The Temporal Phenomena of Black Hole Transient XTE J1650-500 in Its 2001-2002 Outburst

Using the data observed by Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, a systematic study of temporal phenomena of the black-hole transient XTE J1650-500 in its 2001–2002 outburst is presented. By using the time lag in the Fourier frequency domain, three characteristic frequency ranges are analysed, namely the band limited noise, red noise, and QPOs (Quasi-Periodic Oscillations). The properties and evolution behaviours in these frequency ranges may be dominated by different accretion regions. It is commonly believed that the smaller timescale corresponds to the more inner region. The low-hard state and hard intermediate state are especially highlighted. The results of data analysis are discussed in the framework of Lense-Thirring precession. Results are in favor of the disturbance propagation model for explaining the observed time lags. Although the timing analysis in the frequency ranges of band-limited noise and red noise is carried out, and a possibly existed inflection point is found, the model to explain them is still not well established. More work is needed to understand the innermost accretion region.     

基于模糊综合评价的粤港澳大湾区海洋沉积物中重金属污染演变历史

本研究测定了粤港澳大湾区典型海域—大亚湾沉积物中主要重金属元素的含量水平与污染状况。利用我国海洋沉积物质量标准和模糊综合评价法,系统探讨了大亚湾海洋沉积物质量的历史演变过程,为我国大湾区可持续发展提供了科学理论支持。结果表明,大亚湾海域的重金属污染状况在过去近百年经历了3个主要变化阶段:(1)20世纪80年代之前,大部分重金属含量较低,沉积物质量处于一类等级,与重金属污染相关的生态风险较小,对沉积物生态风险贡献最高的元素为Cr,最低的为Cd;(2)1980?2000年间,大亚湾沉积物中的重金属含量明显高于背景值,表明该阶段出现了较为严重的重金属污染,使近岸海域的沉积物质量等级处于二类与三类,但大亚湾外部海域沉积物受污染影响较小,仍处于一类等级,在此期间,Cu取代Cr成为最主要的污染元素;(3)2000年以后,沉积物重金属的污染水平显著降低,生态风险迅速下降,沉积物质量等级恢复到了一类水平,Cr是这一阶段最主要的污染元素。     

高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)防沙网使用寿命评估

以实验室及沙漠环境下紫外光和温度为自变量,建立了一种高密度聚乙烯（HDPE）防沙网自然老化与实验室加速老化时间之间的数学关系,以拉伸性能评判方法,得到防沙网的实验室老化试验和寿命评估模式。通过实验室加速老化试验和腾格里沙漠实地铺设试验,研究HDPE防沙网在实验室与沙漠环境中的老化规律,验证了该寿命试验与评估模式的有效性。     

吉林省柳河地区太古宙构造片麻岩地质特征及成因讨论

在柳河地区开展１：５万区调工作中,对测区内的柳树河子片麻岩做了较为详细的工作。结果认为,该片麻岩在地质特征、岩石粒度结构及成因等诸方面与传统认识上的纯区域变质作用所形成的片麻岩有较大的差异。该片麻岩系由太古宙侵入岩经动力变质作用、静态重结晶作用而形成的构造片麻岩类。其岩石构造具多样性,粒度结构具有不均匀性,并具发育的变余应变结构。岩石结构和构造在空间分布上具有一定的分带性。笔者还根据构造片麻岩特有     

Key Properties of Solar Chromospheric Line Formation Process

The distribution or wavelength-dependence of the formation regions of frequently used solar lines, Hα，Hβ，CaIIH and CaII8542,in quiet Sun,faint and bright flares is explored in the unpolarized case.We stress four aspects characterising the property of line formation process:1) width of line formation core;2) line formation region;3)influence of the temperature minimum region; and 4) wavelength ranges within which one can obtain pure chromospheric and photospheric filtergrams.It is shown that the above four aspects depend strongly on the atmospheric physical condition and the lines used. The formation regions of all the wavelength points within a line may be continuously distributed over one depth domain or discretely distributed because of no contribution coming from the temperature minimum region, an important domain in the solar atmosphere that determines the distribution pattern of escape photons. On the other hand, the formation region of one wavelength point may cover only one height range or spread over two domains which are separated again by the temperature minimum region. Different lines may form in different regions in the quiet Sun. However, these line formation regions become closer in solar flaring regions. Finally, though the stratification of line-of-sight velocity can alter the position of the line formation core within the line band and result in the asymmetry of the line formation core about the shifted line center, it can only lead to negligible changes in the line formation region or the line formation core width. All these results can be instructive to solar filtering observations.     

Incorporation of perception-based information in robot learning using fuzzy reinforcement learning agents

Robot learning in unstructured environments has been proved to be an extremely challenging problem, mainly because of many uncertainties always present in the real world. Human beings, on the other hand, seem to cope very well with uncertain and unpredictable environments, often relying on perception-based information. Furthermore, humans beings can also utilize perceptions to guide their learning on those parts of the perception-action space that are actually relevant to the task. Therefore, we conduct a research aimed at improving robot learning through the incorporation of both perception-based and measurement-based information. For this reason, a fuzzy reinforcement learning (FRL) agent is proposed in this paper. Based on a neural-fuzzy architecture, different kinds of information can be incorporated into the FRL agent to initialise its action network, critic network and evaluation feedback module so as to accelerate its learning. By making use of the global optimisation capability of GAs (genetic algorithms), a GA-based FRL (GAFRL) agent is presented to solve the local minima problem in traditional actor-critic reinforcement learning. On the other hand, with the prediction capability of the critic network, GAs can perform a more effective global search. Different GAFRL agents are constructed and verified by using the simulation model of a physical biped robot. The simulation analysis shows that the biped learning rate for dynamic balance can be improved by incorporating perception-based information on biped balancing and walking evaluation. The biped robot can find its application in ocean exploration, detection or sea rescue activity, as well as military maritime activity.     

The Relationships of Sunspot Magnetic Field Strength with Sunspot Area, Umbral Area and Penumbra-Umbra Radius Ratio

Stokes profile inversion is very important to get the information on the vector magnetic field. Because the magnetic fields cannot be directly observed, adopting Stokes spectrum analysis to obtain vector magnetic field has become the major technique recently. Therefore, by Stokes profile inversion, we obtained vector magnetic fields of two layers based on the numerical solution (DELO solution, ReEs et al., 1989) to the polarized radiative transfer equation. We analyze the relationships of sunspot magnetic field strength with sunspot area, umbral area and penumbra-umbra radius ratio. By statistical research, it is found that the field strengths of the upper layer and the lower one decrease with the increasing penumbra-umbra radius ratio, and that the logarithmic expression is able to fit well the relationship between the maximum field strength of the upper layer and the sunspot area. Furthermore, we verify the result obtained by Ringnes and Jensen (1961) about the relationship between the maximum magnetic field strength and the umbral area, and the result obtained by Antalová (1991) of the relationship between the field strength and the penumbra-umbra radius ratio.     

A bond-based smoothed particle hydrodynamics considering frictional contact effect for simulating rock fracture

Acta Geotechnica - A bond-based smoothed particle hydrodynamics considering hybrid friction contact (BB-SPH-HFC) method is proposed to simulate the dynamic friction behavior during crack initiation...     

Characteristic analyses,simulations and predictions of land use in poor mountainous cities: a case study in the central area of Chengde County,China

Mountainous areas account for approximately 69% of the land area in China, and these areas are prone to poverty. Thus, analyzing the land use characteristics and conducting simulations and prediction studies of poor cities in mountainous areas are important research topics. The land use change processes and characteristics in Chengde County, Hebei Province, China were analyzed in this paper based on the spatial distributions and temporal changes of land use types. Fourteen driving factors and five land use types were used in performing binary logistic regression analysis. The dynamic conversion of land use and its effects model was used to simulate the land use distributions, which were further simulated under three scenarios in 2021: natural growth, ecological conservation and accelerated development. The results show that the ecological conservation scenario optimized the land use distribution and effectively protected the environment, thereby increasing the suitability of future development. Based on the research results, this paper concludes that the correct development directions in the future should include preparing accurate and effective policies, promoting industrial structure reform, driving economic transformations and improvements, and improving the land use efficiency. The experimental results provide significant technical support for preparing and revising land use plans in poor mountainous cities.