Can an impulsive variation of the solar wind plasma pressure trigger a plasma bubble? A case study based on CSES,Swarm and THEMIS data

During the August 25, 2018 geomagnetic storm, the new borne CSES-01 satellite and the Swarm A satellite detected a really large equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) in the post-midnight sector over western Africa. We investigated the features of this deep ionospheric plasma depletion using data from the Langmuir probes on-board CSES-01 and Swarm A satellites, and data from the high-precision magnetometer and the electric field detector instruments on-board CSES-01. Using also plasma and magnetic field data from THEMIS-E satellite we found that, during the passage of the magnetic cloud that drove the geomagnetic storm, an impulsive variation lasting about ten minutes characterized the solar wind (SW) pressure. The analysis of the delay time, between the occurrence of such impulsive variation and the detection of the plasma bubble, suggests a possible link between the SW pressure impulsive variation as identified by THEMIS-E and the generation of the EPB as detected by CSES-01 and Swarm A. We put forward the hypothesis that the SW pressure impulsive variation might have triggered an eastward prompt penetrating electric field that propagated from high to equatorial latitudes, overlapping in the nightside region to the zonal westward electric field, causing either a reduction or an inversion, at the base of the EPB triggering.     

A 3D hybrid grid generation technique and a multigrid/parallel algorithm based on anisotropic agglomeration approach

A hybrid grid generation technique and a multigrid/parallel algorithm are presented in this paper for turbulence flow simulations over three-dimensional (3D) complex geometries. The hybrid grid generation technique is based on an agglomeration method of anisotropic tetrahedrons. Firstly, the complex computational domain is covered by pure tetrahedral grids, in which anisotropic tetrahedrons are adopted to discrete the boundary layer and isotropic tetrahedrons in the outer field. Then, the anisotropic tetrahedrons in the boundary layer are agglomerated to generate prismatic grids. The agglomeration method can improve the grid quality in boundary layer and reduce the grid quantity to enhance the numerical accuracy and efficiency. In order to accelerate the convergence history, a multigrid/parallel algorithm is developed also based on anisotropic agglomeration approach. The numerical results demonstrate the excellent accelerating capability of this multigrid method.     

钡钨空心阴极等离子体放电模式实验研究

主要通过实验的手段,系统研究了钡钨空心阴极的等离子体放电特性及其工作模式。实验中,使空心阴极工作在三极管构型下,调节相应的放电参数,详细分析钡钨空心阴极放电特性的变化规律、存在的放电模式及其转化规律。最后得到结论：钡钨空心阴极放电表现为羽毛状、亮斑状和弥漫状等3种典型的工作模式;不同放电模式可以用放电电流、放电电压及其振荡特性进行判定和区分;随着放电参数的变化,几种放电模式之间可以相互转化。     

不同结构等离子体激励器的流场特性实验研究

采用粒子成像测速(PIV)技术,在静止空气中测量了H型、O型和L型3种结构的介质阻挡等离子体激励器的诱导速度场,分析了流场结构,并研究了激励器设计参数对诱导速度的影响.研究结果表明,3种结构的激励器都产生了离开激励器表面向上的射流.其中O型和L型结构的激励器受电极电压的影响比较明显,随着电极电压的增加,射流速度的最大值...     

水工质脉冲等离子体推进器的能量平衡和效率

通过一种同轴水工质脉冲等离子体推进器的LCR放电回路的理论分析和实验来探讨其在运行过程中的能量平衡和能量转换效率。理论分析认为储能电容中的储存能量通过放电转化为加速动能及被传输线和电容的等效电阻消耗掉,并且根据等效电阻的分配情况定义了水工质脉冲等离子体推进器的加速动能和电磁力转换效率。实验研究表明:该水工质脉冲等离子体推进器的存储能量(E0=4.86J)转换成加速动能的能量转换效率是28%,其中11%用于电磁加速及17%用于电热加速,其余72%的存储能量消耗在储能电容和传输线内阻所造成的能量损失上。     

Acceleration of charged particles by fluctuating and steady electric fields in a X-type magnetic field

Release of stored magnetic energy via particle acceleration is a characteristic feature of astrophysical plasmas. Magnetic reconnection is one of the mechanisms for releasing energy from magnetized plasmas. Collisionless magnetic reconnection could provide both the energy release mechanism and the particle accelerator in space plasmas. Here we studied particle acceleration when fluctuating (in-time) electric fields are superposed on an static X-type magnetic field in collisionless hot solar plasma. This system is chosen to mimic the reconnective dissipation of a linear MHD disturbance. Our results are compared to particle acceleration from constant electric field superposed on an X-type magnetic field. The constant electric field configuration represents the effects of steady state magnetic reconnection. Time evolution of ion and electron distributions are obtained by numerically integrating particle trajectories. The frequencies of the electric field represent a turbulent range of waves. Depending on the frequency and amplitude of the electric field, electrons and ions are accelerated to different degrees and have energy distributions of bimodal form consisting of a lower energy part and a high energy tail. For frequencies (ω in dimensioless units) in the range 0.5 ? ω ? 1.0 a substantial fraction (20%–30%) of the proton distribution is accelerated to gamma-ray producing energies. For frequencies in the range 1 ? ω ? 100.0 the bulk of the electron distribution is accelerated to hard X-ray producing energies. The acceleration mechanism is important for solar flares and solar noise storms but it could be applicable to all collisionless astrophysical plasmas.     

Excitation of electrostatic plasma waves by a moving charged source in a quantum plasma

Within a quantum hydrodynamic model and using the reductive perturbation technique, the nonlinear ion-acoustic wave (IAW) excitations due to a moving charged object in an electron-pair-ion quantum plasma are studied both analytically and numerically. In such quantum plasmas we have derived forced Korteweg-de Vries (fKdV) type equation for finite amplitude nonlinear IAWs. The effect of relevant plasma parameters on solitonic excitations is investigated. Numerical simulation shows the generation of advancing solitons ahead of the forcing term traveling at a faster rate with trailing wakes behind the forcing disturbance. It is found that propagation characteristics of nonlinear excitations are significantly affected by quantum parameter. Additionally, we have pursued our analysis by extending it to account for arbitrary amplitude IA solitons, and derived a system of nonlinear differential equations which are analyzed numerically to study the dynamics. Nonlinear analysis predicts the existence of periodic and quasiperiodic nature of the nonlinear system and reveals that the transition from quasiperiodic to periodic behavior occurs due to the variation of quantum diffraction.     

介质阻挡放电对增升装置气动性能的影响

增升装置是传统构型飞机的重要组成部分,对飞行器气动性能有重要影响。将高效、简便、节能的介质阻挡放电(Dielectric Barrier Discharge,DBD)等离子体激励器布置在增升装置附近,通过对流场进行控制来达到提高增升装置气动性能的作用。选取二维翼型GAW-1及其29%襟翼作为研究对象,在分析基础流场的基础上,固定激励器放电频率等参数不变,将单级介质阻挡放电激励器放置在几个不同位置,用数值模拟的方法研究其对翼型总体气动特性的影响。仿真结果表明,主翼上表面后缘处的激励器增升效果最好,增升达12.8%且将失速迎角推迟约2°,主翼下表面后缘的升阻比增加可达15%。     

真空等离子装置的改进设计

利用旧的真空装置改造成一个物理气相沉积设备，不仅节约了大量的资金，而且还为今后的科研工作开辟了一个崭新的领域。本文主要讨论了在改造过程中，根据物理气相沉积的共性以及本实验装置的特定要求和需要注意的几个问题，如一个真空沉积腔的整体结构、密封性和冷却结构，如何有效地利用载物台、励磁电路和点火电路的设计等，提出了改造方案。目前，已成功地将它改造成真空度为１０－ ２τ的低真空等离子沉积装置。