一个含有丰富快速精细结构的射电大爆发

本文对１９９０年７月３０日云南天文台四波段（１．４２ＧＨｚ、２．００ＧＨｚ、２．８４ＧＨｚ和４．００ＧＨｚ）太阳射电高时间分辨率同步观测系统［１，２］所观测到的太阳射电大爆发进行了分析，对在１．４２ＧＨｚ、２．００ＧＨｚ、２．８４ＧＨｚ三个波段上观测到的大量尖峰辐射（ｍｓ—ｓｐｉｋｅｓ）作了关于寿命和强度的统计，最后，针对本次爆发中的ｍｓ—ｓｐｉｋｅｓ的特点做了一些讨论。     

一个含有丰富快速精细结构的射电大爆发

本文对１９９０年７月３０日云南天文台四波段太阳射电高时间分辨率同步观测系统＾「１，２」所观测到的太阳射电大爆发进行了分析，对在１．４２ＧＨｚ，２．００ＧＨｚ，２．８４ＧＨｚ三个波段上观测到的大量尖峰辐射作了关于寿命和强度的统计，最后，针对本次爆发中的ｍｓ－ｓｐｉｋｅｓ的特点做了一些讨论。     

1.0—2.0GHz,2.6—3.8GHz微波爆发与共生的HXR爆发的统计关系

利用日本ＹＯＨＫＯＨ卫星ＨＸＴ提供的ＨＸＲ爆发资料,和中国科学院北京天台的大亨是射电宽频带动态频谱仪（１．０－２．０ＧＨｚ,２．６－３．８ＧＨｚ）提供的微波爆发资料,对共生事件进行了初步统计分析,并对其中两例典型事件：１９９７年１１月２８日０５０３ＵＴ事件及１９９８年５月９日０３４０ＵＴ事件与共生的ＨＸＲ爆发进行了详细比较,给出了几点有意义的结果及理论解释。     

太阳二十二周峰年云南天文台四波段射电同步观测结果

本文主要介绍云南天文台“四波段太阳射电高时间分辨率同步观测系统”（１．４２，２．１３，２．８４和４．２６ＧＨｚ）１９８９年１２月至１９９３年４月观测事件的统计结果，对１０２个射电爆发进行了初步分析，着重揭示几个类别典型事件的时间轮廓，说明射电高时间分辨率观测的意义。     

位于日冕微波区的微波III型爆发界面频率的发现

在北京天文台１．０－２．０ＧＨｚ射电频谱仪记录到的１９９４年１月５日爆发图上，首次发现一界面频率位于１２４０ＭＨｚ与１３４０ＭＨｚ之间的微波ＩＩ型爆发对，其频漂率为－０．２２ＧＨｚ／ｓ和＋０．２３ＧＨｚ／ｓ．由此推出电子加速区位于光球之上３．７×１０４ｋｍ的高度，电子加速区及ＩＩ型爆发形成区的高度范围约为１０００公里，而电子束的速度相应为０．１０２ｃ及０．１０６ｃ．     

微波Ⅲ型爆发的一些初步研究

云南天文台“四波段（１．４２ＧＨｚ,２．１３ＧＨｚ,２．８４ＧＨｚ和４．２６ＧＨｚ）太阳射电高时间同步观测系统”在１９９０．１￣１９９４．１期间,观测到５个具有短时标漂移结构的射电爆发事件,也就是微波Ⅲ型爆发。本文从中选取较典型的１９９１年３月１３日事件,对Ⅲ型爆发的时间轮廓（持续时间,衰减时间）作了分析,并与米波,分米波和微波段其它观测结果作了一些比较,以求对长厘米￣短分米波段（微波低端）Ⅲ型爆     

位于日冕微波区的微波Ⅲ型爆发界面频率的发现

在北京天台１．０－２．０ＧＨｚ射电频谱仪记录到的１９９４年１月５日爆发图上，首次发现一界面频率位于１２４０ＭＨｚ与１３４０ＭＨｚ之间的微波Ⅲ型爆发对，其频率漂率为－０．２２ＧＨｚ／ｓ和＋０．２３ＧＨｚ／ｓ由此推出电子加速区位于光球之上，３．７×１０＾４ｋｍ的高度，电子加速区及Ⅲ型爆发形成区的高度范围约为１０００公里，而电子束的速度相应为０．１０２ｃ及０．１０６ｃ。     

微波Ⅲ型爆发的一些初步研究

云南天文台“四波段（１．４２ＧＨｚ,２．１３ＧＨｚ,２．８４ＧＨｚ和４．２６ＧＨｚ）太阳射电高时间同步观测系统”在１９９０．１～１９９４．１期间,观测到５个具有短时标漂移结构的射电爆发事件,也就是微波Ⅲ型爆发。本文从中选取较典型的１９９１年３月１３日事件,对Ⅲ型爆发的时间轮廓（持续时间,衰减时间）作了分析,并与米波,分米波和微波段其它观测结果作了一些比较,以求对长厘米～短分米波段（微波低端）Ⅲ型爆发的时间轮廓的特征有一个初步的了解,最后对爆发的物理参数作了估计。     

1988年12月16日微波大爆发的研究

１９８８年１２月１６日世纪时０８ｈ３１ｍｉｎ至０９ｈ４１ｍｉｎ，云南天文台ＰｈｏｅｎｉｘＩ日冕射电频谱仪（１．４２ＧＨｚ，２．８４ＧＨｚ，４．００ＧＨｚ）收到一个罕见的微波Ⅳ型大爆发，爆发从米波Ⅳ型一直延伸到微波Ⅳ型，持续时间长，爆发强度大，爆发型别复杂。前后出现了五个主峰段，呈出现１．２ｍｉｎ和１．２５ｍｉｎ的短周期的长周期振荡。在其中的两个频段上叠加有丰富的Ｓｉｋｅ辐射，概括爆发源区的扭斜磁场     

1-2GHz太阳射电动态频谱仪

本文描述了北京天文台研制的１－２ＧＨｚ太阳射电动态频谱仪的性能、结构、初步观测结果及进一步改进计划．     

Instructions for authors

正Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics publishes original research papers and reviews on all branches of astronomy and astrophysics.Reviews are by invitation only.Important new results that require rapid publication can be submitted as a Letter(Letters must be restricted in length to 6 printed pages).Authors who submit a paper are expected to be able to certify that the paper is original work,     

Alkali and halogen chemistry in volcanic gases on Io

We use chemical equilibrium calculations to model the speciation of alkalis and halogens in volcanic gases emitted on Io. The calculations cover wide temperature (500-2000 K) and pressure (10⁻⁶ to 10⁺¹ bars) ranges, which overlap the nominal conditions at Pele (T=1760 K, P=0.01 bars). About 230 compounds of 11 elements (O, S, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, F, Cl, Br, I) are considered. The elemental abundances for O, S, Na, K, and Cl are based upon observations. CI chondritic elemental abundances relative to sulfur are used for the other alkalis and halogens (as yet unobserved on Io). We predict the major alkali species in Pele-like volcanic gases and the percentage distribution of each alkali are LiCl (73%), LiF (27%); NaCl (81%), Na (16%), NaF (3%); KCl (91%), K (5%), KF (4%); RbCl (93%), Rb (4%), RbF (3%); CsCl (92%), CsF (6%), Cs (2%). Likewise the major halogen species and the percentage distribution of each halogen are NaF (88%), KF (10%), LiF (2%); NaCl (89%), KCl (11%); NaBr (89%), KBr (10%), Br (1%); NaI (61%), I (30%), KI (9%). We predict the major halogen condensates and their condensation temperatures at P=0.01 bar are NaF (1115 K), LiF (970 K); NaCl (1050 K), KCl (950 K); KBr (750 K), RbBr (730 K), CsBr (645 K); and solid I₂ (200 K). We also model disequilibrium chemistry of the alkalis and halogens in the volcanic plume. Based on this work and our prior modeling for Na, K, and Cl in a volcanic plume, we predict the major loss processes for the alkali halide gases are photolysis and/or condensation onto grains. Their estimated photochemical lifetimes range from a few minutes for alkali iodides to a few hours for alkali fluorides. Condensation is apparently the only loss process for elemental iodine. On the basis of elemental abundances and photochemical lifetimes, we recommend searching for gaseous KCl, NaF, LiF, LiCl, RbF, RbCl, CsF, and CsCl around volcanic vents during eruptions. Based on abundance considerations and observations of brown dwarfs we also recommend a search of Io's extended atmosphere and the Io plasma torus for neutral and ionized Li, Cs, Rb, and F.     

The climatic and physiographic controls of the eastern Mediterranean over the late Pleistocene climates in the southern Levant and its neighboring deserts

Modern-day synoptic-scale eastern Mediterranean climatology provides a useful context to synthesize the diverse late Pleistocene (60–12 ka) paleohydrologic and paleoenvironmental indicators of past climatic conditions in the Levant and the deserts to its south and east. We first critically evaluate, extract, and summarize paleoenvironmental and paleohydrologic records. Then, we propose a framework of eastern Mediterranean atmospheric circulation features interacting with the morphology and location of the southeast Mediterranean coast. Together they strongly control the spatial distribution of rainfall and wind pattern. This cyclone–physiography interaction enforces the observed rainfall patterns by hampering rainfall generation south and southeast of the latitude of the north Sinai coast, currently at 31°15′.The proposed framework explains the much-increased rains in Lebanon and northern Israel and Jordan as deduced from pollen, rise and maintenance of Lake Lisan, and speleothem formation in areas currently arid and semiarid. The proposed framework also accounts for the southward and eastward transition into semiarid, arid, and hyperarid deserts as expressed in thick loess accumulation at the deserts' margins, dune migration from west to east in the Sinai and the western Negev, and the formation of hyperarid (< 80 mm yr^− 1) gypsic–salic soils in the southern Negev and Sinai. Our climatic synthesis explains the hyperarid condition in the southern Negev, located only 200–250 km south of the much-increased rains in the north, probably reflecting a steeper rainfall gradient than the present-day gradient from the wetter Levant into its bordering southern and eastern deserts.At present, the rainiest winter seasons in Lebanon and northern and central Israel are associated with more frequent (+ 20%), deeper Cyprus Lows traversing the eastern Mediterranean at approximately the latitude of southern Turkey. Even these wettest years in northern Israel do not yield above average annual rainfall amounts in the hyperarid southern Negev. This region is mainly influenced by the Active Red Sea Troughs that produce only localized rains. The eastern Mediterranean Cyprus Lows also produce more dust storms and transport higher amounts of suspended dust to the loess area than any other atmospheric pattern. Concurrent rainfall and dust are essential to the late Pleistocene formation of the elongated thick loess zone along the desert northern margin. Even with existing dust storms, the lack of rain and very sparse vegetation account for the absence of late Pleistocene loess sequences from the southern Negev and the formation of hyperarid soils.When the north Sinai coast shifted 30–70 km northwest due to last glacial global sea level lowering, the newly exposed coastal areas supplied the sand and dust to these active eastern Mediterranean cyclones. This enforced the latitude of the northern boundary of the loess zone to be directly due east of the LGM shoreline. This shift of coast to the northwest inhibited rainfall in the southern Levant deserts and maintained their hyperaridity. Concurrently, frequent deep eastern Mediterranean Cyprus Lows were funneled along the northern Mediterranean increasing (probably doubling) the rains in central and northern Israel, Lebanon, southwestern Syria and northern Jordan. These storms and rains formed lakes, forests, and speleothems only a short distance north of the deserts in the southern Levant.     

Active hot star shells

Interferometry in the visible provides milliarcsecond spatial resolution and thus has been used for studying the circumstellar environment of active hot stars. In this paper I will illustrate how the visibility modulus and phase can be used to better constrain the physics of Be disks through results from the VLA, the MkII and the GI2T interferometers. I will insist on the importance and the potential of coupling high angular resolution with high spectral resolution to the study of Be shells. Finally I will present a possible study of the circumstellar disk of Be stars using the VLTI. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Fitting X-ray Afterglow Light curves of Gamma-ray Bursts by Using the Magnetar Energy Injection Model

The central compact object for some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) may be a strongly magnetized millisecond pulsar. It can inject energy to the outer shock of the GRB by through the magnetic dipole radiation, and therefore causes the shallow decay of the early afterglow. Recently, from a large number of GRB X-ray afterglows observed by Swift/XRT(X-ray telescope), it is revealed that many of them exhibit the shallow decay about 10²∼10⁴ s after the burst prompt emission. We have fitted the X-ray afterglow light curves of 11 GRBs by using the energy injection model of a magnetar with the rotation period in the millisecond order of magnitude. The obtained result shows the validity and universality of the magnetar energy injection model in explaining the shallow decay of afterglows, and simultaneously provides some constraints on the magnetic field strength and rotation period of the central magnetar.     

Dynamical study of wide pairs of stars based on data from the WDS catalog

Using the method of apparent motion parameters, we have studied the relative motion of the components in 561 pairs of wide (ρ > 2″) and relatively nearby (Hipparcos parallaxes > 0.01″) visual double stars based on data from the WDS catalog. The minimum masses of the double stars have been calculated at given parallaxes. We have identified 358 optical pairs. For 11 stellar pairs, we have found the minimum mass to exceed the estimate corresponding to their spectral types and luminosities. This excess is 5–7 M _⊙ for two stars, ADS 7446 and 9701.     

Microscopic black hole detection in UHECR: the double bang signature

According to recent conjectures on the existence of large extra dimensions in our universe, black holes could be produced during the interaction of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays with the atmosphere. However, and so far, the proposed signatures are based on statistical effects, not allowing identification on an event by event basis, and may lead to large uncertainties. In this note, events with a double bang topology, where the production and instantaneous decay of a microscopic black hole (first bang) is followed, at a measurable distance, by the decay of an energetic tau lepton (second bang) are proposed as an almost background free signature. The characteristics of these events and the capability of large cosmic ray experiments to detect them are discussed.     

A thermodynamic model of high temperature lava vaporization on Io

We modified the MAGMA chemical equilibrium code developed by Fegley and Cameron (1987, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 82, 207-222) and used it to model vaporization of high temperature silicate lavas on Io. The MAGMA code computes chemical equilibria in a melt, between melt and its equilibrium vapor, and in the gas phase. The good agreement of MAGMA code results with experimental data and with other computer codes is demonstrated. The temperature-dependent pressure and composition of vapor in equilibrium with lava is calculated from 1700 to 2400 K for 109 different silicate lavas in the ONaKFeSiMgCaAlTi system. Results for five lavas (tholeiitic basalt, alkali basalt, Barberton komatiite, dunite, and a molten type B1 Ca, Al-rich inclusion) are discussed in detail. The effects of continuous fractional vaporization on chemistry of these lavas and their equilibrium vapor are presented. The predicted abundances (relative to Na) of K, Fe, Si, Al, Ca, and Ti in the vapor equilibrated with lavas at 1900 K are lower than published upper limits for Io's atmosphere (which do not include Mg). We predict evaporative loss of alkalis, Fe, and Si during volcanic eruptions. Sodium is more volatile than K, and the Na/K ratio in the gas is decreased by fractional vaporization. This process can match Io's atmospheric Na/K ratio of 10±3 reported by Brown (2001, Icarus 151, 190-195). Silicon monoxide is an abundant species in the vapor above lavas. Spectroscopic searches are recommended for SiO at IR and mm wavelengths. Reactions of metallic vapors with S- and Cl-bearing volcanic gases may form other unusual gases including MgCl₂, MgS, MgCl, FeCl₂, FeS, FeCl, and SiS.