Variability of radiation from the Crab Nebula

We consider variations of the radiation from the Crab Nebula in two energy ranges: X-rays (2–10 keV) and very-high-energy (>1 TeV) gamma rays. We demonstrate the presence of sine-shaped quasi-periodic variations in the X-ray range, with the period P = 862 d. A positive correlation was detected between variations of X-rays and gamma rays (the HEGRA data) with time.     

关于脉冲星脉冲到达时间转换方程

较详细地介绍了脉冲星脉冲到达时间（TOA）转换方程,讨论了脉冲星TOA转换方程在航天器导航算法中的具体应用问题。同时,对导航用的脉冲星脉冲TOA转换方程与地面射电计时观测用的脉冲星脉冲TOA转换方程进行了比较研究。     

射电脉冲星的逆康普顿散射（ICS）模型和偏振观测

近来我们在射电脉冲星的逆康普顿散射模型,致密星物理以及一些相关问题上做了下列几项工作：１） 对脉冲星物理中的一系列基本理论进行了较深入的研究,包括对裸奇异星比中子星更可能是射电脉冲星之起源的观点的论证。２） 进一步发展了射电脉冲星的逆康普顿散射（ＩＣＳ） 模型并完成了一系列相关工作。３） 进行了脉冲星的偏振分析和有关观测工作,并用其结果对银河系磁场和旋臂结构进行了分析。４） 研究了黑洞脉冲星双星系统的一些特性,为黑洞的搜寻工作作了初步准备。     

脉冲星平均脉冲不对称性的研究

本文讨论了光线的狭义相对论性偏折、光行时间差和磁场拖曳对脉冲到达相位的综合影响。在辐射束中的核、内锥以及外锥的辐射高度有差别时,观测得到的平均脉冲中的各个成份的位置也会发生改变,导致平均脉冲的不对称。分析了脉冲星ＰＳＲ１４５１６８ 和ＰＳＲＪ０４３７４７１５ 资料,发现它们的平均脉冲属于两种不同的不对称性。用相位综合漂移理论解释了这两种不对称性。     

Adaptation in a time of stress: A social-ecological perspective on changing fishing strategies in the Canadian snow crab fishery

Recent scholarship has focused attention on the dynamics and management of marine social ecological systems and on the need for developing a deeper understanding of the fishing strategies of fish harvesters. This includes an understanding of how a broad range of factors influence the strategies of those at the ‘center’ of marine social-ecological interactions. This paper reports on the findings of a survey of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) fishers in Southeastern Labrador conducted at a time (2005) of significant stress in the fishery. Results highlight that snow crab fishers are embedded in a social-ecological system and that shifts in fishing strategies in times of stress are a product of adapting to a dynamic, interactive set of factors that have social, economic, ecological and management aspects. Important differences between fleet sectors (larger and smaller vessels) as well as processes of learning are also described. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications for management and the utility of a holistic social-ecological perspective.     

基于X射线脉冲星的航天器动力学定轨

系统研究了利用X射线脉冲星观测量进行动力学定轨的全过程,给出了观测数据仿真的基本流程,并利用仿真数据对各项因素对定轨精度的影响进行了量化分析。     

Non-destructive assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure by fluorimetric analysis of crab urine

The detection of urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) metabolites by fluorescence spectrophotometry is particularly effective as a practical means to assess PAH exposure in decapod crabs. However, the practical application of this technique has thus far only been tested for the European shore crab (Carcinus maenas) and only a few field studies have been conducted in heavily polluted areas. The present study evaluated the adaptability of this method as a rapid, cost-effective and non-destructive biomonitoring tool for the New Zealand crab species, Macrophthalmus hirtipes (stalk-eyed mud crab). A field gradient could be detected among the sites and different input sources of PAH contamination could be discerned through the differentiation of pyrogenic and petrogenic PAH signatures. The present study shows that the fluorescence screening method is sensitive to relatively low levels of PAH contamination and more broadly applicable to smaller crab species than C. maenas, for which the technique was developed.     

Insight-HXMT observations of the Crab pulsar

We report on X-ray emission properties of the Crab pulsar(PSR B0531+21) using observations by Insight-HXMT during its first year after launch. We obtained high signal-to-noise profiles in the X-ray energy band 11–250 keV. We have confirmed an increase in the flux ratio of the second peak over the main peak with increasing energy, consistent with other missions. The separation of the two peaks shows no significant trend with increasing energy. The phase-averaged spectrum, fitted by a logpar model, and the phase-resolved spectra of the Crab pulsar, fitted by a powerlaw in the different energy bands of HXMT, are consistent with RXTE and NuSTAR in that photon indices evolve as a function of phase as well as a function of energy, contributing to a broadband modeling.     

Very-high-energy gamma radiation associated with the unshocked wind of the Crab pulsar

We show that the relativistic wind of the Crab pulsar, which is commonly thought to be invisible in the region upstream of the termination shock at r r _S∼0.1 pc, in fact could be directly observed through its inverse Compton (IC) γ -ray emission. This radiation is caused by illumination of the wind by low-frequency photons emitted by the pulsar, and consists of two, pulsed and unpulsed , components associated with the non-thermal (pulsed) and thermal (unpulsed) low-energy radiation of the pulsar, respectively. These two components of γ -radiation have distinct spectral characteristics, which depend essentially on the site of formation of the kinetic-energy-dominated wind, as well as on the Lorentz factor and the geometry of propagation of the wind. Thus, the search for such specific radiation components in the spectrum of the Crab Nebula can provide unique information about the unshocked pulsar wind that is not accessible at other wavelengths. In particular, we show that the comparison of the calculated flux of the unpulsed IC emission with the measured γ -ray flux of the Crab Nebula excludes the possibility of formation of a kinetic-energy-dominated wind within 5 light-cylinder radii of the pulsar, R _w5 R _L. The analysis of the pulsed IC emission, calculated under reasonable assumptions concerning the production site and angular distribution of the optical pulsed radiation, yields even tighter restrictions, namely R _w30 R _L.     

Geminga 多波段研究的新进展

简要介绍了特殊天体Ｇｅｍｉｎｇａ的发现、证认、定位和距离测量等工作,详细综 了近年来有关Ｇｅｍｉｎｇａ低频射电辐射和高能辐射的观测进展以及人们对这些结果的理论解释。Ｇｅｍｉｎｇａ是否代表一类没有射电辐射的射电脉冲星（辐射能由转动能量而来的非吸积型脉冲星）,理论上具有重要意义,以前人们在高于１０３ＭＨｚ的射电波段对Ｇｅｍｉｎｇａ做过多次高灵敏度观测,都没有测到有意义。以前人们在高于１０３ＭＨｚ的射电