等离子体鞘层效应对磁层探测电场仪设计的影响

在空间环境探测中,卫星与等离子体的相互作用会改变背景环境的粒子和电位的分布,从而影响探测器对空间电场的测量.为了给磁层卫星电场探测仪器的研制和设计提供参考,本文以中国未来的磁层电离层探测为背景,针对不同轨道高度的等离子体环境,利用SPIS（Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software）模拟了卫星平台和探针与等离子体的相互作用,从而得到了不同环境下卫星周围等离子体鞘层的厚度,以及探针电位与电流的对应关系.模拟结果表明:由于光电子和二次电子的影响,卫星鞘层的厚度小于等离子体的德拜半径,且温度越高其偏差越大;模拟得到的探针表面电流与电位的关系表明,施加偏置电流的探针可明显提高对电流扰动的抗干扰能力.此外,估计了不同轨道高度上探针处于最佳工作点时应施加偏置电流的大小.      

用发射探针确定等离子体空间电位的实验研究

实验研究了空间电荷对发射探针确定等离子体空间电位的影响,探讨确定等离子体空间电位的可靠方法。结果表明,发射探针之统发射电流趋于零之点更接近于等离子体的空间电位。      

离子发动机羽流空间电位诊断

离子发动机羽流空间电位分布不合理可能会造成一系列问题,以至于影响航天器的正常工作。试验使用发射探针对20 cm氙离子发动机束流区等离子体空间电位进行诊断,测点选取轴向距离发动机出口平面250～900 mm,径向0～450 mm,探针钨丝直径0.1 mm,加热电流1.5～2.5 A。发射探针诊断建立在电子热发射基础上,因其I-V曲线拐点较朗缪尔探针更为明显,所以测量得到的空间电位分布更为准确。国外已经广泛使用发射探针测量等离子体空间电位,发射探针的试验数据处理方法仍存在较大分歧。从发射探针工作时的物理过程着手,分析热电子发射多少对空间电位诊断结果的影响,采用不同的探针I-V曲线处理方法并对各种方法利弊进行讨论,分析偏离真实空间电位的原因,比较得到较为合理的结果,对发射探针的结构改造和加热电流的选取提供依据,为发动机性能的改善和羽流仿真模型提供参考。     

自旋平台双球型电场仪数据校正方法

双球型电场仪通过测量两探针的电势差和间距获得空间电场.当电场仪应用于自旋平台时,因柔性伸杆扰动带来的双球位置偏差会影响电场计算结果.本文提出一种利用自旋平台上两个电探针的电场探测自洽特性对探针位置进行校正的方法,实现了对双球型电场仪在轨数据的校正.对探空火箭电场仪的实测数据处理过程是在消除平台对电场仪的干扰后,使用所提出的校正方法对测量电场的矢量大小和方向进行校正.通过将修正结果与未校正数据和理论模型数据进行对比,验证了方法的有效性.      

太阳风——磁层相互作用的磁流体力学数值模拟研究

磁层位于地球空间的最外层, 太阳风与磁层的相互作用是空间天气变化因果链中承上启下的关键环节, 是揭示地球空间天气基本规律的关键科学课题. 地球空间由于时变、多成分、多自由度的关联相互作用,使得传统的理论分析变得非常困难. 数值模拟作为近几十年发展起来的一个新的研究手段,对地球空间的理论和应用研究产生了深刻的影响. 国际上磁层的全球MHD数值模拟工作开始于20世纪70年代末, 最初的研究局限于二维空间. 由于磁层内在的三维特性, 20世纪80年代三维MHD数值模拟工作兴起. 本文简要说明了三维全球磁层MHD (磁流体力学)研究的特点及现状, 给出了三维全球磁层模型的基本框架, 综述了行星际激波与磁层相互作用、大尺度电流体系、重联电压和越极电位、磁层顶K-H不稳定性等方面的太阳风--磁层相互作用的MHD数值模拟的研究进展.      

地球磁尾的电场模式

地球磁层中的电场是磁层等离子体运动的主要驱动力。目前常用的磁层电场为均匀晨昏电场和投影电场。本文假定磁力线为电场的等位线，地球电离层电场看做磁层电场沿磁力线在电离层的投影。利用Tsyganenko磁场模式（T89），沿磁力线反电离层电场投影到磁尾，得到了一个新的磁层电场模式。文中对偶极磁场和T89磁场模式下的投影场作了比较，说明本模式突破了偶极磁场的局限，在磁层有更大的适用范围。     

电场的标定方法

介绍了球载双球式电场仪、微火箭电场仪和地面旋转式电场仪等3种仪器的标定方法.电场涉及空间物理、空间环境和雷电及地震等多种自然现象的特征参数,对电场的探测或监测应用日益广泛.在我国目前尚未建立电场的国家标准和军用标准的情况下,通过研制的较简易的电场标定系统,对不同结构的电场仪进行标定,均获得了与理论计算相符的结果,为电场测量数据的可信度提供了依据.      

空间粒子探测器中一种微电流测量电路设计

为了实现对空间粒子探测器中弱电流的测量,设计了以I-V变换、电压线性放大、二阶低通滤波和带阻滤波为主要结构的弱电流测量电路。通过I-V变换原理分析,为使电流信号尽量无失真地转变为电压信号,提出了选用高输入阻抗、高准确度的运放来构成I-V变换电路。根据弱电流的特性,从电路结构、参数设计方面,讨论了电路中噪声抑制和隔离的措施,来提高测量电路的性能。以高准确度运算放大器为核心部件,完成整个实际电路。该电路测量范围为10-7A^10-12A,最小可分辨电流为10-13A,响应时间不超过5ms,还具有漂移低、稳定性好以及价格低廉的优点。     

中性原子成像探测的物理设计与仿真

研究了磁层-电离层-热层耦合星座(MIT)卫星计划中高能中性原子成像仪(NAIS-H)探测方案的原理设计和模拟仿真. 以双星中性原子成像仪设计思想为基础,依据MIT卫星计划的总体科学目标和磁层卫星的轨道环境及相应自旋姿态,给出中性原子成像仪的技术架构,并针对地磁偶极场的环电流模型进行了模拟仿真. 仿真结果表明,所研制的NAIS-H以其高时空分辨能力适用于监测和反演磁暴期间磁层等离子体的全球动力学过程.      

冷而密的等离子体片及其对磁尾等离子体片分布特性的影响

地球磁尾等离子体片在太阳风-磁层耦合过程中起着重要的作用，其中冷而密的等离子体片是地磁活动平静期太阳风等离子体进入磁层的重要区域.以往的研究通常没有利用局地探测数据针对冷而密的等离子体片发生率在地心太阳磁层坐标系（GSM）中xy平面分布的统计分析.本文利用GEOTAIL卫星1996-2016年的局地测量数据，给出了等离子体片密度、温度及冷而密的等离子体片发生率的二维分布.与温度具有晨昏对称分布不同，等离子体片数密度呈现明显的晨昏不对称性，并且冷而密的等离子体片发生率在晨侧较高.      

Controlling factors of Region 2 field-aligned current and its relationship to the ring current: Model results

One essential component of magnetosphere and ionosphere coupling is the closure of the ring current through Region 2 field-aligned current (FAC). Using the Comprehensive Ring Current Model (CRCM), which includes magnetosphere and ionosphere coupling by solving the kinetic equation of ring current particles and the closure of the electric currents between the two regions, we have investigated the effects of high latitude potential, ionospheric conductivity, plasma sheet density and different magnetic field models on the development of Region 2 field-aligned currents, and the relationship between R2 FACs and the ring current. It is shown that an increase in high latitude potential, ionospheric conductivity or plasma sheet density generally results in an increase in Region 2 FACs’ intensity, but R2 FACs display different local time and latitudinal distributions for changes in each parameter due to the different mechanisms involved. Our simulation results show that the magnetic field configuration of the inner magnetosphere is also an important factor in the development of Region 2 field-aligned current. More numerical experiments and observational results are needed in further our understanding of the complex relationship of the two current systems.     

Bow shock: Power aspects

It is clear that the primary energy source for magnetospheric processes is the solar wind, but the process of energy transfer from the solar wind into the magnetosphere, or rather, to convecting magnetospheric plasma, appears to be rather complicated. Bow shock is a powerful transformer of the solar wind kinetic energy into the gas dynamic and electromagnetic energy. A jump of the magnetic field tangential component at front crossing means that the front carries an electric current. The solar wind kinetic energy partly transforms to gas kinetic and electromagnetic energy during its passage through the bow shock front. The transition layer (magnetosheath) can use part of this energy for accelerating of plasma, but can conversely spend part its kinetic energy on the electric power generation, which afterwards may be used by the magnetosphere. Thereby, transition layer can be both consumer (sink) and generator (source) of electric power depending upon special conditions. The direction of the current behind the bow shock front depends on the sign of the IMF Bz-component. It is this electric current which sets convection of plasma in motion.     

Probing the magnetosphere with artificial electron beams

Since 1970 the Minnesota group has completed five sounding rocket experiments in which electron beams were injected into the magnetosphere at ionospheric heights and the interaction of the beams with the nearby and distant magnetosphere studied. By the technique of precisely locating conjugate region beam echoes the distant electric and magnetic field structures were studied by mapping into the local ionosphere. Ionospheric fields were measured directly for comparison. Subjects studied included gradient and curvature drifts, electric field drifts, electron pitch angle diffusion and other types of interactions with the tail plasma sheet region and the nearby ionosphere and atmosphere. The beams were also studied by plasma wave and ground-based electromagnetic detectors, by ground-based low light level television techniques and by extensive on-board rocket x-ray, photometer and particle detectors. Vehicle potentials and neutralizing processes and beam-ionosphere interactions have also been studied but will not be discussed in this paper.     

用数值模拟的方法研究磁暴主相期间影响环电流分布特征的要素

环电流是距离地心2～7 Re的带电粒子围绕地球西向漂移形成的.环电流的增强将引起全球磁场的降低,反映了地磁暴的强度.磁暴主相期间,对流电场驱动等离子体片中的能量粒子经历E×B漂移与俘获注入环电流,进入损失锥的粒子沉降到大气中.本文采用磁暴主相期间环电流离子分布的模型,结合上述因素研究不同离子能量下对流电场对环电流离子通量的直接影响,以及强弱对流电场下环电流能量离子投掷角的变化,并从物理上阐述造成此种通量分布特性的原因.      

Kinetic theory of the current sheath. I. On polarization of an equilibrium current sheath

The basic theme of this paper is the investigation of the polarizing electric fields caused by anisotropy of thermal plasma of a current sheath. The paper provides a generalization of the equilibrium distribution function of the current sheath (Harris function) to the case of temperature anisotropy of plasma along and across the sheath. It appears that solution of the electroneutral equilibrium represents a narrow class of solutions and is true only for certain relations between the parameters of the problem. In the general case, the plasma of a stationary current sheath is polarized. The structure of the current sheath of a magnetosphere tail is investigated with regard to the effect of polarization, and profiles of the polarization electric fields are obtained. This field should be taken into account in the study of current sheath stability.     

Outstanding issues in understanding the dynamics of the inner plasma sheet and ring current during storms and substorms

The paper deals with five selected issues of the dynamical coupling of the near-Earth plasma sheet and magnetosphere, (1) substorm initiation, (2) dipolarization, (3) pressure release of the outer magnetosphere via the auroral energy conversion process, (4) magnetization of the very high beta plasma assembling at the inner edge of the tail, and (5) penetration of energetic particles into the ring current below L 4. One outstanding and strongly debated subject is not discussed here, the origin of the substorm current wedge. The main conclusions (or personal preferences) are: (1) the substorm is initiated by formation of a near-Earth neutral line; (2) dipolarization occurs through magnetic flux transport by the earthward reconnection flow and not by current diffusion; (3) the auroral energy conversion process, the “auroral pressure valve”, contributes substantially to the pressure release during the substorms; (4) high beta ( 10) plasma breaks up into smaller scale blobs under slow magnetization; and (5) deep and prolonged penetration of hot plasma sheet plasma into the middle magnetosphere produces currents and electric fields which lead to the growth of the storm-time ring current.     

Plasma convection model and generation of longitudinal currents in the earth's magnetosphere

The aim of this paper is to investigate processes in the magnetosphere and in particular the problems of the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetic field to produce large-scale convection, electric fields and longitudinal currents in the magnetosphere. The investigation is carried out in the frame of magnetic hydrodynamics. The reason for such an approach can be found in /1/. When calculating the transfer coefficients, the Böhm approximation is used, i.e. it is considered that the plasma in the near-equatorial part of the magnetosphere (quasiplanar geometry is used in the problem for simplification) is sufficiently turbulent that the condition ωτ ≈ 1 is valid (ω is the Larmor frequency of electrons, τ is effective time between two Quasi-collisions). The main subjects of investigation in this paper are the input near the equatorial boundary layer and the plasma layer of the magnetosphere tail.     

会切磁场推力器低频振荡特性

针对会切磁场推力器的低频振荡特性,将推力器的工作模式分为高电流模式和低电流模式,在此基础上研究了低频振荡随工作参数和磁场位形的变化特性,并针对推力系统外回路对低频振荡的影响进行了研究。结果表明,在高质量流量下,随着放电电压的增加,会切磁场推力器的工作模式从高电流模式转换为低电流模式。在高电流模式下,放电电流具有高振幅、低频率的特征,羽流比较模糊,并且电流振荡幅值随着放电电压增大呈先增大后降低的趋势,而对应的振荡频率随着放电电压的增大而增大。在低电流模式下,放电电流具有低振幅、高频率的特征,羽流有两条明显的亮线,并且电流振荡幅值和频率均随放电电压的增大而增大。在不同工况下,随着质量流量增大,放电电流振荡幅值和频率均呈现增大的趋势。研究还发现,外回路中的电阻和电感对低频振荡起到一定的抑制作用,而电容对低频振荡的影响并不明显。     

On the effect of near-equatorial thunderstorms on the global distribution of ionospheric potential

We develop our earlier attempts to perform an indirect quantitative examination of the hypothesis that electric currents flowing up from thunderstorms to the ionosphere (also known as Wilson currents) charge the ionosphere to a large positive potential with respect to the Earth. First, we take the electrostatic potential arising from the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth’s magnetosphere derived from an experimental data-based model of the high-latitude field-aligned currents. We then obtain the global distribution of ionospheric potential, utilizing a thin shell model, based on integration along field lines of the current continuity equation with a realistic model of ionospheric conductivity. Next, we include additional upward currents to simulate the effect of the three main thunderstorm regions over equatorial Asia/Oceania, Africa and the Americas. We compare the local time variation of the eastward electric field in the ionosphere produced by these three equatorial sources separately, and seek to understand the substantial differences between them. Finally, we examine the variation with local time of the eastward electric field in the ionosphere at low latitudes.