Mutagenic effects of heavy ion radiation in plants.

Genetic and developmental effects of heavy ions in maize and rice were investigated. Heavy particles with various charges and energies were accelerated at the BEVALAC. The frequency of occurrence of white-yellow stripes on leaves of plants developed from irradiated maize seeds increased linearly with dose, and high-LET heavy charged particles, e.g., neon, argon, and iron, were 2-12 times as effective as gamma rays in inducing this type of mutation. The effectiveness of high-LET heavy ion in (1) inhibiting rice seedling growth, (2) reducing plant fertility, (3) inducing chromosome aberration and micronuclei in root tip cells and pollen mother cells of the first generation plants developed from exposed seeds, and (4) inducing mutation in the second generation, were greater than that of low-LET gamma rays. All effects observed were dose-dependent; however, there appeared to be an optimal range of doses for inducing certain types of mutation, for example, for argon ions (400 MeV/u) at 90-100 Gy, several valuable mutant lines with favorable characters, such as semidwarf, early maturity and high yield ability, were obtained. Experimental results suggest that the potential application of heavy ions in crop improvement is promising. RFLP analysis of two semidwarf mutants induced by argon particles revealed that large DNA alterations might be involved in these mutants.     

Radiotomographical Detection of Ionosphere Disturbances Caused by Ground Explosions

Long-lived local disturbances of the ionospheric density over the site of ground industrial explosions were detected by the ionosphere radiotomography method. It is assumed that the density anomalies arise because of the initiation of vortex motion in a neutral component after acoustic impulse passage.     

Injection mechanism for cosmic ray acceleration

The quasilinear theory of MHD waves excitation by cosmic rays accelerated at a front of supernova shock has been constructed. It is shown that the energetic particles excite the waves propagating from the shock front, the intensity and the spectrum of these waves is obtained. The role of nonlinear Landau damping in the formation of such spectrum has been analysed. The diffusive scattering length of the high energy particles in the preshock region has been calculated and it is shown with the help of these formulae that the effective Fermi acceleration at the shock front is possible upto the values of the relativistic factor = 10⁴ - 10⁵. The injection mechanism for cosmic rays acceleration has been proposed. It is based on stochastic Fermi acceleration of the thermal plasma by MHD waves excited in the preshock region. Different possibilities for wave phase velocity dispersion needed for stochastic Fermi acceleration are analysed, those are the excitation of the oblique magnetosonic waves as well as the excitation of parallel Alfven waves propagating in opposite directions. The distribution function of the suprathermal particles accelerated by MHD waves is obtained, the cosmic rays density as well as the lower boundary of their energy spectrum realised in the proposed mechanism are also calculated.     

Derivation of OH concentrations from LIMS measurements

Stratospheric concentrations of OH have been derived from LIMS measurements of minor constituents. Two methods have been used. Assuming that HNO₃ and NO₂ are in photochemical steady state, LIMS measurements of these species, with knowledge of appropriate rate constants and a calculation of the HNO₃ photolysis rate, allow nearly global fields of OH to be derived. The derived profiles show satisfactory agreement with observations. As a check on our method, OH has also been derived by calculations of its sources and sinks using LIMS measurements of H₂O. The two methods agree extremely well in low latitudes. At higher latitudes the agreement is less satisfactory. This is discussed in terms of the diurnal behaviour of the species and the time constant of the HNO₃/NO₂ equilibrium.     

Possible adaptation to strong magnetic fields

Animal adaptation to a strong magnetic field was investigated. Mice were exposed to 30-day total-body continuous effects of a constant magnetic field (CMF) of 1.6T, and their physiological responses were assessed. Analysis of the data obtained showed that different parameters varied in a dissimilar manner. Red blood changes returned to normal in the course of the experiment. Leucocytosis and increased content of catecholamines and corticosterone of blood and adrenals persisted throughout the exposure. Changes in the spermatogenic epithelium were most distinct after the exposure. The recovery of certain parameters during the CMF exposure is indicative of adaptation of some physiological systems. The adaptation is, however, incomplete as suggested by the long persisting stress manifestation. Reticulocytopenia and spermatogenetic abnormalities found after exposure are of particular importance.     

基于Squeezer算法的大规模矩阵聚类分析

对Squeezer算法进行分析研究,在定义2个矩阵之间距离的基础上,提出了一种改进的Squeezer算法,用于对维数相同的大规模矩阵进行聚类分析.改进的算法在设定距离阈值的基础上,对类别的半径设定阈值来控制分类精度,给出具体的算法步骤来实现针对大量矩阵的聚类分析.对聚类后所得矩阵集合,给出集合质心和半径的定义,来描述矩阵集合的特性.所提算法能使聚类结果避免受到链条效应的影响而使类不断扩容,从而导致聚类精度下降的问题.仿真实验分析验证了所提算法具有良好的聚类效果和适用性.     

Solar wind low-energy energetic ion enhancements: A tool to forecast large geomagnetic storms

Predicting the occurrence of large geomagnetic storms more than an hour in advance is an important, yet difficult task. Energetic ion data show enhancements in flux that herald the approach of interplanetary shocks, usually for many hours before the shock arrival. We present a technique for predicting large geomagnetic storms (Kp  7) following the arrival of interplanetary shocks at 1 AU, using low-energy energetic ions (47–65 keV) and solar wind data measured at the L1 libration point. It is based on a study of the relationship between energetic ion enhancements (EIEs) and large geomagnetic storms by Smith et al. [Smith, Z., Murtagh, W., Smithtro, C. Relationship between solar wind low-energy energetic ion enhancements and large geomagnetic storms. J. Geophys. Res. 109, A01110, 2004. doi:10.1029/ 2003JA010044] using data in the rise and maximum of solar cycle 23 (February 1998–December 2000). An excellent correlation was found between storms with Kp  7 and the peak flux of large energetic ion enhancements that almost always (93% of time in our time period) accompany the arrival of interplanetary shocks at L1. However, as there are many more large EIEs than large geomagnetic storms, other characteristics were investigated to help determine which EIEs are likely to be followed by large storms. An additional parameter, the magnitude of the post-shock total magnetic field at the L1 Lagrangian point, is introduced here. This improves the identification of the EIEs that are likely to be followed by large storms. A forecasting technique is developed and tested on the time period of the original study (the training data set). The lead times, defined as the times from the arrival of the shock to the start of the 3-h interval of maximum Kp, are also presented. They range from minutes to more than a day; the average for large storms is 7 h. These times do not include the extra warning time given when the EI flux cross the high thresholds ahead of the shock. Because the data-stream used in the original study is no longer available, we extended the original study (1998–2000) to 2001, in order to: (a) investigate EIEs in 2001; (b) present a validation of the technique on an independent data set; (c) compare the results based on the original (P1) energy channel to those of the replacement (P1′) and (d), determine new EIE thresholds for forecasting geomagnetic storms using P1′ data. The verification of this P1′ training data set is also presented, together with lead times.     

Unsteady drag measurements for flow over a circular disk

对垂直于来流方向的圆盘进行非定常测力实验,研究上游二维干扰圆杆和圆盘绕流雷诺数(雷诺数范围为0.44×10⁵~2.74×10⁵)对圆盘阻力及其脉动特性的影响.实验结果表明,无论有无上游干扰,圆盘平均阻力系数均不随雷诺数改变.上游干扰圆杆在降低圆盘阻力系数的同时,使圆盘阻力脉动量增大,而且当圆盘绕流雷诺数大于1.84×10⁵时阻力脉动量的增幅将随雷诺数的加大而迅速增加.对圆盘阻力的频谱分析表明,在圆盘上游无干扰时,圆盘绕流形成的螺旋状涡引起的非轴对称波动频率(斯特劳哈尔数为0.135)为阻力脉动的主频.     

掺Ce^3＋的碱土氟化物的紫外发光特性研究

研究了掺杂稀土离子Ce^3＋的碱土氟化物发光体LiXAlF6：Ce^3＋（X=Ca^2＋,Sr^2＋或Ba^2＋）,XBaAlF6：Ce^3＋（X=Li6＋,Na^＋或K^＋）及LiBaXF6：Ce^3＋（X=Al^3＋,Ga^3＋或In^3＋）的紫外发光特性。实验发现,在LiXAlF6=Ce^3＋中,随着X元素原子序数的增大,Ce^3＋的发光峰就向短波方向移动。首次研究了在XBaAlF6：Ce^3＋与LiBaXF6：Ce^3＋中的X元素的一价与三价离子对Ce^3＋发光的影响,发现这些一价与三价离子的原子序数的变化并不影响Ce^3＋的发射光谱的峰值,它们只在晶格中起着填隙和电荷补偿作用,这有利于Ce^3＋的发光,使发光强度有所增强。这些紫外发光可用来增强X射线影像板中所包含的储存辐射的发光体BaFBr：Eu“的发光,使X射线影像板的显像增强。     

一种数据残缺时的三星时差定位目标跟踪算法

三星座时差定位是一个非线性定位问题,利用定位点进行跟踪得到目标航迹的方法具有一定的局限性。给出了能够适应大量时差数据残缺情况的基于EKF的目标航迹跟踪算法,仿真分析表明该算法在大量时差数据残缺时具有比前者更好的性能,有效地解决了工程问题。