A pseudo-Thellier relative palaeointensity record, and rock magnetic and geochemical parameters in relation to climate during the last 276 kyr in the Azores region

In the pseudo-Thellier method for relative palaeointensity determinations (Tauxe et al. 1995) the slope of the NRM intensity left after AF demagnetization versus ARM intensity gained at the same peak field is used as a palaeointensity measure. We tested this method on a marine core from the Azores, spanning the last 276  kyr. We compared the pseudo-Thellier palaeointensity record with the conventional record obtained earlier by Lehman et al . (1996 ), who normalized NRM by SIRM. The two records show similar features: intensity lows with deviating palaeomagnetic directions at 40–45  ka and at 180–190  ka. The first interval is associated with the Laschamps excursion, while the 180–190  ka low represents the Iceland Basin excursion (Channell et al. 1997). The pseudo-Thellier method, in combination with a jackknife resampling scheme, provides error estimates on the palaeointensity.
  Spectral analysis of the rock magnetic parameters and the palaeointensity estimates shows orbitally forced periods, particularly 23  kyr for climatic precession. This suggests that palaeointensity is still slightly contaminated by climate. Fuzzy c -means cluster analysis of rock magnetic and geochemical parameters yields a seven-cluster model of predominantly calcareous clusters and detrital clusters. The clusters show a strong correlation with climate, for example samples from detrital clusters predominantly appear during rapid warming. Although both the pseudo-Thellier palaeointensity m _a and fuzzy clusters show climatic influences, we have not been able to find an unambiguous connection between the clusters and m _a .     

聚类分析方法及其在水文地质分析中的应用

聚类分析是研究分类问题的一种多元统计方法。在水文地质工作中,采用聚类分析方法进行含水层富水性（带）划分、地下水水质类型划分与评价等,突破传统地质学所建立的一些定性分类系统,形成一些定量的分类关系,能够取得较理想的效果     

1998年7月西太平洋副高显著南落的原因

采用ＯＬＲ表达方式讨论了１９９８年７月西太平洋副热带高压明显南落的原因。并批出这种表达方式有助于探讨副热带高压南侧热带对流云团对副热带高压的影响。     

Volcanic lake systematics II. Chemical constraints

A database of 373 lake water analyses from the published literature was compiled and used to explore the geochemical systematics of volcanic lakes. Binary correlations and principal component analysis indicate strong internal coherence among most chemical parameters. Compositional variations are influenced by the flux of magmatic volatiles and/or deep hydrothermal fluids. The chemistry of the fluid entering a lake may be dominated by a high-temperature volcanic gas component or by a lower-temperature fluid that has interacted extensively with volcanic rocks. Precipitation of minerals like gypsum and silica can strongly affect the concentrations of Ca and Si in some lakes. A much less concentrated geothermal input fluid provides the mineralized components of some more dilute lakes. Temporal variations in dilution and evaporation rates ultimately control absolute concentrations of dissolved constituents, but not conservative element ratios.Most volcanic lake waters, and presumably their deep hydrothermal fluid inputs, classify as immature acid fluids that have not equilibrated with common secondary silicates such as clays or zeolites. Many such fluids may have equilibrated with secondary minerals earlier in their history but were re-acidified by mixing with fresh volcanic fluids. We use the concept of ‘degree of neutralization’ as a new parameter to characterize these acid fluids. This leads to a classification of gas-dominated versus rock-dominated lake waters. A further classification is based on a cluster analysis and a hydrothermal speedometer concept which uses the degree of silica equilibration of a fluid during cooling and dilution to evaluate the rate of fluid equilibration in volcano-hydrothermal systems.     

Large-scale structure of galaxies in the Ophiuchus region

The large-scale structure around the Ophiuchus cluster of galaxies in the vicinity of the Galactic Centre ( l =05, b =95, cz =8500 km s⁻¹) is investigated on the basis of a galaxy survey and spectroscopic observations made for a 12°×17° area. The galaxy survey was performed using six ESO/SERC Sky Survey Atlas films, and 4021 galaxies were detected in total. Recession velocities were newly obtained for 179 galaxies to make the total number of galaxies in the survey area with known velocities 219.
In the distribution of bright galaxies, we identified seven new clumps of galaxies. Comparing the surface number density of bright galaxies with the Galactic extinction, which is estimated from the 100‐μm flux density in the IRAS Sky Survey Atlas, we demonstrate that the seven clumps are not spurious as a result of the inhomogeneity of the Galactic extinction. Among the seven clumps, two are found to be clusters and four to be groups on the basis of the histogram of recession velocities and the number of member galaxies. The Ophiuchus cluster, two newly identified clusters, and four groups are all concentrated at 9000 km s⁻¹. Field galaxies are also distributed centred at 8500 km s⁻¹. Hence field galaxies occupy a common three-dimensional region with galaxies in the clusters and groups, and altogether they form a large-scale structure of supercluster size. As opposed to the overdensity in the supercluster region, the mean number density of galaxies in the velocity range 0–5000 km s⁻¹ is only 25 per cent of the mean number density of the Universe, comparable with the density of the well-known Böotes void. Hence this nearby three-dimensional region in Ophiuchus is a void of galaxies also.     

蒸汽冷凝过程的分子团聚模型及其对不凝性气体影响传热性能的解释

根据相变过程的微观物理机理和热力学特性,提出了冷凝传热过程中,近壁面蒸汽分子经由团聚阶段进而冷凝成宏观液滴的物理模型.并将团聚体分布与滴状冷凝传热性能相联系,从而研究不凝性气体对滴状冷凝传热过程的影响.在改进的Dillmann和Meier(DM)模型基础上,将分子团聚过程中的临界过饱和度与冷凝过程中的过冷度相联系,以及将团聚体的能量特性与液固界面物理化学特性相联系,将团聚模型与考虑固液界面效应的滴状冷凝传热模型相联系,建立了近壁面条件影响的分子团聚模型.利用模型计算了近壁面蒸汽中团簇体尺寸和分布,以及不凝     

密度泛函理论对ZrnPd团簇结构和性质的研究

用B3LYP/LANL2DZ方法对Zr_nPd(n =1—13)团簇的平衡几何结构、能量、频率、电子性质和磁性进行了计算.研究表明,Pd原子位于表面的异构体更为稳定,其中Zr₇Pd,Zr₁₂Pd团簇稳定性高,是幻数团簇;此外,相对于Zr_nCo与Zr_nFe团簇,Zr_nPd团簇参与化学反应的能力较弱,化学稳定性更     

Generation of GHZ state and cluster state with atomic ensembles via the dipole—blockade mechanism

This paper proposes scalable schemes to generate the Greenberger--Horne--Zeilinger (GHZ) state and the cluster state with atomic ensembles via the dipole blockade mechanism on an atom chip, where the qubit is not carried by a single atom but an atomic ensemble. In the protocols, multiqubit entangled states are determinately prepared. Needlessness for single-photon source further decreases the complexity of the experiment. Based on the present laboratory technique, the schemes may be realized. The achieved results reveal a prospect for large-scale quantum communication and quantum computation.     

Irregular phenomenon induced by Ag atomic segregation during the heating process of Ag-Pd cluster

This paper studies the melting of icosahedral Ag-Pd bimetallic clusters by using molecular dynamics with the embedded atom method. It finds that the mixed Ag-Pd cluster shows an irregular phenomenon before melting, i.e., the atomic energy decreases with the increase of temperature. It indicates that the segregation of Ag atoms results in this phenomenon by analysing atomic radius distribution. Since the surface energy of Ag is lower than that of Pd, this leads to the result that the decreased energy by the Ag atomic segregation is larger than the increased energy by the heating. This provides a new method to obtain irregular thermodynamic properties.