Study of aerosol anomaly associated with large earthquakes (M>6)

We present the variation of unusual atmospheric phenomena, aerosols, to understand the preseismic irregularities for two major earthquakes in Japan. We consider aerosol optical depth and Angstrom exponent data retrieved from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard the Terra satellite to establish possible connections between earthquakes and the generation of aerosols. Variation of the aerosol parameters shows significant changes before the April 15, 2016, Kumamoto earthquake ($M=7.0,h=10$ km) and the November 21, 2016, Fukushima earthquake ($M=6.9$ and $h=9$ km), where M indicates the Richter magnitude and h indicates the focal depth. To identify the source of the aerosol particles, we use the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT-4). This model uses both Lagrangian and Eulerian approaches to compute trajectories and establish a source-receptor relationship. We compute backward trajectories to check whether the aerosol generated near the epicenter is due to the preseismic processes or is transported from other areas. From our results, we conclude the fine-mode aerosols are generated in the vicinity of the epicenter, 3–7 days before the earthquakes.     

负电子亲和半导体的二次电子发射

根据0.8keV≤Epomax≤5keV的负电子亲和(negative electron affinity,NEA)半导体二次电子发射(secondary electron emission,SEE)的特性，初级电子产额R，现有的次级电子产额δ的通用公式和实验数据，分别推导并实验证明了NEA金刚石的δ在0.5Epomax≤Epo≤10Epomax, GaN在2keV≤Epomax≤5keV, NEA金刚石的δ在08keV≤Epo≤3keV, GaN在08keV≤Epomax≤2keV的特殊公式;其中Epomax为δ达到最大值时的Epo, Epo为初级电子入射能。推导出了08keV≤Epomax≤5keV时NEA半导体的内部二次电子到达发射极表面后逃逸到真空中的概率B。还提出了计算08keV≤Epomax≤5keV NEA半导体1/α的方法;其中1/α为二次电子的平均逃逸深度。分析结果表明，B和1/α的理论研究有助于研究不同样品制备方法对NEA半导体中SEE的定量影响，从而生产出理想的NEA发射体，如NEA金刚石。