Obscured Activity: AGN, Quasars, Starbursts and ULIGs Observed by the Infrared Space Observatory

Some of the most ‘active’ galaxies in the Universe are obscured by large quantities of dust and emit a substantial fraction of their bolometric luminosity in the infrared. Observations of these infrared luminous galaxies with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) have provided a relatively unabsorbed view to the sources fuelling this active emission. The improved sensitivity, spatial resolution and spectroscopic capability of ISO over its predecessor Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) of enabled significant advances in the understanding of the infrared properties of active galaxies. ISO surveyed a wide range of active galaxies which, in the context of this review, includes those powered by intense bursts of star formation as well as those containing a dominant active galactic nucleus (AGN). Mid-infrared imaging resolved for the first time the dust enshrouded nuclei in many nearby galaxies, while a new era in infrared spectroscopy was opened by probing a wealth of atomic, ionic and molecular lines as well as broad band features in the mid- and far-infrared. This was particularly useful, since it resulted in the understanding of the power production, excitation and fuelling mechanisms in the nuclei of active galaxies including the intriguing but so far elusive ultraluminous infrared galaxies. Detailed studies of various classes of AGN and quasars greatly improved our understanding of the unification scenario. Far-infrared imaging and photometry revealed the presence of a new very cold dust component in galaxies and furthered our knowledge of the far-infrared properties of faint starbursts, ULIGs and quasars. We summarise almost nine years of key results based on ISO data spanning the full range of luminosity and type of active galaxies.     

Astrophysics in 2006

The fastest pulsar and the slowest nova; the oldest galaxies and the youngest stars; the weirdest life forms and the commonest dwarfs; the highest energy particles and the lowest energy photons. These were some of the extremes of Astrophysics 2006. We attempt also to bring you updates on things of which there is currently only one (habitable planets, the Sun, and the Universe) and others of which there are always many, like meteors and molecules, black holes and binaries.     

死亡是生命的必然归宿

本文根据物质系统演化的规律，平衡原理及熵理论，阐述了死亡是生命系统演化的必然归宿。     

空间碎片防护结构设计优化理论方法研究

航天器空间碎片防护结构设计优化在国际上属前沿课题，防护结构设计优化理论方法是其关键技术之一。在防护优化理论模型及其优化算法研究方面取得了突破性进展，建立了综合各类典型防护结构构型的统一的防护优化数学模型，提出了解决防护优化问题的几种算法：混合遗传算法，改进的差异演化算法和混合差异演化算法。最后采用航天器防护优化算例对防护优化理论方法进行了测试考核，优化结果表明了本文工作的可行性和有效性。     

用于棘轮变形预测的棘轮演化统一模型研究

 在大量单轴棘轮实验基础上,研究了均值、幅值、峰值和谷值应力对 304不锈钢的饱和棘轮应变的影响规律,首次提出了棘轮应力σ_r和棘轮门槛值σ_rth 的概念,建立了基于单参数控制的、用于饱和棘轮应变预测的 SRM饱和棘轮本构模型和用于独立循环应力工况下棘轮应变演化预测的 REM棘轮演化模型,并由此发展了全面描述任意循环应力工况下棘轮应变演化规律的 URM棘轮演化统一模型。抛物律模型 SRM和幂律模型 REM对实验数据拟合的相关系数均超过 0.98。URM建模容易,只需 4～ 6个试样的单轴棘轮实验数据。此外还讨论了获得 SRM本构模型的单试样实验法。     

二元外压式进气道斜板和唇口参数选择的风洞试验研究

在几何不可调的二元外压式斜板进气道的设计中，选择合理的斜板和唇口几何能数是最重要的问题之一。本文对一个设计马赫数为１．８的这类进气道的斜板和唇口参数进行了风洞试验研究。用缩尺模型风洞试验，对比分析了不同斜板角和不同外侧唇口内唇角，唇缘半径对进气道内流特性的影响，结果表明，对确定的进气道布局，斜板角小的变化对进气道超音速内流总压恢复系数，稳态出口流场周向畸变指数及喘振裕度的影响很大，唇口参数小的改变     

数控展成电解加工的阴极结构及流场研究

介绍了应用数控展成电解在整体叶轮毛坯上开槽时的流场特点,讨论了阴极结构对加工间隙内流场的影响规律,并相应对阴极的结构设计提出了一些建议。     

数控展成电解磨削整体叶轮叶片的过切误差分析及解决方案

分析了平行直纹展成电解磨削整体叶轮叶片的过切误差,得到了过切误差计算公式,提出了用圆锥磨轮和组合式五轴联动数控方案来消除过切误差的方法。     

化学镀镍钨磷合金过程中的析氢行为和沉积机理

本文研究了化学镀镍钨磷合金过程中的析氢行为，发现总析氢量大于金属沉积的量，即产生氢气的法拉第电流大于金属沉积的法拉第电流。认为镍钨磷合金化学沉积的机理是镍、钨、磷、氢的竞争放电，且除金属沉积时伴随着等量的析氢外，氢也能单独析出。温度、pH值和亚磷酸根浓度对合金沉积速度和合金成分的影响表明，该体系能在很宽的工艺范围内获得光亮、均匀、结合力良好的镀层。用塔菲尔斜率分析法测量的合金沉积速度与重量法测得的相一致，说明电化学方法可以用于确定化学度的沉积速度。     

Study of the variability of blazars gamma-ray emission

The γ-ray emission of blazar jets shows a pronounced variability and this feature provides limits to the size and to the speed of the emitting region. We study the γ-ray variability of bright blazars using data from the first 18 months of activity of the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. From the daily light-curves of the blazars characterized by a remarkable activity, we firstly determine the minimum variability time-scale, giving an upper limit for the size of the emitting region of the sources, assumed to be spheroidal blobs in relativistic motion. These regions must be smaller than ∼10⁻³ parsec. Another interesting time-scale is the duration of the outbursts. We conclude that they cannot correspond to radiation produced by a single blob moving relativistically along the jet, but they are either the signature of emission from a standing shock extracting energy from a modulated jet, or the superposition of a number of flares occurring on a shorter time-scale. We also derive lower limits on the bulk Lorentz factor needed to make the emitting region transparent for gamma-rays interacting through photon–photon collisions.