Preservation of microbial lipids in geothermal sinters

Lipid biomarkers are widely used to study the earliest life on Earth and have been invoked as potential astrobiological markers, but few studies have assessed their survival and persistence in geothermal settings. Here, we investigate lipid preservation in active and inactive geothermal silica sinters, with ages of up to 900 years, from Champagne Pool, Waiotapu, New Zealand. Analyses revealed a wide range of bacterial biomarkers, including free and bound fatty acids, 1,2-di-O-alkylglycerols (diethers), and various hopanoids. Dominant archaeal lipids include archaeol and glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs). The predominance of generally similar biomarker groups in all sinters suggests a stable microbial community throughout Champagne Pool's history and indicates that incorporated lipids can be well preserved. Moreover, subtle differences in lipid distributions suggest that past changes in environmental conditions can be elucidated. In this case, higher archaeol abundances relative to the bacterial diethers, a greater proportion of cyclic GDGTs, the high average chain length of the bacterial diethers, and greater concentrations of hopanoic acids in the older sinters all suggest hotter conditions at Champagne Pool in the past.     

Deducing Electron Properties from Hard X-ray Observations

X-radiation from energetic electrons is the prime diagnostic of flare-accelerated electrons. The observed X-ray flux (and polarization state) is fundamentally a convolution of the cross-section for the hard X-ray emission process(es) in question with the electron distribution function, which is in turn a function of energy, direction, spatial location and time. To address the problems of particle propagation and acceleration one needs to infer as much information as possible on this electron distribution function, through a deconvolution of this fundamental relationship. This review presents recent progress toward this goal using spectroscopic, imaging and polarization measurements, primarily from the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI). Previous conclusions regarding the energy, angular (pitch angle) and spatial distributions of energetic electrons in solar flares are critically reviewed. We discuss the role and the observational evidence of several radiation processes: free-free electron-ion, free-free electron-electron, free-bound electron-ion, photoelectric absorption and Compton backscatter (albedo), using both spectroscopic and imaging techniques. This unprecedented quality of data allows for the first time inference of the angular distributions of the X-ray-emitting electrons and improved model-independent inference of electron energy spectra and emission measures of thermal plasma. Moreover, imaging spectroscopy has revealed hitherto unknown details of solar flare morphology and detailed spectroscopy of coronal, footpoint and extended sources in flaring regions. Additional attempts to measure hard X-ray polarization were not sufficient to put constraints on the degree of anisotropy of electrons, but point to the importance of obtaining good quality polarization data in the future.     

数字化预装配技术在L15飞机中的应用

介绍了数字化预装配技术在飞机制造过程中的作用,分析了该技术在L15飞机研制中的应用情况以及取得的成效.     

碳纤维复合壳体用基体环氧树脂研究进展

介绍了固体火箭发动机碳纤维缠绕用基体环氧树脂的种类、选择原则及适于碳纤维缠绕用基体树脂的研究进展.     

国产航空发动机润滑油在国内民用飞机上的应用研究

介绍了航空发动机润滑油技术标准的发展历程,分析了国外航空润滑油的发展趋势和认证流程,研究了国产航空发动机润滑油在国内民用航空市场应用的渠道;明确了国产航空发动机润滑油达到国际先进水平所需要进行的工作。     

基于刃边法的星载相机在轨MTF测量精度分析

调制传递函数(MTF)反映可见光对地遥感系统在对地物成像过程中信号的扩散与削弱程度,是表达系统辐射性能的重要指标.文章对星载可见光CCD相机在轨MTF主要测量方法进行比对分析,通过数据仿真,重点对随机噪声、边缘探测与拟合等主要影响刃边法精度的因素进行了分析.分析结果表明,计算所用刃边法能够较准确地计算可见光遥感系统的M...     

长焦距同轴三反空间相机光学系统研究

为了满足空间遥感不同应用的需求,完成了4种型式的长焦距同轴三反光学系统设计。根据同轴三反光学系统设计理论,介绍了同轴三反光学系统设计初始结构设计方法,以工作谱段0．45-0．9μm、F数10、焦距10m为例,对4种型式的长焦距同轴三反光学系统进行优化设计,设计视场内获得接近衍射极限的成像品质,并分析和比较了这几种光学系...     

俄罗斯要续写航天大国辉煌——赴俄出席加加林首次上太空50周年庆祝活动见闻

4月12日是人类首次进入太空50周年的纪念日。4月8日~13日,应俄罗斯齐奥尔科夫斯基宇航科学院的邀请,中国宇航学会副理事长兼秘书长杨俊华和本刊主编周武赴俄参加了一系列庆祝活动,感受了俄罗斯人民对加加林的深切缅怀之情,以及俄罗斯官方决心续写航天大国的雄心。     

多导弹齐射攻击协同制导(英文)

Cooperative guidance problems of multiple missiles are considered in this article. A cooperative guidance scheme, where coordination algorithms and local guidance laws are combined together, is proposed. This scheme actually builds up a hierarchical cooperative guidance architecture, which may provide a general solution to the multimissile cooperative guidance problems. In the case of salvo attacks which require missiles to hit the target simultaneously, both centralized and distributed coordination algorithms are derived based on the impact-time-control guidance （ITCG） law. Numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.