Ionospheric oscillations caused by geomagnetic Pi2 pulsations and their observations by multipoint continuous Doppler sounding; first results

In 2004, we started operating a continuous Doppler sounding system to investigate ionospheric signatures of infrasonic, short period acoustic gravity waves and geomagnetic pulsations. Since January 2007, four stable 3.59 MHz transmitters have been in operation in the western part of the Czech Republic. Multipoint measurements enable us to investigate horizontal propagation of waves and disturbances in the ionosphere and to estimate horizontal distances over which these waves (disturbances) are correlated.     

顶部间隙对超声速膨胀器流动特性的影响

隔板与机匣之间留有间隙,间隙的存在势必会对超声速膨胀器的内部流场和总体性能产生影响,为了获得超声速膨胀器内部间隙流动的流动细节,采用三维雷诺平均Navier-Stokes方程和标准k-ε湍流模型,就顶部间隙对超声速膨胀器流动特性的影响进行了数值研究。结果表明:膨胀流道出口斜激波导致吸力面压力高于压力面,隔板尾缘附近部分泄漏流体经间隙流回压力面侧;间隙的存在导致吸力面进口及中、后部近下端壁压力上升,而压力面前缘附近压力下降,对比同一隔板位置,间隙高度每增加1%喉部高度,超声速膨胀器隔板载荷系数最高下降2.6%;端壁损失和斜激波损失降低,但产生了泄漏损失,三维流道内总的流动损失增加,膨胀器效率降低,本文研究范围内效率最多下降8.8%;马蹄涡、泄漏涡及二者之间的相互作用是顶部区域的主要涡系结构;前缘附近气流经间隙流到吸力面侧和尾缘附近泄漏流体越过间隙重新流回压力面侧是间隙内气流的主要运动形式。     

近壁区Reynolds应力输运方程的理论模型

在湍流边界层的近壁区,采用对称共振三波的理论模型描述相干结构,根据理论模型对Reynolds应力输运方程逐项进行计算和分析,结果与直接数值模拟符合很好.这不仅在理论上有益于对湍流物理机制的了解,而且展现了一种可能性,即根据相干结构的理论知识来改造湍流模型,使之具有更清晰的物理内涵以提高近壁区的预估精度.     

Equilibration Processes in the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium

The Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM) is thought to contribute about 40–50% to the baryonic budget at the present evolution stage of the universe. The observed large scale structure is likely to be due to gravitational growth of density fluctuations in the post-inflation era. The evolving cosmic web is governed by non-linear gravitational growth of the initially weak density fluctuations in the dark energy dominated cosmology. Non-linear structure formation, accretion and merging processes, star forming and AGN activity produce gas shocks in the WHIM. Shock waves are converting a fraction of the gravitation power to thermal and non-thermal emission of baryonic/leptonic matter. They provide the most likely way to power the luminous matter in the WHIM. The plasma shocks in the WHIM are expected to be collisionless. Collisionless shocks produce a highly non-equilibrium state with anisotropic temperatures and a large differences in ion and electron temperatures. We discuss the ion and electron heating by the collisionless shocks and then review the plasma processes responsible for the Coulomb equilibration and collisional ionisation equilibrium of oxygen ions in the WHIM. MHD-turbulence produced by the strong collisionless shocks could provide a sizeable non-thermal contribution to the observed Doppler parameter of the UV line spectra of the WHIM.     

层状固体结构表面性质的非线性兰姆波定征方法

提出用非线性兰姆波方法定征层状固体结构的表面性质,分析了层状固体结构表面性质变化对兰姆波二次谐波发生效应产生的影响。基于Ritec-SNAP系统建立了非线性兰姆波实验系统,当表面的覆层面积和覆层厚度发生变化时,在兰姆波具有强烈非线性效应的条件下,测量了兰姆波的基波及二次谐波的幅频曲线,结果显示表面性质的微小变化将显著地影响到兰姆波的二次谐波发生效率。借鉴声-超声技术中的应力波因子方法,定义了兰姆波应力波因子,实验结果表明,利用兰姆波二次谐波的应力波因子可对层状固体结构表面性质的变化情况进行准确定征。     

等离子体气动激励控制激波的实验研究

在机械式和气动式激波控制方法的基础上,提出了激波控制的等离子体气动激励方法。采用电弧放电等离子体气动激励方式,设计了电弧放电等离子体气动激励器,在小型暂冲式超声速风洞中开展了等离子体气动激励控制尖劈斜激波的实验研究。结果表明,等离子体气动激励能够有效控制激波。实验研究了磁场对激波控制效果的影响,结果表明施加磁场使得激波控制效果显著增强。从热效应机理角度出发,建立了等离子体气动激励控制激波的热阻塞模型,采用该理论模型预测的激波变化规律与实验结果一致,从而验证了热阻塞模型的合理性。由于等离子体气动激励方法具有响应迅速、控制灵活等优点,因此将成为激波控制领域一条新的有价值的技术途径。     

Generation mechanism of the whistler-mode waves in the plasma sheet prior to magnetic reconnection

The whistler-mode waves and electron temperature anisotropy play a key role prior to and during magnetic reconnection. On August 21, 2002, the Cluster spacecrafts encountered a quasi-collisionless magnetic reconnection event when they crossed the plasma sheet. Prior to the southward turning of magnetospheric magnetic field and high speed ion flow, the whistler-mode waves and positive electron temperature anisotropy are simultaneously observed. Theoretic analysis shows that the electrons with positive temperature anisotropy can excite the whistler-mode waves via cyclotron resonances. Using the data of particles and magnetic field, we estimated the whistler-mode wave growth rate and the ratio of whistler-mode growth rate to wave frequency. They are 0.0016f_ce (Electron cyclotron frequency) and 0.0086f_ce, respectively. Therefore the whistler-mode waves can grow quickly in the current sheet. The combined observations of energetic electron beams and waves show that after the southward turning of magnetic field, energetic electrons in the reconnection process are accelerated by the whistler-mode waves.     

Alfven波在微电离大气中的衰减特性研究

利用简单的偶极子地磁场模型以及大气电子密度和电导率模式, 分析地面产生的磁扰动以Alfven波的模式传播到近地空间区域. 这种地面的磁扰动可能干扰近地空间卫星对空间磁扰动的观测. 通过对地面磁扰动Alfven波模式1000 km高度内的衰减情况进行模拟, 认为在近地空间采用地磁偶极子模型是合理的. 由于衰减随扰动频率的增大而急剧增强, 分析还得到了近地卫星能够探测到地面磁扰动的最大频率. 计算结果表明, Alfven波的衰减主要集中在高度50 km以下, 这个区域内的大气电导率极其微弱, 使Alfven波的传播受到极大衰减. 0.4 Hz以下的Alfven波沿磁力线传播到1000 km高度后衰减结为原来扰动幅度的千分之一, 因此频率在0.4 Hz以下的Alfven波可能会干扰低轨卫星探测磁场脉动.      

基于LOLA数据的冯·卡门地区地形特征分析

冯·卡门（Von Kármán）撞击坑位于南极—艾肯（South-Pole Aitken,SPA）盆地西北部,为“嫦娥4号”的预选着陆区。本文基于LRO卫星LOLA数据,分别采用最大平均值法、均方根高程法和盒维数法,得到并分析了冯·卡门地区的坡度、粗糙度和分形维数等地形参数信息。结果表明：冯·卡门撞击坑的海拔低,其中坑底最南部海拔最低,其余地区海拔相对较高;冯·卡门撞击坑内存在很多小的撞击结构;冯·卡门撞击坑平均坡度为1.3°,小于2°的地区约占盆地底部面积的85%;粗糙度值小于20 m的区域占95.1%;整体上有较大的分形维数。上述结果说明冯·卡门撞击坑整体上地形起伏小,结构稳定。统计结果表明：冯·卡门撞击坑南部、东南部及西北部地区都有较小的坡度、粗糙度值和较大的分形维数值,可满足探测器的着陆要求。与“嫦娥3号”着陆区地形的对比表明,冯·卡门撞击坑内部的地形条件要优于“嫦娥3号”着陆区。