"没有"与"为零"的区别--兼谈"能量"概念的物理意义

笔者最近有机会听了一些老师的初中物理课，在一些老师的“内能”概念教学实践中，笔者发现他们总是在想方设法运用各种教学手段强调如下两个教学要点：     

一种“类耗散系统”中的“类Ⅴ型阵发”

一类不连续不可逆保面积映象可以展示类似耗散的行为,因此可称其为“类耗散系统”.在一种类耗散系统中观察到了椭圆周期轨道及其周围的椭圆岛与映象不连续边界碰撞而消失的现象.周期轨道消失后,经过一系列过渡椭圆周期轨道之后,系统的行为由一个混沌类吸引子主导.在混沌类吸引子刚刚出现时,混沌时间序列呈现层流相与湍流相的无规交替.这一切都与不连续耗散系统中发生的Ⅴ型阵发的相应性质十分相似,因此可称为“类Ⅴ型阵发”.然而,当混沌类吸引子刚刚出现时,仅可以找到最后一个过渡椭圆岛的“遗迹”,并不存在它的“鬼魂”,因此类Ⅴ型阵发不遵从Ⅴ型阵发的特征标度规律.反之,混沌类吸引子的鬼魂却存在于最后一个过渡椭圆周期轨道的类瞬态过程中,因此在类Ⅴ型阵发导致混沌运动的临界点之前,由此“类瞬态混沌奇异集”中逃逸的规律就成为标志这一种临界现象的标度律.这与Ⅴ型阵发又根本不同. 关键词： 类耗散性 类混沌吸引子 类Ⅴ型阵发     

指南针从"理"到"文"——从物理学出发进行"文理综合"的探索

编者按:目前在我国掀起了新的基础教育改革浪潮,提出了新的教育理念,制定了课程标准,新编写的教材已在少数地方试用.面临这种形势制约改革成败的重要问题之一--新的评价体系,亟待改革完善.此文既涉及课程的构建,也涉及评价和测量.发表此文意在引起广大读者对这些问题的关注,并积极参加讨论.     

Dancing "atoms" and "molecules" of luminous gas-discharge spots

Highly localized, dynamic particle-like excitations are observed in a dc-driven, quasi-two-dimensional gas-discharge system. These localized excitations undergo a transition from isolated to aggregated state as the discharge current is increased. Although they provide us a macroscopic analogue of microscopic atoms and molecules, they are quite distinct from the latter in the point that they exhibit a rich variety of complex dynamics. The fact that these localized excitations can show synchronous dynamics even in distant places, together with recent theoretical studies, indicates that a global coupling plays an important role on the dynamics of such localized excitations.     

“淇淇”辞世

本刊在1999年第18卷第2期曾刊登了应崇福院士所著“南下访‘淇淇’”一文。据媒体报道,“淇淇”已于今年（2002年）7月14日辞世。消息传出后,原饲养单位两天内收到各界表示关注的电子邮件、传真、电话等40余份（见《光明日报》2002年7月17日A2版）。     

浅议"做功"

关于功的概念高中物理的定义是:作用在物体上的力与物体在力的方向上产生的位移之积即为该力对物体所作的功.     

Observation of "Stick" and "Handle" intermediates along the fullerene road

The hypothesis that fullerenes grow in a carbon plasma by the addition of C2 units (the "fullerene road") has been widely acclaimed as the most plausible mechanism for formation of larger fullerenes including C60 and C70. Calculations suggest that the association of C2 with fullerenes proceeds through two classes of intermediates, "sticks" and "handles." Here we report the observation of these species using high-resolution ion-mobility measurements for C(n) cations generated by laser vaporization of graphite and laser desorption of C60. Sticks with up to eight-atom chains have also been found.     

Pressure-driven "molecular metal" to "atomic metal" transition in crystalline Ga

We present the ultrasonic study of gallium (Ga I) under high pressure up to 1.7 GPa, including the measurements of the density and elastic properties during phase transitions to Ga II and to a liquid state. The observed large drop of both bulk and shear moduli (by 30% and 55%, correspondingly) during the phase transition to Ga II, as well as the increase of the Poisson's ratio from typically "covalent" ( approximately 0.22) to "metallic" ( approximately 0.32) values, experimentally testifies to the coexistence of a molecular and metallic behavior in Ga I and to the disappearance of the "covalency" during the transition to Ga II. A high value of the pressure derivative of the bulk modulus for Ga I and the increase in the Poisson's ratio can be associated with the weakening of the covalency in compressed Ga I and considered as a precursor of the transition to normal metal.     

"Ideal" engineering alloys

A newly discovered group of alloys, called Gum Metals, approaches ideal strength in bulk form, exhibits significant plastic deformation prior to failure, and shows no indications of conventional-dislocation activity. Two conditions must be met for a material to exhibit this "ideal" behavior: (1) the stress required to trigger conventional-dislocation plasticity in the material must exceed its ideal strength, and (2) the material must be intrinsically ductile when stressed to ideal strength. Gum Metals satisfy both criteria, explaining their remarkable mechanical properties.     

“Hopf/homoclinic”簇放电和“SubHopf/homoclinic"簇放电之间的同步

以修正过的Morris-Lecar神经元模型为例,讨论了“Hopf/homoclinic”簇放电和“SubHopf/homoclinic"簇放电之间的同步行为.首先,分别考察了同一拓扑类型的两个耦合簇放电神经元的同步行为,发现“Hopf/homoclinic”簇放电比“SubHopf/homoclinic”簇放电达到膜电位完全同步所需要的耦合强度小,即前者比后者更容易达到膜电位完全同步.其次,对这两个不同拓扑类型的簇放电神经元的耦合同步行为进行了讨论.通过数值分析发现随着耦合强度的增加,两种不同类型的簇放电首先达到簇放电同步,然后当耦合强度足够大时甚至可以达到膜电位完全同步,并且同步后的放电类型更接近容易同步的簇放电类型,即“Hopf/homoclinic”簇放电.然而令人奇怪的是此时慢变量并没有达到完全同步,而是相位同步;慢变量之间呈现为一种线性关系.这一点和现有文献的结果截然不同.     

“全反射”教学案例

1 教学目标 1.1 知识与技能 (1)知道什么是光疏介质和光密介质及相对性; (2)掌握临界角的概念和发生全反射的条件; (3)了解全反射现象的应用; (4)通过实验培养学生的观察能力,概括出发生全反射的条件,即培养学生的观察、概括能力.     

Comments on "Double-Wave Theory"

Some falsehoods of the so-called double-wave theory (DWT) are pointed out. The logic and the origin of the DWT, and three of the four fundamental hypotheses of DWT are criticized. It is expounded that the hypothesis of two wave functions is unreasonable, the hypothesized Hamiltonian differs from the actually used Hamiltonian, and the hypothesized expression of measured values or mean values of mechanical quantities is wrong and does not express the measured values or mean values at all.