偏心海链藻形态变异的观察及原因的初步研究

观察研究了偏心海链藻壳面形态的变异及变异的原因。结果表明，壳面形态变异是偏心海链藻的典型特征，依变异程度不同可分为４种类型；硅含量对其壳面形态影响显著，但硅质不足是形态变异的唯一原因。     

3.6/12 cm radio observation of Jupiter during the impact by Comet SL-9

We present 3.6/12 cm dual-frequency radio continuum observations of Jupiter with the Shanghai Observatory 25 m radio telescope during the impact by comet SL-9. There was no appreciable variation in the daily average flux density at 3.6 cm wavelength, but a relative increase of about 20% at 12 cm was observed during the impact.     

Encounters of the Sun with nearby stars in the past and future

The relative space motions of the Sun and nearby stars are considered. The coordinates and velocities of the stars are taken from the Catalogue of Nearby Stars by Gliese and Jahreiss (1991). The minimum space separation between the Sun and every star as well as the corresponding moment of time are calculated by two ways. Firstly, the straight line motions are considered. Secondly, the effect of the Galaxy potential is taken into account. The Galaxy model proposed by Kutuzov and Ossipkov (1989) is used. Twenty five stars approaching the Sun closer than two parsecs are selected. The effects of the uncertainties in the observational data are studied. The influence of the encounters to the Oort cloud is discussed.     

K-band Radio Observations of Comet Hale-Bopp: Detections of Ammonia and (Possibly) Water

K-band radio observations of comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) were conducted in March/April 1997 at the 100-m Telescope of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie. Emission was firmly detected from the five lowest metastable (J = K)inversion transitions of ammonia. Assuming a thermal distribution for the metastable states of NH₃, we derive a rotational temperature of 104 ± 30 K and an ammonia production rate at perihelion of6.6 ± 1.3 × 10²⁸ s^-1.The updated ammonia-to-water abundance ratio is found to be of the order of 1.0%. We also report a marginal detection of the 6₁₆–5₂₃transition line of water at λ = 1.35 cm. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Aperture Polarimetry And Photometry Of Comet Hale-Bopp

We present results of polarimetric and photometric observations of bright comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) obtained at the 0.7 m telescope of Kharkov University Observatory from June 18, 1996 to April 24, 1997. The IHW and HB comet filters were used. The C₂ and C₃ production rates for Hale-Bopp are more than one order of magnitude larger and the dust production rates are more than two orders of magnitude larger than the Halley ones at comparable distances. Hence, Hale-Bopp was one of the most dusty comets. The average UC-BC and BC-RC colours of the dust were −0.02 and 0.13 mag, respectively. The polarization of comet Hale-Bopp at small phase angles of 4.8–13.0° was in good agreement with the date for comet P1/Halley at the same phase angles in spite of the fact that the heliocentric distances of comments differed nearly twice. However, at intermediate phase angles of 34–49° the polarization of comet Hale-Bopp was significantly larger than the polarization of the other dusty comets. It is the first case of such a large difference found in the continuum polarization of comets. The wavelength dependence of polarization for Hale-Bopp was steeper than for other dusty comets. The observed degree of polarization for the anti-sunward side of the coma was permanently higher than that for the sunward shell side. The polarization phase dependence of Hale-Bopp is discussed and compared with the polarization curves for other dusty comets. The peculiar polarimetric properties of comet Hale-Bopp are most likely caused by an over-abundance of small or/and absorbing dust particles in the coma. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

聚苯乙烯微塑料与铜离子单一和复合污染对THP-1细胞的DNA损伤效应研究

采用单细胞凝胶电泳实验研究了不同浓度的Cu²⁺(10、50、100、500、1 000、2 500、5 000μg/L)和不同粒径(0.1、0.2、0.3、0.5、0.7、1.0、2.0μm)、不同浓度(1、10、15、20、25 mg/mL)的聚苯乙烯微塑料对人单核细胞白血病(Human Acute Monocytic Leukemia, THP-1)细胞的DNA损伤效应,结果表明:单一污染时,Cu²⁺(≥50μg/L)对THP-1细胞的DNA损伤极显著(p<0.01)。而且,DNA损伤值随Cu²⁺浓度的增大而增加。2.0μm粒径的聚苯乙烯微塑料(10 mg/mL)对THP-1细胞产生明显的DNA损伤效应。复合污染作用下对THP-1细胞的DNA损伤效应,相比单一污染明显增强,而且DNA损伤值比单一污染的理论加和值高。本研究表明Cu²⁺和聚苯乙烯微塑料均对DNA产生损伤效应,显示一定的基因毒性,二者复合对损伤具有交互增强的作用。