Evolution of X-ray binaries: Achievements and advances

Three recent developments in the field of formation and evolution of neutron stars and black holes in binaries are addressed:

• The finding that there is a class of neutron stars, formed in interacting binaries, that do not receive kick velocities in their birth events. This finding is particularly important for our understanding of the formation – and formation rates – of double neutron stars. It is argued that these low-kick neutron stars, which tend to have low masses, are formed by a different physical mechanism than the neutron stars that receive large kick velocities at birth.

• The occurrence of velocity kicks in the formation events of stellar black holes.

• The nature of the companions of millisecond X-ray pulsars.

热辐射波长测温法的理论研究

从黑体热辐射的普朗克定律出发,导出了热辐射光能量与波长关系中的峰值和拐点位移公式.根据这些公式,提出了热辐射测温技术中的波长测温方法,为热辐射测温传感器的研究提供了一种全新的思路.     

Direct radiative forcing from black carbon aerosols over urban environment

There is growing evidence that the earth’s climate is changing and will likely continue to change in the future. It is still debated whether these changes are due to natural variability of the climate system or a result of increases in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Black carbon (BC) has become the subject of interest for a variety of reasons. BC aerosol may cause environmental as well as harmful health effects in densely inhabited regions. BC is a strong absorber of radiation in the visible and near-infrared part of the spectrum, where most of the solar energy is distributed. Black carbon is emitted into the atmosphere as a byproduct of all combustion processes, viz., vegetation burning, industrial effluents and motor vehicle exhausts, etc. In this paper, we present results from our measurements on black carbon aerosols, total aerosol mass concentration and aerosol optical depth over an urban environment namely Hyderabad during January to May, 2003. Diurnal variations of BC indicate high BC concentrations during 6:00–9:00 and 19:00–23:00 h. Weekday variations of BC concentrations increase gradually from Monday to Wednesday and gradually decrease from Thursday to Sunday. Analysis of traffic density along with meteorological parameters suggests that the primary determinant for BC concentration levels and patterns is traffic density. Seasonal variations of BC suggest that the BC concentrations are high during dry season compared to rainy season due to the scavenging by air. The fraction of BC to total mass concentration has been observed to be 7% during January to May. BC showed positive correlation with total mass concentration and aerosol optical depth at 500 nm. Radiative transfer calculations suggests that during January to May, diurnal averaged aerosol forcing at the surface is −33 Wm² and at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) above 100 km it is observed to be +9 Wm⁻². The results have been discussed in detail in the paper.     

红外型空空导弹攻击区"黑洞"研究

对某型第三代红外空空导弹的不可攻击区，即“黑洞”进行了分析，并利用数学仿真进行验证，证实了“黑洞”的存在，通过对攻击区中“黑洞”产生的原因和主要影响因素的研究和分析，以及在比例导引系数进行优化设计的基础上，提出了消除“黑洞”的方法和工程实施途径，仿真计算结果表明，该方法能效地提高导弹的制导精度，消除了攻击区中的“黑洞”改善了导弹的全向攻击能力。     

黑火药在真空环境下点火性能试验研究

黑火药作为固体火箭发动机中常用的点火药，是决定其工作性能的关键因素。为了研究黑火药在真空环境下的点火性能，通过真空点火试验，测试了不同点火结构、不同黑火药质量下的点火压力曲线和羽流现象，并与常压点火试验结果对比，分析了不同工况下黑火药点火性能的优劣。结果表明：真空环境下增加黑火药质量可以提高点火压强峰值，与常压条件相比提升幅度较小；与常压试验对比，真空下前端点火和尾部点火产生的压强峰值都会下降2MPa左右；不同黑火药质量的常压或真空点火试验中，前端点火试验样机到达压强峰值的时间都近似为5ms，而尾部点火试验样机到达峰值的时间不同；在真空点火试验中，羽流扩张角会在一段时间内变大或变小，即出现明显的黑火药不稳定燃烧现象，试验结束后有较多未燃烧完全的黑火药残留在发动机周围，而在常压点火试验中，这些未燃烧完全的黑火药颗粒会在空气中二次燃烧，黑火药残留较少。