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冥王星高层大气中的浮力波:恒星掩星的意义

Buoyancy waves in Pluto's high atmosphere: Implications for stellar occultations

W. B. Hubbard, D. W. McCarthy, C. A. Kulesa, S. D. Benecchi, M. J. Person, J. L. Elliot, A. A. S. Gulbis

摘要:

我们应用闪烁理论的恒星信号波动的高分辨率,高信号/噪声,双波长的数据从MMT观测的2007年3月18日掩星P445.3冥王星。一个定义明确的高波数截止的波动是一致的粘性热耗散的浮力波(内部重力波)在冥王星的高层大气,并提供了强有力的证据表明,底层的密度波动是由重力波色散关系。

英文摘要:

We apply scintillation theory to stellar signal fluctuations in the high-resolution, high signal/noise, dual-wavelength data from the MMT observation of the 2007 March 18 occultation of P445.3 by Pluto. A well-defined high wavenumber cutoff in the fluctuations is consistent with viscous-thermal dissipation of buoyancy waves (internal gravity waves) in Pluto's high atmosphere, and provides strong evidence that the underlying density fluctuations are governed by the gravity-wave dispersion relation.

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