Periodic hot-spot distribution on io

The Jovian satellite Io has active volcanic hot spots. The point-to-point correlation of the hot-spot distribution indicates that the hot spots preferentially make chains. The arrangement of the chains is periodic with a typical spacing of 120 kilometers. The chains exhibit concordant trends with stresses imposed by the tidal deflection of the lithosphere, suggesting that the hot spots are formed along fissures in the lithosphere. The typical spacing may be controlled by lithosphere thickness.     

Sulfur volcanoes on io

Widespread volcanism on Jupiter's satellite Io, if it occurred over the age of the solar system, would quickly reduce the inventory of most common volatiles needed to drive such volcanism. One exception is the volatile element sulfur. It is therefore postulated that sulfur is the driving volatile for Ionian volcanism. Its presence is consistent with a carbonaceous-chondrite-like bulk composition for the original material that formed Io 4.5 billion years ago. The ubiquity of sulfur on Io today demonstrates the importance of this element in the processes that formed its surface.     

Electrical origin of the outbursts on io

The outbursts seen on Jupiter's satellite Io have been described as volcanic eruptions. They may instead be the result of large electric currents flowing through hot spots on Io and causing evaporation of surface materials. A strictly periodic behavior would then be expected.     

Volcanic origin of the eruptive plumes on io

A quadruple long exposure of Io in eclipse exhibits faint auroral emission from the eruptive plumes. No luminous spots in the vents, predicted by Gold, were observed. Heat from the interior of Io appears to be the predominant source of energy in the plumes.     

Infrared speckle observations of io: an eruption in the loki region

Speckle observations of Jupiter's satellite Io at a wavelength of 5 micrometers during July 1984 resolved the disk and showed emission from a hot spot in the Loki region. The hot spot contributed a flux approximately equal to 60 percent of that from the disk. Images reconstructed by means of the Knox-Thompson algorithm showed the spot moving across the disk as the satellite rotated. It was located at 301 degrees +/- 6 degrees west longitude, 10 degrees +/- 6 degrees north latitude, and had a radiance of (2.96 +/- 0.54) x 10(22) ergs sec(-1) cm(-1) sr(-1)/A where A is the area of the spot. For an assumed temperature of 400 K, the area of the source would be 11,400 square kilometers. An active "lava lake" similar to that seen by Voyager may be the source of the infrared emission.     

Volcanic hotspots on io: stability and longitudinal distribution

We report the first results of a program to determine the longitudinal distribution of volcanic activity on Jupiter's satellite Io. Infrared measurements at 8.7, 10, and 20 micrometers have been taken at a variety of orbital longitudes: strong variation in the 8.7- and 10-micrometer flux with longitude demonstrates that infrared emission arising from volcanic hotspots on Io is strongly concentrated in a few locations. Analysis of these data suggests that the active volcanic regions observed by the Voyager experimenters are still active, particularly the region around the feature known as Loki. Another source of flux, although of somewhat smaller magnitude, is indicated on the opposite hemisphere. If these sources are the only major volcanic centers on Io, then current global heat flow estimates must be revised downward. However, heat flow from as yet unobserved longitudes, hotspots at high latitudes, and conducted heat flow must still be measured.     

Control of equatorial ocean currents by turbulent dissipation

The importance of turbulence in the flow of equatorial currents has been noted by modelers but not observed. Recent measurements of turbulence show an increase in strength at the equator and confirm its role as a sink of the kinetic energy of currents at the equator.     

Atomic clouds as distributed sources for the io plasma torus

Several recent developments have implications for the neutral particle environment of Jupiter. Very hot sulfur ions have been detected in the Io torus with gyrospeeds comparable to the corotation speed, a phenomenon that would result from a neutral sulfur cloud. Current evidence supports the hypothesis that extensive neutral clouds of oxygen and sulfur exist in the Jupiter magnetosphere and that they are important sources of ions and energy for the Io torus.     

南蝠捕食行为及其对稻田虫害发生的影响

为了解南蝠(Ia io)在维持稻田生态系统稳定性中的作用,采用粪便分析和直观法,研究了南蝠的捕食行为及其对稻田虫害发生的影响。结果表明:南蝠是控制农田害虫的有效天敌之一,在其捕食区域内稻田病虫害较轻,2～3km半径区域水稻的平均产量比6～7km半径区域增产98.2kg/667m2;南蝠的食物组成除鸟类外,还有鞘翅目、鳞翅目、半翅目、直翅目、膜翅目和蜱螨等昆虫/生物,多数种类昆虫均是水稻害虫或病害的传播者。南蝠在维护稻田生态系统稳定性和提高农作物产量方面具有重要的作用。     

Effect of la io Predatory Behavior on Pest Occurrence in Rice Field

为了解南蝠(Ia io)在维持稻田生态系统稳定性中的作用,采用粪便分析和直观法,研究了南蝠的捕食行为及其对稻田虫害发生的影响.结果表明:南蝠是控制农田害虫的有效天敌之一,在其捕食区域内稻田病虫害较轻,2～3 km半径区域水稻的平均产量比6～7 km半径区域增产98.2kg/667m2;南蝠的食物组成除鸟类外,还有鞘翅目、鳞翅目、半翅目、直翅目、膜翅目和蜱螨等昆虫/生物,多数种类昆虫均是水稻害虫或病害的传播者.南蝠在维护稻田生态系统稳定性和提高农作物产量方面具有重要的作用.     

基于Geomagic Studio 12.0的采棉部件设计

为缩短产品研制周期、增强企业竞争能力,逆向工程技术也正逐步从其他产品设计制造业领域引入到我国农业机械领域。以统收式采棉机的采摘部件梳齿为测绘对象,通过逆向工程技术,采用青岛雷顿数控设备有限公司生产的先进的NC(865)型三坐标测量仪进行扫描与测绘,获取了梳齿的点云数据,然后对其进行预处理、多边形阶段处理、参数化处理,最终运用SolidWorks软件绘制出三维模型,完成了梳齿部件的逆向设计。通过实例运用,证实了逆向工程技术在农业机械研究领域的可行性,其研究结果将对我国农业机械化的发展起到积极的推动作用。     

Melting of diamond

Radiation from a Q-switched YAG laser, focused on the (100) face of a single crystal diamond anvil in a high-pressure diamond cell, caused a portion of the diamond anvil face to melt. Potassium bromide mixed with graphite was under pressure between the anvils when melting occurred. The diamond surface melted at pressures greater than approximately 120 kilobars and graphitized at lower pressures. Evidence for the melting and graphitization of the diamond was obtained by optical and scanning electron microscopy.     

Cu—Pb合金微观熔化机理及熔化过热度的形成

本文从理论上分析了铜铅合金重熔过程中其微观组织熔化机理及实际非平衡熔化过程中熔化过热度△T(1)的形成原理,并通过试验得到了间接验证.     

Melting inhibition and superheating of ice by an antifreeze glycopeptide

The melting of pure ice single crystals can be inhibited by the presence of an antifreeze glycopeptide isolated from an Antarctic fish. This inhibition effect exhibits crystallographic dependence and can result in superheating of the crystal by heat conduction across the ice-solution interface. The antifreeze molecules inhibit melting in a manner more or less symmetrical to their well-known effect of inhibiting freezing. The melting effect is best expressed at concave ice interfaces, whereas the freezing effect is best expressed at convex ones. Both are restricted to orientations near (1010) with the particular antifreeze that was used.     

Melting of two-dimensional solids

Recent theoretical predictions indicate that melting of a two-dimensional solid may be caused by spontaneous creation of dislocations. The theory predicts that melting occurs by a two-step process involving an intermediate phase, called the hexatic phase, in which there is order in the local crystalline axes but not in the positions of atoms. These ideas are being tested by numerical simulations and by experiments on electrons on liquid helium, liquid crystal films, and rare gas layers adsorbed on graphite. Experiments on liquid crystal films indicate that the three-dimensional analog of the hexatic phase exists, and xenon on graphite exhibits a melting transition close to the form predicted.     

Low-Velocity Zone of the Earth's Mantle: Incipient Melting Caused by Water

Experimental phase diagrams for the systems gabbro-water and peridotite-water indicate that, if there is any water in the upper mantle, then traces of hydrous interstitial silicate magma will be produced at depths corresponding to the beginning of the low-velocity zone. This explanation for the zone is more satisfactory than others proposed.     

Melting in semiconductor nanocrystals

New physics occurs in semiconductors when one or more dimensions of the crystal are reduced to a size comparable to bulk electron delocalization lengths (tens to hundreds of angstroms). The properties of "quantum dots" or semiconductor nanocrystals are now being studied, as techniques to fabricate the crystallites are developed. Temperature-dependent electron diffraction studies on nanocrystals of CdS show a large depression in the melting temperature with decreasing size, as a larger fraction of the total number of atoms is on the surface. Thermal stability may play a role in determining the uses of semiconductor nanocrystals.     

Preliminary results on the atmospheres of io and jupiter from the pioneer 10 s-band occultation experiment

The preliminary analysis of data from the Pioneer 10 S-band radio occultation experinment has revealed the presence of an ionosphere on the Jovian satellite Io (JI) having an electron density peak of about 6 x 10(4) electrons per cubic centimeter at an altitude of approximately 60 to 140 kilometers. This suggests the presence of an atmosphere having a surface number density of about 10(10) to 10(12) per cubic centimeter, corresponding to an atmospheric surface pressure of between 10(-8) and 10(-10) bar, at or below the detection threshold of the Beta Scorpii stellar occultation. A measurement of the atmosphere of Jupiter was obtained down to the level of about 80 millibars, indicating a large temperature increase at about the 20 millibar level, which cannot be explained by the absorption of solar radiation by methane alone and can possibly be due to absorption by particulate matter.