The Origin of Mercury

Mercury’s unusually high mean density has always been attributed to special circumstances that occurred during the formation of the planet or shortly thereafter, and due to the planet’s close proximity to the Sun. The nature of these special circumstances is still being debated and several scenarios, all proposed more than 20 years ago, have been suggested. In all scenarios, the high mean density is the result of severe fractionation occurring between silicates and iron. It is the origin of this fractionation that is at the centre of the debate: is it due to differences in condensation temperature and/or in material characteristics (e.g. density, strength)? Is it because of mantle evaporation due to the close proximity to the Sun? Or is it due to the blasting off of the mantle during a giant impact? In this paper we investigate, in some detail, the fractionation induced by a giant impact on a proto-Mercury having roughly chondritic elemental abundances. We have extended the previous work on this hypothesis in two significant directions. First, we have considerably increased the resolution of the simulation of the collision itself. Second, we have addressed the fate of the ejecta following the impact by computing the expected reaccretion timescale and comparing it to the removal timescale from gravitational interactions with other planets (essentially Venus) and the Poynting–Robertson effect. To compute the latter, we have determined the expected size distribution of the condensates formed during the cooling of the expanding vapor cloud generated by the impact. We find that, even though some ejected material will be reaccreted, the removal of the mantle of proto-Mercury following a giant impact can indeed lead to the required long-term fractionation between silicates and iron and therefore account for the anomalously high mean density of the planet. Detailed coupled dynamical–chemical modeling of this formation mechanism should be carried out in such a way as to allow explicit testing of the giant impact hypothesis by forthcoming space missions (e.g. MESSENGER and BepiColombo).     

培养学生英语口语交际能力的策略探讨

文章就大学生英语口语交际能力存在的问题进行了分析,探讨如何提高英语口语交际能力的策略。     

The double-pulsar binary J0737–3039

A recent multibeam pulsar survey of the outer Galactic plane at Parkes has discovered the first-known double-pulsar binary, a very compact double neutron star system in which both stars are observable as radio pulsars. In this review, we briefly describe the discovery and the studies which have been enabled by the unique properties of the system. These range from the most precise confirmation yet of the theory of general relativity, with the possibility of even more new tests and the measurement of second-order post-Newtonian effects, to studies of the magnetospheres and emission properties of the two pulsars. The discovery also results in a significant increase in the expected rate of occurrence of the mergers of double neutron star systems, and hence the rate of detection of such events by the new ground-based gravitational wave detectors.     

Reconstructed 3-d magnetic field structure and hard X-ray two ribbons for 2000 Bastille-day event

The Bastille-day event in 2000 produced energetic 3B/X5.6 flare with a halo CME, which had great geo-effects consequently. This event has been studied extensively and it is considered that it follows the two-ribbon flare model. The flare/CME event was triggered by an erupting filament and TRACE observations showed formation of giant arcade structures during the flare process. Hard X-ray (HXR) two ribbons revealed for the first time in this flare event (Masuda et al., 2001). The reconstruction of 3-D coronal magnetic fields revealed a magnetic flux rope structure, for the first time, from extrapolation of observed photospheric vector magnetogram data and the flux rope structure was co-spatial with portion of the filament and a UV bright lane (Yan et al., 2001a, 2001b). Here we review some recent work related to the flux rope structure and the HXR two ribbons by comparing their locations and the flux temporal profiles during the flare process so as to understand the energy release and particle accelerations. It is proposed that the rope instability may have triggered the flare event, and reconnection may occur during this process. The drifting pulsation structure in the decimetric frequency range is considered to manifest the rope ejection, or the initial phase of the coronal mass ejection. The HXR two ribbons were distributed along the flux rope and the rope foot points coincide with HXR sources. The energy dissipation from IPS observations occurred within about 100 R _⋅ is consistent with the estimate for the flux rope system. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

用Visual FoxPro进行动态界面的设计

本文介绍用 Visual FoxPro的定时器。标签、按钮等控件和控件的属性、方法、事件等在界面上设计动态字幕、动态按钮等若干动态效果的方法。     

论高职英语教学中的情感因素

影响高职英语教学的因素有多种,而情感在其中起着相当重要的作用。教师在教学中应培养学生的积极情感,激发他们的学习热情和兴趣,从而促进他们的学习,取得较好的教学效果。     

《实用英语》教法研究新思路

本文主要阐明了教师在教授《实用英语》的过程中，应更多地寻找新思路，探求新方法，创造性地使用教材，以交际法为主线，博采众长，为我所用。根椐各流派教法，结合《实用英语》，作者着重讲述了如何灵活安排教学计划，提出课堂教学中切实可行的方法。     

过程体系结构

从系统论的观点出发，明确定义了过程工程领域的基本概念，定义了过程体系结构，采用了一个扩充的ＣＯＳＭＯＳ模型，以支持灵活的过程建模，并在此基础上讨论了过程的工程化支持。     

TC4钛合金的微动磨损及防护

对Ｔｉ－６Ａｌ－４Ｖ合金在１８℃，１００℃２５０℃下的微动磨损特性及防护工艺进行了研究。表明：该合金微动磨损的主要磨损形式是疲劳脱层，其磨损量随温度升高而下降，高渐微动磨损量与磨损区表面所形成的氧化层的性质及厚度有关。     

离散系统仿真输出数据的统计分析

概括了分析仿真产生的数据的方法，讨论了离散系统仿真输出分析的目的以及应用统计方法的要求，对单变量情形，给出了有关估计来自终态仿真和和稳态仿真参数的技术。对多变量情形，以终态仿真为例，给出了用于分析离散系统的仿真输出的某些多变量统计技术，并提出均值向量的估计方法。