等离子体团型日冕物质抛射的形成机制

本文在球坐标二维磁静力平衡基态下，数值研究了电阻撕裂模不稳定性引起日冕电流片中发生磁场重联的过程，结果表明发生了具有两个Ｘ线的磁场重联，形成了磁岛和高温高密度的等离子体团，等离子体团在向上运动过程中有着明显的膨胀，其上升速度和膨胀过程与等离子体β值有关，这些结果可用于解释等离子体团型日冕物质抛射的形成。     

无力场准静演化中的等离子体运动

在研究磁力线脚点缓慢运动引起的无力场的准静演化时,考虑等离子体运动对演化的影响是非常重要的。本文以基本的MHD方程为依据,给出一种二维无力场进行小扰动准静演化时求等离子体位移的方法,并对一个二维无力磁拱模型的脚点运动引起的无力场演化和等离子体运动进行了具体的研究。     

强磁化等离子体中的多次康普顿散射

为了提供解开γ爆光谱之谜所需的信息,我们求解了γ光子在强磁化、纯散射等离子体中的输运问题。主要讨论了多次散射对湮灭线光子和γ射线连续谱的影响。计算中假定散射层由温度为10~7—10~8K的非简并等离子体组成,且带有B=4.414×10~(12)G的强磁场。使用了强磁场中的精确Compton散射截面。计算结果所显示的强磁场效应将有助于我们对γ爆光谱的更深入的认识。     

强磁场中氢原子和氢分子离子的研究近况

已经确认中子星表面存在强磁场,所以强磁场中原子、分子(特别是H和H_2~ )的能级就成为颇具有吸引力的天体物理研究课题。 本文首先较详细地介绍了在强磁场中氢原子的薛定谔方程的几种近似解法,并对一些低能态的能量和波函数现已取得的较为满意的结果作了介绍。然后,综述了在同样条件下对H_2~ 的研究情况。最后,谈及这种问题中的相对论效应。     

天体物理非线性问题初探-活动星系核的光变及引力的局部近似

展示活动星系核研究和引力研究中的一些难点,揭示了某些天体的光变存在分形结构的可能性。我们提出了活动星系核的中心黑洞具有某种随机微活动性的假设,该假设可解释活动星系核的一些观测现象。我们发现Ｗｅｉｅｒｓｔｒａｓ函数的分形图形可以用来很好地拟合ＯＪ２８７的短时标光变。一个用Ｗｅｉｅｒｓｔｒａｓ函数构造的分形曲线与ＯＪ２８７的历史光变的线性相关系数达到了０．７３。我们计算了ＯＪ２８７光变曲线的计盒维数,信息维数和关联维数,结果表明,这些维数均大于１。我们研究了两个活动星系核（ＯＪ２８７和３Ｃ３４５）的历史光变,发现在星等和这两个物体滞留在这个星等之下的时间长度的对数之间存在线性关系。这种关系可能源于光变的分形结构。我们提出,空时点及附于该点的一个标架与Ｍｉｎｋｏｗｓｋｉ空间上的一个３阶反对称张量场对应。场中的张量取自于一个固定的张量集合。我们得到了Ｒｉｅｍａｎｎ正则坐标下引力场的一个级数表示式。我们还计算了Ｒｉｃｃｉ张量的线性近似和一级非线性近似。这有利于强引力场下的局部非线性结构分析。期望对于引力的进一步研究,通过非线性科学这门新方法的桥粱,沟通极端天文现象与基本引力相互作用之间的鸿沟     

太阳射电毫秒Spike辐射窄带宽的理论探讨

在磁拱底部非线性等离子体密度波传播期间,损失锥分布的反射电子驱动着电子迴旋maser不稳定性的增长,激励出二次谐频波模,支配着太阳射电毫秒Spike辐射。根据这个理论模型,本文着重研究了太阳射电毫秒Spike辐射的频带宽度问题。对于典型参数,计算结果发现:辐射带宽一般为几MHz到几十MHz,最高为100MHz。而且通常折射出的二次谐频z模辐射带宽较窄,而二次谐频o模辐射带宽较宽。     

太阳多极活动区中的磁重联、剪切低磁弧内的强电流和冕穴结构

探讨了复杂磁结构上空日冕物理状态与磁剪切的关系．结果表明在强磁场的磁中性线上方磁剪切会引起具有强电流和较强等离子体压力的低磁弧．这可解释Ｙｏｈｋｏｈ 卫星的观测结果     

太阳多极活动区中的磁重磁,剪切低磁弧内的强电流和冕穴结构

探讨了复杂磁结构上空日冕物现状与磁剪切的关系。结果表明在强磁场的磁中性线上方磁剪切会引起具有强电流和较强等离子体压力的低磁弧。这可解释Ｙｏｈｋｏｈ卫星的观测结果。     

强磁场和γ爆的研究进展

本文首先对甚强磁场(B～10~(12)—10~(13)G)的物理研究现状进行了概要的评述,着重说明它在γ爆理论中的重要意义,指出辐射与强磁化等离子体的相互作用性质是目前最迫切的研究课题。在第二部分中,我们概述了宇宙γ射线爆的基本特征,以及目前对它的理论认识和尚未解决的理论问题,指出强磁场效应可能对γ爆特性具有深刻的影响。最后,我们简单描述了有关γ爆研究的最新进展,并由此展望了γ爆研究的方向。     

拱星OH脉泽辐射频谱的双峰结构和多重分离的膨胀拱星壳

对一些OH／IR星的拱星OH脉泽的观测结果表明,在双峰结构谱线轮廓上常常可以发现一些小峰叠加在双峰上,即在谱线轮廓的双峰结构中的每个峰是由几个小峰叠加而成的．从脉泽的辐射转移方程和拱星包层的速度结构出发,研究拱星OH脉泽辐射频谱的轮廓特征,提出多重分离的膨胀拱星亮模型,很好地解释了双峰结构的奇特观测现象．     

The formation of prominences by thermal instability: A numerical study

A two-dimensional model of prominence formation in a region containing a magnetic neutral sheet is constructed for a variety of initial conditions, assuming the coronal plasma to be described by the usual hydromagnetic approximation, with infinite electric conductivity. In each case the magnetic field is initially vertical, varying antisymmetrically with respect to the neutral sheet, to a maximum value at a distance of 70 000 km from the neutral sheet. In the first case, the plasma is initially in hydrostatic equilibrium, whereas in successive cases, the pressure is assumed to be of such a value that the plasma is in lateral equilibrium of total pressure (gas plus magnetic). In a variation of this case, the value of the solar gravitational field was artificially reduced, and the effects considered. Large lateral motions are produced in each case, thus apparently inhibiting the condensation of prominences, with the exception of the unrealistic case of artificially reduced gravity. The results suggest that consideration either of a third component of the magnetic field (horizontal and parallel to the neutral sheet), or a finite conductivity, allowing magnetic recombination across the neutral sheet, or both, would more realistically represent the problem and might thus show the development of prominences.     

Helical structures around quiescent solar prominences computed from observable magnetic fields

We analyse the magnetic support of solar prominences in two-dimensional linear force-free fields. A line current is added to model a helical configuration, well suited to trap dense plasma in its bottom part. The prominence is modeled as a vertical mass-loaded current sheet in equilibrium between gravity and magnetic forces.We use a finite difference numerical technique which incorporates both vertical photospheric and horizontal prominence magnetic field measurements. The solution of this mixed boundary problem generally presents singularities at both the bottom and top of the model prominence. The removal of the singularities is achieved by superposition of solutions. Together with the line current equilibrium, these three conditions determine the amplitude of the magnetic field in the prominence, the flux below the prominence and the current intensity, for a given height of the line current. A numerical check of accuracy in the removal of singularities, is done by using known analytical solutions in the potential limit.We have investigated both bipolar and quadrupolar photospheric regions. In this mixed boundary problem the polarity of the field component orthogonal to the prominence is mainly fixed by the imposed height of the line current. For bipolar regions above (respectively below) a critical height the configuration is inverse (respectively normal). For quadrupolar regions the polarity is reversed if we refer the prominence polarity to the closest photospheric polarities. We introduce the polarity of the component parallel to the prominence axis with reference to a sheared arcade. Increasing the shear with fixed boundary conditions can increase or decrease the mass supported depending on the configuration.     

Torsional oscillations of magnetized relativistic stars

Strong magnetic fields in relativistic stars can be a cause of crust fracturing, resulting in the excitation of global torsional oscillations. Such oscillations could become observable in gravitational waves or in high-energy radiation, thus becoming a tool for probing the equation of state of relativistic stars. As the eigenfrequency of torsional oscillation modes is affected by the presence of a strong magnetic field, we study torsional modes in magnetized relativistic stars. We derive the linearized perturbation equations that govern torsional oscillations coupled to the oscillations of a magnetic field, when variations in the metric are neglected (Cowling approximation). The oscillations are described by a single two-dimensional wave equation, which can be solved as a boundary-value problem to obtain eigenfrequencies. We find that, in the non-magnetized case, typical oscillation periods of the fundamental     torsional modes can be nearly a factor of 2 larger for relativistic stars than previously computed in the Newtonian limit. For magnetized stars, we show that the influence of the magnetic field is highly dependent on the assumed magnetic field configuration, and simple estimates obtained previously in the literature cannot be used for identifying normal modes observationally.     

The relation between magnetic and gas arms in spiral galaxies

The intriguing question of the origin of the arm-like magnetic structures seen between the optical spiral arms of certain spiral galaxies is addressed. Using a two-dimensional approximation to the non-linear disc dynamo equation, it is shown that gas streaming along the arms may produce such a field configuration. Another possibility is a spiral modulation of the turbulent diffusivity, associated with an enhancement of turbulence in the interstellar medium within the arms. The effects of a similar modulation of the alpha-effect are also examined. Finally, the consequences of a non-linear feedback of the large-scale field on the turbulent diffusivity ('η-quenching') are briefly discussed.     

On the equilibrium of a cylindrical plasma supported horizontally by magnetic fields in uniform gravity

We consider the mechanical equilibrium of a cylinder of plasma suspended horizontally by magnetic fields in uniform gravity. This configuration is what may be expected if a quiescent prominence were to condense in a region initially filled with a uniform magnetic field. A set of exact solutions describing the equilibrium situation is presented. Although the plasma distribution is assumed to be cylindrically symmetric to obtain tractibility of the problem, exact force balance between plasma pressure, the Lorentz force and gravity is achieved everywhere in space. The set of solutions covers a particular case of a uniform temperature as well as cases where the temperature rises from zero at the center of the plasma cylinder to rapidly reach a constant asymptotic value outside the cylinder. The physical properties of these solutions are described. A suggestion is made for future development, based on the present work, to construct a prominence model in which the requirements of both mechanical and radiative equilibrium are satisfied.     

Magnetohydrodynamic behaviour of a finite amplitude disturbance in the solar magnetic field

In this paper, dynamic processes in the solar atmosphere are studied numerically from a complete set of MHD equations. Dynamic evolution of the non-linear magnetic field is produced by the finite amplitude of the azimuthai magnetic field at the base of the flux tube of the solar atmosphere. It is assumed that the initial configuration of the magnetic field is a force-free and potential field, the magnetic field is disturbed at the base, the plasma is driven and a part of the magnetic energy is transformed into the kinetic energy of the plasma.The compressed flow of the plasma has the features of fast MHD waves. The computation results give quantitatively the non-linear evolution of strong magnetic fields. These results could be used in an explanation of coronal transients, surge, spray and eruptive prominence events in the solar atmosphere, as well as in a modelling of plasma behaviour in high-β structure experiments in the laboratory.     

Accretion disc with dipole magnetic field in linearized Kerr Geometry

In this paper we discuss the equilibrium configuration of a plasma disc of infinite conductivity around a slowly rotating compact object, and obtain the pressure profiles, and the structure of magnetic field lines for co and counter-rotating discs.     

An unconventional accretion disc dynamo

In the light of recent results from numerical simulations of accretion disc MHD turbulence, we revisit the problem of the configuration of large-scale magnetic fields resulting from an α Ω dynamo operating in a thin accretion disc. In particular, we analyse the consequences of the peculiar sign of the α -effect suggested by numerical simulations . We determine the symmetry of the fastest-growing modes in the kinematic dynamo approximation and, in the framework of an ' α -quenched' dynamo model, study the evolution of the magnetic field. We find that the resulting field for this negative polarity of the α -effect generally has dipole symmetry with respect to the disc midplane, although the existence of an equilibrium configuration depends on the properties of the turbulence. The role of magnetic field dragging is discussed and, finally, the presence of an external uniform magnetic field is included to address the issue of magneto centrifugal wind launching from accretion discs.     

The solar corona as a minimum energy system?

This paper is an exploration of the possibility that the large-scale equilibrium of plasma and magnetic fields in the solar corona is a minimum energy state. Support for this conjecture is sought by considering the simplest form of that equilibrium in a dipole solar field, as suggested by the observed structure of the corona at times of minimum solar activity. Approximate, axisymmetric solutions to the MHD equations are constructed to include both a magnetically closed, hydrostatic region and a magnetically open region where plasma flows along field lines in the form of a transonic, thermally-driven wind. Sequences of such solutions are obtained for various degrees of magnetic field opening, and the total energy of each solution is computed, including contributions from both the plasma and magnetic field. It is shown that along a sequence of increasingly closed coronal magnetic field, the total energy curve is a non-monotonic function of the parameter measuring the degree of magnetic field opening, with a minimum occurring at moderate field opening.For reasonable choices of model parameters (coronal temperature, base density, base magnetic field strength, etc.), the morphology of the minimum energy solution resembles the observed quiet, solar minimum corona. The exact location energy minimum along a given sequence depends rather sensitively on some of the adopted parameter values. It is nevertheless argued that the existence of an energy minimum along the sequences of solutions should remain a robust property of more realistic coronal wind models that incorporate the basic characteristics of the equilibrium corona- the presence of both open and closed magnetic regions.The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.