磁暴期间环电流离子中性原子成像的模拟与观测比较研究

采用已经建立的环电流离子解析模型,结合Chamberlain地冕中性层模型,研究了2004年11月一次大磁暴期间的环电流区域中性原子(ENA)图像.结果表明,模拟的ENA图像与TC-2卫星搭载的中性原子成像仪(NUAUD)的观测图像在方位角或地方时分布、高度或纬度分布和能谱分布方面存在一定的差异.如果依据磁暴发展的不同阶段来选择环电流离子模型的方位角不对称因子和通量最大方向的方位角,增大地冕中性层在低高度区域的密度或者考虑氢(H)以外的其他中性成分,改进注入边界处的离子能谱分布函数,且考虑不同种类环电流离子的比例随磁暴发展可能发生的变化,该模型有望产生更符合观测的模拟ENA图像.     

高等院校的研究推进维修业的发展

<正>一些高等院校在研的创新性先进技术,将使航空维修业发生巨变,这其中包括先进的监控系统、复合材料的修理和先进检测技术等。未来10年,飞机的监控、修理以及检测方法有可能发生根本性变化,它涉及机载系统的可靠性重新定义、复合材料问题的解决方案以及金属加工技术等领域。     

A viable microbial community in a subglacial volcanic crater lake, Iceland

We describe a viable microbial community in a subglacial lake within the Grímsv?tn volcanic caldera, Iceland. We used a hot water drill to penetrate the 300-m ice shelf and retrieved lake water and volcanic tephra sediments. We also acquired samples of borehole water before and after penetration to the lake, overlying glacial ice and snow, and water from a nearby subaerial geothermal lake for comparative analyses. Lake water is at the freezing point and fresh (total dissolved solids = 260 mg L(-1)). Detectable numbers of cells were found in samples of the lake water column and tephra sediments: 2 x 10(4) ml(-1) and 4 x 10(7) g(-1), respectively. Plate counts document abundant cold-adapted cultivable organisms in the lake water, but not in the borehole (before penetration) or glacial ice. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of 16S rRNA gene fragments amplified from genomic DNA extracted from Grímsv?tn samples indicates that the lake community is distinct from the assemblages of organisms in borehole water (before penetration) and the overlying ice and snow. Sequencing of selected DGGE bands revealed that many sequences are highly similar to known psychrophilic organisms or cloned DNA from other cold environments. Significant uptake of 14C-labeled bicarbonate occurred in dark, low-temperature incubations of lake water samples, indicating the presence of autotrophs. Acetylene reduction assays under similar incubation conditions showed no significant nitrogen fixation potential by lake water samples. This may be a consequence of the inhibition of diazotrophy by nitrogen in the lake.     

World Space Congress: a vision quest

The World Space Congress (WSC) in October, 2002, brought together luminaries, aerospace engineers, students, and scientists to discuss strategies for reviving the world's space agency. WSC lectures and plenary sessions focused on future research in space. Among topics discussed are the use of the Hubble Space Telescope to scan for habitable planets and obtain data about the beginning of the universe, new weather satellites, planetary protection from comets or asteroids, exploration and establishment of colonies on the Moon and Mars, medical advances, the role of space exploration in the world economy.     

UV photochemistry of DNA in vitro and in Bacillus subtilis spores at earth-ambient and low atmospheric pressure: implications for spore survival on other planets or moons in the solar system

Two major parameters influencing the survival of Bacillus subtilis spores in space and on bodies within the Solar System are UV radiation and vacuum, both of which induce inactivating damage to DNA. To date, however, spore survival and DNA photochemistry have been explored only at the extremes of Earth-normal atmospheric pressure (101.3 kPa) and at simulated space vacuum (10(-3)-10(-6) Pa). In this study, wild-type spores, mutant spores lacking alpha/beta-type small, acid-soluble spore proteins (SASP), naked DNA, and complexes between SASP SspC and DNA were exposed simultaneously to UV (254 nm) at intermediate pressure (1-2 Pa), and the UV photoproducts cis,syn-thymine-thymine cyclobutane dimer (c,sTT), trans,syn-thymine-thymine cyclobutane dimer (t,sTT), and "spore photoproduct" (SP) were quantified. At 101.3 kPa, UV-treated wild-type spores accumulated only SP, but spores treated with UV radiation at 1-2 Pa exhibited a spectrum of DNA damage similar to that of spores treated at 10(-6) Pa, with accumulation of SP, c,sTT, and t,sTT. The presence or absence of alpha/beta-type SASP in spores was partly responsible for the shift observed between levels of SP and c,sTT, but not t,sTT. The changes observed in spore DNA photochemistry at 1-2 Pa in vivo were not reproduced by irradiation of naked DNA or SspC:DNA complexes in vitro, suggesting that factors other than SASP are involved in spore DNA photochemistry at low pressure.     

计划概述

1975年3月18、19、20日,在海军海面武器中心白橡树实验所举行了汇报海军再入技术计划的会议。海军再入技术计划是海军海上系统司令部(SEA-035)主持的一项探索性发展计划。该计划的目的是为今后的先进战略武器系统的再入体开展航空弹道学、材料和结构技术的研究。在整个再入技     

欧洲空间操作中心的精密轨道确定

目前,欧洲空间操作中心正在进行着一项需4年时间的开发计划,以支持未来的需要高精度轨道确定的ESA近地飞行任务。该工作是围绕着欧洲空间操作中心已开发的供轨道确定和误差分析用的一个软件系统进行的,该软件含有适合于各种轨道摄动和测量类型的先进模型。除了卫星轨道参数外,它还能对地球物理参数和测地参数进行估计和误差分析。     

铝及其合金硬质阳极化存在的问题与对策

对影响室温硬质阳极化膜层硬度的脉冲参数进行了试验分析;对低铜的6061,6063(LD2)等铝合金硬质阳极化的常见问题进行了探讨,并提出了解决措施.     

广角目视模拟技术的新评价

前言1970年召开了两次飞行模拟技术会议(AIAA 于三月在佛里罗达州卡纳维拉尔角召开,RAES 于十月在英国伦敦召开),但对广角目视模拟技术没有作出客观的评价。在1967年第二届海军训练装置中心和工业会议、1968年3月于洛杉矶召开的 AIAA 会议上,威廉、埃贝林提供了对窄视场目视系统的简要评述。     

即将推出的IEEE加速度计标准和其它惯性传感器标准

经IEEE／AESS陀螺仪和加速度计小组批准后，一份新的加速度计技术规范格式指南和试验方法的标准，即将被美国电气和电子工程师协会采纳拟作为“IEEEStd.1293”标准布发布，该标准对加速度计性能参数的规定提供指导，并为检查是否符合要求提供了详细的试验方法。该标准同时给出了力矩平衡摆式加速度计、振梁加速度计和在一个硅片上的开环与闭环微机械加速度计的工作原理。标准还包含有一些有用的附录：滤波器声，瞬态分析方法，标定和建模方法（多位置翻滚，振动和冲击试验分析），以及惯性仪器试验中的地球物理效应的影响。在标准IEEEStd.863-1992中介绍了加速度计的离心试验。以外，本文还讨论了已由陀螺和加速度计小组编写完毕的角加速度计、单自由度和双自由度转子陀螺仪、激光陀螺仪和干涉光纤陀螺仪的标准。本文还讨论了由该小组推出的一种新的哥氏振动螺仪的文件。