Model for spontaneous frequency sweeping of an Alfvén wave in a toroidal plasma

We study the frequency chirping signals arising from spontaneously excited toroidial Alfvén eigenmode (TAE) waves that are being driven by an inverted energetic particle distribution whose free energy is tapped from the generic particle/wave resonance interaction. Initially a wave is excited inside the Alfvén gap with a frequency determined from the linear tip model of Rosenbluth, Berk and Van dam (RBV) [1]. Hole/clumps structures are formed and are observed to chirp towards lower energy states. We find that the chirping signals from clump enter the Alfvén continuum which eventually produce more rapid chirping signals. The accuracy of the adiabatic approximation for the mode evolution is tested and verified by demonstrating that a WKB-like decomposition of the time response for the field phase and amplitude agree with the data. Plots of the phase space structure correlate well with the chirping dependent shape of the separatrix structure. A novel aspect of the simulation is that it performed close to the wave frame of the phase space structure, which enables the numerical time step to remain the same during the simulation, independent of the rest frame frequency.     

Alfvén waves in temperature anisotropic Cairns distributed plasma

The dispersion relations and Landau damping of Alfven waves in kinetic and inertial limits are studied in temperature anisotropic Cairns distributed plasma.In the case of kinetic Alfven waves(KAWs),it is found that the real frequency is enhanced when either the electron perpendicular temperature or the non-thermal parameter A increases.For inertial Alfven waves(IAWs),the real frequency is slightly affected by the electron temperature anisotropy and A.Besides the real frequency,the damping rate of KAWs is reduced when the electron perpendicular temperature or A increases.In the case of IAWs,the temperature anisotropy and A either enhance or reduce the damping rate depending upon the perpendicular wavelength.These results may be helpful to understand the dynamics of KAWs and IAWs in space plasmas where the non-Maxwellian distribution of particles are routinely observed.     

On the origin of solar wind. Alfvén waves induced jump of coronal temperature

Absorption of Alfvén waves is considered to be the main mechanism of heating in the solar corona. It is concluded that the sharp increase of the plasma temperature by two orders of magnitude is related to a self-induced opacity with respect to Alfvén waves. The maximal frequency for propagation of Alfvén waves is determined by the strongly temperature dependent kinematic viscosity. In such a way the temperature jump is due to absorption of high frequency Alfvén waves in a narrow layer above the solar surface. It is calculated the power per unit area dissipated in this layer due to damping of Alfvén waves that blows up the plasma and gives birth to the solar wind. A model short wave-length (WKB) evaluation takes into account the 1/f² frequency dependence of the transversal magnetic field and velocity spectral densities. Such spectral densities agree with old magnetometric data taken by Voyager 1 and recent theoretical calculations in the framework of Langevin-Burgers MHD. The presented theory predicts existence of intensive high frequency MHD Alfvén waves in the cold layer beneath the corona. It is briefly discussed how this statement can be checked experimentally. It is demonstrated that the magnitude of the Alfvén waves generating random noise and the solar wind velocity can be expressed only in terms of satellite experimental data. It is advocated that investigation of properties of the solar surface as a random driver by optical methods is an important task for future solar physics.     

阿尔芬波加热研究的进展

本文概述了阿尔芬波加热的理论和实验情况。讨论了阿尔芬波加热的基本物理问题,并介绍了某些重要的实验结果。对在大托卡马克上采用阿尔芬波加热的可能性进行了全面论述。     

Chaos and its implications

Starting with the very definition of chaos, we demonstrate that the study of chaos is not an abstract one but can lead to some useful practical applications. With the advent of some powerful mathematical techniques and with the availability of fast computers, it is now possible to study the fascinating phenomena of chaos — the subject which is truly interdisciplinary. The essential role played by fractals, strange attractors, Poincare maps, etc., in the study of chaotic dynamics, is briefly discussed. Phenomena of self-organization, coherence in chaos and control of chaos in plasmas is highlighted.     

柠檬醛对黄曲霉质膜物理损伤机制的研究

通过反射干涉对比显微技术和快速图像分析技术,捕获细胞质膜外光晕变化和细胞周边边缘激发变化的信息,并采用闪烁本征模式分解测定柠檬醛作用于黄曲霉质膜前后各模式（m=0,1,2）所对应的平均平方振幅<δn2m>、剪切弹性μ和弹性弯曲模量Kc,与理论模式光谱相比,研究柠檬醛损伤质膜的物理机制.结果表明,m=1的平动模式主导了光晕波谱,其平均平方振幅呈双指数衰变,该模式几乎与剪切弹性无关,即μ=0;弹性弯曲模量Kc的最小和最大值分别为9.45×10-18J和5.43×10-17J,与柠檬醛的浓度成正相关性.揭示该醛对黄曲霉质膜的损伤,除改变膜的选择通透性和电导率外,同时使质膜平动模式的平均平方振幅呈双指数衰变,弹性弯曲模量Kc增加,从而降低膜伸缩的弹性.     

阿尔芬波加热托卡马克等离子体的能量平衡问题

本文用“剖面不变性”确定等效电子热导系数,研究了TCA装置上阿尔芬波加热的能量平衡,结果与实验符合很好。证明本文所用的方法对不同装置、不同加热方式都适用。     

用快波加热燃烧等离子体

在把离子伯恩斯坦波处理成对快阿尔芬波的响应下，导出了点火托卡马克等离子体的离子回旋共振加热的二阶模转换方程。这个二阶方程的数值积分表明，结果与由高阶方程的计算很好地一致。只有在弱阻尼的情况下，α粒子吸收的功率才是重要的。     

Diffusion Lattice Boltzmann Scheme on a Orthorhombic Lattice

We present a diffusion lattice Boltzmann (DLB) scheme which is derived from first principles. As opposed to the traditional lattice BGK schemes the DLB is valid for orthorhombic lattices and it has two eigenvalues of the collision operator. It is shown that the diffusion coefficient depends only on one eigenvalue of the collision operator. Hence, the DLB scheme can be optimized with means of the additional eigenvalue of the collision operator and with different lattice spacing along the principal axes. The properties of the DLB scheme concerning consistency, stability, and accuracy are studied with eigenmode analysis. This analysis shows that the DLB scheme is consistent with diffusion for a wide range of diffusion coefficients, it has unconditional stability, and that it has third-order accuracy. Furthermore, it is shown that accuracy is improved by setting the additional eigenvalue to zero and by densifying the lattice spacing along the direction of the density gradient.