The occulting effect of the transition region on emergent spectra of accretion discs

There may exist a transition region from the geometrically thick outer region to the geometrically thin inner region in accretion discs. In this paper we calculate the spectra emitted by the portions of the inner region which are not occulted by the transition region, and deduce the emergent spectra of accretion discs to be observed, taking into account the reflection effect of radiation by the transition region. Our results show that the difference between these emergent spectra of discs and the standard ones of steady accretion disc models is significant when the central portion of discs is occulted by the transition region. It might play a role in the explanation of continuous spectra for some dwarf novae.     

An upper limit to coronal X-rays from single,magnetic white dwarfs

Pointed ROSAT PSPC exposures of 9277 and 6992 sec, directed toward the nearby, single, cool, magnetic white dwarfs GR 290 and EG 250 yielded no counts significantly above the expected background rate. The corresponding flux limits (for an assumed source temperature of l keV) are 1.0 and 1.7 × 10⁻¹⁴erg cm⁻² s⁻¹, within the 0.1–2.5 keV bandpass of the instrument (99% confidence limits). This is more than an order of magnitude below the tentative detection level (for GR 290) and limits (for four other similar stars) obtained from archival Einstein data in 1991. The corresponding limits on coronal electron density are comparable with those implied if cyclotron emission is not responsible for any of the features observed in the optical spectra of magnetic white dwarfs. X-ray data currently provide no evidence for the existence of coronae around these stars. A final long observation (25,000 sec of GD 356) is scheduled for later this year on ROSAT, along with coordinated EUVE observations.     

Magnetic fields at the surfaces of stars

Summary Magnetic fields have now been detected in stars in several parts of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Roughly dipolar fields ranging in strength between 3× 10² and 3×10⁴ G are found in many chemically peculiar A and B main sequence stars. Dipolar fields are also found in some 2–3% of white dwarfs, but with strengths between 1×10⁶ and 5×10⁸ G. In both these types of stars, the observed fields vary as the underlying star turns, but do not change in a secular manner. In solartype stars, structurally complex fields of a few kG are found with filling factors of the order of 0.1 to 0.8. Further indirect evidence of fields in cool main sequence stars is provided by detection of visible and ultraviolet line emission (chromospheric activity), x radiation (coronal matter), and giant starspots. In this review, we survey the observations of stellar magnetism in all these types of stars, as well as efforts to model the observed magnetic fields and associated photospheric peculiarities and activity.This article was processed by the author using the Springer-Verlag T_EX AAR macro package 1991.     

Using cryptotephras to extend regional tephrochronologies: An example from southeast Alaska and implications for hazard assessment

Cryptotephrochronology, the use of hidden, diminutive volcanic ash layers to date sediments, has rarely been applied outside western Europe but has the potential to improve the tephrochronology of other regions of the world. Here we present the first comprehensive cryptotephra study in Alaska. Cores were extracted from five peatland sites, with cryptotephras located by ashing and microscopy and their glass geochemistry examined using electron probe microanalysis. Glass geochemical data from nine tephras were compared between sites and with data from previous Alaskan tephra studies. One tephra present in all the cores is believed to represent a previously unidentified eruption of Mt. Churchill and is named here as the ‘Lena tephra’. A mid-Holocene tephra in one site is very similar to Aniakchak tephra and most likely represents a previously unidentified Aniakchak eruption, ca. 5300-5030 cal yr BP. Other tephras are from the late Holocene White River eruption, a mid-Holocene Mt. Churchill eruption, and possibly eruptions of Redoubt and Augustine volcanoes. These results show the potential of cryptotephras to expand the geographic limits of tephrochronology and demonstrate that Mt. Churchill has been more active in the Holocene than previously appreciated. This finding may necessitate reassessment of volcanic hazards in the region.     

对虾白斑综合症病毒病围栏封闭预防技术研究简报

病毒性流行病使世界的养虾业遭受到了严重挫折 ,其中又以白斑综合症病毒 (ＷＳＳＶ)病流行最广 ,危害最大。针对这种病的病原、病理和流行病学已进行了大量的研究 ,对于如何预防也做了很多探索 ,但迄今没有得到很好的解决。养虾界总结出高位池塘养殖、内地淡化养殖、远海岸卤水、井水或渗水养殖和虾池配养肉食性鱼类等办法 ,都有一定的效果。但这些办法大多要求一定的条件 ,缺乏普适性 ,而且往往有时效限制 (即养殖年久后也会发病 ) ;有的则只是减小了发病机率 ,并不是十分可靠 (如配养肉食性鱼类 )。因此 ,研制出一种具有普适性 (特别是能…