太阳黑子发展中的磁扩散不稳定性

根据太阳发电机理论中的ω-效应,在太阳对流层内将产生纬向磁场,它的磁浮力要促使流团上浮。在文[5]中讨论了在流团上浮过程中,流团表面的磁扩散率梯度将对纬向磁场产生扰动,这一扰动使纬向磁场集积在流团表面磁扩散率梯度大的地方,围绕流团表面形成了黑子磁环。 本文进一步从磁流力学方程组的小扰动方程出发探讨了太阳黑子磁环发展的不稳定性问题。结果表明:在扰动方程中存在着不稳定模式。这一不稳定性产生的原因是由于当温度(或者说磁扩散率)受到小扰动时,纬向磁场要集积在磁扩散率(或温度)梯度大的地方,而磁场的集积将导致磁压增强及气压减低。在绝热条件下,这将使温度减低,而温度的减低又加强了温度梯度的增大,这又进一步促使磁场在梯度大的地方集积。这种磁场与温度发展的相互促进关系可以称它为磁扩散不稳定性。本文认为太阳黑子磁环和它低温的形成正是由于这种不稳定性发展起来的。     

修正的粘滞律及有磁吸积盘的稳定性研究

本文采用修正的粘滞定律及磁流体力学研究了薄吸积盘内区及外区的稳定性问题。运用微扰方法导出了色散方程，分析了四种情况下吸积盘的不稳定性，结果表明：在同时考虑磁场和修正的粘滞律时，吸积盘中存在着三种振荡模式，其中粘滞模式总是稳定的，磁声速模式（包括向里、向外传播两种模式）通常是不稳定的。这些结果为解释ＢＬ Ｌａｃ天体、Ｓｅｙｆｅｒｔ星系、类星体等活动星系核的光变现象提供了理论依据。     

太阳对流层内的纬向磁场与黑子双极磁场的关系

在太阳对流层内,由于ω-效应产生了很强的纬向磁场,它的磁浮力引起了磁流体的上浮,在太阳表面造成了黑子双极磁场等活动区的现象。本文考虑了在磁流团上浮后,由于在太阳对流层内存在湍流磁扩散率的垂直梯度,因而在磁流团内外的磁扩散率之差要随磁流团上升距离的增加而增大,以致在磁流团表面形成了巨大的磁扩散率的梯度,从磁感应方程中可以看到,这一梯度将扰动纬向磁场,结果在磁流团表面形成了磁环,它随磁流团浮升到对流层顶,在太阳表面呈现出两个极性相反的磁区。本文企图以此来说明黑子双极磁场密集性原因的尝试。     

太阳磁场观测研究

简要回顾了近几年国际上太阳磁场研究的一些重要进展，包括耀斑与磁切和电流的关系，电流螺度和磁螺度，磁场拓扑性，三维磁场外推，色球磁场研究，日冕磁场研究，内网络磁元，磁流和振荡，极区磁场观测以及色球磁元观测等方面内容，同时也介绍了怀柔太阳观测站最近所取得的主要成果，自20世纪90年代以来，YOHKOH高分辨率的太阳X射线数据，SOHO的多波段大尺度观测，TRACE的高分辨太阳过渡区资料，为研究太阳磁场从内部到距离几十太阳半径处的大范围演化提供了依据，高效的空间资料结合长期的地面资料，将是正派推动太阳磁场研究的重要手段和必然趋势。     

新磁重联理论

本文研究了磁流体力学与高频等离子体波（ 包括纵横模式） 之间的精巧的相互作用。研究表明,这些等离激元会在电流片内诱发一种阻抗不稳定,并最终导至磁重联,出现爆发性不稳定。在高涨的离声湍动情况下,高温电流片模型必须采用反常电导率,而非库仑电导率。理论估算的结果与观测相一致。因此这种计及等离激元有质动力作用的新磁重联理论,基本上能解释耀斑现象。     

四、磁流理论简介

导电流体中若有磁场存在,则流体的流动就会影响磁场,而磁场的变动也会影响流体的运动。从电磁感应的原理看来,这是十分容易理解的。但是在导电流体中磁场和流动的相互作用,却只有在天体的规模上才显著,所以“磁流”就成为理论天体物理中新兴的一个重要分枝。银河系内磁场的存在似乎是一个普遍的现象。地球的磁场是早已知道的事实。太     

太阳宁静区小尺度磁场的二维功率谱(英文)

以1988年9月5日北京天文台怀柔太阳观测站高分辨率和高灵敏度磁强图为基础,首次给出了对一太阳宁静区小尺度磁场空间分布的二维功率谱。 尽管从总体上,功率谱的分布呈现从低频分量向高频分量迅速衰减的趋势,但是,反映小尺度磁场分布的不同尺度空间周期性的分离的尖峰,是功率谱的最主要特征。 本文的主要结果可概括为下列两点: (1)太阳宁静区的磁通量不仅凝聚在分离的、具有相对较强磁通量密度的磁结构内,而且磁结构的空间分布也呈现分离的尺度不同的周期。 (2)小尺度磁场空间分布的最显著的周期,具有超米粒的空间尺度。这与以往磁对流理论与有关观测结果相一致。在功率谱中,还可以证认相应于亚超米粒,及亚超米粒和超米粒之间尺度的空间周期的大量尖峰。这是本文首次得到的。 包含更多观测资料的进一步工作是必须的,特别是获得对同一宁静区的速度场和磁场同时性的二维功率谱,对研究磁场和对流速度场的相互作用是有重要意义的。观测的功率谱与理论预测谱的比较,将有助于理解太阳光球分离磁结构形成的物理过程。     

磁扩散率的随机不均匀分布对增大湍流磁扩散率的作用

在太阳物理学中,磁场的湍流扩散过程一般被认为是如同烟、热和流体中其他物理属性被湍流扩散一样的过程。但这种基于湍流的运动特性而得到的湍流磁扩散率还不能很好地与太阳观测事实与湍流理论相符合。 本文提出,如果在磁流体中存在着磁扩散率的随机分布不均匀,则从磁场的扩散万程中可以看出,由这一不均匀而形成的磁扩散率梯度会使磁力线弯曲,即把平均磁场扩散成湍流磁场,从而增大了磁扩散率的数值。这种效应是在小尺度范围内对湍流磁扩散率增大起着决定性的作用。     

行星和太阳内部的磁流体力学

许多行星（如木卫三，水星，地球，木星和土星）和恒星（如太阳）具有内部磁场。对这些磁场的存在和变化的解释对行星科学家和天体物理学家是一个巨大的挑战。本文试图总结行星和恒星的导电流体内部磁流体力学研究的新近发展和困难。一般由热对流驱动的流动通过磁流体力学过程产生并维持在行星和恒星中的磁场。在行星中磁流体力学过程强烈地受到转动，磁场和球几何位型的综合影响。其动力学的关键方面涉及科里奥利力和洛伦兹力间的相互作用。在太阳中其流线，即处于对流层的薄的剪切流层在太阳的磁流体力学过程中扮演了一个基本的角色，并由之产生了11年太阳黑子周期。本文也给出了一个新的非线性三维太阳发电机模型。     

太阳活动区磁场变化及其相关爆发的研究

<正>太阳黑子活动和太阳爆发的研究一直是太阳物理的重点和难点.太阳黑子的形成及其磁场的演化和太阳爆发的关系存在很多秘密.太阳活动区中的磁流浮现、磁流对消和黑子运动都会对太阳高层大气产生很大的影响,导致耀斑、日冕物质抛射、日珥(暗条)、日浪等爆发,特别是对地的大的太阳爆发会给日地空间环境带来很大的影响.国际上,对太阳的观测已经从原来的单一波段的地面观测研究发展到地面和空间相结合的多波段的     

Anomalous magnetic viscosity in accretion disks with q-distributed plasmas

Based on the equations of the self-generated magnetic field in the q-distributed plasmas, the studies show that the magnetic field is modulationally unstable by the perturbation method and the equations have self-similar collapse solution. The anomalous magnetic viscosity of accretion disks generates from highly spatially intermittent flux of the self-generated magnetic field. In addition, the anomalous viscosity coefficient is 8 orders more than the molecular viscosity and is modified by the adjustable index q, which may preferably explain the observations.     

Magnetic-Tower Jet Solution for Launching Astrophysical Jets

In spite of the large number of global three-dimensional (3-D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of accretion disks and astrophysical jets, which have been developed since 2000, the launching mechanisms of jets is somewhat controversial. Previous studies of jets have concentrated on the effect of the large-scale magnetic fields permeating accretion disks. However, the existence of such global magnetic fields is not evident in various astrophysical objects, and their origin is not well understood. Thus, we study the effect of small-scale magnetic fields confined within the accretion disk. We review our recent findings on the formation of jets in dynamo-active accretion disks by using 3-D MHD simulations. In our simulations, we found the emergence of accumulated azimuthal magnetic fields from the inner region of the disk (the so-called magnetic tower) and also the formation of a jet accelerated by the magnetic pressure of the tower. Our results indicate that the magnetic tower jet is one of the most promising mechanisms for launching jets from the magnetized accretion disk in various astrophysical objects. We will discuss the formation of cosmic jets in the context of the magnetic tower model.     

Relativistic Jets from Accretion Disks

The jets observed to emanate from many compact accreting objects may arise from the twisting of a magnetic field threading a differentially rotating accretion disk which acts to magnetically extract angular momentum and energy from the disk. Two main regimes have been discussed, hydromagnetic jets, which have a significant mass flux and have energy and angular momentum carried by both matter and electromagnetic field and, Poynting jets, where the mass flux is small and energy and angular momentum are carried predominantly by the electromagnetic field. Here, we describe recent theoretical work on the formation of relativistic Poynting jets from magnetized accretion disks. Further, we describe new relativistic, fully electromagnetic, particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of the formation of jets from accretion disks. Analog Z-pinch experiments may help to understand the origin of astrophysical jets.     

Spatially intermittent fields in photospheric magnetoconvection

Motivated by recent high-resolution observations of the solar surface, we investigate the problem of non-linear magnetoconvection in a three-dimensional compressible layer. We present results from a set of numerical simulations which model the situation in which there is a weak imposed magnetic field. This weak-field regime is characterized by vigorous granular convection and spatially intermittent magnetic field structures. When the imposed field is very weak, magnetic flux tends to accumulate at the edges of the convective cells, where it forms compact, almost 'point-like' structures which are reminiscent of those observed in the quiet Sun. If the imposed field is slightly stronger, there is a tendency for magnetic flux to become concentrated into 'ribbon-like' structures which are comparable to those observed in solar plages. The dependence of these simulations upon the strength of the imposed magnetic field is analysed in detail, and the concept of the fractal dimension is used to make a further, more quantitative comparison between these simulations and photospheric observations.     

Magnetic flux separation in photospheric convection

Three-dimensional non-linear magnetoconvection in a strongly stratified compressible layer exhibits different patterns as the strength of the imposed magnetic field is reduced. There is a transition from a magnetically dominated regime, with small-scale convection in slender hexagonal cells, to a convectively dominated regime, with clusters of broad rising plumes that confine the magnetic flux to narrow lanes where fields are locally intense. Both patterns can coexist for intermediate field strengths, giving rise to flux separation: clumps of vigorously convecting plumes, from which magnetic flux has been excluded, are segregated from regions with strong fields and small-scale convection. A systematic numerical investigation of these different states shows that flux separation can occur over a significant parameter range and that there is also hysteresis. The results are related to the fine structure of magnetic fields in sunspots and in the quiet Sun.     

Coronae & Outflows from Helical Dynamos, Compatibility with the MRI, and Application to Protostellar Disks

Magnetically mediated disk outflows are a leading paradigm to explain winds and jets in a variety of astrophysical sources, but where do the fields come from? Since accretion of mean magnetic flux may be disfavored in a thin turbulent disk, and only fields generated with sufficiently large scale can escape before being shredded by turbulence, in situ field production is desirable. Nonlinear helical inverse dynamo theory can provide the desired fields for coronae and outflows. We discuss the implications for contemporary protostellar disks, where the (magneto-rotational instability (MRI)) can drive turbulence in the inner regions, and primordial protostellar disks, where gravitational instability drives the turbulence. We emphasize that helical dynamos are compatible with the magneto-rotational instability, and clarify the relationship between the two.     

Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and turbulence in accretion disks

In this paper we review the possibilities for magnetohydrodynamic processes to handle the angular momentum transport in accretion disks. Traditionally the angular momentum transport has been considered to be the result of turbulent viscosity in the disk, although the Keplerian flow in accretion disks is linearly stable towards hydrodynamic perturbations. It is on the other hand linearly unstable to some magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities. The most important instabilities are the Parker and Balbus-Hawley instabilities that are related to the magnetic buoyancy and the shear flow, respectively. We discuss these instabilities not only in the traditional MHD framework, but also in the context of slender flux tubes, that reduce the complexity of the problem while keeping most of the stability properties of the complete problem. In the non-linear regime the instabilities produce turbulence. Recent numerical simulations describe the generation of magnetic fields by a dynamo in the resulting turbulent flow. Eventually such a dynamo may generate a global magnetic field in the disk. The relation of the MHD-turbulence to observations of accretion disks is still obscure. It is commonly believed that magnetic fields can be highly efficient in transporting the angular momentum, but emission lines, short-time scale variability and non-thermal radiation, which a stellar astronomer would take as signs of magnetic variability, are more commonly observed during periods of low accretion rates. Received October 12, 1995 / Accepted November 16, 1995     

The science case of the PEPSI high‐resolution echelle spectrograph and polarimeter for the LBT

We lay out the scientific rationale for and present the instrumental requirements of a high‐resolution adaptiveoptics Echelle spectrograph with two full‐Stokes polarimeters for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona. Magnetic processes just like those seen on the Sun and in the space environment of the Earth are now well recognized in many astrophysical areas. The application to other stars opened up a new field of research that became widely known as the solarstellar connection. Late‐type stars with convective envelopes are all affected by magnetic processes which give rise to a rich variety of phenomena on their surface and are largely responsible for the heating of their outer atmospheres. Magnetic fields are likely to play a crucial role in the accretion process of T‐Tauri stars as well as in the acceleration and collimation of jet‐like flows in young stellar objects (YSOs). Another area is the physics of active galactic nucleii (AGNs) , where the magnetic activity of the accreting black hole is now believed to be responsible for most of the behavior of these objects, including their X‐ray spectrum, their notoriously dramatic variability, and the powerful relativistic jets they produce. Another is the physics of the central engines of cosmic gamma‐ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, for which the extreme apparent energy release are explained through the collimation of the released energy by magnetic fields. Virtually all the physics of magnetic fields exploited in astrophysics is somehow linked to our understanding of the Sun's and the star's magnetic fields. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Turbulence in Accretion Disks

An accretion disk is an inevitable part of the star forming process. Recent years have witnessed dramatic progress in our understanding of how turbulence arises and transports angular momentum in astrophysical accretion disks. The key conceptual point is that the combination of a subthermal magnetic field and outwardly decreasing differential rotation is subject to the magnetorotational instability. This rapidly generates magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence, leading to greatly enhanced angular momentum transport. Purely hydrodynamic disks, on the other hand, are stable. Disks that are too cool to couple effectively to the magnetic field will not be turbulent. Fully global three dimensional MHD simulations are now beginning to probe the properties of accretion disks from first principles.     

Reviving the stalled shock by jittering jets in core collapse supernovae: jets from the standing accretion shock instability

I present a scenario by which an accretion flow with alternating angular momentum on to a newly born neutron star in a core collapse supernova(CCSN) efficiently amplifies magnetic fields and by that launches jets. The accretion flow of a collapsing core on to the newly born neutron star suffers spiral standing accretion shock instability(SASI). This instability leads to a stochastically variable angular momentum of the accreted gas, which in turn forms an accretion flow with alternating directions of the angular momentum, and hence alternating shear, at any given time. I study the shear in this alternating-shear sub-Keplerian inflow in published simulations, and present a new comparison with Keplerian accretion disks. From that comparison I argue that it might be as efficient as Keplerian accretion disks in amplifying magnetic fields by a dynamo. I suggest that although the average specific angular momentum of the accretion flow is small,namely, sub-Keplerian, this alternating-shear accretion flow can launch jets with varying directions, namely,jittering jets. Neutrino heating is an important ingredient in further energizing the jets. The jittering jets locally revive the stalled accretion shock in the momentarily polar directions, and by that they explode the star. I repeat again my call for a paradigm shift from a neutrino-driven explosion of CCSNe to a jet-driven explosion mechanism that is aided by neutrino heating.