Precursor to an African Space Agency: Commentary on Dr Peter Martinez “Is there a need for an African Space Agency?”

In 2012 a working group was established to formulate the African space policy and strategy which would lead to the establishment of an African Space Agency (ASA). Dr Peter Martinez asserts in his article “Is there a need for an African Space Agency?” [1] that the arguments that have been posited in support of an ASA are flawed; namely the arguments of the existing example of the European Space Agency (ESA), and that an ASA would lead to fostering competition, synergy, industrial development and capacity building. While this viewpoint agrees that all the perfect conditions may not exist at present for the creation of an ASA, it addresses some of the issues raised by Martinez, and proposes ideas to foster intra-regional cooperation.     

Soft X-ray observations of helmet structures from SXT/Yohkoh

We present soft X-ray observations of helmet structures in solar active regions obtained from SXT/Yohkoh. These helmet structures are observed to form in the flare decay phase and to be associated with active region loop interactions. Their morphology is similar to the much larger scale helmet streamers that appear in the outer corona as shown in optical images of solar eclipse. The observed X-ray helmet structures appear to be in quasi-equilibrium with lifetimes greater than the MHD time scale. Using the filter ratio method for the X-ray observations, we find that the cusp region has lower temperature and higher density than that in the stalk region above it. The plasma pressure in the cusp region is about the same or slightly higher than that in the stalk region.     

4-涡卷(Four-scrolls)混沌系统的复合结构

对一新发现的具有4-涡卷的混沌系统的复合结构特性作了报道。该系统吸引子可通过将两个对称的新吸引子相合并而得到。产生新吸引子的系统非常简单．只需在原混沌系统中增加-常数项即可。同时，本揭示了新发现的4-涡卷混沌吸引子的形成过程．并给出了控制参数与系统特性之间的关系。     

精密测试转台轴系结构设计与研究

介绍了一种高精度惯导测试转台轴系结构的特点，对轴系结构设计方法进行了研究；运用优化设计方法对影响转台质量的几个关键技术参数进行了设计，从而得出最优的设计参数。     

Kinetic Excitation Mechanisms for ION-Cyclotron Kinetic Alfvén Waves in Sun-Earth ConnectionI

We study kinetic excitation mechanisms for high-frequency dispersive Alfvén waves in the solar corona, solar wind, and Earth's magnetosphere. The ion-cyclotron and Cherenkov kinetic effects are important for these waves which we call the ion-cyclotron kinetic Alfvén waves (ICKAWs). Ion beams, anisotropic particles distributions and currents provide free energy for the excitation of ICKAWs in space plasmas. As particular examples we consider ICKAW instabilities in the coronal magnetic reconnection events, in the fast solar wind, and in the Earth's magnetopause. Energy conversion and transport initiated by ICKAW instabilities is significant for the whole dynamics of Sun-Earth connection chain, and observations of ICKAW activity could provide a diagnostic/predictive tool in the space environment research. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

空间群Pn3mPn3P23子群链耦合系数的计算

本文利用陈金全教授的本征函数法计算了Pn3m Pn3 P2 3空间群的母分系数。最后的计算结果表明 ,用陈金全教授的本征函数法所求得的母分系数确实满足幺正、归一性 ,同时也证明了本征函数法对于求母分系数同样适用     

运载火箭平台惯导系统杆臂效应对入轨精度的影响

针对运载火箭平台惯导系统杆臂效应对入轨精度的影响进行了研究和分析，并给出了仿真结果。     

一些大涡内部的轴向流(英文)

用氢气泡法显示了两种大涡，即平板起动涡和细干扰线在圆盘前诱发的大涡的内部流动结构。它们的轴向流，涡核的孤立波，以及向破裂的演变。     

挠性空间结构的H∞辨识

重点研究挠性空间结构的Ｈ∞辨识，研究表明：依据系统的输入输出空间，对系统的未知动力学参数估计和对高维数截断的适当操作，将导致适合于控制的低维数学模型。模型维数确定时，系统模型与实际系统的距离在Ｈ∞范数的意义下几乎为最小，模型维数足够大时，系统模型与实际系统的距离可任意小，这是文下间提出了挠性空间结构Ｈ∞辨识的基本思想，为此，以带挠性梁的卫星系统为背景，首先分析了系统的动力学特性，引入了挠性系统Ｈ∞