Working Group 2 Report: Energy Input, Heating, and Solar Wind Acceleration in Coronal Holes

Theories and observations of energy input, heating and acceleration mechanisms in the low corona were presented and discussed. The main topics of discussion were large-scale solar wind simulations, theoretical heating mechanisms, observational constraints, confronting theory with observations and observational issues. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

EUV Observations Above Polar Coronal Holes

We derive electron temperature and density as a function of height up to 0.2 R_⊙ above the limb in polar coronal holes, using five EUV data sets recorded by the SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer between July 1997 and February 1998. Radial T and N distributions, averaged in a 2° to 10° range of position angles, are the same above the North and South coronal holes. They do not show any time variability over a period of seven months. Polar plumes are found to have lower electron temperature and higher density than the interplume lanes. The electron density slope suggests that the proton temperatures are twice as high as the electron temperatures. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Coronal Hole Boundaries and their Interactions with Adjacent Regions

Coronal hole boundaries are the interfaces between regions where the coronal magnetic field contains a significant component which is open into the heliosphere and regions where the field is primarily closed. It is pointed out that there are constraints on the magnetic field which opens into the heliosphere that must be satisfied in the corona: it must come into pressure equilibrium in the high corona, and the component of the field which connects to the polar regions of the Sun must differentially rotate. A model is presented in which satisfying these constraints determines which field lines are open and which are closed, and thus where the polar coronal hole boundaries occur. Some of the consequences of this model are discussed. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Magneto-gravity Waves Trapped in the Lower Solar Corona

The possibility of trapped magneto-gravity waves in the lower solar corona with an open magnetic field is discussed. Intensity variations and/or Doppler shifts of relevant UV, EUV and x-ray spectral lines in the chromosphere, transition region and lower corona may reveal the existence of such low-frequency modes (with periods longer than ∼ 1.5 hour). The spectrum may be either discrete or continuous depending on the reflection property of the narrow transition region. These modes can be utilized to probe the dynamics of the upper chromosphere, transition region and lower corona; they may also play an important role in coronal heating. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

多斜孔冷却火焰筒燃烧性能试验研究

为了保证高温升燃烧室火焰筒壁温,进行了多斜孔冷却火焰筒燃烧性能试验.通过对多斜孔冷却火焰筒和常规气膜冷却火焰筒的试验对比,研究了多斜孔冷却火焰筒的燃烧性能.研究结果表明:与常规气膜冷却火焰筒相比,多斜孔冷却火焰筒具有冷却空气量少、火焰筒壁温低和温度梯度小等优点;采用了多斜孔冷却方式的火焰筒,其温度场、燃烧效率、火焰筒壁温和慢车贫油熄火油气特性等燃烧性能均达到或超过了常规气膜冷却火焰筒的水平.     

带抑涡支孔结构新型气膜孔的实验研究

采用稳态液晶测温法对基准孔和3个在计算中有较好冷却效率的带抑涡支孔结构新型气膜孔进行了实验研究。实验结果表明:新型气膜孔的抑涡支孔对主气膜孔起到了保护作用,使新型孔在不同吹风比下的冷却效率要高于普通基准孔,特别是在高吹风比的情况下,这种现象更加明显。在低吹风比情况下,三种不同结构新型孔的冷却效率差别不大;而在高吹风比时,支孔与主孔平行孔型和支孔在主孔下游孔型要高于支孔在主孔上游的孔型,该现象随着吹风比增加会愈加明显。     

精密小直径盲孔珩磨

在论述了珩磨、盲孔珩磨现状的基础上,重点介绍了精密小直径盲孔珩磨的原理、珩磨条座、珩磨杆的结构,可达到的加工精度,推广此项工艺应解决的问题及其展望。     

带肋和出流孔通道换热研究

采用热色液晶瞬态测试技术测量了带肋和出流孔通道各壁面的换热系数分布,分析了雷诺数和出流比对换热系数的影响,其中雷诺数的变化范围是20000~80000,出流比的变化范围是0.3~0.6。结果表明:出流比的变化对各壁面均有较大影响,无出流孔带肋壁面的换热沿通道减弱,带肋和出流孔壁面的换热在通道入口处先增大之后沿通道减小;各壁面平均换热增强系数随雷诺数增大而减小。无出流孔的带肋壁面和侧壁的平均换热增强系数随出流比增大而减小,带肋和出流孔壁面的平均换热增强系数不随出流比变化而变化。     

Dark energy,co-evolution of massive black holes with galaxies,and ASTROD-GW

The detection of low frequency band (100 nHz–100 mHz) and very low frequency band (300 pHz–100 nHz) gravitational waves (GWs) is important for exploration of the equation of state of dark energy and the co-evolution of massive black holes (MBHs) with galaxies. Most galaxies are believed to have a massive black hole in the galactic core. In the formation of these black holes, merging and accretion are the two main processes. Merging of massive black holes generate GWs which could be detected by space GW detectors and Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) to cosmological distances. LISA (Laser-Interferometric Space Antenna) is most sensitive to the frequency band 1 mHz–100 mHz, ASTROD-GW (ASTROD [Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity using Optical Devices] optimized for Gravitational Wave detection) is most sensitive to the frequency band 100 nHz–1 mHz and PTAs are most sensitive to the frequency band 300 pHz–100 nHz. In this paper, we discuss the sensitivities and outlooks of detection of GWs from binary massive black holes in these frequency bands with an emphasis on ASTROD-GW. The GWs generated by the inspirals, merging and subsequent ringdowns of binary black holes are standard sirens to the cosmological distance. Using GW observations, we discuss the methods for determining the equation of state of dark energy and for testing the co-evolution models of massive black holes. ASTROD-GW is an optimization of ASTROD to focus on the goal of detection of GWs. The mission orbits of the 3 spacecraft forming a nearly equilateral triangular array are chosen to be near the Sun-Earth Lagrange points L3, L4 and L5. The 3 spacecraft range interferometrically with one another with arm length about 260 million kilometers. With 52 times longer in arm length compared to that of LISA, the strain detection sensitivity is 52 times better toward larger wavelength. The scientific aim is focused for gravitational wave detection at low frequency. The science goals include detection of GWs from MBHs, and Extreme-Mass-Ratio Black Hole Inspirals (EMRI), and using these observations to find the evolution of the equation of state of dark energy and to explore the co-evolution of massive black holes with galaxies.     

Evolution of the temporal and the spectral properties in 2010 and 2011 outbursts of H 1743-322

The Galactic black hole candidate H 1743-322 exhibited two X-ray outbursts in rapid succession: one in August 2010 and the other in April 2011. We analyze archival data of this object from the PCA instrument on board RXTE (2–25 keV energy band) to study the evolution of its temporal and spectral characteristics during both the outbursts, and hence to understand the behavioral change of the accretion flow dynamics associated with the evolution of the various X-ray features. We study the evolution of QPO frequencies during the rising and the declining phases of both the outbursts. We successfully fit the variation of QPO frequency using the Propagating Oscillatory Shock (POS) model in each of the outbursts and obtain the accretion flow parameters such as the instantaneous shock locations, the shock velocity and the shock strength. Based on the degree of importance of the thermal (disk black body) and the non-thermal (power-law) components of the spectral fit and properties of the QPO (if present), the entire profiles of the 2010 and 2011 outbursts are subdivided into four different spectral states: hard, hard-intermediate, soft-intermediate and soft. We attempt to explain the nature of the outburst profile (i.e., hardness-intensity diagram) with two different types of mass accretion flow.