COSAC onboard Rosetta: a bioastronomy experiment for the short-period comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The COSAC (Cometary Sampling and Composition Experiment) onboard the Rosetta mission is a combined gas chromatograph (GC)-mass spectrometer (MS). It is situated on Philae, the lander of the mission, which is intended to land on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov- Gerasimenko. The purpose of the experiment is to analyze the volatile fraction of soil samples retrieved by a drill. For investigation, the samples will be pyrolysed, and the emanating gases fed into a GC, into an MS, or the combination of both. In the first part of this paper, the bioastronomical relevance of such measurements is outlined. In the second part the details of the hardware and its performance are described.     

考古,寻找进化的雕塑——对话罗伯特·巴克（下）

斯：你不仅是知名的古生物学家，而且是一位有造诣的艺术家。你是怎样学习绘画的？ 巴：任何人都能作画。绘画的能力不在你的指尖，而在你的眼睛里。如果你能看见结构，如果你能看见形式，你就能把它记录下来。我上解剖学课，就把学生带到动物园，对他们说：“画那头美洲豹。”“我不会画。”他们说。“你们能看见那头美洲豹吗？”“能看见。”“肘部是直的还是弯的？“‘噢，弯的”“踝关节是弯的吗？”“是的。”“它比狗的踝关节还要弯吧？”“不错。”“把它画下来。”要是你懂得怎样看结构，能在你的头脑中大概画下一系列东西，你就能把它画到纸上。     

考古，寻找进化的雕塑——对话罗伯特·巴克（上）

达林·R．斯蒂尔（以下简称“斯”）：你刚上四年级的时候就决定研究恐龙。是受到什么影响吗？     

应用人工神经网络技术对波音747—200型飞机发动机故障诊断研究

用人工神经网络技术,对波音７４７－２００型飞机的ＪＴ９Ｄ发动机的故障诊断进行了研究,并构成了诊断装置。该研究使用北京飞机维修工程有限公司提供的发动机性能监控数据央脱机后根据性能排队情况艇经验推定法,对发动机的一些常见故障和突发性故障进行了诊断。在诊断过程中,首先搜集发动机的故障状态数据,并对这些数据进行归纳选择,制成了诊断用的教师信号“故障模型”,通过神经网络系统对教师信号的学习,在一定范围内,对     

具有无源控制空腔时正激波/湍流附面层干扰的数值模拟

采用雷诺平均N-S方程和B/L代数湍流模型计算了具有无源控制空腔时正激波/湍流附面层干扰流场。计算与实验结果的比较表明,本文方法可较准确地预测激波结构、激波与附面层干扰区流动基本特征及波后流动分离状态、激波位置、波前马赫数等参数。      

在用电子天平的检定和计算

在《非自动天平检定规程JJG98—90》中,对新生产（包括进口的）、修理后和使用中的各类非自动天平的检定内容罗列较多,有些地方容易造成混淆。尤其对电子天平及其它无平的检定,在理解和做法上也不尽相同。本文对现有检定规程中有关电子天平检定的部分加以归纳和论述,以便进一步完善和统一电子天平的核定项目和简化计算结果。（1）在电子天平的检定中,首先应强调的是：检定电子天平的标准祛码磁化率不大于0．001,它的误差（对于等检码为检定精度,对于缓祛码为质量允差）不得大于被检天平在该载荷下的最大允许误差的1／3。（2）必须…     

快速加热恒应力试验方法的初步研究

短时高温试验是适应现代高速飞行器的发展而建立起来的一种新型的力学性能试验方法。目前已有多种试验方案, 其中快速加热恒应力拉伸试验是在某恒定应力下, 以一定的速率加热试件, 测定合金的应变与温度的关系, 并从而求得材料在试验条件下的屈服温度(通常以引起0.2%的残余应变为准)。本文简要地评述了短时高温试验方法的现状; 介绍了为进行快速加热恒应力拉伸试验而建立的试验装置, 并提供了国产Д16AT及B95AT合金的初步试验数据;最后还对所得数据进行处理和分析。     

构架式天线柔性动力学建模与展开精度分析

构架式可展开天线具有结构非线性强、桁架系统复杂以及运动环节多等特点,通常被视作刚体系统进行建模分析。然而多刚体动力学方法在求解复杂的连杆结构时,难以处理数量大、非线性强的铰接间隙模型,因此并不能准确还原真实的结构特性,给构架式天线的地面展开验证带来很大困难。本文建立了一套适用于该型天线的柔性多体动力学模型,通过引入微小弹性形变来消除铰链间隙对天线展开的影响,并在型面精度方面与期望的天线展开模型进行了比较说明。在确保不影响结构真实性的前提下,通过降阶、引入稳定系数等手段提高了柔性体单元计算效率。通过约束方程的设计与模块拆分求解等方法,消除结构非线性的影响。解决了针对构架式可展开天线的复杂桁架系统强非线性动力学的高精度建模问题,为构架式天线的仿真提供了技术手段。     

飞秒激光激励闪锌矿晶体产生太赫兹辐射的数学分析

基于飞秒激光激励闪锌矿晶体的太赫兹源实现方法较为简单,已有研究证明发射效率与晶体晶向选择,飞秒激光入射角以及偏振态相关,文章通过详细的理论分析与数学计算,讨论了正入射以及斜入射情况下太赫兹辐射最优化条件,获得了明确的飞秒激光入射角、偏振态、晶体晶向的选择依据,对提高太赫兹输出效率具有重要的指导意义。     

Microbially induced iron precipitation associated with a neutrophilic spring at Borra Caves, Vishakhapatnam, India

The present investigation uncovers various pieces of evidence for the possible biologically induced mineralization in iron mats associated with a pH-neutral spring in the Borra caves, Vishakhapatnam, India. Electron microscopy [scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)] demonstrated large numbers of (i) hollow tubes (diameter ～1?μm) resembling sheaths of the iron-oxidizing bacteria Leptothrix, (ii) thin (diameter <1?μm) solid fibers of uncertain origin, (iii) nanoscale subspherical to irregularly shaped particles encrusting tubes and fibers, and (iv) aggregates of broken and partially disintegrated sheaths, fibers, and particles embedded in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) occasionally including microbial cells. X-ray microanalyses by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) revealed that the mat accumulated largely Fe but also smaller amounts of Si and traces of P and Ca. Particles rich in Si and Al (possibly kaolinite) and Ca (carbonate) were also observed. High-resolution TEM/EDS of unstained ultrathin sections suggests that microbial sheaths were highly mineralized by amorphous to cryptocrystalline Fe-rich phases and less frequently by other fine-grained and fibrous authigenic claylike minerals. Total number of microorganisms in the iron mats was 5.8×10(5) cells, g sed(-1) (wet weight). Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene diversity revealed microorganisms assigned to eight different phyla [Proteobacteria (62%), Chloroflexi (8%), Bacteroidetes (7%), Planctomycetes (1%), Actinobacteria (5%), Acidobacteria (6%), Nitrospira (1%), Firmicutes (5%)]. Within the Proteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria was the predominant class, which accounted for 28% of the sequences. Within this class some obvious similarities between the obtained sequences and sequences from other cave systems could be seen, especially sequences affiliated with Leptothrix, Siderooxidans, Crenothrix, Comamonadaceae, Dechloromonas, and many uncultured Betaproteobacteria. Four (4%) of the sequences could not be assigned to phylum level but were affiliating with the candidate division TM7 (2%), candidate division OP11 (1%), and candidate division WWE3 (1%). The results allow us to infer a possible relationship of microbial sheaths, EPS, and the iron precipitates to microbial community diversity in the Borra cave springs. Understanding biogenic iron oxides in caves has important astrobiological applications as it provides a potential tool for the detection of extraterrestrial life.