Relationship Between Substorm Auroras and Processes in the Near-Earth Magnetotail

Although the auroral substorm has been long regarded as a manifestation of the magnetospheric substorm, a direct relation of active auroras to certain magnetospheric processes is still debatable. To investigate the relationship, we combine the data of the UV imager onboard the Polar satellite with plasma and magnetic field measurements by the Geotail spacecraft. The poleward edge of the auroral bulge, as determined from the images obtained at the LHBL passband, is found to be conjugated with the region where the oppositely directed fast plasma flows observed in the near-Earth plasma sheet during substorms are generated. We conclude that the auroras forming the bulge are due to the near-Earth reconnection process. This implies that the magnetic flux through the auroral bulge is equal to the flux dissipated in the magnetotail during the substorm. Comparison of the magnetic flux through the auroral bulge with the magnetic flux accumulated in the tail lobe during the growth phase shows that these parameters have the comparable values. This is a clear evidence of the loading–unloading scheme of substorm development. It is shown that the area of the auroral bulge developing during substorm is proportional to the total (magnetic plus plasma) pressure decrease in the magnetotail. These findings stress the importance of auroral bulge observations for monitoring of substorm intensity in terms of the magnetic flux and energy dissipation.     

吸气模式激光推进空气等离子体光谱

利用实验室自行研制的紫外预电离CO2激光器进行了激光等离子体实验,实验采用底面直径均为60mm,焦距分别为5 mm和10 mm的两种抛物面光船。介绍了激光等离子体光谱和明显的特征谱线,以及激光等离子体温度估计模型;分析了两种光船对激光等离子体的影响。实验表明:相同底面直径10 mm焦距光船产生的等离子体信号峰值和持续时间均略大于5 mm焦距光船;10 mm焦距光船产生的等离子体温度明显高于5 mm的,最大温度产生时间比5 mm光船要晚一些。     

水下强声波脉冲引发的空化气泡运动和声辐射

通过建立由等离子体声源、PCB压力传感器和高速相机等构成的实验测量系统,研究了强声波脉冲引发的空化气泡运动和二次声辐射。通过实验,观察到了强声波脉冲特有的波形结构,空化气泡的成长、膨胀和坍缩过程以及气泡坍缩时辐射的声信号。其次,利用Gilmore方程和Bernoulli方程,从理论上对空化气泡的运动和声辐射进行了数值模拟和分析。研究结果表明：（1）在强声波脉冲正压区的作用下,空化气泡将受到压缩并围绕＂准平衡态半径＂振荡;在强声波脉冲负压区的作用下,空化气泡将出现膨胀、坍缩和回弹的物理过程。（2）空化气泡坍缩时周期性辐射的声脉冲持续时间极短,具有＂冲击波＂的特点。     

表面介质阻挡放电等离子体体积力实验

采用粒子图像测速(PIV)技术,在2200,4800,7300,14600Pa空气压力条件下,测量了高频高压表面介质阻挡放电(surface dielectric barrier discharge,SDBD)等离子体诱导流场.根据速度场和N-S方程求解了等离子体体积力分布,分析了空气压力和激励器电压对等离子体体积力影响.实验结果表明:相同空气压力时,激励器电压越高体积力越大.相同激励器电压时,体积力随空气压力升高减小.在体积力分布区域,体积力方向一致,较大体积力区域分布于体积力方向线上游,流场高速流动区域紧挨较大体积力分布区域,位于体积力方向线下游.     

Type II Solar Radio Bursts: Theory and Space Weather Implications

Recent data and theory for type II solar radio bursts are reviewed, focusing on a recent analytic quantitative theory for interplanetary type II bursts. The theory addresses electron reflection and acceleration at the type II shock, formation of electron beams in the foreshock, and generation of Langmuir waves and the type II radiation there. The theory's predictions as functions of the shock and plasma parameters are summarized and discussed in terms of space weather events. The theory is consistent with available data, has explanations for radio-loud/quiet coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and why type IIs are bursty, and can account for empirical correlations between type IIs, CMEs, and interplanetary disturbances. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

冷等离子体处理对碳纤维缝编织物/环氧复合材料界面性能的影响

采用冷等离子体对碳纤维缝编织物进行表面处理 ,并采用XRD对处理前后的碳纤维表面结构进行了分析 ,研究了冷等离子体处理对浸润性以及碳纤维缝编织物 /环氧复合材料的层间剪切强度的影响。实验结果表明 ,冷等离子体处理提高了碳纤维表面活性、浸润性 ,从而改善了碳纤维缝编织物 /环氧复合材料的界面粘结性能 ,进而改善了复合材料的界面性能。     

电弧加热发动机温度和速度的测量

本文着重介绍光谱辐射法、激光诱导荧光法、静电探针法等接触式和非接触式测量技术在电弧加热发动机 (Arcjet)参数测量中的应用。讨论了电子温度、重粒子温度、羽流速度等参数的测量 ,并对一些结果进行了分析与论证 ,指出非热力学平衡态下不同的测量技术测量的是不同的温度指标。从测量技术的发展来看 ,激光测量技术将成为参数测量的主导技术。     

等离子体表面技术的研究与应用

概述了离子注入、离子束沉积、等离子喷涂、离子镀、等离子体增强化学气相沉积、等离子体化学热处理和双层辉光离子渗金属等等离子体表面技术的基本原理和最新进展,并给出了部分典型实例。     

微波等离子推力器真空实验研究

微波等离子推力器(MPT)具有寿命长、效率高和比冲高的特点，具有广泛的应用前景。通过对MPT真空实验系统，以及中(-lkW)、低(-l00W)功率MPT结构的介绍，重点论述了MPT在真空环境下的启动和稳定工作特性，并对实验结果进行了分析和讨论，给出了MPT初步性能参数。实验结果表明，在30W-lkW功率范围内，MPT真空环境下启动可靠，工作稳定；氦气(He)的比冲远高于氩气(Ar)的比冲。     

热处理对大气等离子喷涂纳米结构YSZ热障涂层晶粒长大的影响

采用大气等离子喷涂制备了纳米结构氧化钇稳定的氧化锆热障涂层。运用SEM ,TEM和XRD等方法研究了涂层和原料粉末的微观结构和相组成。结果表明 ,喷涂过程中平均晶粒大小由4 0nm变为 6 7nm ,涂层主要由亚稳四方相组成。涂层热处理结果显示 ,90 0℃以下晶粒长大速度缓慢 ,然而 1 0 0 0℃以上晶粒长大速度迅速增加 ,而且出现较多的单斜相