电离层电场半年变化的模拟研究

利用一个中低纬电离层电场理论模式，模拟太阳活动低年、地磁活动平静情况下，中低纬地区电离层电场全年的变化情况．结果显示，单独计算南、北半球(去耦合)得到电离层电场具有明显的周年变化特征，且两个半球电场的相位相差半年左右．而同时计算南、北半球(计及耦合)时，电场则是以半年变化为主，且这种半年变化的幅度和相位随地方时和地磁纬度有变化．提出一个南、北半球耦合电路的简单物理模型给予解释．电路模型初步计算发现，即使两个半球电离层电场分别具有周年变化，只要它们变化的幅度相当，相位相差半年左右，由于跨越南北半球磁力线的耦合效果，耦合的电离层电场会产生明显的半年变化分量．由于缺少连续的电离层电场观测资料，将模拟结果与Richmond基于非相干散射雷达数据建立的经验模式(ISR Model)相比较，结果符合较好．     

Variations of quasi-electrostatic fields and ionosphere potential above lightning discharge at equatorial latitudes

Lightning discharges by thunderstorms cause generation of electromagnetic pulses and of quasi-electrostatic fields (QESF) in the atmosphere above, which occur in different time-scales. QESF penetrate into the mesosphere and the lower ionosphere where they are big enough to generate considerable electric charge transfer there and, in some cases, to cause red sprites. These processes may have an important contribution to the global atmospheric electric circuit. Significant transient variations of the ionospheric potential above the thunderstorm take place as well. QESF depend on the atmospheric conductivity and in the ionosphere they are affected also by its anisotropy determined by geomagnetic field orientation. QESF after a lightning discharge are investigated theoretically in this work in the case of equatorial latitudes (by horizontal geomagnetic field), where thunderstorms are important contributors to the global circuit. Results for DC electric fields in the lower equatorial ionosphere above a thundercloud obtained by earlier models demonstrate some specific features of the spatial distribution of these fields, which appear due to geomagnetic field orientation. Thus, the electric fields can be shifted by tens or more kilometers to east of the cloud charge region; also their horizontal scale is much bigger than in the case of middle latitudes. Here, a presence of similar specific features of quasi-electrostatic field distributions and ionospheric potential variations caused by a lightning stroke is studied. A situation when no secondary ionization is generated is considered. A model based on the Maxwell equations for potential electric fields is proposed. Computations of QESF in the middle atmosphere and of the ionospheric potential variations are provided as dependent on conductivity and its anisotropy in D-region. The obtained results for the ionosphere show that the electric fields in the equatorial lower ionosphere are comparable to these formed in the case of middle latitudes. However, their horizontal scales are much bigger and depend on conductivity profiles. Similar features are valid also for the ionospheric potential variations and for their horizontal scales.     

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。     

航天器介质深层充电模拟研究

针对航天器介质深层充电问题,提出了一种基于蒙特卡罗模拟和充电动力学RIC模型的介质电荷分布及电场预估新方法,利用地面试验验证了其正确性.航天器介质平板充电过程被简化为屏蔽铝板与分层介质组成的Geant 4模型,通过统计方法计算出了实际入射束流下Teflon介质内的注入电流密度和剂量率分布曲线,利用RIC模型获得了背面接地时介质中的电荷密度和电场分布,利用脉冲电声法(PEA)对不同束流密度辐照下的Teflon内部空间电荷密度进行了测量.数值模拟和地面试验结果表明,Teflon在100 keV能量电子辐照下,电荷密度和电场随着束流密度的增加而不断增大,其电荷密度峰值位置约为0.042 mm,且背面接地时接地侧电场最大.由于Geant 4粒子输运模拟和RIC模型具有通用性,因此该方法适用于各种航天器介质材料.      

Modelling the plasmasphere for the international reference ionosphere

The paper discusses how profiles of electron and/or ion distributions that are produced by two different computer models can be smoothly coupled together. The first of these models is the empirical International Reference Ionosphere which produces a vertical profile of ionospheric parameters up to an altitude of 1000 km. The second is a physically-based, diffusive equilibrium model of the plasmasphere based upon the theoretical work of Angerami and Thomas /1/, in which plasma is constrained to move parallel to the Earth's magnetic field lines. Some problems associated with this work are considered, as are some initial results.     

叶片电解加工阴极设计CAD/CAE/CAM专家系统

为了解决航空发动机叶片电解加工工具阴极设计自动化程度较低的难题,在电解加工基本原理的基础上,开发了专用的叶片电解加工计算机辅助阴极设计制造专家系统,主要介绍了该专家系统的基本结构、模块化组成和工作原理,并重点探讨了基于间隙内实际电场分布的叶片电解加工有限元阴极设计方法,最后通过一组工艺试验验证了该专家系统所设计阴极的加工精度.试验结果表明开发的阴极设计专家系统有较高的设计精度和良好的工作稳定性.      

The importance of restoration of the atmospheric electrical environment in closed Bioregenerative Life Supporting Systems.

Earth based Bioregenerative Life Supporting Systems (BLSS) are subject to 4 main physical factors: gravity, light, temperature and electrical environment. The first 3 are obvious to everyone, the Electrical Environment (EE) is not under the majority of prevailing conditions perceived directly by our senses. The EE is one of the important physical factors directly influencing some plants and in a less obvious way also the majority of plants. There are only two long range forces in nature: the electromagnetic and the gravitational forces. Gravity is very much weaker than the electromagnetic forces FG/FEL=10(-38), where FG is the gravitational Force and FEL are the electromagnetic Forces. The atmospheric electric field prevails all the time over the entire Earth with a mean intensity of 130 V/m. It is therefore a potent factor which may be used by some plants exposed throughout their entire life time to the atmospheric electric field. What effect should the normal atmospheric electric field have on plants? All living plants are good electrical conductors for electrostatic fields. The plants distort the normally vertical field lines, which have to be perpendicular to the plant tissue everywhere in order to avoid the extraction of energy from the field. The meristems concentrate the field lines, thus the electrically charged nutrients are supplied to the growing parts of the plant exposed to the field. This results in electrotropism in some plants. It is very well known that plants do have adaptive capabilities as compared to animals, it is important for their survival, because they cannot run away from trouble. It is found by careful observations of the behaviour of different plants that some plants do respond to the presence of the atmospheric electric field while other plants exposed to the same environment are indifferent to the atmospheric electric field. The plants growing in the Biosphere II were shielded by the metal structure of the Biosphere II. Because these plants which do make use of the atmospheric electric field are also to be found in the Biosphere II and must be deprived of this natural atmospheric electric field and in consequence of some of their natural nutrients. I have experimental evidence that at least some plants do respond to the atmospheric electric field. This effect is the most likely cause of the oxygen depletion and of the carbon dioxide accumulation in Biosphere II. Under the micro gravity encountered in space habitats the restoration of electric fields is even more important for plant growth than it is on the Earth.     

立方体式考夫曼离子推力器极靴结构设计

考夫曼离子推力器因具有高比冲、高效率、长寿命等特点,是应用于航天器电推进类型之一。过去研究主要集中在轴对称柱状结构考夫曼离子推力器,然而对于未来模块化立方体卫星,立方体构型推力器非常适合多推力器的组合、多推力器羽流集中中和,结构紧密并且减少航天器附件。为此,基于自主设计的立方体式考夫曼离子推力器,采用三维数值仿真方法对推力器放电室进行了计算分析,获取了不同阴极极靴内径下推力器放电室磁场分布,对比研究了不同极靴构型下放电室电子密度分布和电子温度分布。结果发现,增大阴极极靴内径使得磁场分布均匀性变差,放电室内壁电子温度升高,电子损耗增大,放电室出口离子密度降低。因此,对于本立方体考夫曼离子推力器,长宽高为15mm×12.5mm×15mm的阴极极靴构型最佳,既可保持较低的壁面电子温度,又有利推力器出口的离子均匀性。     

A Simulation of the Mid-and Low-latitude Ionospheric Electric Fields

A theoretical model of ionospheric electric fields at mid- and low-latitudes is developed. In the geomagnetic dipolar coordinate system, the ionospheric dynamo equations were solved, and the ionospheric electric potential and electric field were derived respectively. Major parameters for the model inputs, such as the neutral winds, the densities and temperatures of electron, ions and neutrals, are obtained from empirical models. The global ionospheric electrical potential and field at mid- and low-latitudes derived from our model are largely in agreement with the results presented by other authors and the empirical model. Using our model, it is found that the diurnal component of the HWM93 wind mainly contributed to the formation of the vertical electric field, while the semidiurnal component mainly contributed to the zonal electric field. Finally, by adjustment of the input F region winds and conductivities, most discrepancies between our model and the empirical one can be eliminated, and it is proved that the F region dynamo is the most significant contribution to the electric fields.      

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.     

空心阴极羽流形态与热特性的变化机理

空心阴极的放电模式主要有点状和羽状两种，为研究两种模式的转变机理，采用PIC/PCD（单元粒子/等离子体化学动力学）混合算法对阴极内部等离子体流场进行计算，以辐射传递系数处理阴极内部的热辐射计算，并且在通过流场与热场的多次迭代计算后达到收敛。为验证数值模型的计算精度，考察阴极表面5个测点的计算结果与试验数据对比，计算误差在5%以下，并且以羽流光色计算图与试验照片作对比，定性验证模型对放电模式的模拟精度。在此基础上，对不同气体流量下、不同阴极顶孔径的阴极内部各类等离子体参数分布进行计算，通过分析阳极电压、羽流形态变化的内在原因，获得点-羽放电模式的转变机理，可为阴极优化提供理论支撑。     

太阳活动区磁场扭绞与耀斑产率

本文以1972年10月的太阳活动区McMath 12094为范例, 研究了活动区磁场扭绞与耀斑产率的关系.先在常α无力场模型假定下, 以观测到的活动区光球磁场为边值, 对活动区在日面中心附近4天(10月28—31日), 推算出代表活动区磁场平均扭绞程度的无力因子α, 从而外推出活动区在这4天的三维磁力线形态.然后以这些资料为基础, 进一步讨论了活动区磁场演化特征, 磁场扭绞与耀斑产率的关系, 并且近似用单极场模型估算了通过活动区前导大黑子A的电流、电流密度以及因大黑子逆时针旋转造成磁场扭绞所贮存的能量.本文主要结论为:(1)活动区McMath 12094从10月27日起保持较强扭绞, 10月30日达到极大, 10月31日后扭绞减弱.活动区磁场扭绞的主要原因是光球中的磁流体力学作用所导致的前导大黑子A的逆时针旋转。(2)代表活动区磁场平均扭绞程度的无力因子α与活动区耀斑产率同步变化, 表明活动区磁场扭绞与耀斑产率成正相关.(3)通过活动区前导大黑子A的本影电流为4.3—6.6×1012A, 因扭绞产生的自由能贮存为0.44—1.11×1032erg.活动区中的电流密度达到0.96—1.47×10A·m-2.这样高的电流密度可能是该活动区高耀斑产率的重要原因.      

基于有限元方法的场磨式电场传感器标定装置优化设计

场磨式电场传感器常被用来测量特高压直流(HVDC)输电线路下地面合成电场强度.传统对其标定的方法存在标定装置体积较大、户外标定移动不方便的缺点.针对此问题研究了一种应用于特高压直流输电线路下地面合成电场测量的电场传感器便携式缩尺标定装置.基于有限元方法建立了传感器的三维电场模型,基于该模型对便携式标定装置的尺寸、结构等关键参数做出了模拟分析,在此基础上进行了便携式标定装置的结构参数的优化设计.将便携式缩尺标定装置与标准的标定装置进行了实验比较.仿真及实验结果表明该标定装置能够方便、准确地对场磨式电场传感器进行标定.      

微阴极电弧推力器磁路设计

微阴极电弧推力器是一种利用真空条件下放电电弧烧蚀阴极材料产生较高电离度的高速等离子体,并在外加磁场作用下喷出以产生推力的微型电推力器。微阴极电弧推力器磁场设计是推力器设计中的重要工作之一,将影响推力器工作稳定性和工作性能。分别采用多匝通电螺线管计算公式、二维和三维数值仿真完成磁路设计,磁感应强度随线圈电流和线圈匝数增加而变大;当线圈电流15A、线圈匝数为600匝时,放电通道中心线磁感应强度最大值超过0.3T;采用特斯拉计测量磁感应强度,仿真结果与测量结果吻合较好。最后采用时间飞行法（TOF）测得等离子体速度随磁场增强而增加。     

Reconstruction of topside density profile by using the topside sounder model profiler and digisonde data

To improve the accuracy of the real time topside electron density profiles given by the Digisonde software a new model-assisted technique is used. This technique uses the Topside Sounder Model (TSM), which provides the plasma scale height (H_s), O⁺–H⁺ transition height (H_T), and their ratio Rt = H_s/H_T, derived from topside sounder data of Alouette and ISIS satellites. The Topside Sounder Model Profiler (TSMP) incorporates TSM and uses the model quantities as anchor points in construction of topside density (Ne) profiles. For any particular location, TSMP calculates topside Ne profiles by specifying the values of foF2 and hmF2. In the present version, TSMP takes the F2 peak characteristics – foF2, hmF2, and the scale height at hmF2 – from the Digisonde measurements. The paper shows results for the Digisonde stations Athens and Juliusruh. It is found that the topside scale height used in Digisonde reconstruction is less than that extracted from topside sounder profiles. Rough comparison of their bulk distributions showed that they differ by an average factor of 1.25 for locations of Athens and Juliusruh. When the Digisonde scale heights are adjusted by this factor, the reconstructed topside profiles are close to those provided by TSM. Compared with CHAMP reconstruction profiles in two cases, TSMP/Digisonde profiles show lower density between 400 and 2000 km.     

同轴微阴极电弧推力器的粒子网格法数值模拟

采用粒子网格方法对同轴微阴极电弧推力器μCAT工作过程进行了模拟研究, 并应用自相似方法对模型进行简化,获得了推力器羽流区的电子数密度分布、离子数密度分布、电势分布及离子轴向平均速度,通过改变磁感应强度和位形分析磁场对推力器内等离子体运动特性及推力器性能的影响。计算结果表明,电子被外加磁场捕获约束在磁力线附近,低速离子与高速电子形成的双极扩散电场加速离子喷出;在相同流量情况下,磁感应强度002T时,离子返流严重,磁感应强度005~030T时,磁感应强度变化对速度影响较小;磁场位形对离子运动和推力器性能有较大影响,磁力线与轴线夹角较小时离子速度下降明显,夹角较大时离子返流严重。     

Spectroscopy peculiarities of thermal plasma of electric arc discharge between electrodes with Zn admixtures

Plasma of the free burning electric arc between Ag–SnO₂–ZnO composite electrodes as well as brass electrodes were investigated. The plasma temperature distributions were obtained by Boltzmann plot method involving Cu I, Ag I or Zn I spectral line emissions. The electron density distributions were obtained from the width and from absolute intensity of spectral lines. The laser absorption spectroscopy was used for measurement of copper atom concentration in plasma. Plasma equilibrium composition was calculated using two independent groups of experimental values (temperature and copper atom concentration, temperature and electron density). It was found that plasma of the free burning electric arc between brass electrodes is in local thermodynamical equilibrium. The experimental verification of the spectroscopic data of Zn I spectral lines was carried out.     

湿热环境对改进型钡钨发射体空心阴极放电特性的影响

电推力器用传统钡钨空心阴极具有工作温度低、发射效率高的优点,但其抗中毒能力却较差。电推力器的寿命受到空心阴极寿命的制约,为保证推力器长期在轨工作,研制了一种具备强抗中毒能力的改进型钡钨阴极,将其暴露在90%湿度、60℃的湿热环境中累计240h,试验前后触持电压的变化量小于1V,满足判据要求。随后对改进型钡钨阴极分别进行了组件级和推力器级性能测试,测试结果表明,改进型钡钨阴极的稳态工作温度为1050℃,比六硼化镧型阴极低250℃,组件级阳极电压为21V,比六硼化镧型低4~5V;推力器级阳极电压为35V,比六硼化镧型低8~10V。试验结论表明,改进型钡钨阴极具有强抗中毒能力及优异的工作性能,采用该类阴极可以有效地满足推力器的长寿命要求。     

The collective gyration of a heavy ion cloud in a magnetized plasma

In both the ionospheric barium injection experiments CRIT I and CRIT II, a long-duration oscillation was seen with a frequency close to the gyro frequency of barium and a time duration of about one second. A model for the phenomenon which was proposed for the CRIT 1 experiment is here compared to the results from CRIT II which made a much more complete set of measurements. The model follows the motion of a low-β ion cloud through a larger ambient plasma. The internal field of the model is close to antiparallel to the injection direction v_i but slightly tilted towards the self-polarization direction E_P = −v_ixB. As the ions move across the magnetic field, the space charge is continuously neutralized by magnetic-field aligned electron currents from the ambient ionosphere, drawn by the divergence in the perpendicular electric field. These currents give a perturbation of the magnetic field related to the electric field perturbation by ΔE/ΔB ≈ V_a. The model predictions agree quite well with the observed vector directions, field strengths, and decay times of the electric and magnetic fields in CRIT II. The possibility to extend the model to the active region, where the ions are produced in this type of self-ionizing injection experiments, is discussed.     

New measurements of photospheric magnetic fields in late-type stars and emerging trends

We report on recent results of our program to measure photospheric magnetic field strengths and filling factors from the analysis of unpolarized high spectral resolution and S/N line profiles. We have analyzed spectra obtained with the KPNO 4-m FTS, the MMT, and the McMath Reticon Spectrograph. With the latter instrument we now have an extensive data set through our synoptic and survey observing programs. Photospheric magnetic field parameters are obtained by comparison of observed and theoretical line profiles using an LTE code that includes line saturation and the full Zeeman pattern. We determine the nonmagnetic line broadening parameters for a star by fitting profiles of low Landé g lines formed under conditions similar to the high g lines which are used to infer magnetic fields. The effects of line blending are cancelled to first order by fitting profiles of the same high g lines in comparison inactive stars of the same spectral type. We have measured field parameters (outside of starspots) in dwarf stars of spectral type GO to dM3.5e (Ad Leo). We find a trend of increasing field strength with later spectral type, consistent with equal gas and magnetic pressure in the photosphere, and a trend of increasing filling factor with activity. Our data are inconsistent with the hypothesis of a constant number of magnetic flux tubes on active stars.