Features of the radial diffusion of energetic electrons in the middle Jovian magnetosphere

In this paper, the radial diffusion of energetic electrons in the Jovian radiation belts is considered. It is noted that the influence of global resonance in the electron radiation belts on the ring current provides original electrical pulses in the middle magnetosphere. The values of the random transfer of energetic electrons across the magnetic shells, which are associated with electrical pulses, are determined. An expression for radial diffusion is obtained. The functional form and radial diffusion coefficient are compared with those known from Jovian magnetosphere experimental data.     

A new concept for the exploration of Europa

The Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) is the major Outer Planet Flagship Mission in preparation by NASA. Although well designed, the current EJSM concept may present problematic issues as a Flagship Mission for a long-term exploration program that will occur over the course of decades. For this reason, the present work reviews the current EJSM concept and presents a new strategy for the exploration of Europa. In this concept, the EJSM is reorganized to comprise three independent missions focused on Europa. The missions are split according to scientific goals, which together will give a complete understanding of the potential habitability of Europa, including in situ life's signal measurements. With this alternative strategy, a complete exploration of Europa would be possible in the next decades, even within a politically and economically constrained environment.     

Gravitationally Perturbed Elastic Waves in the Hidden Ocean of Europa

The frequency spectrum of joint hydro-elastic vibrations of the ice surface of the ocean and liquid is analyzed taking into account the proper gravity field of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. It is shown how the methods developed for analysis of the vibration stability of earth buildings are used to study seismic properties of the natural Jupiter satellite Europa. Numerical estimates show that when studying the electromagnetic effects and seismic properties of this satellite one should take into account hydro-elastic characteristics due to the closeness of the corresponding frequency spectra.__________Translated from Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2005, pp. 209–214.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Dokuchaev.     

Parametric resonance in the solar corona

When studying microwave emission of active regions on the Sun, an effect of parametric resonance between 5-min velocity oscillations in the solar photosphere and sound oscillations of coronal magnetic loops modulating the microwave emission has been discovered for the first time. The effect shows itself as simultaneous excitation in coronal magnetic loop of oscillations with periods 5, 10, and 3 min, which correspond to the pumping frequency, subharmonic, and the first upper frequency of parametric resonance. The parametric resonance can serve as an effective channel of transporting the energy of photospheric oscillations into the upper layers of the solar atmosphere. This effect opens up the important prospects in understanding the mechanisms of coronal plasma heating.     

On the survivability and detectability of terrestrial meteorites on the moon

Materials blasted into space from the surface of early Earth may preserve a unique record of our planet's early surface environment. Armstrong et al. (2002) pointed out that such materials, in the form of terrestrial meteorites, may exist on the Moon and be of considerable astrobiological interest if biomarkers from early Earth are preserved within them. Here, we report results obtained via the AUTODYN hydrocode to calculate the peak pressures within terrestrial meteorites on the lunar surface to assess their likelihood of surviving the impact. Our results confirm the order-of-magnitude estimates of Armstrong et al. (2002) that substantial survivability is to be expected, especially in the case of relatively low velocity (ca. 2.5 km/s) or oblique (相似文献   

Spectrum of Natural Vibrations of the Ice Ocean of Jupiter's Moon Europa

The hydroelastic vibrations of the ice surface of the ocean of Europa, a natural satellite of Jupiter, are investigated, and the natural spectrum of frequencies of this surface is determined. The mathematical model of the mechanical system under consideration is presented in the form of a spherical shell, which is wetted by a spherical layer of liquid enveloping a rigid spherical core. The solution of the boundary value problems of the theory of elasticity is sought in the form of expansions into series of the associated Legendre polynomials. It is noted that there are at least three tones of natural vibrations of the shell–spherical liquid layer system, whose periods lie in the vicinity of the ten-hour period of Jupiter's rotation about its axis, and variations of the magnetic field of Europa with the same period.     

The activities of ocean colour remote sensing in China

This article reviews the development of ocean colour remote sensing over the past decade in China. China launched its first remote sensing satellite FY-1A on 7 September 1988 and its second, FY-1B on 3 September 1990. Both of them had a Very High Resolution Scanning Radiometer (VHRSR) which involved two channels (0.48–0.53 and 0.53–0.58 u) for measuring ocean colour. A new polar orbiting satellite FY-1-02 was scheduled to be in orbit by 1998 with an improved VHRSR which has more (10) channels and is more sensitive for ocean colour remote sensing. The special programme of the ocean colour satellite HY-1 has been approved by the Chinese government, as has the planning of another new generation polar orbiting remote sensing satellite, FY-3. A type of sensor has been developed known as the Chinese Moderate Imaging spectroradiometer (CMODIS). Following its review, the article will describe the future activities of ocean colour remote sensing in China and explain their scientific goal.     

Features of wave excitation of the electrostatic ion cyclotron type in the auroral ionosphere

Broadband electrostatic noise in the auroral ionosphere can be identified as a version of waves of an electrostatic ion cyclotron type, excited by plasma instability resulting from an inhomogeneous distribution of wave energy density. Broadband waves are generated due to both electric field inhomogeneities and plasma density inhomogeneities. The effect of the form of the distribution of electric field and plasma density inhomogeneities on the excitation of instabilities is studied. Also there is shown the role of the characteristic scale of inhomogeneities in the generation of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves due to the development of instability of this kind. The study of these issues, which are important for understanding the processes in the auroral region, is the subject of this paper. The work presents also a comparison of numerical results obtained using both satellite data and model approximations.     

Instability of entropy waves in cosmic plasma

A dispersion equation is derived for small disturbances of the magnetohydrodynamic type in optically transparent plasma with cosmic abundance of elements. The electron heat conductivity along the magnetic field and proton heat conductivity across the field are taken into account. It is shown that entropy waves increase exponentially in wide ranges of temperatures and densities of the cosmic plasma. Manifestations of instability of the entropy waves in the cosmic plasma are discussed.     

海洋环境中基于小波变换的弱信号检测新方法

海洋环境中弱信号的谱与海杂波的谱相混叠,目标和背景的位置差异很小,经典的频域或空域处理对海杂波中弱信号的检测难以奏效。鉴于小波变换在提取弱信号方面具有独到的优势,提出了一种海洋环境中基于小波变换的弱信号检测方法。利用雷达采集的真实海杂波数据,在不同信杂比的条件下,研究了该方法与经典频域法在信号检测中的差别。通过实验分析,与经典方法相比,当信杂比达到-14.7dB时,仍能很好地对信号进行检测。     

真空环境中压电激励对射流破碎特性的影响

针对真空环境中压电激励液滴生成技术,采用实验方法研究了压电激励波形、频率和位移等参数对射流破碎特性的影响规律。实验结果表明,对0.5 mm的射流在理论最优频率下施加振幅3μm的压电激励作用后,射流破碎距离缩短至90 mm左右;相对于正弦波与三角波,方波激励获得的射流破碎距离最短;在最优频率附近,随着激励频率增大,液滴粒径减小,射流破碎长度先减小后增大;随着压电装置位移幅值增大,射流破碎长度略有减小。结果表明:在压电作用下,激励频率对射流特性影响较大,并且射流最短破碎距离对应的激励频率大于理论最优频率;激励波形和位移振幅等参数对射流破碎特性的影响相对较小。     

Finding the dispersion of low-frequency waves in cosmic plasma from the results of multi-satellite measurements

An improved method of analysis of low-frequency wave processes in the interplanetary plasma using the results of multi-satellite measurements is presented. The new method develops the phase difference method and is distinguished by the fact that it allows one to analyze wavelengths several times shorter than the mean separation between spacecraft that perform the measurements. Its capabilities and the feasibility of analyzing events in different regions where spacecraft plasma measurements are undertaken are demonstrated using several examples of dispersion functions obtained by this method from the results of processing the magnetic field measurements on four spacecraft of the Cluster mission. The remarkable role played by ion-cyclotron oscillations in the outer magnetosphere cusp region is demonstrated, which manifests itself in wave generation and nonlinear structure formation.     

三维焊接过程虚拟分析软件平台的参数化设计

论文介绍了用APDL语言进行基于ANSYS通用软件的三维焊接过程虚拟分析软件平台的参数化、模块化设计方法及步骤。     

Parametric study of the diversion of a near Earth object on an Earth intersecting trajectory

To date, NASA's “Near Earth Object Program” has discovered over 5500 comets and asteroids on trajectories that bring them within “the neighborhood” of Earth's orbit. Nearly 1000 of these objects are classified as “potentially hazardous,” passing within 0.05 astronomical units of Earth's orbit. Discovery rates of such threatening bodies increase each year. Given this multitude of threats, in addition to evidence that the planet has absorbed many impacts over its history, it is reasonable to assume that another object will strike the Earth at some point in the future. Consequently, researchers have studied and proposed several mitigation techniques for such an occurrence. This study seeks to determine how effectively the attachment of a tether and ballast mass would divert the trajectory of such threatening objects. Specifically, the study analyzes the effects over time of such a system on objects of varying orbital semimajor axis and eccentricity, using various tether lengths and ballast masses. It was determined that the technique is most effective for NEOs with high eccentricity and small semimajor axis, and that system performance increases as tether length and ballast mass increase.     

功能梯度压电材料层状结构中的SH波

基于线性压电弹性理论,利用传递矩阵法,分析了功能梯度压电材料层状结构中的SH波传播特性,研究了压电梯度覆盖层中初始应力对SH波传播的影响。压电覆盖层的材料性能如弹性、压电、介电系数和密度沿厚度方向呈梯度变化。数值分析结果表明,适当的材料梯度分布,可使SH波倾向于沿覆盖层表面传播,由此能够获得更好的机电耦合性能;同时,初始应力使得波传播的相速度减小,但增大了机电耦合系数。文中的分析方法和结论,对固体火箭发动机超声探伤及其压电类传感器的研制和选择有一定的参考意义。     

Spatial structure of Pc5 waves in the outer magnetosphere according to observations onboard the THEMIS satellites

We have analyzed oscillations in the Pc5 range recorded in the outer region of the evening magnetosphere onboard 5 THEMIS satellites when all vehicles were moving with a small distance along one and the same orbit. Gradients of the spatial structure of oscillations and fluxes of energetic protons are determined. The observed phase shifts of the oscillation field between the satellites are presumably caused by their sunward (westward) propagation with azimuthal wave numbers m ～ 30–60. According the data of particle detectors, non-equilibrium character of the distribution of protons is found: their non-monotonous distribution in energy and sharp spatial heterogeneity. The calculated parameters of plasma and oscillations are not consistent with the assumption on drift-mirror instability as a source of the oscillations. A complete theory of these waves should include effects of the finite Larmor radius and simultaneous existence of two types of nonequilibrium plasma.     

Dynamics of a plasma ring rotating in the magnetic field of a central body: Magneto-gravitational waves

The model problem of the dynamics of a planar plasma ring rotating in the dipole magnetic field of a central body is considered. A finite-dimensional mathematical model of the system is synthesized by the Boubnov-Galerkin method. The class of solutions corresponding to magneto-gravitational waves associated with deformations of the ring boundaries is investigated.     

The onset of converging and diverging shock waves in non-equilibrium gas flows

In this work, the effects of thermodynamical influences and that of wave front curvature on the propagation of finite amplitude waves of arbitrary shape and their consequent formation into shock waves are examined.