Optical, near-infrared and hard X-ray observations of SAX J1353.9+1820: a red quasar

It has recently been suggested that Compton down-scattering may give rise to the broad iron K α line seen in the X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG–6-30-15. This model suggests that the Comptonizing optically thick plasma surrounding the central X-ray source has a temperature of 0.5 keV and a large radius of 10¹⁴ cm. This offers an alternative to the standard model whereby the broadening of the iron line is solely the result of strong general relativistic effects. We revise the Comptonization model and show that statistically the disc-line model gives a much better fit to the time average of the data analysed by Iwasawa et al. in 1996 and 1999. We also demonstrate that the Comptonization model has problems with simultaneous fitting of the redshifted tail and the core of the line. We show that, in the case of the 1996 data, the best-fitting Thomson depth τ ∼1.6 is consistent with the lack of continuum break, which is constrained to be at photon energies E ≳100 keV. However, the total amount of power in the UV component required to cool the Comptonizing cloud exceeds the Eddington limit. For large black hole masses relativistic effects are important and for small masses the Eddington limit is exceeded by a larger factor. In the case of the 1999 data, the best-fitting Thomson depth is τ ∼5.7; this would imply the existence of a break in the continuum at E ∼16 keV, which is not observed. (However, we point out that the down-scattering break may be diluted if a fraction of the continuum is observed directly.) This rules out Comptonization as the principal mechanism to explain the shape of the Fe K α line in MCG–6-30-15.     

A TiO study of the black hole binary GRO J0422+32 in a very low state

We present 53 simultaneous photometric ( I band) and spectroscopic (69009500 Å) observations of GRO J0422+32, taken during 1997 December. From these we determine that J0422+32 was in its lowest state yet observed, at I =20.44±0.08. Using relative spectrophotometry, we show that it is possible to correct very accurately for telluric absorption. Following this, we use the TiO bands at 7055 and 7589 Å for a radial velocity study and thereby obtain a semi-amplitude of 378±16 km s¹, which yields f ( M )=1.191±0.021 M and consistent with previous observations. We further demonstrate that this little-explored method is very powerful for such systems. We also determine a new orbital ephemeris of HJD=245 0274.4156±0.0009+0.212 1600±0.000 0002 E .
We see some evidence for an ellipsoidal modulation, from which we determine the orbital inclination of J0422+32 to be less than 45°. We therefore calculate a minimum mass for the primary of 2.22 M, consistent with a black hole, but not necessarily the supermassive one proposed recently (1997) by Beekman et al. We obtain an M45 spectral type for the secondary star, and determine that the secondary contributes 38±2 per cent of the flux that we observe from J0422+32 over the range 69508400 Å. From this we calculate the distance to the system to be 1.39±0.15 kpc.     

Thermally driven outflows from pair-plasma pressure-mediated shock surfaces around Schwarzschild black holes

Introducing a spherical, steady, self-supported pair-plasma pressure-mediated shock surface around a Schwarzschild black hole as the effective physical atmosphere that may be responsible for the generation of astrophysical mass outflows from relativistic quasi-spherical accretion, we calculate the mass outflow rate R _̇ by simultaneously solving the set of equations governing transonic polytropic accretion and isothermal winds. R _̇ is computed in terms of only three inflow parameters, which, we believe, has been done for the first time in our work. We then study the dependence of R _̇ on various inflow as well as shock parameters, and establish the fact that the outflow rate is essentially controlled by the post-shock proton temperature.     

An Empirical Method to Make Oil Production Models Tolerant to Anomalies

Modeling oil production is of interest to society and hotly debated. Often anomalies have occurred which makes modeling oil production via a particular theory (e.g., Hubbert’s bell curve) difficult. The empirical method described here allows for such historic anomalies to be incorporated while still using the underly theory. This method is explained using Hubbert’s bell curve and Former Soviet Union oil production as an example.     

地震岩石物理研究概述

地震岩石物理是研究岩石物理性质与地震响应之间关系的一门学科,它通过对各种岩心资料、测井资料和地震资料进行综合分析,研究岩性、孔隙度、孔隙类型、孔隙流体、流体饱和度和频率参数等对岩石中弹性性质的影响,并提出利用地震响应预测岩石物理性质的理论和方法,是地震响应与储层岩石参数之间联系的桥梁,进行定量储层预测的基本前提.在查阅了大量相关资料的基础上,对国内外地震岩石物理研究现状进行了详细的概述,并总结了其存在问题和发展前景.     

Large-scale conditions of Tibet Plateau vortex departure

Based on the circumfluence situation of the out- and in-Tibet Plateau Vortex (TPV) from 1998-2004 and its weather-influencing system,multiple synthesized physical fields in the middle-upper troposphere of the out- and in-TPV are computationally analyzed by using re-analysis data from National Centers for Environmental Prediction and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) of United States.Our research shows that the departure of TPV is caused by the mutual effects among the weather systems in Westerlies and in the subtropical area,within the middle and the upper troposphere.This paper describes the large-scale meteorological condition and the physics image of the departure of TPV,and the main differences among the large-scale conditions for all types of TPVs.This study could be used as the scientific basis for predicting the torrential rain and the floods caused by the TPV departure.     

封闭环境中赤潮发生过程的数学模纵

基于有连续注入营养基的培养室内微生物的连续培养模式,提出一种描述在封闭环境中赤潮发生过程的藻类生长的营养动力学模型。对4种不同形式的营养增长函数,讨论了营养物质增长速度对藻类生长的影响效果。利用微分方程定性分析方法,探讨了一次赤潮发生过程4个阶段的数学模拟问题,并给出具体划分4个阶段的数值计算方案。     

Elastic wave velocities in a granitic geothermal reservoir

Geothermal resources have potential for providing cost-effective and sustainable energy. Monitoring of production-induced changes in geothermal reservoirs using seismic waves requires understanding of the elastic properties of the rock and how they change due to injection of fluids and opening and closing of natural and hydraulic fractures. P- and S-wave velocities measured in a granitic geothermal reservoir using sonic logging are systematically lower than those predicted using the composition of the rock. Cracks may occur in granitic rocks from tectonic stresses and from the thermal expansion mismatch between differently oriented anisotropic crystals. An isotropic orientation distribution of microcracks causes a significant reduction in both the P- and S-velocities, consistent with the observed sonic P- and S-velocities. Vertical fractures cause a difference in the velocity of vertically propagating shear waves polarized parallel and perpendicular to the fractures. An assumption that the lower measured velocities are caused by the presence of vertical fractures is inconsistent with the sonic data. This is because vertical fractures cause a decrease in slow S-wave velocity that greatly exceeds the decrease in P-wave velocity, in contrast to the observed data. The growth of vertical fractures in the geothermal reservoir may be monitored using the difference in velocity of the fast and slow shear waves, while the change in P-velocity in a crossplot of measured P- and slow S-velocities is useful for estimating the ratio of the normal-to-shear compliance of the fractures.     

Anisotropic 4D seismic response inferred from ultrasonic laboratory measurements: A direct comparison with the isotropic response

Pore-pressure depletion causes changes in the triaxial stress state. Pore-pressure depletion in a flat reservoir, for example, can be reasonably approximated as uniaxial compaction, in which the horizontal effective stress change is smaller than the vertical effective stress. Furthermore, the stress sensitivity of velocities can be angle-dependent. Therefore, time-lapse changes in reservoir elastic anisotropy are expected as a consequence of production, which can complicate the interpretation of the 4D seismic response. The anisotropic 4D seismic response caused by pore-pressure depletion was investigated using existing core velocity measurements. To make a direct comparison between the anisotropic 4D seismic response and the isotropic response based only on vertical velocities, pseudoisotropic elastic properties were utilized, and the two responses were compared in terms of a dynamic rock physics template. A comparison of the dynamic rock physics templates indicates that time-lapse changes in reservoir elastic anisotropy have a noticeable impact on the interpretation of 4D seismic data. Changes in anisotropy as a result of pore-pressure depletion cause a time-lapse amplitude variation with offset response as if there is a reduction in V_P/V_S (i.e., pseudoisotropic V_P/V_S decreases), although the vertical V_P/V_S increases. The impact of time-lapse changes in anisotropy on the amplitude variation with offset gradient was also investigated, and the time-lapse anisotropy was found to enhance changes in the amplitude variation with offset gradient for a given case.