脉冲星旋转磁偶极场的线偏振位置角曲线

1967年发现第一颗脉冲星以来,在用于解释线偏振位置角随脉冲相位变化曲线的旋转矢量模型中,脉冲星磁场通常被近似为静态磁偶极场.但静态磁偶极场假设过于简化,未考虑推迟势效应.文章采用从推迟势导出的旋转真空磁偶极场,研究了在脉冲星磁场为旋转磁偶极场位形下的线偏振位置角曲线.在计算辐射的相位、余纬角和偏振位置角过程中考虑了光行差效应和延迟效应.相比旋转矢量模型的结果,旋转磁偶极场偏振位置角曲线在大磁倾角、碰撞角,或靠近磁轴的内层磁力线上有显著的变形.其与磁力线层等参数的依赖关系避免了传统旋转矢量模型的简并问题--在给定磁倾角和碰撞角情况下所有层磁力线的偏振位置角曲线都一样,这为通过拟合射电偏振观测数据来分辨不同层的辐射,从而限定脉冲星辐射区部位提供了一条有用的途径.     

木卫一等离子体环中冷热离子的轨迹

通过模拟木卫一等离子体环中冷热离子的轨迹来分析离心力对冷热离子作用的大小,说明冷离子在离心力的约束下沿着磁力线来回反射,不可能进入木星大气层,而离心力对热离子运动的影响不大.木卫一等离子体环主要由高密度的冷等离子体组成,因此还需要一个能使冷离子离开木卫一等离子体环进入木星大气层的机制,使它能够引发木卫一尾迹极光的发射.     

Rossby涡旋的旋转浅水实验模拟及模型方程解

在具有自由表面的旋转抛物面浅水实验系统上进行了可重复的系列模拟实验，在旋转随动坐标系中拍摄的照片和功率谱分析表明，确有大尺度持续存在的涡旋产生、漂移与演化。受多次实验的启发，从流体动力学基本方程出发，在一定的实验条件下提出一个半经验模型，近拟求出了Rossby弧立波涡旋解。     

Nonlinear dispersive scale Alfvén waves inmagnetosphere-ionosphere coupling: Physical processes and simulation results

Dispersive Alfvén waves(DAWs)have been demonstrated to play a significant role in auroral generation of the magnetosphereionosphere coupling system.Starting from a two fluid reduced MHD model,we summarize the frequency,temporal and spatial characteristics of magnetospheric DAWs.Then,the nonlinear kinetic and inertial scale Alfveén waves are studied,and we review some theoretical aspects and simulation results of dispersive Alfve′n waves in Earth’s magnetosphere.It is shown that dispersive standing Alfve′n waves can generate the field-aligned currents which transport energy into the auroral ionosphere,where it is dissipated by Joule heating and energy lost due to electron precipitation.The Joule dissipation can heat the ionospheric electron and produce changes in the ionospheric Pedersen conductivity.As a feedback,the conducting ionosphere can also strongly affect the magnetospheric currents. The ponderomotive force can cause the plasma to move along the field line,and generate ionospheric density cavity.The nonlinear structuring can lead to a dispersive scale to accelerate auroral particle,and the Alfvn waves can be trapped within the density cavity. Finally,we show the nonlinear decay of dispersive Alfvén waves related to two anti-propagating electron fluxes observed in the auroral zone.     

Dependence of magnetic field just inside the magnetopause on subsolar standoff distance: Global MHD results

The subsolar magnetopause is the boundary between the solar wind and the Earth’s magnetosphere,where reduced solar wind dynamic pressure is equal to the magnetic pressure of the Earth’s outer magnetosphere.We use a global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)model to estimate the ratio f of the compressed magnetic field just inside the subsolar magnetopause to the purely dipolar magnetic field.We also compare our numerical results to a similar work by Shue,which used Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms(THEMIS)data.Our results show that the ratio f is linearly proportional to the subsolar magnetopause standoff distance(r0)for both the northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field,properties consistent with Shue but with a smaller proportionality constant.However,previous theoretical studies show that f is nearly independent of the subsolar standoff distance.The global model results also show that f is smaller for the southward Interplanetary Magnetic Field(IMF)under the same r0,and that the proportionality constant for the southward IMF is larger than that for the northward IMF.Both conclusions agree with statistical results from observations by Shue.     

火星探测研究结果分析

火星是地球的近邻,很多方面的特征与地球相似.有观点认为,火星是地球的未来,即地球经过长期演化,其内部机构、地表和空间环境可能会变成火星现在的状况.因而在与地球比较的基础上,开展火星探测和研究,不仅对于探索火星及其空间的奥秘,而且对于认识地球都有重要的意义.本文对空间飞行器所取得的有关火星的探测结果(包括火星内部结构和火星表面、火星大气、火星电离层和磁层,以及太阳风与火星的相互作用等)进行了分析和概述,内容涉及火星内部化学成分、火星岩石中的元素、火星表面地形和尘暴,火星大气的光化学过程、火星大气的季节变化和大气中的同位素,火星上过去全球尺度的磁场和现在的局域强磁场观测,火星全球尺度偶极磁场的可能反转,太阳风与火星电离层相互作用所形成的感应型磁层等科学问题.结合目前火星探测和研究的现状,对火星研究的主要科学问题和意义进行了简单描述.     

Statistical survey on the magnetic field in magnetotail current sheets: Cluster observations

The distribution properties of the magnetic field in magnetotail current sheets have been explored statistically with the magnetic measurement data of the Cluster mission from June to November of the years 2001–2005. It is found that, on average, the strength of the magnetic field and its B_z component in the current sheet are weaker in the region close to midnight but stronger near the dawnside and duskside flanks, which implies that, in general, a thinner current sheet occurs near midnight and thicker ones near both flanks. The occurrence of tail current sheet flapping is higher on both flanks than in the midnight region, although it is most frequent in the dawn flank. Current sheets with a negative B_z component or a strong B_y component have a higher probability of occurring at magnetic local times of 21:00–01:00, indicating that magnetic activity, e.g. magnetic reconnection and current disruption occur more frequently there. Statistically, the probability distributions of the B_y component and the tilt angle of magnetic field lines in the current sheet are approximately normal distributions, and the occurrence probability of the flattened current sheet is about one third that of the normal current sheet. The magnetic field and B_z component in the current sheet mainly vary from 1 nT to 10 nT. The B_y component in the tail central current sheet is on average twice the IMF B_y at 1 AU.