The Magnetometer Instrument on MESSENGER

The Magnetometer (MAG) on the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission is a low-noise, tri-axial, fluxgate instrument with its sensor mounted on a 3.6-m-long boom. The boom was deployed on March 8, 2005. The primary MAG science objectives are to determine the structure of Mercury’s intrinsic magnetic field and infer its origin. Mariner 10 observations indicate a planetary moment in the range 170 to 350 nT R _M³ (where R _M is Mercury’s mean radius). The uncertainties in the dipole moment are associated with the Mariner 10 trajectory and variability of the measured field. By orbiting Mercury, MESSENGER will significantly improve the determination of dipole and higher-order moments. The latter are essential to understanding the thermal history of the planet. MAG has a coarse range, ±51,300 nT full scale (1.6-nT resolution), for pre-flight testing, and a fine range, ±1,530 nT full scale (0.047-nT resolution), for Mercury operation. A magnetic cleanliness program was followed to minimize variable and static spacecraft-generated fields at the sensor. Observations during and after boom deployment indicate that the fixed residual field is less than a few nT at the location of the sensor, and initial observations indicate that the variable field is below 0.05 nT at least above about 3 Hz. Analog signals from the three axes are low-pass filtered (10-Hz cutoff) and sampled simultaneously by three 20-bit analog-to-digital converters every 50 ms. To accommodate variable telemetry rates, MAG provides 11 output rates from 0.01 s⁻¹ to 20 s⁻¹. Continuous measurement of fluctuations is provided with a digital 1–10 Hz bandpass filter. This fluctuation level is used to trigger high-time-resolution sampling in eight-minute segments to record events of interest when continuous high-rate sampling is not possible. The MAG instrument will provide accurate characterization of the intrinsic planetary field, magnetospheric structure, and dynamics of Mercury’s solar wind interaction.     

电站铁磁构件早期损伤无损检测方法的研究

本文通过理论分析和实际检验，探讨了磁记忆检测地电站气轮机时片和高压缸体由应力集中引起的损伤区域进行预诊断的可靠性，并指出，该检测方法在电站实际工程检测中有良好的应用前景。     

What is the role of magnetic null points in large flares?

We have performed the analysis of the magnetic topology of active region NOAA 10486 before two large flares occurring on October 26 and 28, 2003. The 3D extrapolation of the photospheric magnetic field shows the existence of magnetic null points when using two different methods. We use TRACE 1600 Å and 195 Å brightenings as tracers of the energy release due to magnetic reconnections. We conclude on the three following points:

1. The small events observed before the flares are related to low lying null points. They are long lasting and associated with low energy release. They are not triggering the large flares.

2. On October 26, a high altitude null point is found. We look for bright patches that could correspond to the signatures of coronal reconnection at the null point in TRACE 1600 Å images. However, such bright patches are not observed before the main flare, they are only observed after it.

3. On October 28, four ribbons are observed in TRACE images before the X17 flare. We interpret them as due to a magnetic breakout reconnection in a quadrupolar configuration. There is no magnetic null point related to these four ribbons, and this reconnection rather occurs at quasi-separatrix layers (QSLs).

We conclude that the existence of a null point in the corona is neither a sufficient nor a necessary condition to give rise to large flares.     

“磁栅—光准直定位”大尺寸测量系统

介绍一种简单而又实用的大尺寸测量系统。该系统包括两个组成部分——磁栅测尺及光准直定位装置,其测量精度优于2×10~(-5)。     

行星际电场与Dst指数

利用ACE卫星的太阳风及行星际磁场观测数据和相应时期的Dst指数，分析了行星际电场的Dst指数的相关关系，讨论了行星际电场作为研究磁层和太阳风相互作用的良好参数的物理机制。结果表明：行星际电场与Dst指数有很好的相关性，并且在强和中等地磁活动基间，存在显著的突变特征曲线；相对于V、V^2Bz、VB^2和ε，行星际电场的突变特征曲线更易识别；弱的扰动磁层背景状况和行星际磁场南向分量及电场晨昏分量的较大波动影响着磁暴的发展，使磁暴主相有多个发展阶段，从而增加磁暴的强度；对主相有多个发展阶段磁暴的研究有待进一步改善。     

Numerical study of magnetic reconnection possibly occurring near heliospheric current sheet

The third-order accurate upwind compact difference scheme has been applied for the numerical study of the magnetic reconnection driven by a plasma blob impacting the heliospheric current sheet, under the framework of the two-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamics. The results show that the driven reconnection near the current sheet could occur in about 10–30 min for the interplanetary high magnetic Reynolds number, R_M = 2000–10,000, a stable magnetic reconnection structure can be formed in hour order of magnitude, and there appear some basic properties such as the multiple X-line reconnections, vortex structures, filament current systems, splitting and collapse of the high-density plasma blob. These results are helpful in understanding and identifying the magnetic reconnection phenomena possibly occurring near the heliospheric current sheets.     

磁壳参数L与磁暴Dst指数和行星际条件的关系

用磁坐标L-/A来描述地球近地空间粒子特性和卫星位置是近年来空间物理探测研究和数据分析中的一个新趋势.利用T96磁场模型计算了L值,并比较了在地球磁层剧烈活动期间和不同行星际条件下,用偶极子模型,国际参照磁场(IGRF)模型,和T96磁场模型这三种方式计算得到的地球表面L-A磁坐标之间的区别.在地磁纬度大于30°时偶极子近似和IGRF磁场模型计算得到的L值差别开始增大.在地磁纬度大于50°时,用IGRF磁场模型和T96磁场模型计算得到的L值差别开始增大.由于T96磁场模型引入了行星际磁场南北和东西分量,计算的L值包含了行星际条件的影响,并具有了随地方时变化的特性.本工作对于辐射带粒子动态模式的建立,以及正确理解卫星磁坐标位置等具有重要意义.     

有限β等离子体中密度和磁场不均匀驱动的动理学Alfven波

在分析有限β等离子体中的密度、磁场不均匀引起的漂移波不稳定性的基础上，剖析了漂移波不稳定性对动理学Alfven波激发的作用．动理学理论能正确地处理有限拉莫半径效应和波粒共振相互作用，本文根据带电粒子在电磁场中的运动特性，采用Vlasov方程描述离子运动，运用漂移动理学方程对电子运动进行描述．密度不均匀和磁场不均匀对产生漂移不稳定性的对比分析表明：在有限β等离子体中，密度不均匀比磁场不均匀更易激发漂移不稳定性，且密度不均匀激发漂移不稳定性中的能量转换和转移更为强烈．这种能量的转换为动理学Alfven波的激发提供了物理基础．所得数值解表明：动理学Alfven波在磁层中能广泛地被激发产生，特别是在磁层空间的极尖区、磁层顶和等离子体片边界层等具有明显的不均匀性区域中更容易被激发产生．本文的研究结果进一步表明动理学Alfven波对磁层空间中能量传输具有重要作用．     

2000年7月空间天气大事件对地磁场的影响

2000年7月空间大事件对地磁场产生了巨大影响，7月15日至18日发生大磁暴(K=9)．磁暴为急始型，在我国地区初相期变幅有200—300nT，主相最大幅度有500—600nT，为多年来所罕见．在行星际磁场Bz由北向转向南向时，磁暴主相开始；南向分量达到最大值后大约2h，地磁H分量达到最小值，恢复相开始．并且，这次磁暴与太阳风也存在一定的对应关系。     

某型导弹的电磁散射特性分析

通过综合运用物理光学法（PO），等效电磁流法（MEC）和几何光学法（GO）等，并考虑目标各部分散射场间的相对相位关系，分析了椭球体和橄榄体两种不同形状弹头导弹的电磁特性，计算出了它们的雷达散射截面积（RCS）。计算结果与相关文献结论吻合较好，表明该方法更正确有效的，能满足工程分析需要。