Morphology and physics of short-period magnetic pulsations

This review is devoted to the main problems of experimental and theoretical investigations of geoelectromagnetic waves in the frequency range from 0.1 to 5 Hz. These waves constitute the short-period subclass of so-called geomagnetic pulsations. The short-period pulsations are represented by Pc1, Pc2, Pi1, Ipdp types and some subclassifications. The understanding of the pulsation mechanisms provides an insight into the structure and dynamics of the Earth's magnetosphere. We focus our attention on Pc1 pearl pulsations and on the classical (evening) Ipdp, for which basic physical concepts have been established. Other types and varieties are outlined also, but in less detail. In these cases, the physical mechanism is not always clear (as, for example, in the case of morning Ipdp), and/or the morphology is still to be determined carefully (Pc2 and discrete signals in polar cusps as typical examples).Short-period pulsations are a spontaneous, sporadic phenomenon which undergo a certain evolution in the course of a magnetic storm. We consider the storm-time variation as a natural background, and we use this background to collect the information about the pulsations in an orderly manner. At the same time, together with the transient storm-time variation of pulsation activity, quasi-periodic variations take place, which are connected with the Earth's and Sun's rotation, Earth's orbital motion and solar cycle activity. The study of these regular variations allows us to have a new approach to the mechanisms of excitation and propagation of short-period geomagnetic pulsations.     

Waves in space plasmas: Highlights of a Conference held in Hawaii, 7–11 February 1983

The Conference was called to bring together investigators of magnetospheric plasma waves having frequencies from VLF whistlers and emissions down through ELF and ULF to Pc5 long period pulsations. The emphasis was on the physics and techniques underlying the entire frequency range. Topics included wave electron interactions and electron precipitation, ray tracing and other methods to track down sources of VLF and ULF waves, VLF-ULF relationships, heavy ion effects in ULF propagation, and long period ULF waves.     

Fluctuating magnetic fields in the magnetosphere

The study of Extremely-Low-Frequency (ELF) and Very-Low-Frequency (VLF) waves in space has been intensively pursued in the past decade. Search coil magnetometers, magnetic loop antennas, and electric dipole antennas have been carried on board many spacecraft. The measurements performed by these instruments have revealed a multitude of wave phenomena, whose study in turn is providing a wealth of information on the physics of the magnetospheric and ionospheric plasma. Two classes of wave phenomena are observed: whistlers and emissions. The observed whistler phenomena include: multiple hop ducted whistlers, ion-cutoff whistlers, ion cyclotron whistlers, subprotonospheric whistlers, magnetospherically reflected whistlers and walking trace whistlers.The emissions observed at high altitudes near the magnetic equator differ in many respects from those observed at low altitudes near the ionosphere. At high altitudes, inside the plasmasphere ELF hiss is the dominant emission and outside the plasmasphere chorus is the dominant emission. Also seen is a sub-LHR hiss band in the outer plasmasphere near the equator, and high pass noise and broadband noise in the outer nightside magnetosphere. At low altitude both ELF hiss and chorus are present but, here, ELF hiss is the dominant emission even outside the plasmasphere. Additional emissions, specific to low altitudes, such as VLF hiss and LHR noise are also observed. Although the observations of these phenomena by spacecraft have been complemented by many ground-based and rocket borne studies as well as by spacecraft observations of man-made signals, this paper reviews only satellite observations of signals of natural origin.     

Experimental Aspects of Mid-Frequency Pulsations (f≈10–100 mHz) in the Southern Polar Cap

We review the results obtained in the frequency range of Pc3 (22-100 mHz) and Pc4 (7-22 mHz) pulsations at Italian Antarctic stations in the southern polar cap (“Mario Zucchelli”, at Terra Nova Bay, TNB, 80^˚.S; “Concordia”, the Italian/French base at Dome C, DMC, 89^˚.S). The absence of a midnight enhancement in the pulsation power suggests a negligible substorm influence at extreme latitudes, while the sharp noon enhancement, which appears only at TNB, is determined by the closer proximity of the station to cusp related phenomena. The relationship between the frequency of the band-limited signals and the interplanetary magnetic field strength, the cone angle influence, and the higher correlation of the Pc3 power with the solar wind speed in the morning hours suggest a global scenario in which upstream waves would be mainly responsible for the mid-frequency activity in the polar cap. However, the polarization pattern is odd with respect to the predictions for tailward propagating modes.     

Long-period irregular magnetic pulsation,Pi3

In the 1973 Scientific Assembly, the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy proposed with Resolution No. 11 to settle two new classes of magnetic pulsations; Pc6 having a sinusoidal waveform with periods longer than 600 s and Pi3 having an irregular waveform with periods longer than 150 s. The present paper reviews the studies on these pulsations putting a stress on Pi3. the Pi3-type pulsations are further classified into Psc5, Psc6, Pip, Ps6 and another type. The pulsations Psc5 and Psc6 mean the damped-type pulsations associating with storm sudden commencement in the approximate period range from 150 to 600 s and longer than 600 s, respectively, while Pip and Ps6 are the quasi-sinusoidal pulsations associating with magnetospheric substorm in the appropriate period range from 100 to 400 s and from 5 to 40 min, respectively. In the present review paper a stress is further layed on morphology and theory of the Ps6-type Pi3 pulsation. The following two-snake model is concluded to be plausible. A current system with in-flowing field-aligned current, westward ionospheric current, and out-flowing field-aligned current expands toward both the dawn- and the dusk-sectors with the progress of magnetospheric substorm. Thus Ps6 is regarded to be due to a magnetic effect of a meandering of the current system during the expansion, which is compared with the meandering of two snakes along the auroral oval from the midnight point toward both the east and the west, respectively.     

Fluctuating magnetic fields in the magnetosphere

The study of ULF waves in space has been in progress for about 12 years. However, because of numerous observational difficulties the properties of the waves in this frequency band (10^-3 to 1 Hz) are poorly known. These difficulties include the nature of satellite orbits, telemetry limitations on magnetometer frequency response and compromises between dynamic range and resolution. Despite the paucity of information, there is increasing recognition of the importance of these measurements in magnetospheric processes. A number of recent theoretical papers point out the roles such waves play in the dynamic behavior of radiation belt particles.At the present time the existing satellite observations of ULF waves suggest that the level of geomagnetic activity controls the types of waves which occur within the magnetosphere. Consequently, we consider separately quiet times, times of magnetospheric substorms and times of magnetic storms. Within each of these categories there are distinctly different wave modes distinguished by their polarization: either transverse or parallel to the ambient field. In addition, these wave phenomena occur in distinct frequency bands. In terms of the standard nomenclature of ground micropulsation studies ULF wave types observed in the magnetosphere include quiet time transverse — Pc 1, Pc 3, Pc 4, Pc 5 quiet time compressional — Pc 1 and Pi 1; substorm compressional Pi 1 and Pi 2; storm transverse — Pc 1; storm compressional Pc 4, 5. The satellite observations are not yet sufficient to determine whether the various bands identified in the ground data are equally appropriate in space.Publication No. 982. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024.     

Observations of the interplanetary plasma

Observations bearing on the nature and properties of the interplanetary plasma are reviewed, and consideration is given to possible fruitful directions for further work. The observations are classified according as they involve traditional (comet tail, optical, geomagnetic, cosmic ray), radio (solar noise, radar, radio-source scattering and scintillation, space-probe transmission) or direct (space-probe) measurements. A fairly complete set of references up to September 1967 is given for the cases of comet tail, radar, radio-source scattering and scintillation, and space-probe measurements.An important development concerns observations of the composition of the solar wind. High-resolution measurements of the positive ion energy per charge spectra have been made using the Vela-3 satellites (Bame et al., 1968). Ionic components other than H⁺ and He⁺⁺ have been detected, notably the various ions of oxygen, O⁺⁵, O⁺⁶, O⁺⁷, (Hundhausen et al., 1968). A promising technique for unambiguously distinguishing H⁺ and He⁺⁺ ions, based on velocity as well as energy per unit charge, has been flown successfully on the satellite IMP-F by Ogilvie and Williamson (1968).This research was supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (Project DEFENDER) and was monitored by the U.S. Army Research Office — Durham under Contract DA-31-124-ARO-D-257.     

Nonlinear problems of physics of the geomagnetic pulsations

The current state of research involving manifestations of nonlinearity in geomagnetic pulsations is reviewed. Traditionally, the attention of researchers was focused on the effects of resonant interaction of geomagnetic pulsations with small groups of energetic particles, which actually means the study of the quasi-linear relaxation of radiation belt ions, the modulation of auroral electron fluxes, etc. The present review concentrates on the problem of the nonlinear effect influence of pulsations on the backgroud (cold) plasma and on the geomagnetic field. This kind of interaction results in a significant modification of the plasma distribution in the magnetosphere. Self-consistent wave structures—solitons and vortices may occur as well. Such nonlinear effects contribute to physics of geomagnetic pulsations and are also of fundamental importance for general physics. Another set of more narrow problems considered in the review, is related to phenomenological modeling of fluctuational and critical phenomena in the magnetosphere. The essence of our approach is to present the magnetosphere as a black box, whose properties should be determined by the statistical characteristics of its output signals. This approach to phenomenology can be a useful supplement to the methods of microscopic modeling aimed at detecting nonlinear manifestations of geomagnetic pulsations.     

Observations of ion cyclotron waves near synchronous orbit and on the ground

Ion cyclotron waves (hereafter ICW's) generated in the magnetosphere by the ion cyclotron instability of 10–100 keV protons are now known to be the origin of short-period (0.1–5 Hz) electromagnetic field oscillations observed by synchronous spacecraft and on the earth's surface. Observations of the various wave characteristics, including spectral and polarization properties that lead to the identification of generation and propagation mechanisms and regions in the magnetosphere are described with reference to ATS-6, GEOS and ground-based wave data and interpreted using cold plasma propagation theory. The presence of heavy ions (O⁺, He⁺) dramatically modifies ICW magnetospheric propagation characteristics giving rise to spectral slots and polarization reversals. These properties may be used in plasma diagnostics. Finally satellite-ground correlations and techniques for determining the magnetospheric source position of ICW's not seen at synchronous orbit but observed on the ground as structured Pc1 pulsations are considered.     

Some aspects of the low latitude geomagnetic response under different solar wind conditions*

We review some aspects of low latitudes (L≤2) geomagnetic field variations associated with magnetospheric pulsations as well as with continuous and impulsive variations of the solar wind (SW) pressure. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Diagnostics of the magnetosphere and interplanetary medium by means of pulsations

The possibility of diagnostics of the interplanetary magnetic field using the data of ground observations of Pc3, 4 pulsations is investigated. Both empirical and theoretical foundations of this method are discussed. In the shorter-period range (Pc1, Pi1, Ipdp) the methods of qualitative diagnostics of non-stationary processes in the quiet and disturbed magnetosphere are considered. In conclusion, we shall briefly consider the problems, arising when estimating the amplitude of the hydromagnetic waves in the regions of generation.     

雾化气流脉动下乙醇喷雾旋流火焰特性

针对雾化气流脉动条件下乙醇喷雾旋流非稳态燃烧问题,开展了不同雾化流量下乙醇喷雾旋流火焰对雾化气流脉动响应特性的实验研究,揭示了不同脉动频率和脉宽时长下火焰长度和抬升高度的响应特性,获得了乙醇喷雾燃烧在雾化气流脉动条件下的火焰结构、温度分布等动态规律.结果表明:随着雾化流量增加,旋流火焰由附着演化为抬升;此外,雾化气流脉...     

R Coronae Borealis Pulsations

The Cepheid-like pulsations of some of the R CrB stars should in principle make it possible to determine their masses and hence to place constraints on possible evolution scenarios. We briefly review the evidence for these pulsations and discuss the problem of how these low-mass, hydrogen-deficient carbon stars could have evolved to their present position in the H-R diagram. Linear and nonlinear pulsation calculations are reviewed. It is found that for these large luminosity to mass ratio (L/M) stars a region of pulsation instability extends considerably hotter than for normal high luminosity Cepheids. The envelopes of these models are so nonadiabatic that the identification of modes becomes very difficult since there is frequently no clearly defined nodal structure. For the most extreme L/M cases it is found that the models are unstable in the sense that they appear on the verge of ejecting the outer layers.     

Ground-based solar radio observations of the August 1972 events

Ground-based observations of the variable solar radio emission ranging from few millimetres to decametres have been used here as a diagnostic tool to gain coherent phenomenological understanding of the great 2, 4 and 7 August, 1972 solar events in terms of dominant physical processes like generation and propagation of shock waves in the solar atmosphere, particle acceleration and trapping.The basic data used in this review have been collected by many workers throughout the world utilizing a variety of instruments such as fixed frequency radiometers, multi-element interferometers, dynamic spectrum analysers and polarimeters. Four major flares are selected for detailed analysis on the basis of their ability to produce energetic protons, shock waves, polar cap absorptions (PCA) and sudden commencement (SC) geomagnetic storms. A comparative study of their radio characteristics is made. Evidence is seen for the pulsations during microwave bursts by the mechanism similar to that proposed by McLean et al. (1971), to explain the pulsations in the metre wavelength continuum radiation. It is suggested that the multiple peaks observed in some microwave bursts may be attributable to individual flares occurring sequentially due to a single initiating flare. Attempts have been made to establish identification of Type II bursts with the interplanetary shock waves and SC geomagnetic storms. Furthermore, it is suggested that it is the mass behind the shock front which is the deciding factor for the detection of shock waves in the interplanetary space. It appears to us that more work is necessary in order to identify which of the three moving Type IV bursts (Wild and Smerd, 1972), namely, advancing shock front, expanding magnetic arch and ejected plasma blob serves as the piston-driver behind the interplanetary shocks. The existing criteria for proton flare prediction have been summarized and two new criteria have been proposed. Observational limitations of the current ground-based experimental techniques have been pointed out and a suggestion has been made to evolve appropriate observational facilities for solar work before the next Solar Maximum Year (SMY).     

Application of a simplified theory of ELF propagation to a simplified worldwide model of the ionosphere

The approximate theory of ELF propagation in the Earth-ionosphere transmission line described by Booker (1980) is applied to a simplified worldwide model of the D and E regions, and of the Earth's magnetic field. At 1000 Hz by day, reflection is primarily from the gradient on the underside of the D region. At 300 Hz by day, reflection is primarily from the D region at low latitudes, but it is from the E region at high latitudes. Below 100 Hz by day, reflection is primarily from the gradient on the underside of the E region at all latitudes. By night, reflection from the gradient on the topside of the E region is important. There is then a resonant frequency (～ 300 Hz) at which the optical thickness of the E region for the whistler mode is half a wavelength. At the Schumann resonant frequency in the Earth-ionosphere cavity (～ 8 Hz) the nocturnal E region is almost completely transparent for the whistler mode and is semi-transparent for the Alfvén mode. Reflection then takes place from the F region. ELF propagation in the Earth-ionosphere transmission line by night is quite dependent on the magnitude of the drop in ionization density between the E and F regions. Nocturnal propagation at ELF therefore depends significantly on an ionospheric feature whose magnitude and variability are not well understood. A comparison is made with results based on the computer program of the United States Naval Ocean Systems Center.     

Microwave burst of November 17, 1991: Evidence of fragmented particle injection into a coronal loop

The unusual event of November 17, 1991 07:04 UT, observed at 2.5 and 2.85 GHz, is analysed. The event reveals the sophisticated superfine time structure including sudden reductions and quasi-periodic pulsations. We shown that the sudden reductions (30–100 ms) can be driven by upward injected 100 keV electron beams filling the losscone of the coronal magnetic trap. The nonlinear oscillations of Langmuir waves provide the best fit for the pulsation observed. A reduced steady-state level of the pulsation phase is connected with quasi-continuous injection of electrons. The physical parameters of the radio source are found for the event.     

模型燃烧室中值班火焰稳定器的燃烧不稳定性研究

针对值班火焰的燃烧不稳定性问题，通过试验得到了不同当量比工况下的火焰结构、压力脉动信号和热释放脉动信号。对脉动信号进行傅立叶分析，获得了脉动信号的频率和振幅。结果表明，随着当量比增加，火焰形态发生变化，燃烧室内发生了164Hz三阶模态向109Hz二阶模态的转换。对火焰平均结构、火焰瞬态结构和火焰正交分解（POD）结果进行分析后发现，漩涡脱落频率和燃烧室某一阶声学模态耦合是维持燃烧不稳定性的机理，耦合的强弱和漩涡脱落的尺度大小决定了热声振荡的振幅大小，火焰形态的变化导致热释放中心位置的变化是引起模态转换的机理。     

Strong interactions of incident shock wave with boundary layer along compression corner

The coherent structure and instability of the interaction of incident shock wave with boundary layer developing on a compression corner are experimentally studied. The experiments are carried out in a supersonic wind tunnel of Mach number 2. Particular attention is paid to shock patterns and unsteady shock motions induced by the separation bubble. The high-speed schlieren is used to visualize the flowfield evolution and to characterize the instability. The snapshot proper orthogonal decomposition of schlieren sequences is applied to investigate the primary coherent structure in the flowfield. Fast Fourier transform and continuous wavelet transformation are applied to characterize the instability. The results show that there are large-scale low-frequency oscillations of the shock waves and small-scale high-frequency pulsations in the separation region. The peak frequency of shock oscillation is mainly concentrated in the range of 100–1000 Hz. The pulsation of the small flow structure in the separation bubble is mainly concentrated above 12.5 kHz. Based on the results of experimental analysis, the preliminary mechanism of the large-scale instability of such interaction is obtained.     

液体火箭发动机推进剂泵诱导轮与离心轮的匹配

为获得诱导轮离心轮周向匹配的时序效应对离心泵外特性以及压力脉动的影响规律，阐释相关作用机制，采用基于分离涡仿真（DES）的离心泵三维全流道数值仿真方法，引入熵产理论以及压力脉动强度系数等先进分析方法对不同匹配角度下离心泵内能量损失机制及压力脉动特性进行了研究。结果表明：离心轮诱导轮的时序效应对泵外特性有一定的影响，随着匹配角度的增加，扬程和效率均呈现先减小后缓慢增大的趋势，扬程变化为0.8%，效率变化为1.2%，其影响机制由不同匹配角度下叶轮通道分离涡、叶轮叶片尾迹以及靠近隔舌处扩压器通道回流涡变化决定；时序效应对离心轮扩压器动静干涉效应影响显著，当诱导轮叶片尾缘位于离心轮相邻主叶片中间位置时，能够有效消除3倍频成分，显著降低泵内压力脉动水平，其中动静干涉区域以及隔舌处扩压器叶片表面压力脉动平均降幅分别达到14.5%和16.7%。     

带集气腔的脉冲射流冲击换热实验和数值研究

实验和数值研究了带集气腔的单股脉冲射流冲击平直靶面对流换热特性。实验测试的脉冲频率(f)为5~40 Hz,射流雷诺数(Re)为5 000~15 000,脉冲占空比(R)为0.2~0.8,射流冲击间距比(H/d)为2~10;相对于实验测试,数值计算的参数范围有所拓宽,即5 Hz≤f≤200 Hz,5 000≤Re≤20 000,0.2≤R≤1.0。研究结果表明,与无集气腔脉冲射流相比,带集气腔的脉冲射流能够增强对流换热,在驻点附近的努塞尔数大约有8%~19%的提高;集气腔的存在,在射流出口处形成紧缩效应而提高脉冲值班阶段的射流趋近靶面速度,同时在非值班阶段能够形成一定的流动惯性效应。在研究的参数范围内,存在特定的、相对较优的脉冲参数,如f=80 Hz,R=0.8,对于受限空间的脉冲射流冲击,H/d=4是相对较优的射流冲击间距比。