太阳风扰动传输模式研究进展

随着观测手段、理论模型和数值方法的发展,人们对各种太阳风扰动如日冕物质抛射,以及相关的空间天气效应的认识和理解越来越深入。为获取行星际背景磁场、背景太阳风参数和日冕物质抛射、激波等太阳风扰动的传播参数,人们建立发展了各种模式;在这些获取的参数基础上,建立了各种太阳风扰动的传播模式,从而为空间天气预报提供了必要的经验和理论模型支持。根据这些模式所研究和描述物理量的不同,将这些参数获取模式和传播预报模式分为背景磁场获取模式、背景太阳风参数获取模式、日冕物质抛射传播参数获取模式、日冕物质抛射偏转模式、日冕物质抛射(激波)传播模式以及基于三维磁流体力学的数值模拟方法,并分别概述性地总结了各种模式的特点及其用途。     

基于磁流体力学模拟的太阳高能粒子物理模式研究进展

太阳高能粒子(SEP)事件是一类重要的空间天气灾害性事件,其数值预报研究在空间天气预报研究中占有很重要的地位。SEP事件主要包括3种类型:与太阳耀斑爆发相关联的脉冲型事件,与日冕物质抛射驱动的激波相关联的缓变型事件,以及同时具有缓变型和脉冲型事件特征的混合型事件。其中,缓变型SEP事件持续时间较长并且高能粒子强度较大,对这类事件的模拟是当前研究的难点。目前针对缓变型SEP事件的模拟工作业已发展了多个理论和数值模型。每个模型都对SEP加速和传播的复杂过程作了基本的假设,这些模型的模拟结果能够部分重现观测到的SEP事件特征。而若要提高预报SEP事件的能力,则需要将描述三维日冕物质抛射驱动的激波模型与描述高能粒子在行星际空间中的加速和传输的模型耦合起来,建立基于接近真实的SEP加速和传播的三维太阳风背景模拟及以激波参数为输入的SEP模型。主要回顾了缓变型SEP事件中粒子的加速和传输方面的研究进展,以及可用于获取CME激波传播参数的磁流体力学太阳风模型研究现状;综述了缓变型SEP事件的激波一粒子模型(shock-and-particle model);最后对未来工作进行了讨论和展望。     

日面边缘爆发现象的测量

在大量的 H_α边缘耀斑电影胶卷中,为了精炼起见我们选取了15套.电影胶卷是在1959年—1960年期间用紫金山天文台的利奥型色球望远镜拍摄的.边缘耀斑的光度和定位测量得出下列结果:(1)在耀斑的闪光阶段存在着剧烈的径向物质抛射,常常耀斑的一部分被抛射到色球层之上高达2·10~4公里到2.5·10~5公里处.(2)抛射的平均速度是30公里/秒—400公里/秒的数量级,最大的速度出现在抛射的初始阶段,抛射的加速度是超引力的.(3)耀斑的抛射运动是有规则的,且明显地与活动区的磁场有关.(4)在耀斑闪光阶段,抛射速度直接地随亮度增加的速率而变化.最后,注意到了射电事件的出现与抛射密切有关.     

对地日冕物质抛射研究

日冕物质抛射，作为太阳大气中频繁发生的极为壮观的活动现象，越来越受到太阳物理学家的关注。其中一类特殊的抛射事件－－对地日冕物质抛射，通常与大的地磁暴、行星际激波和高能粒子事件相伴生，具有强烈的地球物理效应，是影响空间天气的主要因素之一。概括了对地日冕物质抛射的研究现状，重点介绍了与对土日冕物质抛射事件相联系的光球向量磁场演化的观测研究成果，并由典型事件探讨了暗条爆发、耀五等剧烈太阳活动和对地日冕物质抛射之间的密切关系，提出了尚待解决的主要问题和进一步的研究方向。     

1980年9月8日的3B级耀斑及物质抛射

本文对9月8日的大耀斑及其物质扼射作了详细的形态分析,结果表明:(1)耀斑有闪相,最大强度为周围未扰区的4倍。(2)耀斑双带的分离速度达60公里/秒。(3)耀斑有环形物质抛射,在高度为11万公里时,速度达427公里/秒。(4)耀斑的射电辐射,短波早于长波,它可能与耀斑的环形物质抛射有关。     

奇台低频射电阵列在18～50 MHz首次探测到Ⅱ型射电暴

Ⅱ型射电暴是日冕物质抛射(Coronal Mass Ejections, CME)的最佳示踪器,当日冕物质抛射的速度超过本地阿尔芬速度时,会产生日冕激波或行星际激波,并对地球的磁层产生十分剧烈的影响,在射电波段观测到Ⅱ型射电暴也就意味着观测到了日冕激波,预测激波到达地球的时间,是空间天气预报的重要内容之一。2021年9月28日06:20 UT左右,奇台低频射电阵列(Qitai Low-Frequency Radio Array, Qitai LFRA)首次探测到一次Ⅱ型射电暴爆发事件,频率覆盖范围为18～50 MHz,持续时间10多分钟。由于在极低频(<40 MHz)频段还没有进行过具有有效空间分辨率的观测,未来在这个频段发现未知现象的可能性极大。观测结果表明,奇台低频射电阵列性能良好(增益典型值6 dBi)、灵敏度高(-78 dBm/125 kHz,动态范围72 dB),可以在25周太阳活动峰年发挥独特作用。     

基于Faster R-CNN的日冕物质抛射检测方法

日冕物质抛射(Coronal Mass Ejection,CME)是一种强烈的太阳爆发现象,对空间天气和人类生活有巨大的影响,因此,日冕物质抛射检测对预报日冕物质抛射、保障人类的生产生活安全具有重要意义。现有的日冕物质抛射检测多采用人为定义特征和界定阈值等方法。由于人为定义特征不能准确表征日冕物质抛射且具有普适性的阈值难于选择,现有的方法对日冕物质抛射的检测效果有待提高。提出一种基于Faster R-CNN(Faster Region-based Convolutional Neural Networks)的日冕物质抛射检测算法。该方法首先结合CDAW(Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop Data Center),SEEDS(Solar Eruptive Even Detection System)和CACTus(Computer Aoded CME Tracking software package)3个著名的日冕物质抛射目录信息,人工标注了包含9113幅日冕图像的数据集,然后根据日冕物质抛射的图像特征较自然图像少、目标尺寸与自然图像有差异等特点,在特征提取和锚点选择方面对Faster R-CNN进行改进。以2007年6月的日冕物质抛射标注数据为测试集,本文算法检出了全部22个强日冕物质抛射事件和151个弱日冕物质抛射事件中的138个,对日冕物质抛射事件的中心角和角宽度等特征参数的检测误差分别在5°和10°以内。     

一个边缘耀斑及其物质抛射的运动

分别对1989年5月8日太阳西南边缘爆发了一个SN级的圆形耀斑部分和柱状物质抛射部分的运动情况进行分析讨论。耀斑圆形直径增大过程的膨胀速度较大，最大为110km／s，时间非常快，从开始产生至膨胀到最大直径15500km仅用了4min时间；减小收缩的过程速度缓慢，为-20～-10km／s，时间过程相对长，从最大直径开始减小到完全消失用了17min时间。柱状物质抛射部分的直径从开始膨胀到最大9060kin用了7min时间，最大速度为35kin／s；收缩过程用了14min时间，收缩速度在-15～-5km／s左右。柱状物质抛射部分的升降速度，在耀斑极大以后的时间仍在上升，并仍以很高的速度向上喷射，到耀斑极大后3min才开始下降。柱状物质抛射部分到达最大高度22000km的时间与其直径膨胀到最大的时间同时，上升的速度100～130km／s，下降的速度在-20～-5km／s，抛射物质下降到16000～15000km的高度缓慢消失。     

日冕物质抛射及其驱动激波的多波段和多视角研究

<正>日冕物质抛射(Coronal Mass Ejection, CME)是太阳大气中剧烈的爆发现象之一.其爆发通常能释放大量的能量并抛射大量磁化等离子体. CME所驱动的激波能进一步导致太阳高能粒子事件(Solar Energetic Particle,SEP)的发生,并可能影响航天器和宇航员的安全.因此,研究CME及其驱动激波的形成机制和性质有利于我们更加清晰地了解及监测它们的运动过程,     

AR5395:3月9日2N耀斑中的暗物质运动

1989年3月9日,AR5395活动区(N32 E51)在0220UT—0300UT间爆发的2N/1.8M耀斑,在极大后伴有明显的暗物质运动和抛射。经分析,我们认为这种运动是由耀斑后的色球物质在磁张力作用下沿着磁场减弱方向的流动所致。抛射系暗物质往     

Observation of a type of sporadic solar mass ejection and its physical interpretation with numerical simulation

Seven mediated and small ejective events on the sun observed at Ganyu Observing Station of Purple Mountain Observatory in 2000 are investigated. It is found that they were not accompanied by brightening. Their lengths were in the range 1–2.5×10⁴ km, their widths, 3–5×10³ km, and their lifetimes, 3–7 minutes. They were produced at places of weak magnetic fields and far away from large sunspots. These ejections are interpreted by numerical simulation with 1-D hydrodynamic equations of flow along magnetic arcs. As demonstrated by the results, they are different from the spicules and surges simulated by Suematsu et al. and Shibata et al. They are not matter with photospheric or chromospheric densities pushed by shock waves or rebound shock waves toward the solar corona, rather, they are ejections formed by continuous matter flows after magnetic reconnection. After evolving for about 5 minutes, they can attain a stationary hydrodynamic state.     

On the formation of coronal cavities

We present a theoretical study of the formation of a coronal cavity and its relation to a quiescent prominence. We argue that the formation of a coronal cavity is initiated by the condensation of plasma which is trapped by the coronal magnetic field in a closed streamer and which then flows down to the chromosphere along the field lines due to lack of stable magnetic support against gravity. The existence of a coronal cavity depends on the coronal magnetic field strength; with low strength, the plasma density is not high enough for condensation to occur. Furthermore, we suggest that prominence and cavity material is supplied from the chromospheric level. Whether a coronal cavity and a prominence coexist depends on the magnetic field configuration; a prominence requires stable magnetic support.We initiate the study by considering the stability of condensation modes of a plasma in the coronal streamer model obtained by Steinolfson et al. (1982) using a 2-D, time dependent, ideal MHD computer simulation; they calculated the dynamic interaction between outward flowing solar wind plasma and a global coronal magnetic field. In the final steady state, they found a density enhancement in the closed field region with the enhancement increasing with increasing strength of the magnetic field. Our stability calculation shows that if the density enhancement is higher than a critical value, the plasma is unstable to condensation modes. We describe how, depending on the magnetic field configuration, the condensation may produce a coronal cavity and/or initiate the formation of a prominence.NRC Research Associate.     

Mass motions in active region filaments

Mass motions in active region filaments of regions NOAA 4171 and McMath 16208 are analyzed. Both regions were continuously observed with the Zeiss Lyot filter for about a week at the Hida Observatory. As for NOAA 4171, Dopplergrams are made from the H filtergrams of 7 wavelengths for the qualitative study of the velocity fields in the filament, and Beckers' cloud model analysis is employed for a quantitative study of them. Dopplergrams of McMath 16208 are also constructed for qualitative analyses to determine whether the results derived from the analysis of NOAA 4171 are applicable to this region.The following results are obtained. Matter in the long-lived filaments, which lie along the magnetic neutral lines, flows generally horizontally and along the axes of the filaments. Since the matter in the filaments is considered to flow along the magnetic field, the magnetic fields in the filaments must be highly sheared. The same patterns of mass flow are found in the same filaments on successive days; some of them last for at least several days. Some filaments show long-lived symmetrical downflows to both of their ends in which the velocity is about 30 km s^-1. Such flows are seen both in NOAA 4171 and McMath 16208. We show a morphological model of such flows.Contributions from the Kwasan and Hida Observatory, Kyoto University, No. 295.     

Two-temperature accretion flows in magnetic cataclysmic variables: structures of post-shock emission regions and X-ray spectroscopy

We use a two-temperature hydrodynamical formulation to determine the temperature and density structures of the post-shock accretion flows in magnetic cataclysmic variables (mCVs) and calculate the corresponding X-ray spectra. The effects of two-temperature flows are significant for systems with a massive white dwarf and a strong white-dwarf magnetic field. Our calculations show that two-temperature flows predict harder keV spectra than one-temperature flows for the same white-dwarf mass and magnetic field. This result is insensitive to whether the electrons and ions have equal temperature at the shock, but depends on the electron–ion exchange rate, relative to the rate of radiative loss along the flow. White-dwarf masses obtained by fitting the X-ray spectra of mCVs using hydrodynamic models including the two-temperature effects will be lower than those obtained using single-temperature models. The bias is more severe for systems with a massive white dwarf.     

中尺度磁绳结构的行星际观测

由磁绳结构主导、平均尺度约二、三十个小时的行星际磁云是日冕物质抛射在行星际膨胀、传播的体现。最近，Moldwin等人报道在太阳风中还观测到一些尺度在几十分钟的小尺度磁绳结构，并认为太阳风中的磁绳结构在尺度分布上可能具有双峰特征，在全面检视了WIND卫星(1995年-2000年)和ACE卫星(1998年-2000年)的观测资料后，发现了在行星际太阳风中一些尺度为几个小时的中尺度磁绳结构，利用初步整理的其中28个中尺度磁绳结构事件，认为太阳风中的磁绳结构在尺度分布上可能是连续的，这对行星际太阳风中磁绳结构物理起源的研究可能提出重要的物理限制。     

Erratum to: The Maunder Minimum and the Sun as the Possible Source of Particles Creating Increased Abundance of the <Superscript>14</Superscript>C Carbon Isotope

Solar flares take place in regions of strong magnetic fields and are generally accepted to be the result of a resistive instability leading to magnetic reconnection. When new flux emerges into a pre-existing active region it can act as a flare and coronal mass ejection trigger. In this study we observed active region 10955 after the emergence of small-scale additional flux at the magnetic inversion line. We found that flaring began when additional positive flux levels exceeded 1.38×10²⁰ Mx (maxwell), approximately 7 h after the initial flux emergence. We focussed on the pre-flare activity of one B-class flare that occurred on the following day. The earliest indication of activity was a rise in the non-thermal velocity one hour before the flare. 40 min before flaring began, brightenings and pre-flare flows were observed along two loop systems in the corona, involving the new flux and the pre-existing active region loops. We discuss the possibility that reconnection between the new flux and pre-existing loops before the flare drives the flows by either generating slow mode magnetoacoustic waves or a pressure gradient between the newly reconnected loops. The subsequent B-class flare originated from fast reconnection of the same loop systems as the pre-flare flows.     

Effects of non-thermal tails in Maxwellian electron distributions on synchrotron and Compton processes

We investigate how the presence of a non-thermal tail beyond a Maxwellian electron distribution affects the synchrotron process as well as Comptonization in plasmas with parameters typical for accretion flows on to black holes. We find that the presence of the tail can significantly increase the net (after accounting for self-absorption) cyclo-synchrotron emission of the plasma, which then provides seed photons for Compton upscattering. Thus, the luminosity in the thermally Comptonized spectrum is enhanced as well. The importance of these effects increases with both increasing Eddington ratio and black hole mass. The enhancement of the Comptonized synchrotron luminosity can be as large as ∼10³ and ∼10⁵ for stellar and supermassive black holes, respectively, when the energy content in the non-thermal tail is 1 per cent.
The presence of the tail only weakly hardens the thermal Comptonization spectrum but it leads to the formation of a high-energy tail beyond the thermal cut-off, which two effects are independent of the nature of the seed photons. Since observations of high-energy tails in Comptonization spectra can constrain the non-thermal tails in the electron distribution and thus the Comptonized synchrotron luminosity, they provide upper limits on the strength of magnetic fields in accretion flows. In particular, the measurement of an MeV tail in the hard state of Cyg X-1 by McConnell et al. implies the magnetic field strength in this source to be at most an order of magnitude below equipartition.     

Speed Distributions of CMEs in Cycle 23 at Low and High Latitudes

We analyzed the speed (v) distributions of 11584 coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed by the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO/LASCO) in cycle 23 from 1996 to 2006. We find that the speed distributions for high-latitude (HL) and low-latitude (LL) CME events are nearly identical and to a good approximation they can be fitted with a lognormal distribution. This finding implies that statistically the same driving mechanism of a nonlinear nature is acting in both HL and LL CME events, and CMEs are intrinsically associated with the source's magnetic structure on large spatial scales. Statistically, the HL CMEs are slightly slower than the LL CMEs. For HL and LL CME events respectively, the speed distributions for accelerating and decelerating events are nearly identical and also to a good approximation they can be both fitted with a lognormal distribution, thus supplementing the results obtained by Yurchyshyn et al.     

A statistical study of flux ropes in the Martian magnetosphere

Using minimum variance analysis of the circular mapping data from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft during four selected weeks of observation, we identify 360 magnetic field structures in the Martian topside ionosphere with characteristic signatures of flux ropes. Physical parameters including size, peak field strength, helicity, orientation, and external conditions at the time of each observation are compiled for the events in each population. We observe that Martian flux ropes typically have a peak field amplitude of ∼15 nT and a diameter of ∼80–100 km assuming they are stationary. Flux ropes tend to be aligned approximately parallel to the planetary surface, and perpendicular to the direction from which the solar wind flows. They are more frequently observed during times of low solar wind pressure, but do not show a clear preference for a particular Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) draping direction. Flux rope characteristics of peak field amplitude, diameter, and helicity vary with solar zenith angle. Amplitudes tend to be higher during periods of high solar wind pressure. The events are sorted into three populations based on the location at which they were observed, possibly corresponding to distinct formation mechanisms. Flux ropes observed in eclipse tend to have smaller peak amplitudes and are larger than those observed in sunlight, and are less likely to be oriented parallel to the planetary surface. Proximity to crustal fields does not appear to influence the characteristics of flux ropes observed at the 400 km spacecraft altitude. The frequent observation of flux rope structures near Mars in a variety of locations suggests that the low-altitude plasma environment is quite dynamic, with magnetic shear playing a prominent role in determining magnetic field structure near the planet.