星系金属丰度的研究进展(Ⅰ):定标方法

金属丰度是表征星系特征的重要参量,对于理解星系的形成与演化具有重要意义。随着观测设备的不断完善与发展,已经获得越来越多的星系(包括近邻星系、中等红移及高红移星系)金属丰度的观测资料。在光致电离模型方面也取得了很大进展．这些对于理解星系中金属及恒星成分的累积历史有非常重要的作用。有多种方法可以用来估计星系的金属丰度(主要是星际介质中气相的O丰度),介绍和评述了估计星系的O丰度的多种方法,包括电子温度的方法、R23方法以及其他一些“强线”比值的方法,并给出了相应的解析公式,同时介绍了电离星云的物理本质及由光致电离模型估计星系金属丰度的方法,还给出了估计星系的C和N元素丰度的方法。     

A Periodicity Analysis of the Light Curve of 3C 454.3

We analyzed the radio light curves of 3C 454.3 at frequencies 22 and 37 GHz taken from the database of Metsahovi Radio Observatory, and found evidence of quasi-periodic activity. The light curves show great activity with very complicated non-sinusoidal variations. Two possible periods, a very weak one of 1.57±0.12 yr and a very strong one of 6.15±0.50 yr were consistently identified by two methods, the Jurkevich method and power spectrum estimation. The period of 6.15±0.50 yr is consistent with results previously reported by Ciaramella et al. and Webb et al. Applying the binary black hole model to the central structure we found black hole masses of 1.53×109M⊙and 1.86×108M⊙, and predicted that the next radio outburst is to take place in 2006 March and April.     

Vector Magnetic Field Measurement of NOAA AR 10197

A set of two-dimensional Stokes spectral data of NOAA AR 10197 obtained by the Solar Stokes Spectral Telescope (S3T) at the Yunnan Observatory are qualitatively analyzed. The three components of the vector magnetic field, the strength H, inclinationγand azimuth X, are derived. Based on the three components, we contour the distributions of the longitudinal magnetic field and transverse magnetic field. The active region (AR) has two different magnetic polarities apparent in the longitudinal magnetic map due to projection effect. There is a basic agreement on the longitudinal magnetic fields between the S3T and SOHO/MDI magnetograms, with a correlation coefficientρBl = 0.911. The transverse magnetic field of the AR has a radial distribution from a center located in the southwest of the AR. It is also found that the transverse magnetic fields obtained by Huairou Solar Observing Station (HRSOS) have a similar radial distribution. The distributions of transverse magnetic field obtained by S3T and HRSOS have correlation coefficients,ρAzimu = 0.86 andρBt = 0.883, in regard to the azimuthal angle and intensity.     

Polarization in Gamma-Ray Bursts Produced by Pinch Discharge

Large-voltage, high-temperature plasma columns produced by pinch discharge can generate γ-ray flashes with energy spectra and spectral evolution consistent with what are observed in γ-ray bursts (GRBs), and the inverse Compton scattering (ICS) during the discharge process can produce high linear polarization. Our calculation indicates that the observed polarization depends on the angle between the line-of-sight todischarge, but only weakly depends onthe GRB and the direction of the pinch discharge, but only weakly depends on observed γray energy.     

窄线Seyfert 1型星系研究的新进展

窄线Seyfert1型星系（NLS1）作为活动星系核的一个小类，由于其X射线等高能波段上独特的观测特征，近年来越来越受到天文学界的广泛关注，详细描述了NLS1在观测及理论上的一些新进展，并对其主要模型作了较细致的讨论。     

γ噪Blazar天体短时标光变的寄主星系影响

利用云南天文台1m光学望远镜2000－2001年对3个GeV和／或TeVγ噪Blazar天体的观测，发现γ噪类星体PKS 1510－089在R波段有一个光变时标为41min的星等变化为2．0mag的剧烈光变，这是迄今为止我们所观测到的变幅最大的一个γ噪Blazar天体短时标光变。对此光变，可估计限制光变辐射模型的一些参数，如辐射区半径R、多普勒因子δ以及吸积转化效率η等。η＝59．6的值强烈预示着相对论聚束效应可较好解释γ噪Blazar天体的辐射机制。我们仔细考察了大气视宁度对光变的影响。发现对1ES 2344＋514，观测到的光变与当地大气视宁度有一个弱相关，结果表明，对光变参数较小（C＜5）的光变，大气视宁度引起的假光变的贡献较大，需要选择较严格的光变判据。     

星族合成

以简单星族为例介绍了演化星族合成的算法，并总结了在演化星族合成中常用的恒星演化库，光谱库，初始质量函数和合成判据，最后简要讨论了目前星族合成中仍存在的问题。     

SgrA的结构和变化：银河中心的超大质量黑洞

银河中心为我们提供了一个唯一的天体物理实验室来用以研究各式各样的天体物理过程。在文中，我们总结和归纳了关于Sgr A^*观测的最新结果，主要涉及源的结构和在流量密度方面的变化。Sgr A^*现象代表着在低光度活动星系核中围绕一个超大质量黑洞的低辐射率的吸积盘外流的典型例子。从Sgr A^*观测得到的许多天体物理中悬而未决的问题对现存的天体物理理论是一个挑战。对Sgr A^*的最新理论模型也作了综述。     

X选BL Lac天体的某些性质（II）

本文对Ｘ射线选择ＢＬＬａｃ天体（ＸＢＬｓ）的完备样品进行了较细致的研究，讨论了该样品各观测量的分析，最新发现的几例Ｘ射线和ＲＯＳＡＴ选择的ＢＬＬａｃ天体的Ｈｕｂｂｌｅ关系及ＢＬＬａｃ天体的红移起源问题。     

星系相互作用的一个结果：环星系形成的数值模拟

通过数值模拟相互作用星素（包括靶星系和入侵星系）的碰撞，研究环星系的形成。由于采用旋涡结构作为靶盘试验星分布函数，不同于Ｔｏｏｍｒｅ采用一系列同心圆作为试验星的分布函数，模拟得到环的结构比Ｔｏｏｍｒｅ的模拟更接近于实际环星系。