Proton spectrum of the 2005 January 20 solar flare

An extreme solar cosmic ray event broke out on 2005 January 20. Not only is it the most intensive solar energetic particle (SEP) event, with >100MeV particles measured by GOES satellite since 1986, but it has been the largest ground level enhancement (GLE) event recorded by the ground-based neutron monitors since 1956. This work presents the solar proton spectra for this event with data obtained by GOES in multiple energy channels. These spectra are well fitted by a modified power-law function. The spectral index of around －1 indicates that the January 20 event has a hard energy spectrum. Possible mechanisms for the acceleration of relativistic protons are discussed.     

Comment on the use of GOES solar proton data and spectra in solar proton dose calculations.

There is a need to understand the calibration and response of the GOES solar particle detectors since the GOES data are being used to evaluate high energy solar particle events. We share some of our experience in utilizing these data in the analysis of solar particle ground-level events (GLEs). For the 29 September 1989 event, we have evaluated the solar proton and alpha particle spectral characteristics throughout the event. The results show that the solar cosmic ray spectrum is extremely hard at low energies with the magnitude of the slope increasing with increasing energy and with time.     

Charge states of heavy ions, as determined from the parameters of solar energetic particle spectra

The charge states of He, C, O, and Fe ions are determined for 51 gradual solar energetic particle (SEP) events of solar cycle 23 using the parameters of the particle energy spectra consisting of two power-law regions separated by the so-called knee. Experimental data from the GOES satellites (protons) and ULEIS (all particles) and SIS (H, C, O, Fe ions) instruments are employed. The charge states of the heavy ions are found to be independent of the SEP event magnitude and particle energy (in the interval of 0.3 to 30 MeV/nucleon).     

Spectral peculiarities of high energy X-ray radiation,gamma radiation,and Submillimeter radio emission in the impulsive phase of a solar flare

We analyze experimental data on the temporal behavior of fluxes and energy spectra of hard solar X-ray and gamma radiation in the energy range of 0.015 to 300 MeV, obtained onboard the CORONAS-F satellite during a solar flare on August 25, 2001. These data are compared with measurements of the radio emission fluxes over the wide frequency range of 1–405 GHz. For our analysis, we use data obtained onboard the YOHKOH, TRACE and GOES satellites, along with ground-based observations of this solar event using the Solar Submillimeter Telescope (SST; Argentina). For the first time, we find nearly simultaneous changes in the energy spectra of gamma radiation over the range 10–150 MeV and the frequency spectrum of radio emission at the beginning and during a impulsive phase of this event (whose duration did not exceed three minutes).     

Detailed comparison of observed dose-time profile of October 19-20, 1989 SPE on Mir with model calculations.

The dose rate dynamics of the October 19-20, 1989 solar energetic particle (SPE) event as observed by the Liulin instrument onboard the Mir orbital station was analyzed in light of new calculations of the geomagnetic cutoff and improved estimates of the >100 MeV energy spectra from the GOES satellite instrument. The new calculations were performed using the as-flown Mir orbital trajectory and includes time variations of the cutoff rigidity due to changes in the Kp index. Although the agreement of total event integrated calculated dose to the measured dose is good, it results from some measured dose-time profile being higher and some lower than model calculations. They point to the need to include the diurnal variation of the geomagnetic cutoff and modifications of the cutoffs to variations in Kp in model calculations. Understanding of such events in light of the upcoming construction of the International Space Station during the period of maximum solar activity needs to be vigorously pursued.     

Comparison of the SPE model with proton and heavy ion data.

Proton data from the GOES 6 and 7 satellites and heavy ion data from the IMP-8 satellite have been compared to the expected results of Nymmik's new model for solar particle event fluences. This model calculates the energy spectra of ions for protons through nickel for solar particle events, based upon the observed proton integral fluence above 30 MeV. Based upon 27 observed proton events of solar cycle 22, and three large historical events, with integral fluences above 30 MeV of greater than 10(6) particles/cm2, a reasonable agreement with model predictions is seen for more than half of the events. However, several events show a marked departure from the model predictions, leading to the conclusion that there may exist more than a single class of event, or that it may be necessary to include additional parameters within the model, such as solar disk position of the source flare, or height of disturbance in the solar corona. Data for heavy ions, (oxygen and iron), were limited to a total of six solar particle events, of which only two occurred in solar cycle 22. The agreement between data and the model predictions appeared to be quite good, however this agreement was sensitively dependent upon the value taken for the proton fluence above 30 MeV.     

Derivation of relativistic solar cosmic-ray spectra from the Baksan EAS array data

Fifteen increases in the intensity of solar cosmic rays (SCRs) from 30 investigated ground level enhancement (GLE) events have detected by Baksan EAS arrays in the period from 1981 until now. These data make it possible to refine the high-energy part of the SCR spectra calculated previously according to the data of the world-wide network of neutron monitors. A method for obtaining SCR spectra and calculating the specific yield functions for the Andyrchi, Carpet, and BMD Baksan arrays is briefly described. The SCR spectra for different instants in the GLE event of January 20, 2005 are presented.     

Inflections (knees) in wide-range spectra of solar energetic protons and heavy ions: Their form,parameters, and regularities

An analysis of fluences of solar cosmic rays (SCRs), measured by the ACE (ULEIS, SIS) and GOES satellites for 1998–2006 over the wide energy range of 0.05 to 500 MeV/nucleon, is performed. It is shown that the energy spectra of the fluences have two sections described by power functions of the energy per nucleon: a hard spectrum at low energies (E < 1–10 MeV/nucleon) and a soft spectrum at high energies (E > 10–30 MeV/nucleon). The main regularities inherent to the parameters of the spectra of different particles are determined.     

Measurement of atmospheric NO2 column density with kitt peak solar flux atlas as a reference

The vertical column abundance of NO₂ is measured using direct sunlight. The solar spectra in the wavelength region of 430–450 nm observed from the earth’s surface are ratioed with a reference spectrum taken from the Kitt Peak Solar Flux Atlas. The large Fraunhofer features (20–40%) are eliminated by wavelength correction, resolution matching and ratioing of observed spectra to the reference. The retrieved values of the NO₂ vertical column density are in a range of (2–15)x10¹⁶ molecules/cm² with an accuracy of better than 3%. This result demonstrates the usefulness of the Kitt Peak Atlas in the study of tropospheric NO₂ concentration, giving a standard extraterrestrial solar spectrum for the case in which the Langley method is not readily applicable.     

The ACE-FTS atlas of the infrared solar spectrum

The ACE-FTS is a space-borne Fourier transform spectrometer onboard SCISAT-1. The satellite was launched in August 2003 and since February 2004 the ACE-FTS has been performing solar occultation measurements in order to infer the chemical composition of the terrestrial atmosphere. The individual spectra recorded at the highest limb tangent altitudes (above 160 km) are by definition “high sun” spectra and contain no atmospheric contribution. In this work, an empirical solar spectrum covering the 700 to 4430 cm⁻¹ spectral range has been constructed from an average of 224,782 individual ACE-FTS solar spectra. Line assignments have been made for about 12,000 lines. The spectrum and two line lists are provided in the supplemental material attached to this work. Due to the excellent noise level achieved in the ACE-FTS solar atlas presented here, numerous weak absorption features are assigned which were not detectable in the ATMOS solar observations.     

一种新型的多孔太阳墙采暖房

长江中下游地区很多建筑没有安装专门的供暖设备,传统的空调采暖增加了建筑能耗。利用太阳能和建筑物自身进行采暖,具有重要的意义和价值。本文提出了一种新型的多孔太阳墙采暖房,其核心部分多孔太阳墙是由多孔陶瓷构成。在晴朗的冬季,对多孔太阳墙采暖房的采暖性能进行了实验研究;研究重点检测了不同外界环境(主要是指太阳辐射照度和环境温度)下,多孔太阳墙采暖房的采暖及储热性能。研究表明:多孔太阳墙采暖房在白天大部分时间都具有较好的采暖效果,且采暖房内的温差较小;同时具有较好的储热性能。以实验测得的武汉地区1月某天的实验数据为例,相比环境温度,当天采暖房内最高温升为19.9℃。在07:00～16:00之间,采暖房的平均温升为11.5℃;在辐射强度较弱的16:00～18:00,采暖房的平均温升为6.6℃。在07:00～18:00之间,采暖房内最大温差为1.37℃,出现在12:40。     

The space environment monitor aboard FY-2 satellite

The space environment monitor (SEM) aboard FY-2 satellite consists of the high energy particle detector (HEPD) and the solar X-ray flux detector (SXFD). The SEM can provide real-time monitoring of flare and solar proton event for its operation at geostationary orbit and is also the first Chinese space system for monitoring and alerting solar proton event. During the 23rd solar maximum cycle, almost all the solar proton events that took place in this period are monitored and some of them are predicted successfully by analyzing the characteristics of X-ray flare monitored by the SEM. Some basic variation characteristics of particle at geostationary orbit are found such as day-night periodic variation of particle flux, the electron flux with energy >1.4 MeV in the scope from 10 to 200/cm2 s sr and the proton flux with energy >1.1 MeV in the scope from 600 to 8000/cm·s·sr during the time with no magnetic storm and solar eruption.     

空间环境对卫星光通信系统性能的影响分析

分析了空间环境对卫星光通信系统的主要影响因素,包括高能带电粒子辐射、太阳辐射、等离子体辐射等环境。分析结果表明,为了有效减小卫星光通信器件的单粒子翻转率,需要对轨道倾角和轨道高度进行优化设计;为了有效抑制太阳辐射,对日俯仰角需要限制在一个很小的变化范围;增大信号发射功率和减小系统跟瞄误差都是提高卫星光通信系统可靠性的有效途径;对等离子体辐射环境来说,300eV以上的中等能量等离子体会严重干扰卫星的正常工作。     

基于LED峰值的太阳光谱合成方法

为了利用不同波段LED快速准确地模拟太阳光谱,基于LED的光谱合成原理,提出了一种利用LED光谱峰值波长处的数据合成太阳光谱的方法,简化了太阳光谱的拟合过程。首先,建立所有LED峰值波长处的函数方程组,利用约束最小二乘法确定各波段的拟合参数。进而,通过3组等间隔的LED光谱数据组对该方法进行了仿真分析,间隔40,30,20 nm的LED合成光谱与目标光谱相关系数对应为0.902,0.935,0.977,并对合成光谱失真处进行了分析和修正。最后,根据所选LED的实际光谱对太阳光谱进行了仿真分析。仿真结果表明：合成光谱与太阳光谱最大失配误差为4%,达到AM1.5的A级标准,满足LED太阳模拟器光谱匹配要求。     

西藏日食太阳辐射观测研究

日食现象会对地球太阳辐射、大气气象以及人类活动等造成相应的影响。2020年6月21日（夏至）在西藏发生了一次日食现象,西藏阿里日环食最大食分达到了0.995,拉萨地区日偏食食分也高达0.953。两地日食均发生在当地正午前后。本研究利用罕见的日食出现机会,对西藏阿里和拉萨日食过程中的太阳光谱、太阳总辐射和太阳紫外线变化特征进行了同步观测研究。观测表明阿里日环食在当地正午（北京时间14:41分）前后持续了约3小时27分钟;拉萨日食出现时间比阿里滞后约26 min,持续时间比阿里短3分28秒。实地观测表明在日食期间,阿里光谱观测中最强单色（476.6 nm）光峰值从初亏（13:01分）时刻的1 669.234 mW·m-2·nm-1陡然衰减到食甚（14:44分）时刻的61.936 mW·m-2·nm-1,损失约96.0%;相应时刻太阳总辐射强度从1 221.217 W·m-2衰减到56.086 W·m-2,也损失约95.4%。拉萨日食期间最强单色（476.6 nm）光峰值从初亏（13:27分）时刻的1 563.876 mW·m-2·nm-1亏损到食甚（15:13分）时刻的26.391 mW·m-2·nm-1,亏损约98.3%;相应时刻太阳总辐射强度从1 605.663 W·m-2衰减到28.169 W·m-2,也亏损约98.2%。观测研究发现拉萨太阳紫外线B剂量率从初亏的60.8 W·m-2减弱到食甚的0.9 W·m-2值,减弱了98.5%。该次日食对西藏地面各种太阳辐射强度造成95%以上能量损失。     

Numerical study of penetration and distribution of charged particles in the magnetosphere during southward IMF case

The energetic charged particles penetration in the plasmasphere are carried out using the updated version of 3D Stanford PIC code. We considered slow and fast wind streams to know the penetration of the energetic charged particles (electrons and ions) having different velocities into four regions i.e. cusp, plasmasphere, sunward, and tailward sides. It is observed that the ion penetrations are higher than electrons for solar slow wind streams in the plasmasphere, while it is reverse for the solar fast streams. Also, the results show that the percentage of penetration of the energetic charged particles (both electrons and ions) are the same into the cusp and subsolar point reconnection region. It is different for the higher speed of fast streams; so that the penetrated electrons reached about 10–20 times than penetrated ions. The results show that for the tailward reconnection region, the penetration of ions is 2–3 times higher than the penetration of electrons, but it is the same for the case of higher solar fast speed.     

载流子复合及能量无序对聚合物太阳电池开路电压的影响

聚合物太阳电池中载流子的复合与能量无序对器件的开路电压有着深刻的影响.本文同时研究了基于传统富勒烯(PC71BM)和非富勒烯(O-IDTBR)电子受体的聚合物太阳电池.通过交流阻抗谱、低温电流密度-电压谱、瞬态光电压以及电致发光光谱等手段重点研究了载流子复合及能量无序对电池器件开路电压的影响.具体地,交流阻抗谱和瞬态光电压测试结果表明,富勒烯体系载流子复合损失较为严重.电致发光光谱研究显示,PC71BM器件的发光峰随着注入电流的增加不断向短波长处移动,而O-IDTBR体系发光峰位置基本不变,该结果证明PC71BM体系中能量无序度更高.载流子复合严重及能量无序度更高共同作用导致了富勒烯器件开路电压的降低.     

一个和X级太阳耀斑相关的甚高能GLE事件

分析怀柔宇宙线EAS阵列在1991年6月份的计数率,数据表明在6月15日的太阳X12/3B级大耀斑后的GLE事件持续期间,TeV能区的宇宙线强度在25min内比通常有将近4a的超出,增强过程持续约25min.     

Observation of the 2005 January 20 GLE Event Using Yangbajing Solar Neutron Telescope & Neutron Monitor

A solar cosmic rays Ground Level Enhancement(GLE) event associated with a X7.1/2b solar flare in 2005 January 20 was observed by the Yangbajing solar neutron telescope(SNT) and neutron monitor(NM), located at Yangbajing Tibet(90.53°E, 30.11°N, 4310m a.s.l) with the highest vertical geomagnetic cut-off rigidity of 14.1GV in NM network. The statistical significance of the counting rate enhancement recorded by solar neutron telescope in >40MeV channel was 3.7σ in the time window of 07:00—07:05UT and 6.0σ in the time window of 07:00—07:20UT, respectively. The onset time of 06:51—06:52UT for this GLE event was clearly observed by the Yangbajing NM. Our observation indicates that solar protons have been accelerated up to energies of >10GeV during this solar event.     

低温太阳热能与化学链燃烧相结合控制CO2分离动力系统

本文探索并提出控制CO2分离的低温太阳热能与清洁合成燃料甲醇-三氧化二铁化学链燃烧相结合的新颖能源动力系统。基于图象(?)分析方法,明确地指出甲醇化学链燃烧能量释放过程燃烧堋损失减小和低温太阳热能品位提升的机理。从能源有效利用和环境相容出发,研究和揭示化学链燃烧与太阳能有机整合共同减小CO2分离能耗的特性规律。相比不分离常规联合循环,新系统(?)效率提高约6．2个百分点;与分离CO2的联合循环相比,新系统媚效率提高约14．2个百分点。同时,低温太阳热能热转功效率可达到22．5％。