The Near-Contact Binary FU Ara： New Observations, a Photometric Study and Preliminary Elements

A new CCD (V) light curve is presented for'the semi-detached binary system FU Ara. The light curve, obtained in 2007, is the first one since the last 50 years. With our data we were able to determine six new times of minimum light and refined the period of the system to 0.8645049 days. A Wilson-Devinney analysis leads to a solution of a semi-detached configuration, composed of a main-sequence primary component of spectral type F5, fractionally smaller than its Roche lobe, and an evolved secondary component of spectral type K I which fills its Roche lobe, and which is overluminous and oversized as compared with the main-sequence. The two components of FU Ara differ considerably in effective temperature. It is classified as an FO Virginis type of near-contact binary system. Assuming a reasonable value for the mass of the primary component, an estimate of the absolute elements of FU Ara has been made, on the assumption that the primary has a mass corresponding to its spectral type according to Svechnikov & Taidakova.     

导航卫星历书参数拟合算法研究

对导航卫星历书问题进行了综合研究,并结合J2项分析解,提出了两套新的历书参数拟合方法和用户算法,与正常算法不同的是:8参数历书拟合算法以Ω=-3/2J2R2t/p2n cos I隐性直接代替历书参数Ω1 ;在用户算法中对MEO卫星以ωk=ω0-ω1·(△t/2-tk),对高轨卫星以ωk=ω0-ω1·(△t/2-tk)/2修正历书参数ωk,其中ω1=A2/p2n(2-5/2sin2 I).9参数历书拟合算法在8参数的基础上增加了一个历书参数M=(T_Errn-T_Err0)/△t/a参数,在用户算法中以ωk=ω0-ω1·(△t/2-tk),Mk=M0 n·tk-M·(△t/2-tk)修正ωk和Mk·通过多组模拟轨道和IGS精密轨道的历书拟合实验,结果表明,新8参数历书拟合方法具有参数少、迭代收敛速度快、对MEO卫星拟合精度高等优点;新9参数历书拟合算法,迭代收敛快,拟合精度优于其他算法.     

An Approach of Tropospheric Correction for VLBI Phase-Referencing using GPS Data

The dominant source of error in VLBI phase-referencing is the troposphere at observing frequencies above 5 GHz. We compare the tropospheric zenith delays derived from VLBI and GPS data at VLBA stations collocated with GPS antennas. The systematic biases and standard deviations both are at the level of sub-centimeter. Based on this agreement, we suggest a new method of tropospheric correction in phase-referencing using combined VLBI and GPS data.     

芦山MS7.0地震前天体引潮力和OLR异常

2013年4月20日在我国四川省芦山（30.284o N, 102.955o E）发生MS7.0地震,计算该地区潮汐变化,地震时刻引潮力处于最低相位点,显示引潮力的诱震作用属于典型逆冲断层作用类型。以此潮汐周期为时间指示（4月12日~4月23日）,利用NOAA卫星地面长波辐射（OLR）数据资料分析全国范围地震前后热辐射值连续变化,结果显示：伴随潮汐演化,在全国范围（17°N-55°N ~ 73°E-155°E）内,震前OLR仅震中及其相关联断裂附近发生了显著而连续异常变化过程：在时间上经历了起始增温→异常加强→高峰→衰减→发震→平静的演化过程;在空间上异常位置与震中基本吻合,发展过程表现出沿断裂带由分散→汇聚→分散的破裂过程,与岩石应力加载破裂演化经历：初始微动破裂→扩张破裂→应力闭锁→地震爆发→平静阶段的力学过程完全吻合,显示天体引潮力对处于临界状态的活动断层具有诱发作用,而长波辐射异常是地震构造应力应变过程辐射表征。将引潮力与OLR异常结合在地震前兆研究中有一定的实用价值。     

也谈日出日落时的方位

天球绕天轴旋转,每日一周,天球上的所有天体都跟着天球一起旋转,也是每日一周,叫周日视运动,周日视运动的轨迹与天赤道平行。太阳是对地球影响最大的天体,其周日视运动直接影响人类生产和生活,也是地理教学中的难点,尤其是不同纬度看到日出日落时的方位。笔者认为,讨论不同纬度看日出日落时的方位时,必须认清三个问题：     

对地磁发电机理论的反思与天体磁场研究展望

由地球磁场的基本特征和电磁场理论,证明了流体外核不可能产生偶极磁场,地磁发电机理论对偶极磁场是无效的.并对地球和天体磁场的研究方向和方法进行了展望:偶极场与核心部分的自组织结构有关,多极子场与外部各层的组织结构或运动状态有关.     

毫秒脉冲星计时观测进展

在评述国际上毫秒脉冲星长期计时观测成果的基础上，比较了由毫秒脉冲星自转定义的脉冲星时PT与原子时AT的长期稳定度。毫秒脉冲星PSR B1855 09 15yr的长期稳定度优于原子时TAI—USNO，而接近原子时TAI—PTB；其短期稳定度主要受到计时观测误差的限制。毫秒脉冲星PSR J0437-47 1yr以上的稳定度明显优于上述两原子时系统。毫秒脉冲星PSR B193T 21和PSR J1713 07的长期稳定度受到低频噪声影响，但仍能对综合脉冲星时PTens的建立与保持作出贡献。另外，介绍和评述了国际上脉冲星计时阵的现状及发展。随着脉冲星计时阵的实旅，在脉冲星时间标准研究、原子时误差、太阳系历表误差研究和引力波探测方面将会取得重要成果；展望了国际上平方公里望远镜(SKA)在毫秒脉冲星计时观测方面的发展前景。     

The Gravitational Effects of a Celestial Body with Magnetic Charge and Moment

The gravitational effects (precession of charge-less particles and deflec-tion of light)in the gravitational field of a celestial body with magnetic charge and moment(CM)are investigated.We found that the magnetic charge always weak-ens the pure Schwarzschild effects,while the magnetic dipole moment deforms the effects in a more complicated way.     

Properties of BL Lac Objects with Redshift≤0.2

1 INTRODUCTIONBlazars, including BL Lacertae objects and Optical Violently Variable (OVV) quasars,belong to a class of active ga1actic nuclei (AGNs), the spectrum of which is dominated bynontherma1 radiation from re1ativistic electrons in jets pointing at us (e.g. BlandfOrd & Rees1978; Urry & Padovani 1995). The entire electromagnetic spectraI energy distributions (SEDs)usually reveal two broad components, the low energy part, peaking in the IR to soft X-rayrange, and the high en…