Superhumps, magnetic fields and the mass ratio in AM Canum Venaticorum

We show that the observed K velocities and periodicities of AM CVn can be reconciled given a mass ratio   q ≈ 0.22  and a secondary star with a modest magnetic field of surface strength   B ∼ 1 T  . We see that the new mass ratio implies that the secondary is most likely semidegenerate. The effect of the field on the accretion disc structure is examined. The theory of precessing discs and resonant orbits is generalized to encompass higher order resonances than 3 : 2 and shown to retain consistency with the new mass ratio.     

A numerical study of daily transitions in the convective boundary layer

We examine daily (morning–afternoon) transitions in the atmospheric boundary layer based on large-eddy simulations. Under consideration are the effects of the stratification at the top of the mixed layer and of the wind shear. The results describe the transitory behaviour of temperature and wind velocity, their second moments, the boundary-layer height Z _m (defined by the maximum of the potential temperature gradient) and its standard deviation σ _m , the mixed-layer height z _i (defined by the minimum of the potential temperature flux), entrainment velocity W _e, and the entrainment flux H _i . The entrainment flux and the entrainment velocity are found to lag slightly in time with respect to the surface temperature flux. The simulations imply that the atmospheric values of velocity variances, measured at various instants during the daytime, and normalized in terms of the actual convective scale w_*, are not expected to collapse to a single curve, but to produce a significant scatter of observational points. The measured values of the temperature variance, normalized in terms of the actual convective scale Θ_*, are expected to form a single curve in the mixed layer, and to exhibit a considerable scatter in the interfacial layer.     

GRAPES中尺度模式地形有效尺度影响的理想数值试验研究

针对区域GRAPES模式,设计并实施了一系列不同属性气流条件下的二维与三维理想数值模拟试验,通过比较分析不同尺度地形的模拟试验表明,模式地形尺度的选择对模式预报能力有着非常重要的影响;同时指出6倍格距的地形尺度可以认为是区域GRAPES模式的最高有效分辨地形尺度,6倍以下尺度的地形对该模式的预报能力是有害的,应该滤除,...