脉冲星信号相干消色散与非相干消色散的比较研究

脉冲星信号在星际空间传播的过程中,由于星际介质的存在造成观测到的脉冲星信号发生色散,因此需要对接收的脉冲星信号进行消色散,以获得原始的脉冲星信号。目前,消色散方法主要分为两种:相干消色散和非相干消色散。相对来说相干消色散效果彻底,算法较简单,而且能保留原始数据的时间分辨率,不过计算量较大,但是现在快速进步的计算机技术已经使计算量的问题得到很好的解决。为了精确了解两种消色散方法的区别,利用相关系数的方法定量地比较了相干消色散、非相干消色散两种方法的效果:在一定的频率值之下,前者得到消色散效果优于后者。同时确定两种消色散方法在效果相同时的观测频率。     

一种基于短时傅立叶变换的脉冲星消色散算法

叙述了一种基于短时傅立叶变换的脉冲星消色散算法。首先介绍了脉冲星的色散形成原因以及几种当今流行的消色散算法。接着介绍了短时傅立叶变换,并在此基础上提出了一种基于短时傅立叶变换的消色散算法。然后详细讲述了这种消色散算法的具体实现步骤,并且比较了在选取不同长度的时间窗函数的情况下,消色散的处理过程和残余色散量。最后,通过将这种算法的计算量以及结果和其他几种算法做横向比较,得出了结论:这种消色散算法的计算量小,实现简单,可以有效的进行消色散处理。     

上海天文台25 m射电望远镜首次单天线脉冲星观测

介绍上海天文台25 m射电望远镜首次单天线脉冲星观测。2010年4月23日,使用上海天文台位于佘山观测基地的25 m射电望远镜对脉冲星J0332+5434在L波段进行了观测,此次观测使用VLBI终端进行数据采集记录,通过对观测数据进行非相干消色散和周期折叠,成功获得目标源的平均轮廓。此次观测的成功,表明该天线具备开展单天线脉冲星观测的条件,并为上海天文台建设中的65 m天线的天文观测提供了参考,为将来自主研发脉冲星终端进行了技术储备。     

基于零拷贝的脉冲星GPU相干消色散算法

射电脉冲信号在传输过程中受到星际介质的影响,脉冲轮廓展宽变形,在研究过程中需要对信号进行消色散处理。设计并实现了基于零拷贝的脉冲星数据图形处理器(Graphic Processing Unit, GPU)相干消色散算法,采用设备内存映射以消除主机到设备的拷贝开销,利用统一计算设备架构(Compute Unified Device Architecture, CUDA)的cuFFT库进行多批次傅里叶变换以提高离散傅里叶变换(Discrete Fourier Transform, DFT)的效率,同时采用多线程实现了传递函数的加速计算。实验结果表明,与传统中央处理器及图形处理器算法相比,本文的算法在数据量大时表现良好。     

基于小波变换的脉冲星弱信号的去噪方法研究

利用小波变换去除噪声的基本原理和方法及消色散方法对毫秒脉冲星极弱信号进行了提取,并对噪声进行了最佳阈值选取实验研究,实现了脉冲星弱信号消色散积累后的检测和抑噪.并研究了软硬阈值估计子等不同阈值消噪技术,进而对PSR 0437-4715信号采用不同方法去噪后的结果进行了分析比较,认为在最大分解层数J=5时对脉冲星信号处理有普适意义.研究结果认为基于小波变换的消噪方法是一种提高信噪比、展示噪声和突变信号的优越方法.     

乌鲁木齐天文站25m天线18cm脉冲星脉冲到达时间观测系统

脉冲星脉冲到达时间观测系统建立在２５ｍ射电天线的１８ｃｍ波段上,消色散采用了２ｘ１２８ｘ２．５ＭＨｚ多通过滤波器和数字化器,数据采集系统由ＰＣ机完成．１９９９年５月至６月间建立了基于常温接收机的到达时间观测系统．观测到的最弱源的平均流量密度为４ｍＪｙ．     

乌鲁木齐天文站25m天线18cm脉冲星脉冲到达时间观测系统

脉冲星脉冲到达时间观测系统建立在２５ｍ射电天线的１８ｃｍ波段上,消色散采用了２×１２８×２．８ＭＨｚ多通道滤波器和数字化器,数据采集系统由ＰＣ机完成,１９９９年５月至６月间建立了基于常温接收机的到达时间观测系统。观测到的最弱源的平均流量密度为４ｍＪｙ。     

乌鲁木齐25m射电望远镜脉冲星观测研究

乌鲁木齐天文站自1999年以来陆续研制完成脉冲星1.5GHz频段消色散接收系统，0.327GHz,0.61GHz,2.3GHz,4.8Hz和8.4GHz等5个频段上的单通道的脉冲星接收系统和2组双频（2.3GHz和8.4GHz及0.327GHz和0.61GHz)同时观测的接收系统，上述设备均已投入观测，并取得一批诸如脉冲星周期参数，周期跃变，逢行速率，脉冲轮廓模式变化，星际闪和谱特性等观测成果。     

乌鲁木齐天文站脉冲星观测研究新进展

乌鲁木齐天文站自 1 999年研制完成 1 .5GHz频段室温双偏振消色散接收系统。 2 0 0 2年又完成 1 .5GHz频段致冷式双偏振消色散接收系统。我们成功地完成了第一个国际合作协议的任务。为在我国建立高灵敏度的观测脉冲星设备和取得优秀的脉冲星观测结果作出了贡献。为了进一步发展乌站脉冲星观测 ,第二个合作协议包括利用致冷式系统进行脉冲星大样本的监测和建立低频段的基带技术的消色散系统。     

毫秒脉冲星计时观测的研究进展

对毫秒脉冲星时间测量的理论、方法和技术研究的进展进行了阐述。根据近年来取得的观测研究结果,毫秒脉冲星计时测量误差～2×10－7秒,毫秒脉冲星自转周期稳定性足以和现代原子钟相媲美：其相对频率不稳定度达到1×10－14（1年≤γ≤5．2年）,并可望更高。近年来,脉冲星计时观测系统的接收灵敏度获得很大改进,计时观测的数据采集、处理技术、脉冲到达时间分析模型研究等都有长足发展。通过综合脉冲星时间算法得到的脉冲星时间尺度将比现代原子时具有更高的长期稳定度。叙述了脉冲星的物理特性及有关计时观测系统的技术成果,如观测频率和带宽的选择,消色散和接收系统灵敏度等问题。最后对毫秒脉冲星时间测量的误差源进行了讨论,并对脉冲星时间尺度的应用前景做了展望。     

Alma and E-merlin Data Transmission Systems: Lessons for Ska

ALMA, EVLA and e-MERLIN use high data rate optical fibre links based on commercially available 10 Gbps opto-electronics. This paper describes the systems designed by NRAO and JBO staff to be used in ALMA and e-MERLIN. ALMA has a requirement for a 120 Gbps data rate per telescope, requiring the use of 12 lasers in the 1550 nm telecommunication band, with maximum link lengths around 20 km. e-MERLIN has a lower bandwidth and requires 30 Gbps links per telescope and therefore three lasers per telescope; however, the link lengths reach up to around 400 km, and amplification, de-dispersion and regeneration are required. Dense wavelength division multiplexing is used to avoid fibre management problems and save fibre costs. The design criteria and experience gained in these projects is very relevant to SKA as the proposed configuration of the antenna elements maps well to the link lengths used here. The chosen data rate will be a major cost driver.     

A real-time coherent dedispersion pipeline for the giant metrewave radio telescope

A fully real-time coherent dedispersion system has been developed for the pulsar back-end at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The dedispersion pipeline uses the single phased array voltage beam produced by the existing GMRT software back-end (GSB) to produce coherently dedispersed intensity output in real time, for the currently operational bandwidths of 16 MHz and 32 MHz. Provision has also been made to coherently dedisperse voltage beam data from observations recorded on disk. We discuss the design and implementation of the real-time coherent dedispersion system, describing the steps carried out to optimise the performance of the pipeline. Presently functioning on an Intel Xeon X5550 CPU equipped with a NVIDIA Tesla C2075 GPU, the pipeline allows dispersion free, high time resolution data to be obtained in real-time. We illustrate the significant improvements over the existing incoherent dedispersion system at the GMRT, and present some preliminary results obtained from studies of pulsars using this system, demonstrating its potential as a useful tool for low frequency pulsar observations. We describe the salient features of our implementation, comparing it with other recently developed real-time coherent dedispersion systems. This implementation of a real-time coherent dedispersion pipeline for a large, low frequency array instrument like the GMRT, will enable long-term observing programs using coherent dedispersion to be carried out routinely at the observatory. We also outline the possible improvements for such a pipeline, including prospects for the upgraded GMRT which will have bandwidths about ten times larger than at present.     

Kinematic effect in gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies

Gravitational lensing provides an efficient tool for the investigation of matter structures, independent of the dynamical or the hydrostatic equilibrium properties of the deflecting system. However, it depends on the kinematic status. In fact, either a translational motion or a coherent rotation of the mass distribution can affect the lensing properties. Here, light deflection by galaxy clusters in motion is considered. Even if gravitational lensing mass measurements of galaxy clusters are regarded as very reliable estimates, the kinematic effect should be considered. A typical peculiar motion with respect to the Hubble flow brings about a systematic error ≲0.3 per cent, independent of the mass of the cluster. On the other hand, the effect of the spin increases with the total mass. For cluster masses  ∼10¹⁵ M_⊙  , the effect of the gravitomagnetic term is ≲0.04 per cent on strong lensing estimates and ≲0.5 per cent in the weak-lensing analyses. The total kinematic effect on the mass estimate is then ≲1 per cent, which is negligible in current statistical studies. In the weak-lensing regime, the rotation imprints a typical angular modulation in the tangential shear distortion. This would allow, in principle, a detection of the gravitomagnetic field and a direct measurement of the angular velocity of the cluster but the required background source densities are well beyond current technological capabilities.     

Some New Results Concerning the Study of the Virgo Cluster Structure

The creation of a new version of MERCG the catalogue enriched by the new information, which was reduced to the uniform system in RC3 and transferred together with data from other lists into our catalogue, made it possible to study the structure of the Virgo cluster based on the statistical cviterion offered by Anosova. The study of the spatial distribution of galaxies in A and B clusters, forming the main concentration of galaxies in the Virgo cluster, made it possible to consider galaxy number density, and velocity and magnitude means for early and late type galaxies in the direction from the center to the periphery. The mean value of galaxy velocities of the B cluster appeared to be larger than that for the A cluster thus placing it farther. Investigation of the distribution of galaxy colors in the areas of the A and the B clusters revealed a statistically significant distinction, expressed in the noticeable reddening of the galaxies observed in B cluster region, with can be explained possibly by the location of HI deficient galaxies in this area of the Virgo cluster.     

Observations of Giant Pulses of the Crab Pulsar

The Crab Pulsar was observed at 1540 MHz with the 25m radio telescope at Urumqi with a filterbank de-dispersion backend. A total of 2436 giant pulses with pulse energies larger than 4300 Jy μs were detected in two observing sets. All of these giant pulses are located in the main pulse (MP) and inter pulse (IP) windows of the average profile of the Crab Pulsar. The ratio of the numbers of giant pulses detected in the IP and MP windows is about 0.05. Our results show that, at 1540 MHz, the emission in the IP is contributed by giant and normal pulses, while that in the MP is almost dominated by giant pulses. The distribution of energy of the 2436 giant pulses at 1540 MHz can be described by a power-law with index α=3.13±0.09. The intrinsic threshold of giant pulse energy in the MP window is about 1400 Jy μs at 1540 MHz.