Sixty-Year Career in Solar Physics

This memoir reviews my academic career in solar physics for 60 years, including my research on non-LTE modeling, white-light flares, and small-scale solar activities. Through this narrative, the reader can catch a glimpse of the development of solar physics research in mainland China from scratch. In the end, some prospects for future development are given.     

Editorial: solar radiophysics—recent results on observations and theories

Solar radiophysics is a rapidly developing branch of solar physics and plasma astrophysics. Solar radiophysics has the goal of analyzing observations of radio emissions from the Sun and understanding basic physical processes operating in quiet and active regions of the solar corona. In the near future, the commissioning of a new generation of solar radio observational facilities, which include the Chinese Spectral Radio Heliograph（CSRH） and the upgrade of the Siberian Solar Radio Telescope（SSRT）, and the beginning of solar observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array（ALMA）, is expected to bring us new breakthrough results of a transformative nature. The Marie-Curie International Research Staff Exchange（MC IRSES） “RadioSun” international network aims to create a solid foundation for the successful exploitation of upcoming solar radio observational facilities, as well as intensive use of the existing observational tools, advanced theoretical modeling of relevant physical processes and observables, and training a new generation of solar radio physicists. The RadioSun network links research teams from China,Czech Republic, Poland, Russia and the UK. This mini-volume presents research papers based on invited reviews and contributed talks at the 1st RadioSun workshop in China. These papers cover a broad range of research topics and include recent observational and theoretical advances in solar radiophysics, MHD seismology of the solar corona, physics of solar flares, generation of radio emission, numerical modeling of MHD and plasma physics processes, charged-particle acceleration and novel instrumentation.     

太阳射电日像仪的进步与发展

叙述了太阳射电天文和太阳物理上作出过杰出贡献的几个射电日像仪的概况及其进步与发展,并简述了未来射电日像仪可以完成的科学目标以及应具有的特点,以期为在２１世纪我国实现“一颗空间Ｘ射线卫星、一座红外太阳塔和一台射电像仪”的宏伟构想提供研制依据。     

日食的射电观测(英)

日食为射电天文提供了一维高空间分辨率太阳射电观测机会．日食射电观测在太阳射电物理的发展上起过重要的作用．文中对日食射电观测的若干重要因素作了介绍和分析．日食射电观测在我国太阳射电天文发展上也起了重要作用．文中简要介绍了在我国组织观测的1958年、1968年、1980年及1987年的太阳射电日食观测及其主要结果．     

行星际闪烁(IPS)研究新进展

太阳风行星际闪烁（ｉｎｔｅｒｐｌａｎｅｔａｒｙ ｓｃｉｎｔｉｌｌａｔｉｏｎ,ＩＰＳ）研究在太阳物理,日地空间物理和空间天气学研究中具有重要科学意义,经过近３０年重点研究太阳风后,从９０年代初开始,ＩＰＳ研究在太阳风与日球观测的对比分析、行星际扰动与地磁活动预报,观测数据的层析分析三方面都取得了新的进展。     

分形和混沌理论在太阳物理学中的应用

本文对非线性科学的两个重要分支－分形和混沌－在太阳物理学中的应用情况作了综述，主要内容包括：太阳活动混沌性的揭示；对太阳活动混沌性的可能解释－太阳非线性发电机理论；一些太阳现象的分形描述；耀斑的自组织临界行为研究。最后给出了作者对这一领域工作前景的展望。     

太阳物理学中的分形和混沌

对非线性科学的两个重要分支；分形和混沌在太阳物理学中的应用情况作了综述信要内容包括；太阳活动混沌性的揭示；对太阳活动混沌性的可能解释－太阳非线性发电机理论；一些太阳现象的分形描述；耀斑的自组织临界行为研究，最后给出了作者对这一领域工作前景的展望。     

Two Years of the STEREO Heliospheric Imagers

Imaging of the heliosphere is a burgeoning area of research. As a result, it is awash with new results, using novel applications, and is demonstrating great potential for future research in a wide range of topical areas. The STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) Heliospheric Imager (HI) instruments are at the heart of this new development, building on the pioneering observations of the SMEI (Solar Mass Ejection Imager) instrument aboard the Coriolis spacecraft. Other earlier heliospheric imaging systems have included ground-based interplanetary scintillation (IPS) facilities and the photometers on the Helios spacecraft. With the HI instruments, we now have routine wide-angle imaging of the inner heliosphere, from vantage points outside the Sun-Earth line. HI has been used to investigate the development of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) as they pass through the heliosphere to 1 AU and beyond. Synoptic mapping has also allowed us to see graphic illustrations of the nature of mass outflow as a function of distance from the Sun – in particular, stressing the complexity of the near-Sun solar wind. The instruments have also been used to image co-rotating interaction regions (CIRs), to study the interaction of comets with the solar wind and CMEs, and to witness the impact of CMEs and CIRs on planets. The very nature of this area of research – which brings together aspects of solar physics, space-environment physics, and solar-terrestrial physics – means that the research papers are spread among a wide range of journals from different disciplines. Thus, in this special issue, it is timely and appropriate to provide a review of the results of the first two years of the HI investigations.     

The high altitude observatory of the national center for atmospheric research Boulder,Colorado

Summary The High Altitude Observatory attempts to carry out a balanced program of theoretical and experimental research in solar, solar-terrestrial, and stellar-related physics. The scientific efforts are carried out within a sectional structure including the major areas of Solar Atmosphere and Magnetic Fields, Coronal/Interplanetary Physics, and Solar Variability. As one division of a National Center, the Observatory attempts to provide leadership through operation and sponsorship of seminars on specialized topics and organization of workshops to exploit data collections. In addition to the examples given, the Observatory, under NASA sponsorship, has organized a workshop series on solar flares, a central theme of which was the interpretation of Skylab results. This effort has resulted in the publication of a volume Solar Flares, edited by P. Sturrock, Colorado Associated University Press, 1979. Through these efforts, and the participation of individual staff members on advisory committees and working groups within the national and international framework, the Observatory continues to play a role in the guidance of research in solar and related physics.     

太阳物理中磁螺度研究进展

简要回顾了螺度引入太阳磁场研究中的历史过程，从物理角度讨论了相对磁螺度这个新的可观测量，并指出其在理论和观测中存在的问题；着重介绍了磁螺度在太阳大气中的分配问题；探讨了磁螺度和电流螺度的差别与联系、螺度半球手征性；列举介绍了磁螺度和其他太阳活动的联系，尤其是太阳爆发事件中的磁螺度问题；指出磁螺度理论中几个还没有解决的问题及今后可能取得进展的方向。     

太阳中微子问题

文中从中微子物理学、太阳中微子的探测、标准太阳模型的建立等方面对太阳中微子问题的提出进行了回顾。各为太阳中微子探测器测量结果不同程度的偏低，以及不同类探测器测量结果之间的矛盾，使得人们对太阳中微子的研究表现出浓厚的兴趣。对太阳中微子问题可从粒子物理和天体物理两个方面进行研究。文中分别对这两个研究领域中提取的企图解决太阳中微子问题的模型作了简要评述。     

Debrecen heliophysical observatory

This article provides a brief summary of the progress in the solar physics research at the Debrecen Observatory in the last 12 years.     

中国出口双折射滤光器

中国科学院南京天文仪器研制中心在20世纪80年代研制35cm太阳磁场望远镜滤光器取得巨大的成功，其在双折射滤光器领域内的水平，已被国际太阳物理界公认。1989年以来，已向日本和韩国出口了11台复杂而昂贵的Lyot滤光器，并已在有关国立天文台和天文馆投入常规观测。最近，还为国外客户修复3台Lyot滤光器，它们都是德国和法国在30年前生产的。     

Observational evidence of magnetic reconnection in a coronal bright point

Magnetic reconnection is considered to be the fundamental process by which magnetic energy is converted into plasma or particle kinetic energy. Magnetic reconnection is a widely applied physics model to explain the solar eruption events, such as coronal bright points(CBPs). Meanwhile, it is an usual way of the solar physics research to look for the observational evidences of magnetic reconnection in the solar eruption events in order to support the model. In this paper, we have explored the evidences of magnetic reconnection in a CBP observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly(AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory(SDO) at NOAA No. 11163 on 2011 March 5. Our observations show that this event is a small-scale loop system in active regions that have similar size as a traditional CBP and it might shed light on the physics of a traditional CBP. This CBP is bright in all nine AIA wavelengths and displays a flaring development with three bursts intermittently. Each burst exhibits a pair of bi-directional jets almost along a line. They originate from the same position(CBP core), then move in the opposite directions. Our findings are well consistent with the magnetic reconnection process by which the bi-directional plasma outflows are produced and radiate the bi-directional jets detected by SDO/AIA. These facts further support the conclusion that the CBP is produced by the magnetic reconnection process.     

Energetic particles from the sun

This paper discusses solar cosmic ray phenomena and related topics from the solar physical point of view. Basic physics of the solar atmosphere and solar flare phenomena are, therefore, considered in some detail. Since solar cosmic rays are usually produced by solar flares, we must first understand the processes and mechanism of solar flares, especially the so-called proton flares, in order to understand the acceleration mechanism of solar cosmic rays and their behaviour in both the solar atmosphere and interplanetary space. For this reason, detailed discussion is given on various phenomena associated with solar flares, proton flare characteristics, and the mechanism of solar flares.Since the discovery of solar cosmic rays by Forbush, the interplanetary space has been thought of as medium in which solar cosmic rays propagate. In this paper, the propagation of solar cosmic rays in this space is, therefore, discussed briefly by referring to the observed magnetic properties of this space. Finally, some problems related to the physics of galactic cosmic rays are discussed.Astrophysics and Space Science Review Paper.     

Eight decades of solar research at Mount Wilson

The Mount Wilson solar program has figured prominently in the field of solar physics throughout this century. This review describes the development of the instrumentation and the progress of the research at Mount Wilson from 1904 to 1984.The National Optical Astronomy Observatories are operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under contract to the National Science Foundation.     

Observational Features of Large-Scale Structures as Revealed by the Catastrophe Model of Solar Eruptions

Large-scale magnetic structures are the main carrier of major eruptions in the solar atmosphere. These structures are rooted in the photosphere and are driven by the unceas-ing motion of the photospheric material through a series of equilibrium configurations. The motion brings energy into the coronal magnetic field until the system ceases to be in equilib-rium. The catastrophe theory for solar eruptions indicates that loss of mechanical equilibrium constitutes the main trigger mechanism of major eruptions, usually shown up as solar flares, eruptive prominences, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Magnetic reconnection which takes place at the very beginning of the eruption as a result of plasma instabilities/turbulence inside the current sheet, converts magnetic energy into heating and kinetic energy that are responsible for solar flares, and for accelerating both plasma ejecta (flows and CMEs) and energetic particles. Various manifestations are thus related to one another, and the physics behind these relationships is catastrophe and magnetic reconnection. This work reports on re- cent progress in both theoretical research and observations on eruptive phenomena showing the above manifestations. We start by displaying the properties of large-scale structures in the corona and the related magnetic fields prior to an eruption, and show various morphological features of the disrupting magnetic fields. Then, in the framework of the catastrophe theory, we look into the physics behind those features investigated in a succession of previous works, and discuss the approaches they used.     

国内太阳数据VO化初步方案

随着太阳物理研究的深入、观测仪器的发展、观测数据的积累，促使人们去思考这样的问题：利用全世界不同时间、地点、波段的太阳相关数据、历史数据去对很多悬而未解的科学问题寻求答案，同时使研究者容易的去检索这些数据，进行分析，这就是虚拟太阳天文台要解决的问题，也是为什么虚拟太阳天文台项目得到了全世界有关天文台、研究所和大学的积极响应和运作。本文介绍了国内应如何面对虚拟天文台的发展及国内太阳数据VO化初步方案。