分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-18 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:Radioheliographs can obtain solar images at high temporal and spatial resolution, with a high dynamic range. These are among the most important instruments for studying solar radio bursts, understanding solar eruption events, and conducting space weather forecasting. This study aims to explore the effective use of radioheliographs for solar observations, specifically for imaging coronal mass ejections (CME), to track their evolution and provide space weather warnings. We have developed an imaging simulation program based on the principle of aperture synthesis imaging, covering the entire data processing flow from antenna configuration to dirty map generation. For grid processing, we propose an improved non-uniform fast Fourier transform (NUFFT) method to provide superior image quality. Using simulated imaging of radio coronal mass ejections, we provide practical recommendations for the performance of radioheliographs. This study provides important support for the validation and calibration of radioheliograph data processing, and is expected to profoundly enhance our understanding of solar activities.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-18 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:Ancient China recorded a wealth of astronomical observations, notably distinguished by the inclusion of empirical measurements of stellar observations. However, determining the precise observational epochs for these datasets poses a formidable challenge. This study employs the generalized Hough transform methodology to analyze two distinct sets of observational data originating from the Song and Yuan dynasties, allowing accurate estimation of the epochs of these stellar observations. This research introduces a novel and systematic approach, offering a scholarly perspective for the analysis of additional datasets within the domain of ancient astronomical catalogs in future investigations.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-18 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:The high frequency-very high frequency (HF-VHF) frequency band is of significant importance in astronomical observations, with applications studying various phenomena such as space weather, solar radio emissions, planetary eruptions in the solar system, pulsars, transient sources, and reionization of the early universe. This article introduces the HF-VHF frequency band multifunctional radio astronomical terminal system based on a dual-channel high-speed acquisition board with a frequency observation range of 1−250 MHz and a sampling rate of 500 Msps (Mega samples per second). The maximum quantization bit of the system is 14 bits, with a maximum time resolution of 0.1 s and a maximum spectral resolution of 16 kHz. The system combines spectral analysis of solar radio signals and recording of time-domain data of signals interfering with long baselines, and adopts a server-client separation mode to allow remote operation with separate permissions. It is used in the China-Malaysia joint astronomy project, which can carry out single-site observation of solar radio signals as well as interferometric observation of signals from multiple sites.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-18 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:Optical frequency combs, as powerful tools for precision spectroscopy and research into optical frequency standards, have driven continuous progress and significant breakthroughs in applications such as time-frequency transfer, measurement of fundamental physical constants, and high-precision ranging, achieving a series of milestone results in ground-based environments. With the continuous maturation and evolution of femtosecond lasers and related technologies, optical frequency combs are moving from ground-based applications to astronomical and space-based applications, playing an increasingly important role in atomic clocks, exoplanet observations, gravitational wave measurements, and other areas. This paper, focusing on astronomical and space-based applications, reviews research progress on astronomical frequency combs, optical clock time-frequency networks, gravitational waves, dark matter measurement, dual-comb large-scale absolute ranging, and high-resolution atmospheric spectroscopy. With enhanced performance and their gradual application in the field of space-based research, optical frequency combs will undoubtedly provide more powerful support for astronomical science and cosmic exploration in the future.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-18 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:Adaptive optics (AO) is essential for high-quality ground-based observations with large telescopes because it counters the impact of wavefront aberrations caused by atmospheric turbulence. The new vacuum solar telescope(NVST) is one of the most important high-resolution solar observation instruments in the world. Three sets of solar adaptive optics systems have been developed and installed on this telescope: conventional adaptive optics, ground layer adaptive optics, and multi- conjugate adaptive optics. These have been in operation from 2018 to 2023. This paper details the development and application of solar adaptive optics on the NVST and discusses the newest instrumentation.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-18 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:Strong atmospheric turbulence reduces astronomical seeing, causing speckle images acquired by groundbased solar telescopes to become blurred and distorted. Severe distortion in speckle images impedes image phase deviation in the speckle masking reconstruction method, leading to the appearance of spurious imaging artifacts. Relying only on linear image degradation principles to reconstruct solar images is insufficient. To solve this problem, we propose the multiframe blind deconvolution combined with non-rigid alignment (MFBD-CNRA) method for solar image reconstruction. We consider image distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence and use non-rigid alignment to correct pixel-level distortion, thereby achieving nonlinear constraints to complement image intensity changes. After creating the corrected speckle image, we use the linear method to solve the wavefront phase, obtaining the target image. We verify the effectiveness of our method results, compared with others, using solar observation data from the 1 m new vacuum solar telescope (NVST). This new method successfully reconstructs high-resolution images of solar observations with a Fried parameter r0 of approximately 10 cm, and enhances images at high frequency. When r0 is approximately 5 cm, the new method is even more effective. It reconstructs the edges of solar graining and sunspots, and is greatly enhanced at mid and high frequency compared with other methods. Comparisons confirm the effectiveness of this method, with respect to both nonlinear and linear constraints in solar image reconstruction. This provides a suitable solution for image reconstruction in ground-based solar observations under strong atmospheric turbulence.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-16 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) Core Array is a proposed extension of FAST, integrating 24 secondary 40-m antennas implanted within 5 km of the FAST site. This original array design will combine the unprecedented sensitivity of FAST with a high angular resolution (4.3" at a frequency of 1.4 GHz), thereby exceeding the capabilities at similar frequencies of next-generation arrays such as the Square Kilometre Array Phase 1 or the next-generation Very Large Array. This article presents the technical specifications of the FAST Core Array, evaluates its potential relatively to existing radio telescope arrays, and describes its expected scientific prospects. The proposed array will be equipped with technologically advanced backend devices, such as real-time signal processing systems. A phased array feed receiver will be mounted on FAST to improve the survey efficiency of the FAST Core Array, whose broad frequency coverage and large field of view( FOV) will be essential to study transient cosmic phenomena such as fast radio bursts and gravitational wave events, to conduct surveys and resolve structures in neutral hydrogen galaxies, to monitor or detect pulsars, and to investigate exoplanetary systems. Finally, the FAST Core Array can strengthen China's major role in the global radio astronomy community, owing to a wide range of potential scientific applications from cosmology to exoplanet science.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文学史 分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-10
摘要: 中国古代保留着丰富的天文观测记录,其中尤为宝贵的是大量实测的恒星观测数据。然而,确定这些观测数据的年代是一个相当复杂的问题。本文以宋元时代的两组观测数据为基础,运用广义霍夫变换的技术手段对数据进行计算和分析。我们成功地获得了对恒星观测年代的较为准确的估算结果。这一方法为未来分析更多古代天文星表数据提供了新的途径和视角。
分类: 天文学 >> 天文学史 分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-10
摘要: 中国古代保留着丰富的天文观测记录,其中尤为宝贵的是大量实测的恒星观测数据。然而,确定这些观测数据的年代是一个相当复杂的问题。本文以宋元时代的两组观测数据为基础,运用广义霍夫变换的技术手段对数据进行计算和分析。我们成功地获得了对恒星观测年代的较为准确的估算结果。这一方法为未来分析更多古代天文星表数据提供了新的途径和视角。
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 分类: 物理学 >> 核物理学 分类: 计算机科学 >> 计算机应用技术 提交时间: 2024-03-10
摘要: The HADAR experiment, which will be constructed in Tibet, China, combines the wide-angle advantages of traditional EAS array detectors with the high sensitivity advantages of focused Cherenkov detectors. Its physics objective is to observe transient sources such as gamma-ray bursts and counterparts of gravitational waves. The aim of this study is to utilize the latest AI technology to enhance the sensitivity of the HADAR experiment. We have built training datasets and models with distinctive creativity by incorporating relevant physical theories for various applications. They are able to determine the kind, energy, and direction of incident particles after careful design. We have obtained a background identification accuracy of 98.6 %, a relative energy reconstruction error of 10.0 %, and an angular resolution of 0.22-degrees in a test dataset at 10 TeV. These findings demonstrate the enormous potential for enhancing the precision and dependability of detector data analysis in astrophysical research. Thanks to deep learning techniques, the HADAR experiment’s observational sensitivity to the Crab Nebula has surpassed that of MAGIC and H.E.S.S. at energies below 0.5 TeV and remains competitive with conventional narrow-field Cherenkov telescopes at higher energies. Additionally, our experiment offers a fresh approach to dealing with strongly connected scattered data.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-02-07 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:The characteristics of asteroids are vital parameters for planning asteroid exploration missions. These characteristics have been explored in close range for some typical asteroids, and are summarized in the article. This allows estimates of the characteristics of asteroid 2016HO3, the target of the first Chinese asteroid exploration mission, Tianwen 2. We obtain 80 characteristic parameters in 9 categories and analyze their impacts on the mission. By comparing three close-range exploration modes, we provide advantages and disadvantages of each, and propose suitable methods for the exploration of 2016HO3. Owing to the weak gravity and small size of 2016HO3, a combination of multiple hovering positions and active orbiting is recommended for scientific exploration.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-02-07 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:Before charge-coupled device detectors became widely employed in observational astronomy, for more than a hundred years, the main detection method was photography on astronomical glass plates. Recently, in order to preserve these historical data and maintain their usability, the International Astronomical Union has appealed to all countries for global digitization of astronomical plates by developing or adopting advanced digitization technology. Specialized digitizers with high precision and high measuring speed represent key equipment for this task. The Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and the Nishimura Co., Ltd in Japan cooperated between 2013 and 2016 to develop the first Chinese high-precision astronomical plate digitizer, which was then used for complete digitization of all nighttime-observation astronomical plates in China. Then, in 2019–2021, the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory independently developed new models of plate digitizers that enabled countries such as Uzbekistan and Italy to digitize their astronomical plates. Additionally, a new high-precision and multifunction digitizer was also used to digitize valuable microscope slides from the Shanghai Natural History Museum, providing a successful example of crossdomain application of high-precision digitization technology.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-02-07 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:The Solar Close Observations and Proximity Experiments (SCOPE) mission, which has been proposed by the Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, aiming to operate at a distance of 5 to 10 solar radii from the Sun, plans to complete the in situ detection of the solar eruption process and observation of the magnetic field structure response. The solar flux received by the satellite ranges from 103 to 106 Wm−2, which poses challenges for thermal management of the solar arrays. In this work, the solar array cooling system of the Parker Solar Probe is discussed, the developments of the fluid loop technique are reviewed, and a research plan for a next-generation solar array cooling system is proposed. This paper provides a valuable reference for novel thermal control systems in spacecraft for solar observation.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-02-07 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:In this paper, the mission and the thermal environment of the Solar Close Observations and Proximity Experiments (SCOPE) spacecraft are analyzed, and an advanced thermal management system (ATMS) is designed for it. The relationship and functions of the integrated database, the intelligent thermal control system and the efficient liquid cooling system in the ATMS are elaborated upon. For the complex thermal field regulation system and extreme space thermal environment, a modular simulation and thermal field planning method are proposed, and the feasibility of the planning algorithm is verified by numerical simulation. A solar array liquid cooling system is developed, and the system simulation results indicate that the temperatures of the solar arrays meet the requirements as the spacecraft flies by perihelion and aphelion. The advanced thermal management study supports the development of the SCOPE program and provides a reference for the thermal management in other deep-space exploration programs.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-02-07 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope (JUST) is a 4.4-meter f/6.0 segmented-mirror telescope dedicated to spectroscopic observations. The JUST primary mirror is composed of 18 hexagonal segments, each with a diameter of 1.1 m. JUST provides two Nasmyth platforms for placing science instruments. One Nasmyth focus fits a field of view of 10 ′ and the other has an extended field of view of 1.2° with correction optics. A tertiary mirror is used to switch between the two Nasmyth foci. JUST will be installed at a site at Lenghu in Qinghai Province, China, and will conduct spectroscopic observations with three types of instruments to explore the dark universe, trace the dynamic universe, and search for exoplanets: (1) a multi-fiber (2000 fibers) medium-resolution spectrometer (R=4 000−5 000) to spectroscopically map galaxies and large-scale structure; (2) an integral field unit (IFU) array of 500 optical fibers and/or a long-slit spectrograph dedicated to fast follow-ups of transient sources for multi-messenger astronomy; (3) a high-resolution spectrometer (R~100 000) designed to identify Jupiter analogs and Earth-like planets, with the capability to characterize the atmospheres of hot exoplanets.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-02-07 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an interdisciplinary research field with widespread applications. It aims at developing theoretical, methodological, technological, and applied systems that simulate, enhance, and assist human intelligence. Recently, notable accomplishments of artificial intelligence technology have been achieved in astronomical data processing, establishing this technology as central to numerous astronomical research areas such as radio astronomy, stellar and galactic (Milky Way) studies, exoplanets surveys, cosmology, and solar physics. This article systematically reviews representative applications of artificial intelligence technology to astronomical data processing, with comprehensive description of specific cases: pulsar candidate identification, fast radio burst detection, gravitational wave detection, spectral classification, and radio frequency interference mitigation. Furthermore, it discusses possible future applications to provide perspectives for astronomical research in the artificial intelligence era.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-01-22 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:The conventional zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) model (known as the Saastamoinen model) does not consider seasonal variations affecting the delay, giving it low accuracy and stability. This may be improved with adjustments to account for annual and semi-annual variations. This method uses ZTD data provided by the Global Geodetic Observing System to analyze seasonal variations in the bias of the Saastamoinen model in Asia, and then constructs a model with seasonal variation corrections, denoted as SSA. To overcome the dependence of the model on in-situ meteorological parameters, the SSA+GPT3 model is formed by combining the SSA and GPT3 (global pressure-temperature) models. The results show that the introduction of annual and semi-annual variations can substantially improve the Saastamoinen model, yielding small and time-stable variations in bias and root mean square (RMS). In summer and autumn, the bias and RMS are noticeably smaller than those from the Saastamoinen model. In addition, the SSA model performs better in low-latitude and low-altitude areas, and bias and RMS decease with the increase of latitude or altitude. The prediction accuracy of the SSA model is also evaluated for external consistency. The results show that the accuracy of the SSA model (bias: −0.38 cm, RMS: 4.43 cm) is better than that of the Saastamoinen model (bias: 1.45 cm, RMS: 5.16 cm). The proposed method has strong applicability and can therefore be used for predictive ZTD correction across Asia.
分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2024-01-22 合作期刊: 《天文技术与仪器(英文)》
摘要:An extreme ultraviolet solar corona multispectral imager can allow direct observation of high temperature coronal plasma, which is related to solar flares, coronal mass ejections and other significant coronal activities. This manuscript proposes a novel end-to-end computational design method for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) solar corona multispectral imager operating at wavelengths near 100 nm, including a stray light suppression design and computational image recovery. To suppress the strong stray light from the solar disk, an outer opto-mechanical structure is designed to protect the imaging component of the system. Considering the low reflectivity (less than 70%) and strong-scattering (roughness) of existing extreme ultraviolet optical elements, the imaging component comprises only a primary mirror and a curved grating. A Lyot aperture is used to further suppress any residual stray light. Finally, a deep learning computational imaging method is used to correct the individual multi-wavelength images from the original recorded multi-slit data. In results and data, this can achieve a far-field angular resolution below 7", and spectral resolution below 0.05 nm. The field of view is ±3 R☉ along the multi-slit moving direction, where R☉ represents the radius of the solar disk. The ratio of the corona's stray light intensity to the solar center's irradiation intensity is less than 10−6 at the circle of 1.3 R☉.
分类: 物理学 >> 核物理学 分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 分类: 材料科学 >> 材料科学(综合) 提交时间: 2023-12-15
摘要: The GECAM series of satellites utilizes LaBr3(Ce), LaBr3(Ce,Sr), and NaI(Tl) crystals as sensitive materials for gamma-ray detectors (GRDs). To investigate the non-linearity in the detection of low-energy gamma rays and address the errors in the calibration of the E-C relationship, comprehensive tests and comparative studies of the three aforementioned crystals were conducted using Compton electrons, radioactive sources, and monoenergetic X-rays. The non-linearity test results of the Compton electrons and X-rays demonstrated substantial differences, with all three crystals presenting a higher non-linearity for X/-rays than for Compton electrons. Despite the LaBr3(Ce) and LaBr3(Ce,Sr) crystals having higher absolute light yields, they exhibited a noticeable non-linear decrease in the light yield, especially at energies below 400 keV. The NaI(Tl) crystal demonstrated an excess light output in the 6200 keV range, reaching a maximum excess of 9.2% at 30 keV in the X-ray testing and up to 15.5% at 14 keV during Compton electron testing, indicating a significant advantage in the detection of low-energy gamma rays. Furthermore, we explored the underlying causes of the observed non-linearity in these crystals. This study not only elucidates the detector responses of GECAM, but also initiates a comprehensive investigation of the non-linearity of domestically produced lanthanum bromide and sodium iodide crystals.
分类: 物理学 >> 核物理学 分类: 天文学 >> 天文仪器与技术 提交时间: 2023-08-29
摘要: In the future, the Very Large Area gamma-ray Space Telescope (VLAST) is expected to observe high-energy electrons and gamma rays in the MeV to TeV range with unprecedented acceptance. As part of the detector suite, a high-energy imaging calorimeter (HEIC) is currently being developed as a homogeneous calorimeter that utilizes long bismuth germanate (BGO) scintillation crystals as both absorbers and detectors. To accurately measure the energy deposition in the BGO bar of HEIC, a high-dynamic-range readout method using a silicon photoMultiplier (SiPM) and multiphotodiode (PD) with different active areas has been proposed. A prototype readout system that adopts multichannel charge measurement ASICs was also developed to read out the combined system of SiPMs and PDs. Preliminary tests confirmed the feasibility of the readout scheme, which is expected to have a dynamic range close to 106.