球状星团M3水平支脉动不稳定带红边界附近的小变幅变星

半个世纪以前,Ｒｏｂｅｒｔｓ 和Ｓａｎｄａｇｅ 在验证Ｓｃｈｗａｒｚｓｃｈｉｌｄ 的理论发现时,在水平支ＲＲＬｙｒａｅ 变星缺口段的红端发现了两颗小变幅的变星。当时定不出类型,标以“？”。以后Ｓａｎｄａｇｅ 在做ＲＲ Ｌｙｒａｅ 变星统计研究时,竟不加解释地当作ＲＲａｂ 型星处理。半个世纪之间,没有人对这颗星的反常加以注意。我们用国内的ＣＣＤ 观测,又发现了一颗类似的小变幅变星,但变幅更小,周期更长。这颗星与以前发现的两颗一起,似乎构成ＲＲ Ｌｙｒａｅ 星的又一个次型。现有的变星脉动理论还不能对之加以解释。我们预计,这将再一次推动脉动理论发展。     

云南天文台斑点象探测系统的性能测量与改进

讨论了云南天文台１９９５年研制的斑点象探测系统存在的几个问题：ＩＣＣＤ探测的一些性能参数不明,控制器不灵,数据的采集速度较慢等,然后报导了对ＩＣＣＤ光灵敏度和电子快门参数的测量;对ＩＣＣＤ控制器的改装和提高数据采集速度的方法以及用改进后的探测系统进行观测的情况     

过去2000年温度集成重建研究:进展与展望

过去2000年气候变化研究是全球气候变化研究的核心内容,不仅可以提供20世纪气候增暖的自然背景,也是最终揭示20世纪气候变暖机理并预估未来气候变化趋势的关键途径,是国际大型计划（如PAGES,过去全球变化研究计划）的优先研究时段。近20多年来,特别是近几年,随着代用资料的不断积累和气候重建方法的改进和发展,过去2000年大尺度气候重建研究取得了长足发展,在区域和北半球气候集成重建方法,年际、年代、百年乃至千年时间尺度上的气候时空变化特征和机制,及最近几十年气候增暖的历史地位等方面的研究均取得了重要科学认识,形成了现代气候增暖机理和未来气候趋势预估的科学基础。本文主要从方法学、研究历史回顾和现阶段形成的科学认识等3个方面论述过去2000年气候变化研究取得的成就,并对未来的研究方向进行了展望。

     

外地核中U、Th的分布、核裂变及其对地球动力学的影响

笔者认为地球的外地核中存在大量的生热元素U和Th,它们正是驱动地球内部物质运动、包括板块运动的主要动力。按照地震波资料,地球内部最热的地区在太平洋中部,地磁资料表明地磁中心及相应的热对流中心也向太平洋板块偏离400km,因此U、Th更多地富集在太平洋之下的外地核中。前寒武纪天然核反应堆的发现及行星质量与光度的研究显示,外地核中的U、Th存在周期性核裂变,太平洋热点火山岩及其包体中富集与U、Th核裂变或衰变有密切成因联系的惰性气体也说明了这一点。外地核中的U、Th存在周期性的核裂变可能是地质历史中超静磁带形成的主要原因,也可能是地球上火山活动等地质作用存在节律性及地球膨胀的原因。     

Formation of the CME Leading Edge Observed in the 2003 February 18 Event

This work investigates a typical coronal mass ejection (CME) observed on 2003 February 18, by various space and ground instruments, in white light, Ha, EUV and X-ray. The Ha and EUV images indicate that the CME started with the eruption of a long filament located near the solar northwest limb. The white light coronal images show that the CME initiated with the rarefaction of a region above the solar limb and followed by the formation of a bright arcade at the boundary of the rarefying region at height 0.46 R(?) above the solar surface. The rarefying process synchronized with the slow rising phase of the eruptive filament, and the CME leading edge was observed to form as the latter started to accelerate. The lower part of the filament brightened in Ha as the filament rose to a certain height and parts of the filament was visible in the GOES X-ray images during the rise. These brightenings imply that the filament may be heated by the magnetic reconnection below the filament in the early stage of the eruption. We suggest that a possible mechanism which leads to the formation of the CME leading edge and cavity is the magnetic reconnection which takes place below the filament after the filament has reached a certain height.     

Coupled galactic density-wave modes in a composite system of thin stellar and gaseous discs

A rotating disc galaxy is modelled as a composite system consisting of thin stellar and gaseous discs, which are described by a two-fluid modal formalism. The composite disc system is assumed to retain axisymmetry in the background equilibrium. General density-wave perturbations in the two discs are coupled through the mutual gravitational interaction. We study the basic properties of open and tight spiral density-wave modes in such a composite disc system. Within the Lindblad resonances, perturbation enhancements of surface mass density in stellar and gaseous discs are in phase; this is also true during the initial growth phase of density-wave perturbations. Outside the Lindblad resonances, there exists a possible spiral density-wave branch for which perturbation enhancements of surface mass density in stellar and gaseous discs are out of phase. We discuss implications of these results on the critical parameters for global star formation in barred and normal spiral galaxies and on magnetohydrodynamic density waves within the Lindblad resonances.     

A Research on the Characteristics of Light Variation of Blazar 3C 273 in 2-10 keV

From the original observed data of RXTE (Rossi X-ray timing explorer), the data of 3C 273 in the X-ray band of 2-10 keV from February 2, 1996 (MJD 50115) to August 27, 2007 (MJD 54339) are analyzed. The photon spectral indexes and corresponding fluxes of the observational data from 1010 observations are obtained in total. The average time of each observation is 1666.76 seconds. By analyzing the spectral variation and behavior of the light variation of 3C 273 in the hard X-ray band of 2-10 keV during observational periods, it is found that there was a significant anti-correlation between the photon spectral index Γ and flux lgF_{2∼10 keV} in February 2000, March and April 2003, February, March and July 2004, as well as 2006 and 2007. During the observational periods in 1999 and from 2000 to 2007, there was also a significant anti-correlation between the monthly average behaviors of Γ and lgF_{2∼10 keV}. From the quantitative analysis of the behavior of light variation in the entire observational period, several relatively large light variations are found. The evidence of the existence of the Fe emission line with average width of 93.85±21.49 eV is also found by fitting a part of the spectra. Through analyzing the intensity of the light variation and features of Fe emission line, it is found that 3C 273 has some characteristics of blazars and Seyfert galaxies simultaneously.     

Maximum Reduced Proper Motion method: Detection of new nearby ultracool dwarfs

In this paper, we describe how to use the Maximum Reduced Proper Motion method (Phan‐Bao et al. 2003) to detect 57 nearby L and late‐M dwarfs (d_phot ≤ 30 pc), 36 of them newly discovered. Spectroscopic observations of 43 of the 57 ultracool dwarfs were previously reported in Martín et al. (2010). These ultracool dwarfs were identified by color criteria in ∼5000 square degrees of the DENIS database and then further selected by the method for spectroscopic follow‐up to determine their spectral types and spectroscopic distances. We also report here our newly measured proper motions of these ultracool dwarfs from multi‐epoch images found in public archives (ALADIN, DSS, 2MASS, DENIS), with at least three distinct epochs and time baselines of 2 to 46 years (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

大气和极移的高频变化比较

采用从1988－1999年的现代技术测定的高精度极移序列EOP（IERS97C04）推导出激发函数χ^m）和美国国家环境预测中心和美国国家大气研究中心（CNEP／NCAR）提供的大气角动量激发函数χp和χib^p，使用几种数据分析方法，分析了大气对极移高频振荡（12－42cpy)激发贡献，复数小波变换和功率谱分析表明，χ^m和χ^p序列在高频段内呈现比较强的谱峰，它们具有相似的谱特征，比较而言，χib^p在这个频率段内比χ^p要弱些，χ^m和χ^p之间的相关系数分别为0．75（逆向）和0．6（顺向），两个序列之间的平方相关谱的估计值分别在0．5－0．9之间（负频）和0．4－0．6（正频），相位谱表明χ^p(AAM)超前x^m一天左右，这些大气是极移高频变化的主要激发源，特别是在逆向运动上具有更大的贡献，由于它们之间位相差和振幅变化的不稳定性，说明可能存在AAM以外的其他激发源，这个问题有待进一步深入研究。χ     

Dynamic evolution model of isothermal voids and shocks

We explore self-similar hydrodynamic evolution of central voids embedded in an isothermal gas of spherical symmetry under the self-gravity. More specifically, we study voids expanding at constant radial speeds in an isothermal gas and construct all types of possible void solutions without or with shocks in surrounding envelopes. We examine properties of void boundaries and outer envelopes. Voids without shocks are all bounded by overdense shells and either inflows or outflows in the outer envelope may occur. These solutions, referred to as type void solutions, are further divided into subtypes and according to their characteristic behaviours across the sonic critical line (SCL). Void solutions with shocks in envelopes are referred to as type voids and can have both dense and quasi-smooth edges. Asymptotically, outflows, breezes, inflows, accretions and static outer envelopes may all surround such type voids. Both cases of constant and varying temperatures across isothermal shock fronts are analyzed; they are referred to as types and void shock solutions. We apply the ‘phase net matching procedure’ to construct various self-similar void solutions. We also present analysis on void generation mechanisms and describe several astrophysical applications. By including self-gravity, gas pressure and shocks, our isothermal self-similar void (ISSV) model is adaptable to various astrophysical systems such as planetary nebulae, hot bubbles and superbubbles in the interstellar medium as well as supernova remnants.