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.     

Modelling of Ejecta as a Space Debris Source

When a micro-debris or a micrometeoroid impacts a spacecraft surface, a large number of secondary particles, called ejecta, are produced. These particles can contribute to a modification of the debris environment: either locally by the occurrence of secondary impacts on the components of complex and large space structures, or at great distance by the formation of a population of small orbital debris. This paper describes firstly, the ejecta overall production, and secondly, the lifetime and the orbital evolution of the particles. Finally the repartition of ejecta in LEO is computed. Some results describing the population as a function of size and altitude are presented.     

强辐射条件下应变测量的抗干扰技术研究

文章从动力学结构分析应变测量的基本原理入手,着重介绍了国防高科技试验中,在强辐射、强电磁脉冲干扰环境条件下,为保证应变测量的实现,经模拟试验研究,在应变测量时采用了一系列抗干扰技术措施,包括特殊环境条件下所用元器件材料的选择,传感应变计安装方式,组桥接线方式,密封屏蔽等技术。并介绍了这些技术措施在某试验现场应变测试试验中的应用概况.     

液相色谱仪故障分析与处理

简述了液相色谱仪工作原理，对常见故障进行了分析，并给出了处理方法。     

滚珠丝杠螺距误差补偿法提高数控机床定位精度的研究

在详细论述、对比了实现数控机床滚珠丝杠螺距误差补偿的硬件、软件方法的原理基础上,对滚珠丝杠螺距误差软件补偿法可有效提高数控机床的定位精度进行了试验验证。     

Phase coherence of MHD waves in the solar wind

Large amplitude MHD waves are commonly found in the solar wind. Nonlinear interactions between the MHD waves are likely to produce finite correlation among the wave phases. For discussions of various transport processes of energetic particles, it is fundamentally important to determine whether the wave phases are randomly distributed (as assumed in quasi-linear theories) or they have a finite coherence. Using a method based on a surrogate data technique and a fractal analysis, we analyzed Geotail magnetic field data (provided by S. Kokubun and T. Nagai through DARTS at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) to evaluate the phase coherence among the MHD waves in the earth's foreshock region. The correlation of wave phases does exist, indicating that the nonlinear interactions between the waves is in progress. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Appearance of neutron stars in the state of subsonic propeller

The state of subsonic propeller is intermediate between the states of supersonic propeller and accretor in the evolutionary tracks of magnetized compact stars. The rotational rate of a star at this stage decelerates due to the interaction between its magnetosphere and the surrounding hot, quasi-static plasma envelope. The magnetospheric radius is smaller than the corotation radius and the boundary of the magnetosphere is stable with respect to interchange instabilities. The rate of the mass flux from the inner radius of the envelope to the stellar surface is limited by the rate of plasma diffusion into the magnetic field of the star. As a result, the subsonic propeller would appear as a low-luminosity accretion-powered pulsar with a soft X-ray spectrum.     

利用偏馈振子调整测控雷达跟踪通道相移技术研究

提出一种调整雷达跟踪通道相移的方法 ,即在雷达天线主面上配置偏馈振子 ,利用偏馈振子做为校准源调整雷达跟踪和 /差通道间的相移 ,并对该方法的可行性、可靠性及稳定性进行了实验研究。     

统一S波段测控信道调制指数设计方程

考虑了测距音提取滤波器以及返回噪声对统一Ｓ波段卫星测控信道的影响，采用图解和数学分析两种方法详细分析了已调载波的功率效率。在此基础上，分别推导出在有、无测距音提取滤波器两种情况下，调制指数的设计方程     

费率受制于位相半马氏过程的风险模型

对带马氏链的线性和非线性系统，经过众多学者近20多年的努力，已取得一系列重要成果。然而，由于马氏链状态逗留时间服从负指数分布，使得这些成果在应用中有很大的局限性。本文首先探讨了位相半马氏过程的性质，然后以位相半马氏过程代替马氏过程，研究风险模型的相关问题，取得了与马氏链相同的研究成果，从而说明了位相半马氏过程在克服由马氏过程带来的局限性中的作用。