Stochastic Particle Acceleration in Blazar Jets

1 INTRoDUCTIONB1azars are rwho-loud AGNs characterized by emissions of strong and raPidiy wriablenOllthermal radiation over the elltire electromagntic spectrum. Syndritron ehasha followedby inverse ComPton scattering in a re1aivistic jet and beamd inio one directiOn is generallythought to be the IneCha8m powering these Objects (Kollgaard 1994; Urry & Paded 1995).All blazars have a sPectral energy distribution (SED) with tWO peak8 in a uFv rePesentation(von Montigny et al. 1995; S…     

PLASMA CORTISOL AND GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE STRIPED MULLET (MUGIL CEPHALUS L.) SUBJECTED TO INTENSE HANDLING STRESS

The plasma cortisol and glucose concentrations were determined in mature female striped mullet (Mugil cephalus L . ) subjected to short term intense handling stress . The results indicated that plasma cortisol levels reached a peak 20 min after stress and declined gradually afterwards . The highest concentration of plasma glucose was observed 30 min after stress . The present study showed that the rise of plasma glucose was associated with the plasma cortisol levels .     

On the periodic variations of geomagnetic activity indices Ap and ap

Yearly averages of geomagnetic activity indices Ap for the years 1967–1984 are compared to the respective averages of v² · B_s, where v is the solar wind velocity and B_s is the southward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) component. The correlation of both quantities is known to be rather good. Comparing the averages of Ap with v² and B_s separately we find that, during the declining phase of the solar cycle, v² and during the ascending phase B_s have more influence on Ap. According to this observation (using Fourier spectral analysis) the semiannual and 27 days, Ap variations for the years 1932–1993 were analysed separately for years before and after sunspot minima. Only those time-intervals before sunspot minima with a significant 27-day recurrent period of the IMF sector structure and those intervals after sunspot minima with a significant 28–28.5-day recurrent period of the sector structure were used. The averaged spectra of the two Ap data sets clearly show a period of 27 days before and a period of 28–29 days after sunspot minimum. Moreover, the phase of the average semiannual wave of Ap is significantly different for the two groups of data: the Ap variation maximizes near the equinoxes during the declining phase of the sunspot cycle and near the beginning of April and October during the ascending phase of the sunspot cycle, as predicted by the Russell-McPherron (R-M) mechanism. Analysing the daily variation of ap in an analogue manner, the same equinoctial and R-M mechanisms are seen, suggesting that during phases of the solar cycle, when ap depends more on the IMF-B_s component, the R-M mechanism is predominant, whereas during phases when ap increases as v increases the equinoctial mechanism is more likely to be effective.     

Simultaneous optical and radar signatures of poleward-moving auroral forms

Dayside poleward moving auroral forms (PMAFs) were detected between 06:30 and 07:00 UT on December 16, 1998, by the meridian scanning photometer and the all-sky camera at Ny Ålesund, Svalbard. Simultaneous SuperDARN HF radar measurements permitted the study of the associated ionospheric velocity pattern. A good general agreement is observed between the location and movement of velocity enhancements (flow channels) and the PMAFs. Clear signatures of equatorward flow were detected in the vicinity of PMAFs. This flow is believed to be the signature of a return flow outside the reconnected flux tube, as predicted by the Southwood model. The simulated signatures of this model reproduce globally the measured signatures, and differences with the experimental data can be explained by the simplifications of the model. Proposed schemes of the flow modification due to the presence of several flow channels and the modification of cusp and region 1 field-aligned currents at the time of sporadic reconnection events are shown to fit well with the observations.     

The role of a magnetic field in the formation of jet-like features in the crab nebula

The toroidal magnetic field frozen in the relativistic plasma ejected by pulsars must play a significant role in the formation of jet-like features observed in the central parts of plerions. We performed a semiquantitative analysis and calculations of the plasma flow in a plerion using the perturbation theory. We show that for the latitudinal magnetic-field distribution expected during the interaction of the pulsar wind with the interstellar medium, the magnetic field will have an appreciable effect on the flow primarily near the rotation axis. In the equatorial region, the effect of the magnetic field is negligible up to distances of 7r_sh.     

极隙区极光粒子沉降对电离层影响的模拟研究

利用一维自洽的时变极区电离层模型,研究极隙区极光粒子沉降对极区电离层F层电子密度影响的时变过程。假设一维时变电离层模型描述的磁流管中F层等离子体在对流作用下经过极隙区,随对流路径的不同,磁流管在极隙区经历的时间不同,以此考察极光粒子沉降作用下电离层随时间的演化过程。数值计算结果表明,当磁流管在极隙区停留的时间足够长,F层电子密度能显著增大。然而在磁流管经历极隙区实际时间较短的情况下,极隙区极光粒子沉降对F层电子密度的影响并不大。本文还给出了统计对流模型作用下磁流管在经历极隙区时,有沉降粒子作用和没有沉降粒子作用两种情况下,F层等离子体的时间变化过程的差异。     

电感耦合等离子体光谱法测定农业地质调查土壤样品中铈的不确定度评定

采用《测量不确定度评定与表示指南》，以等离子体发射光谱法测定土壤中的稀土元素铈为例，对测定结果进行不确定度评定。分析了不确定度的重要来源，包括溶液制备过程中引入的不确定度、样品称量引入的不确定度、标准物质外标法测量不确定度及仪器重复测定的不确定度。提供了引入不确定度各参数的采集和计算方法，对各不确定度分量进行分析计算，最后合成标准不确定度，通过乘以95％概率下的扩展因子2，获得测量结果的扩展不确定度。     

The ionospheric signature of transient dayside reconnection and the associated pulsed convection return flow

Three SuperDARN coherent HF radars are employed to investigate the excitation of convection in the dayside high-latitude ionosphere in response to transient reconnection occurring in the cusp region. This study demonstrates the existence of transient antisunward-propagating backscatter features at the expected location of the ionospheric footprint of the cusp region, which have a repetition rate near 10 min. These are interpreted as the ionospheric signature of flux transfer events. Moreover, transient sunward-propagating regions of backscatter are observed in the convection return flow regions of both the pre- and post-noon sectors. These patches are observed to propagate towards the noon sector from at least as far around the auroral zone as 07 MLT in the pre-noon sector and 17 MLT in the post-noon sector, travelling with a veloCity of approximately 1.5 to 2 km s⁻¹. These return flow patches have a repetition rate similar to that of the transient features observed at local noon. While providing supporting evidence for the impulsive nature of convection flow, the observation of sunward-propagating features in the return flow region is not consistent with current conceptual models of the excitation of convection.     

强场和弱场侧超声分子束注入对加料的影响

报道了HL-2A装置最新的实验结果,讨论并研究了超声分子束的注入位置对分子束在等离子体中的消融和穿透的影响,其中包括电离后的分子束粒子在磁场梯度作用和 E × B 漂移下的加速或减速及由此形成的冷通道效应.研究结果表明,磁场梯度和 E × B 漂移对于超声分子束的加料效果、消融和穿透有着重要的作用.强场侧注入可使电离后的电子和离子更深地进入等离子体芯部.这些研究对于更好地理解超声分子束与等离子体的相互作用和优化设计加料系统有一定作用.     

基于等离子体增强化学气相沉积技术的光电子器件多层抗反膜的设计和制作

针对光电子器件端面抗反镀膜的要求,研究了基于等离子体增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)技术的多层抗反膜的设计和制作.首先,对影响SiN_x折射率的因素进行了实验研究,确定了具有大折射率差的SiO₂/SiN_x材料的PECVD沉积条件.根据理论计算分析,设计了四层SiO₂/SiN_x抗反膜结构,能够在70 nm的波长范围内实现低于10^-4的反射率