彗星中尘埃的带电特性和平衡电势的研究

分析了彗星中尘埃粒子的带电特性，以及计算了彗星尘埃等离子体的典型参数．对Halley彗星和G-Z彗星进行了讨论，得出了彗星中尘埃平衡电势的一些主要规律．一般来说，这些规律也可以适用于其他等离子体彗星．     

Gamma rays from accreting matter onto collapsed objects

In the spherical accretion onto massive objects, the matter may be heated up to temperatures as high as 10¹² °K. In such a hot plasma, the thermal bremsstrahlung (e-e and e-p) and π° decay from inelastic collisions of protons are the main γ-ray sources. We determined the γ -ray production spectra from the π° decay and from bremsstrahlung for different temperatures. The expected γ-ray spectra were evaluated too in order to fit experimental data. We have fitted COS B data from 3C 273 using a two temperatures plasma model. The best fit is for

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(M₈ is the black hole mass in 10⁸ M) which gives . The hard X-ray measurements do not contradict the bremsstrahlung spectrum.     

On the initial perturbation of mesospheric dust associated irregularities by high powered radio waves

Important observational manifestations of subvisible mesospheric dust are Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes (PMSEs) which are produced by scattering from electron irregularities produced by dust charging. It has been observed that the PMSE strength can be artificially modified by using a ground-based ionospheric heating facility to perturb the electron irregularity source region that is believed to produce PMSE. Recently it has become evident that significant diagnostic information may be available about the dust layer from the temporal behavior of the electron irregularities during the heating process which modifies the background electron temperature. Particularly interesting and important periods of the temporal behavior are during the turn-on and turn-off of the radio wave heating. Most past theoretical models and experimental investigations have concentrated primarily on the later period. The objective here is to consider the temporal behavior and possibilities for diagnostic information available during the turn-on period of the radio wave. First, approximate analytical models are developed and compared to a more accurate full computational model as a reference. Then from the temporal behavior of the electron irregularities during the turn-on of the radio wave, the analytical models are used to obtain possible diagnostic information for various charged dust and background plasma quantities.     

Auroral Plasma Acceleration Above Martian Magnetic Anomalies

Aurora is caused by the precipitation of energetic particles into a planetary atmosphere, the light intensity being roughly proportional to the precipitating particle energy flux. From auroral research in the terrestrial magnetosphere it is known that bright auroral displays, discrete aurora, result from an enhanced energy deposition caused by downward accelerated electrons. The process is commonly referred to as the auroral acceleration process. Discrete aurora is the visual manifestation of the structuring inherent in a highly magnetized plasma. A strong magnetic field limits the transverse (to the magnetic field) mobility of charged particles, effectively guiding the particle energy flux along magnetic field lines. The typical, slanted arc structure of the Earth’s discrete aurora not only visualizes the inclination of the Earth’s magnetic field, but also illustrates the confinement of the auroral acceleration process. The terrestrial magnetic field guides and confines the acceleration processes such that the preferred acceleration of particles is frequently along the magnetic field lines. Field-aligned plasma acceleration is therefore also the signature of strongly magnetized plasma. This paper discusses plasma acceleration characteristics in the night-side cavity of Mars. The acceleration is typical for strongly magnetized plasmas – field-aligned acceleration of ions and electrons. The observations map to regions at Mars of what appears to be sufficient magnetization to support magnetic field-aligned plasma acceleration – the localized crustal magnetizations at Mars (Acuña et al., 1999). Our findings are based on data from the ASPERA-3 experiment on ESA’s Mars Express, covering 57 orbits traversing the night-side/eclipse of Mars. There are indeed strong similarities between Mars and the Earth regarding the accelerated electron and ion distributions. Specifically acceleration above Mars near local midnight and acceleration above discrete aurora at the Earth – characterized by nearly monoenergetic downgoing electrons in conjunction with nearly monoenergetic upgoing ions. We describe a number of characteristic features in the accelerated plasma: The “inverted V” energy-time distribution, beam vs temperature distribution, altitude distribution, local time distribution and connection with magnetic anomalies. We also compute the electron energy flux and find that the energy flux is sufficient to cause weak to medium strong (up to several tens of kR 557.7 nm emissions) aurora at Mars. Monoenergetic counterstreaming accelerated ions and electrons is the signature of field-aligned electric currents and electric field acceleration. The topic is reasonably well understood in terrestrial magnetospheric physics, although some controversy still remains on details and the cause-effect relationships. We present a potential cause-effect relationship leading to auroral plasma acceleration in the nightside cavity of Mars – the downward acceleration of electrons supposedly manifesting itself as discrete aurora above Mars.     

Density of discontinuities in the heliosphere

The spatial distribution of MHD discontinuities in the solar wind has been studied, based on the long time observations by the magnetometer onboard Ulysses. We emphasize the critical importance of the method whereby events are selected; some previous work is critically reviewed in this respect. Our analysis supports earlier observations that the density of discontinuities decreases with increasing distance from the Sun. It is suggested, however, that the distribution of the discontinuity normals should be revised, retaining only those discontinuities for further study that have reliable normals. This study shows that the vast majority of well defined discontinuities has a small magnetic field component parallel to the discontinuity normal. Given the large number of discontinuities in the Ulysses data set there is a statistically sufficient number for further study. It is also shown in this paper that for the subset of well defined discontinuities the determination of the normal vector using Minimum Variance Analysis and the cross-product technique are equally valid.     

导弹垂直发射系统排烟道燃气流的等离子体测温法研究

导弹垂直发射系统排烟道出口燃气流直接接触飞出发射箱的导弹。所以排烟道进出口温度分布，对系统设计十分重要。本文采用等离子体测温法，测得了温度分布。发现由于导弹发射位置的变化，排烟道内温度分布是很不均匀的。     

微波等离子推力器等离子体形成及其与微波耦合机理分析

微波等离子推力器（MPT）的最大优点是微波在谐振腔内放电使工质形成悬浮的等离子体，没有是极的烧蚀与寿命问题。文中计算了MPT谐振腔内氦气工质击穿场强与腔内气压的关系，结合实验现象及参数调节分析了微波等离子推力器等离子体形成的基本物理过程及影响等离子体稳定的因素、等离子体与微波耦合的机理等，为建立微波、等离子体、流场间的耦合计算模型奠定了基础。     

电推进的现状与展望

小卫星的兴起将促进电推进的发展和应用。本文按电热式、静电式和电磁式三类电推进，分别简要回顾其发展历程，重点介绍目前正在空间使用的电弧式推力器和开始商业化的稳态等离子体推力器的发展现状。最后简述未来几种新型电推进的方案。     

基于Langmuir探针技术的空间等离子体探测方法

阐述了Langmuir探针测量空间等离子体的基本原理和方法。分析了利用Langmuir探针在空间等离子体探测应用中航天器、空间环境对探针表面污染、探针自身和其他因素对测量的影响。介绍了一种基于探针与空间等离子体同电位的等离子体电位和密度的探测方法,并给出测量原理和探针结构。     

基于微波等离子推力器的地球同步轨道卫星任务优化计算

将微波等离子推力器（MPT）应用于“东方红三号”（DFH-3）卫星的推进子系统，完成其轨道转移和南-北位置保持任务。建立了卫星任务和系统优化计算模型，采用遗传算法对卫星轨道转移和位置保持任务进行优化模拟计算，讨论了推力弧段和推力等对卫星变轨时间、MPT累积工作时间、卫星干质量和有效载荷的影响，结果表明，采用MPT可大大减少推进剂工质消耗，增加有效载荷，变轨时间明显大于化学推进，但小于相同电功率的其他电推进。