothermal, thereby preventing adiabatic circulation.Alternatively, the outer core fluid must have some unexpected and exotic property such as an extremely low coefficient of thermal expansion and resultant low Gruneisen's parameter.Paper dedicated to Professor Harold C. Urey on the occasion of his 80th birthday on 29 April 1973. Publication No. 1046 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.