紫金山天文台太阳射电频谱仪定标

定标是射电天文观测中基础而重要的工作.定标工作可以得到太阳观测中的一个重要物理量:太阳射电辐射流量,可以扣除射电频谱仪的通道不均匀性,清晰显示射电频谱特征.结合紫金山天文台射电频谱仪的观测数据,详细介绍了定标的基本方法,分析了定标常数的变化情况,最后给出了定标结果,并与野边山射电偏振计以及RHESSI(The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager)卫星硬X射线波段的几个太阳耀斑的观测结果进行了比较,结果符合耀斑的光变特征.其中对一个耀斑脉冲相硬X射线流量和微波光变的相关性的分析表明这些观测可以用来研究有关的辐射机制以及相应的能量释放和粒子加速过程.     

蒙城太阳射电频谱仪的定标

太阳射电爆发的动态频谱观测是研究太阳活动的重要手段之一.基于对2015年8月27日蒙城太阳射电频谱仪(Mc SRS)所观测得到一个M2.9级太阳耀斑光变特征的分析,发现由于仪器电子学上的问题,传统定标方法给出的结果并不理想.利用日本野边山的射电偏振仪(NoRP)/射电日像仪(NoRH)以及地球静止轨道环境业务卫星(GOES)的观测数据,结合有关辐射机制可以对定标方法进行改进.和传统的定标方法相比,改进后的定标结果和NoRP/NoRH的观测结果显示出更好的相关性,更好地揭示了耀斑射电频谱的演化规律.     

用于射电天文数字频谱仪的新进展

根据在射电天文频谱观测中出现的新需求,介绍了近年来数字技术的新进展.达到GHz采样速率的多位高速模数转换器(Analog-to-Digital Converter,ADC)、海量数字处理芯片现场可编程门阵列(Field Progxammable Gate Array,FPGA)以及运行在这些芯片上的并行快速傅里叶变换知识产权(Fast Fourier,Transform Intellectual Property,FFT IP)内核,结合高性能数据总线的系统集成,为射电天文构建新型FFT频谱仪提供了可能的技术选择.与现有其他类型频谱仪相比,集成了这些新技术的数字型FFT频谱仪有更大的带宽、更高的谱分辨率、更高的动态范围和整体稳定性,此类频谱仪的出现显示了射电频谱技术已经进入了新一代数字技术应用的阶段.     

云南天文台太阳射电频谱仪的网络系统

介绍云南天文台太阳射电米波 (2 30～ 30 0MHz)、分米波 (0 .7～0 .4GHz)频谱观测系统及 1 0m射电望远镜自动控制系统“星型拓扑”对等网的建立。通过该网络 ,不但实现了光盘刻录机、激光打印机等资源共享 ,而且还为解决由于太阳射电频谱高时间分辨率和高频率分辨率观测带来的大数据量处理和存储找到了解决途径     

基于CLEAN算法的嫦娥四号低频射电频谱仪信号干扰抑制

嫦娥四号低频射电频谱仪(Low Frequency Radio Spectrometer,LFRS)放置在月球背面,观测条件得天独厚.然而,嫦娥四号平台存在约10-15 W/(m2·Hz)的强干扰,并且干扰在每道时域数据中存在明显差异,大大削弱了低频射电频谱仪的观测灵敏度.为此,从两组信号的相关性出发,提出基于CLEA...     

22.6--3.8 GHz 太阳射电动态频谱仪

给出北京天文台 ２．６—３．８ ＧＨ_(ｚ)太阳射电动态频谱仪的性能、结构及初步观测结果．     

全数字化自相关射电频谱仪观测分子谱线成功

鉴于分子天文学对研究银河系结构、恒星诞生和演化、宇宙化学及宇宙生命等方面有极其重要的意义,近年来国内不仅在这个领域的理论研究有迅速发展,而且积极进行着实测手段的建设.其中,用于谱线观测的射电频谱仪先后确定采用的数种技术方案,均已进行研制并已在实验室调测.然而因种种技术上的考虑,原来并没有打算采用国外已广泛使用的全数字化自相关射电频谱仪.     

嫦娥四号低频射电频谱仪降低背景噪声方法的研究

嫦娥四号着陆器将搭载低频射电频谱仪在月球背面进行低频射电天文观测,低频射电频谱仪的观测波段为0.1～40 MHz。根据着陆器在中国空间技术研究院的微波暗室进行的电磁兼容性试验结果,着陆器平台在该频段内自身存在非常强的噪声,其强度甚至淹没大部分来自太阳爆发的信号,难以探测有效信号,实现预期的科学目标。通过模拟仿真分析谱减法、维纳滤波及自适应滤波3种方法对着陆器噪声消除的效果,从而选择更为有效的噪声消除方法,为低频射电频谱仪在轨探测任务的数据处理提供依据。     

声光频谱仪实验报告

本文介绍云南天文台射电室开展接收带宽为7O兆赫～140兆赫的声光型太阳米波射电频谱仪工作情况及其部分结果。     

对射电高时间分辨率观测技术的天文评价

本文综述了射电高时间分辨率(HTR)观测技术情况,从天文角度论述了HTR技术在观测太阳、恒星射电方面的重要意义。建议不仅是太阳射电、宇宙射电的相关课题和设备亦应注意配备HTR技术。     

我国新一代VLBI数字基带转换器研制进展

数字化是目前设备研制发展的趋势,介绍了中国科学院上海天文台利用超大规模集成电路结合软件无线电技术,自主研发的我国新一代VLBI数字基带转换器(Chinese Data Acquisition System,简称CDAS).文中描述了设备的工作原理及其组成,并以VLBI观测实验数据证明其可行性.与原有的模拟设备(Anal...     

Synergy Between Radio and Optical Telescopes: Optical Followup of Extragalactic Radio Sources

Distance measurement is a must to characterize any source in the sky. In the radio band, it is rarely possible to get distance or redshift measurements. The optical band is the most used band to get distance estimate of sources, even for those originally discovered in other bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. However, the spectroscopic redshift measurements even for fairly bright radio sample is grossly incomplete, implying un-explored discovery space. Here we discuss the scope of optical follow up of radio sources, in particular the radio loud AGNs, from the present generation radio telescopes.     

On the possibility of observations of current sheets in radio band

We discuss the possibility of a discovery of current sheets by using their screening and emissive properties in the radio band. It is shown that the presence of a current sheet in the solar atmosphere leads to a depression of the radio brightness at some wavelengths and to its enhancement at shorter wavelengths. Spectral observations with sufficient angular resolution may give such characteristics of the sheet as its temperature, electron density, thickness and height in the solar atmosphere.     

关于太阳射电快速活动真伪信号识别问题

本文列举了云南天文台四波段太阳射电实测中得到的几种干扰实例及确认的太阳快速信号，在认识到太阳射电和干扰信号十分相似的基础上，探讨如何识别真伪信号问题。     

Pulsating type IV solar radio bursts

Several models for pulsating type IV radio bursts are presented based on the assumption that the pulsations are the result of fluctuations in the synchrotron emission due to small variations in the magnetic field of the source. It is shown that a source that is optically thick at low frequencies due to synchrotron self-absorption exhibits pulsations that occur in two bands situated on either side of the spectral peak. The pulsations in the two bands are 180° out of phase and the band of pulsations at the higher frequencies is the more intense. In contrast, a synchrotron source that is optically thin at all frequencies and whose low frequency emission is suppressed due to the Razin effect develops only a single band of pulsations around the frequency of maximum emission. However, the flux density associated with the later model would be too small to explain the more intense pulsations that have been observed unless the source area is considerably larger than presently seems reasonable.     

Gamma-ray emission of blazars

In this paper, the correlations of gamma ray with other bands are discussed for highly polarized blazars. The results show gamma rays are beamed. It is closely associated with the radio band emission, but not associated with optical or X-ray emissions. Gamma ray emission is likely from resynchrotron-self-Compton (SSC) process.     

Periodicity in the Basal Component of Radio Emission During Maximum and Minimum Solar Activity

The basal component of radio emission is the radio intensity obtained after subtracting the sunspot-dependent (magneto-active) component from the observed flux and finally deducting the steady part from this subtracted value. The periodicity of this basal component of solar radio emission in the frequency band 0.245–15.4 GHz was studied both for the solar maximum (1980 and 1991) and minimum (1975 and 1986) periods. A constant periodicity of 35 days was observed in the entire radio band under study during the periods of maximum solar activity, whereas the periodicity fluctuates harmonically with frequency during the minimum periods, giving rise to an average time period of approximately 54 days.     

Simulation of radio plasma in clusters of galaxies

We present three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of buoyant gas in a typical cluster environment. In these simulations, hot matter was injected continuously into a small region offset from the cluster centre. In agreement with previous analytic estimates, we found that the bubbles evolve very differently depending on the rate of energy injection. Using tracer particles we computed the efficiency of the bubbles to stir the intracluster medium (ICM) and find that recurrent low-power sources are more effective in mixing the inner cluster region than rarer large outbursts. Moreover, we computed radio maps of the bubbles based on different assumptions about the magnetic field. In the radio band the bubbles closely resemble FR I sources. For the bubbles to be detectable for long enough to account for FR I sources, we found that reacceleration has to take place. The bubbles are generally difficult to detect, both in the radio and in the X-ray band. Thus it is possible to hide a significant amount of energy in the form of bubbles in clusters.     

Radio Afterglows of Gamma Ray Bursts

This review focuses on the physics of Gamma Ray Bursts probed through their radio afterglow emission. Even though radio band is the least explored of the afterglow spectrum, it has played an important role in the progress of GRB physics, specifically in confirming the hypothesized relativistic effects. Currently radio astronomy is in the beginning of a revolution. The high sensitive Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is being planned, its precursors and pathfinders are about to be operational, and several existing instruments are undergoing upgradation. Thus, the afterglow results from detection statistics and follow up programs are expected to improve in the coming years. We list a few avenues unique to radio band which if explored to full potential have the promise to greatly contribute to the future of GRB physics.     

Center-to-limb variation of the peak flux spectra of type IV radio bursts associated with solar proton flares

Type IV radio bursts with wide band from microwave to metric-wave frequency are generally associated with solar proton flares. Recently, Castelli et al. (1967, 1968) have shown that the type IV radio bursts associated with solar proton flares show the U-shaped peak flux spectra with the minimum flux at decimetric frequencies. In this paper, the center-to-limb variation of such peak flux spectra is investigated in order to examine the effect of decrease of the peak flux at metric frequencies with increase of the angular distance from the central meridian of the Sun. It is shown that the U-shaped spectra are obtained independent of the position of proton flares, although the spectral form changes significantly in the case of the flares near the limb. It is further suggested that the U-shaped spectra consist of the two essentially independent components for microwave and metric-wave frequencies, respectively.