Understanding magnetotail current sheet meso-scale structures using MHD simulations

Recent Cluster observations have strongly supported the existence of meso-scale structure in the magnetotail current sheet. In our study, a magnetohydrodynamic simulation event study exhibited current sheet behavior comparable to that seen in the Cluster observations. Geotail and DoubleStar observations also show that the simulation is providing a realistic representation of the magnetosphere during the period of interest; that is, when the current sheet evidently becomes bifurcated. The magnetohydrodynamic simulation allows us to place the local observations into a global contest. It shows that the observations can be explained in terms of localized reconnection tailward of the Cluster location and the formation of a flux rope nearby. The simulation also features wave-like structure across the current sheet.     

Interplanetary Physics Research in China:2006—2008

This brief report summarized the latest advances of the interplanetary physics research in China during the period of 2006—2007,made independently by Chinese space physicists and through international collaboration.The report covers all aspects of the interplanetary physics,including theoretical studies,numerical simulation and data analysis.     

激光诱导碳等离子体在强激光冲击合成金刚石微晶中的作用

通过对Ｒａｍａｎ光谱及激光诱发碳等离子体的进一步分析研究,讨论了强激光冲击合成金刚石微晶过程中碳等离子体的作用机制。碳等离子体可视为高活性、高动能碳粒子集团,其对石墨相的作用同时包括能量传输和质量传输两个过程,因此碳等离子体在促进石墨相结构畸变、结构重组乃至相变方面起到了重要的作用;从能量阈值角度分析了碳等离子体与石墨相之间的四种磁撞类型,并据此对Ｒａｍａｎ谱线随激光功率密度的变化规律提出了较为合     

Propagation of non-linear ion-sound pulses in dusty plasma waveguides

There are a lot of objects in space associated with dusty plasma inclusions. Such inclusions may bear a prolonged shape and behave as waveguides for ion-sound waves. In the case of space plasmas, the dust particles can possess both negative charge, due to electron attachment, and positive one, due to photoionization. In this paper the propagation of linear and non-linear ion-sound wave pulses in the dusty plasma waveguides, possessing positive charge, is studied. It has been demonstrated that non-linear dynamics of baseband pulse propagation in plasma waveguide possesses essentially non-solitonic behavior. Namely, propagation of a long ion-sound pulse leads to an excitation of a shock-like wave but not a stable localized nonlinear pulse. Also, when a Korteveg–de Vries (KdV) soliton is incident onto the dusty plasma waveguide, some part of the soliton energy is captured by the waveguide and transformed into a multi-pulse structure. Additionally, an interaction of dusty plasma inclusions with KdV soliton can lead to the occurrence of transverse instabilities of the soliton and its eventual destruction.     

A sample collector for robotic sample return missions III: Impact survivability studies

Laboratory impact tests have been performed on experimental versions of a proposed robotic sample collector for extraterrestrial samples. The collector consists of a retractable aluminum ring containing an impregnable silicone compound that is pressed into the surface of the body to be sampled. As part of a comprehensive program to evaluate this idea, we have performed tests to determine if the samples embedded in the collector medium can survive the impact forces experienced during direct reentry, such as that of the recent Genesis sample return mission. For the present study, samples of sand, rock, glass, and chalk were subjected to decelerations of 1440–2880 g using drop tests. We found that even the most fragile samples, chosen to be representative of a wide range of the types of materials found on the surface of asteroids that have currently been studied, can withstand impacts of the intensity experienced by a sample return capsule during direct reentry.     

利用栅网控制空间等离子体环境效应模拟中的等离子体参数

通常采用ECR等离子体源产生的等离子体的温度和密度都比较大,通过附加适当目数的栅网,并在栅网上加一定的偏置电位来对等离子体参数,尤其是温度、密度进行调整,满足空间等离子体环境模拟要求.本文利用14目、25目的栅网,对己有的地面实验室空间等离子体环境进行了改进,得到了更加接近空间等离子体参数的一个地面模拟环境.     

地面实验室模拟空间等离子体环境的初步测试

地面模拟电离层等离子体与高压太阳电池阵的相互作用时,需要一定密度和能量的等离子体环境,因而希望能在地面试验室中利用微波ERC等离子体源来近似模拟空间等离子体环境.文章对该等离子体源进行了初步测试,利用等离子体诊断系统获得了在大真空容器中的等离子体有关参数的测量数据,通过分析,我们得到了一个比较均匀的等离子体环境.     

电流片的稳定性问题

本文从理想磁流体力学出发,分析了固结在光球层上的半圆弧形电流片的线性稳定性。主要结论是:当沿电流方向的磁场小于某临界值时,电流片将不稳定,且最先引起不稳定的扰动模沿电流方向的波数近似为电流片圆弧直径的倒数。     

Experimental and numerical investigation on surface quality for two-point incremental sheet forming with interpolator

The unsatisfied surface quality seriously impedes the wide application of incremental sheet forming(ISF) in industrial field. As a novel approach, the interpolator method is a promising strategy to enhance the surface quality in ISF. However, the mechanism for the improvement of surface quality and the influence of interpolator properties on surface roughness are not well understood. In this paper, the influences of process variables(i.e. tool diameter, step size and thickness of interpolators) ...     

探针校准用ECR等离子体源特性试验研究

为验证ECR等离子体源作为探针校准装置中标准等离子体发生器的可行性,试验研究微波管电流、气压等不同放电条件对ECR等离子体源的耦合作用,以及放电产生的等离子体特征参数的稳定性、均匀性和重复性。结果表明：在合适的放电条件下,ECR等离子体源产生的等离子体特征参数重复性较好,在300 mm×200 mm的空间范围内分布均匀且在2 h内较稳定。因此,可以在探针校准装置中使用ECR等离子体源作为标准等离子体发生器。