Self-organization in a current sheet model

Self-organization is a possible solution to the seemingly contradicting observation of the repeatable and coherent substorm phenomena with underlying complex behavior in the plasma sheet. Self-organization, through spatio-temporal chaos, emerges naturally in a plasma physics model with sporadic dissipation. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

海上目标雷达与 AIS航迹时空匹配方法

针对海上目标的雷达与船舶自动识别系统(Automatic Identification System,AIS)中,航迹之间存在的时空不匹配现象,提出了在空间对准之后结合海上航迹运动特点,对 AIS航迹数据进行插值对准雷达目标航迹的方法,在解决雷达与 AIS航迹之间时空不匹配问题的同时,最大程度减小插值误差。该方法根据船舶航向变化率,结合航速航向法和内插外推法的优势,针对不同航迹特点自动选择最佳的插值配准方法,实现海上目标的雷达与 AIS航迹点的自动插值和时空对齐。仿真实验结果表明,所提方法针对海上目标复杂运动,可以自动匹配选择最佳插值方法,有效降低误差,实现雷达与 AIS航迹之间的时空匹配。     

Order out of Randomness: Self-Organization Processes in Astrophysics

Self-organization is a property of dissipative nonlinear processes that are governed by a global driving force and a local positive feedback mechanism, which creates regular geometric and/or temporal patterns, and decreases the entropy locally, in contrast to random processes. Here we investigate for the first time a comprehensive number of (17) self-organization processes that operate in planetary physics, solar physics, stellar physics, galactic physics, and cosmology. Self-organizing systems create spontaneous “order out of randomness”, during the evolution from an initially disordered system to an ordered quasi-stationary system, mostly by quasi-periodic limit-cycle dynamics, but also by harmonic (mechanical or gyromagnetic) resonances. The global driving force can be due to gravity, electromagnetic forces, mechanical forces (e.g., rotation or differential rotation), thermal pressure, or acceleration of nonthermal particles, while the positive feedback mechanism is often an instability, such as the magneto-rotational (Balbus-Hawley) instability, the convective (Rayleigh-Bénard) instability, turbulence, vortex attraction, magnetic reconnection, plasma condensation, or a loss-cone instability. Physical models of astrophysical self-organization processes require hydrodynamic, magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD), plasma, or N-body simulations. Analytical formulations of self-organizing systems generally involve coupled differential equations with limit-cycle solutions of the Lotka-Volterra or Hopf-bifurcation type.     

Perpendicular Shock Reformation and Ion Acceleration

Kinetic simulations of supercritical, quasi-perpendicular shocks yield time-varying solutions that cyclically reform on proton spatio-temporal scales. Whether a shock solution is stationary or reforming depends upon the plasma parameters which, for SNR shocks and the heliospheric termination shock, are ill defined but believed to be within this time-dependent regime. We first review the time-dependent solutions and the acceleration processes of the ions for a proton–electron plasma. We then present recent results for a three-component plasma: background protons, electrons and a second ion population appropriate for SNR (heavy ions) or the termination shock (pickup protons). This ion acceleration generates a suprathermal “injection” population – a seed population for subsequent acceleration at the shock, which may in turn generate ions at cosmic ray energies.     

冲击噪声环境下基于任意阵列流形的空时二维DOA估计方法

 针对冲击噪声环境中信号源的高分辨二维波达方向(DOA)估计问题,提出了一种适合任意阵形的基于联合对角化分数低阶空时(ST)相关矩阵的二维DOA估计方法。该方法先对分数低阶空时矩进行采样构建伪快拍数据矩阵,然后对两个时延分数低阶空时矩阵进行联合对角化处理。其无需二维谱峰搜索和参数配对,在低信噪比下对强冲击噪声具有更好的抑制作用,适合存在一维角度兼并的情况。仿真结果证明了该方法的有效性。     

多无人机协同打击制导控制技术研究进展

自杀式无人机具备长时巡航侦察和高速突防打击的特点,为充分发挥其集群进攻优势,突破复杂环境下的协同打击制导控制技术具有重要意义。由单机控制到集群动态协同、由单一约束到时空综合控制是探索时空约束下多机协同控制的基本思路。本文介绍了无人机集群进攻的应用背景,分析了多机协同打击系统发展现状;探究了攻击时间可控制导律、攻击角度可控制导律、时空约束下集群协同制导控制等关键技术;总结了当前无人机协同运用中的不足之处,并对下一步的研究方向进行了展望。本文研究的内容对于集群攻击作战运用及多机协同控制器的设计具有一定的参考意义。     

MHD Waves and Instabilities in Space Plasma Flows

Shear flow instabilities are an important aspect of hydrodynamic studies. The present review article discusses the role of an ambient magnetic field which both modifies the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and may introduce new types of magnetohydrodynamic waves and instabilities. A brief overview of magnetospheric pulsations is presented with an emphasis on the long-period resonant Alfv??n waves associated with the high speed solar wind. The spatio-temporal evolution of magnetically modified shear flow instabilities in various space plasma structures is addressed. A distinction between convective and absolute instabilities is necessary for proper understanding of theory and correct interpretation of the observations. Finally, it is shown how incompressible Alfv??nic disturbances may become unstable in a compressible flow in the absence of any shear. An application to coronal loops is presented.     

位置不确定持续移动对象的离散表示

基于快照模型,提出对多个离散快照进行整体插值来生成不确定性二维移动点对象的离散模型用于时空数据库系统的实现。利用GM（1,1）模型,通过灰生成降低各个离散快照本身包含的不确定性,建立能够反映移动对象的整体运动趋势的离散实现模型。与线性插值模型的对比实验说明,信息受限情况下采用该模型计算位置不确定持续运动对象的时空运动情况能够保持稳定的低误筹率。     

Spatio-temporal pattern recognition using hidden Markov models

A spatio-temporal method for identifying objects contained in an image sequence is presented. The Hidden Markov Model (HMM) technique is used as the classification algorithm, making classification decisions based on a spatio-temporal sequence of observed object features. A five class problem is considered. Classification accuracies of 100% and 99.7%, are obtained for sequences of images generated over two separate regions of viewing positions. HMMs trained on image sequences of the objects moving in opposite directions showed a 98.1% successful classification rate by class and direction of movement. The HMM technique proved robust to image corruption with additive correlated noise and had a higher accuracy than a single-look nearest neighbor method. A real image sequence of one of the objects used was successfully recognized with the HMMs trained on synthetic data. This study shows the temporal changes that observed feature vectors undergo due to object motion hold information that can yield superior classification accuracy when compared with single-frame techniques     

等离子体流动控制研究进展与展望

等离子体流动控制是基于等离子体气动激励的新型主动流动控制技术,具有响应时间短、激励频带宽等显著技术优势,在改善飞行器/发动机空气动力特性方面具有广阔的应用前景,已成为国际上等离子体动力学与空气动力学交叉领域的前沿研究热点。鉴于此,从介质阻挡放电(DBD)、电弧放电等离子体气动激励特性,等离子体气动激励抑制流动分离、控制附面层、控制激波与激波/附面层干扰、控制压气机与涡轮内部流动、控制管道流动和飞行控制等方面,综合评述了国际上等离子体流动控制的研究进展情况;从创新等离子体气动激励方式,揭示等离子体气动激励与复杂流动的非定常耦合机制,突破等离子体流动控制系统关键技术等方面,对未来的发展进行展望。     

小型微波等离子推力器研究

 介绍约100W 功率微波等离子推力器的系统结构, 谐振模式, 电磁场分布, 电磁场、等离子体和流场的耦合, 喷管中的等离子体复合流动, 真空羽流, 原理实验样机性能及应用前景。     

Properties and performance of extended target motion analysis

The problem of target motion analysis (TMA) has been the subject of an important literature. However, present methods use data estimated by a short time analysis (azimuths, Dopplers, etc.). For far sources, the nonstationarities of the array processing outputs, induced by the sources motion, may be simply modeled. This model leads one to consider directly a spatio-temporal TMA. Then new (spatio-temporal) data can be estimated. These estimates correspond to a long time analysis. Further, note that they are estimated independently of the (classical) bearings. In this general framework, the concept of source trajectory replaces the classical instantaneous bearings. Corresponding TMA algorithms are then studied. Then the study of statistical performance is carefully studied     

Plasma instabilities and their simulations in the equatorial F region – Recent results

In this paper the developments made in the last five years on numerical simulation/modeling studies of a complex nighttime equatorial spread F phenomenon are reviewed. Emphasis is given to the Indian work and necessary comparisons are done with other international works on this field. Investigations involving the important aspects, namely the confinement of the plasma bubble in the bottomside of the ionosphere, linear and nonlinear effects of molecular ions in the development of plasma bubbles, interaction of two modes as a seed perturbation are discussed in detail. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Stochastic-constraints method in nonstationary hot-cluttercancellation. I. Fundamentals and supervised training applications

This paper considers the use of spatio-temporal adaptive array processing in over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) and airborne radar applications in order to remove nonstationary multipath interference, known as “hot clutter”. Since the spatio-temporal properties of hot clutter cannot be assumed constant over the coherent processing interval (CPI), conventional adaptive techniques fail to provide effective hot-clutter mitigation without simultaneously degrading the properties of the backscattered radar signals, known as “cold clutter”. The approach presented incorporates multiple “stochastic” (data-dependent) constraints to achieve effective hot-clutter suppression, while maintaining distortionless output cold-clutter post-processing stationarity     

Mars Global Surveyor Measurements of the Martian Solar Wind Interaction

The solar wind at Mars interacts with the extended atmosphere and small-scale crustal magnetic fields. This interaction shares elements with a variety of solar system bodies, and has direct bearing on studies of the long-term evolution of the Martian atmosphere, the structure of the upper atmosphere, and fundamental plasma processes. The magnetometer (MAG) and electron reflectometer (ER) on Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) continue to make many contributions toward understanding the plasma environment, thanks in large part to a spacecraft orbit that had low periapsis, had good coverage of the interaction region, and has been long-lived in its mapping orbit. The crustal magnetic fields discovered using MGS data perturb plasma boundaries on timescales associated with Mars' rotation and enable a complex magnetic field topology near the planet. Every portion of the plasma environment has been sampled by MGS, confirming previous measurements and making new discoveries in each region. The entire system is highly variable, and responds to changes in solar EUV flux, upstream pressure, IMF direction, and the orientation of Mars with respect to the Sun and solar wind flow. New insights from MGS should come from future analysis of new and existing data, as well as multi-spacecraft observations.     

激光重熔等离子喷涂纳米氧化锆热障涂层组织与性能

采用等离子喷涂纳米氧化锆(ZrO_2-8%Y_2O_3)团聚粉末制备了纳米氧化锆热障涂层,利用连续CO_2激光对其进行重熔处理.以常规热障涂层作为比较对象,研究了纳米氧化锆热障涂层和激光重熔涂层的组织结构、硬度、抗热冲击性能.结果表明:纳米氧化锆热障涂层组织结构为独特的纳米-微米复合结构,主要有柱状晶和未熔融或部分熔融纳米颗粒组成;激光重熔热障涂层的组织结构为表面等轴晶+断面柱状晶.硬度试验和抗热冲击性能试验综合比较结果显示:相对于常规氧化锆热障涂层,纳米氧化锆热障涂层和激光重熔热障涂层拥有更好的性能.因此将纳米技术和激光重熔表面处理技术与等离子喷涂技术结合起来制备热障涂层是提高热障涂层性能的非常有前景的工艺方法.     

受限航路空域自主航迹规划与冲突管理技术

为了解决在基于航迹运行的空中交通管理自动化系统中人机意识同步的问题，以航路运行为对象，开展了面向受限空域的自主四维航迹（4DT）冲突探测与解脱（CD&R）技术研究。基于自由航线空域（FRA）环境，提出基于栅格的空域离散化处理与计算方法；在此基础上，提出受限空域自主航迹运行两阶段方法：阶段1运用可视图（VG）法和Dijkstra算法，实现了满足限制区约束的航空器期望航迹快速规划；阶段2提出航迹可达时空域模型及其图形化表达方法，并基于连续飞行动力学推导出了不同情况下的航空器位置更新模型，并采用局部冲突探测与解脱方法，以飞行距离最短为目标，实现航空器自主路径与速度联动规划，从而支撑空地、人机认知同步的无冲突四维航迹生成；最后，以中国西部典型空域为运行场景开展仿真实验，验证了所提方法的计算高效性和模型有效性，并对栅格尺寸和探测距离这2个关键参数进行了灵敏度分析。结果表明，所提方法能够支撑复杂空域高密度运行环境自主航迹运行，为推动自主空中交通系统发展提供了新思路和新方法。     

可压流的龙格-库塔时间步进求解法及其应用

研究了用经典四阶龙格－库塔法计算可压缩流场的可行性,并将其用到了电弧喷射推力器内部等离子体流场的数值求解中。应用情况表明,在结合了局域时间步长、隐式残值光滑加速收敛措施后,本格式能够成功地计算比较复杂的可压缩气体流场以及等离子体流场。有关计算结果揭示了气体流经电弧喷射推力器通道但无电流时形成的纯气动流场以及有电流通过时形成的等离子体流场的丰富的结构和一些重要的影响因素,为研究其过程机制提供了依据。     

Physics of the Solar Wind–Local Interstellar Medium Interaction: Role of Magnetic Fields

The interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium is characterized by the self-consistent coupling of solar wind plasma, both upstream and downstream of the heliospheric termination shock, the interstellar plasma, and the neutral atom component of interstellar and solar wind origin. The complex coupling results in the creation of new plasma components (pickup ions), turbulence, and anomalous cosmic rays, and new populations of neutral atoms and their coupling can lead to energetic neutral atoms that can be detected at 1 AU. In this review, we discuss the interaction and coupling of global sized structures (the heliospheric boundary regions) and kinetic physics (the distributions that are responsible for the creation of energetic neutral atoms) based on models that have been developed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville group.