分光仪PSP0的光学设计

本文介绍棱镜分光光度仪ＰＳＰ０的光学设计结果。ＰＳＰ０以ＴＨ７８３２双线ＣＣＤ作为系统探测器，可同时观测０．３６５－１．０微米波长范围内的天体及周转背景的低色散光谱。仪器的入射焦比为Ｆ／１８，平均光谱分辨率约为１０ｎｍ。本文简单介绍了ＰＳＰ０的光学调整，并给出了波长校正实验和配备名古屋大学５０公分望远镜进行试观测的结果。设计和实验结果表明，光学设计很好地满足了天文课题对仪器的设计要求，ＰＳＰ０已可     

天文光子学研究现状及其应用展望

天文学是一门观测学科, 其发展受观测技术及仪器进步所推动, 而天文科学发展同样不断对观测仪器提出新的要求. 天文学发展至今, 对观测仪器的要求逐渐走向极致和极端, 这在实现成本及难度两方面均带来极大挑战. 为应对上述挑战, 基于新原理、新技术的下一代天文光学技术及观测仪器已成为天文学发展的内在需要. 近年来, 集成光子学的发展为天文光学技术带来了新的变革性机遇, 在此基础上产生的新兴交叉学科天文光子学(Astrophotonics)可为天文观测提供低成本、高度集成化(芯片化)的新一代高性能光学终端仪器, 这类仪器将在空间天文观测、大规模光谱巡天、高分辨高精度光谱成像等应用中起到关键作用. 主要从仪器/器件功能出发介绍天文光子学主要研究内容及现状, 并简要讨论其发展所面临的主要问题, 最后对其发展趋势做出展望.     

云南暗弱天体光谱及成像仪长缝光谱研究

云南暗弱天体光谱及成像仪(Yunnan Faint-Object Spectrograph and Camera,YFOSC)是一台能够快速切换工作模式,进行天文成像及光谱观测的仪器。其中长缝光谱作为该仪器的主要光谱观测模式广泛应用于点源以及面源的分光测量研究。通过测量该模式下YFOSC系统的波长响应曲线,各块光栅的波长范围,并对定标灯谱进行波长证认,同时在考虑大气吸收以及望远镜效率的情况下给出了曝光时间曲线,为观测者更好地使用该仪器提供参考。最后以近期拍摄的一条超新星光谱为例,介绍长缝光谱模式的实际观测能力。     

1983年6月11日日全食光学观测

由北京天文台、紫金山天文台和南京天文仪器厂组成的中国日全食观测队天文组在1983年6月11日的日全食中成功地进行了下述几种项目的光学观测:(1)色球和日冕的光谱观测——拍摄波区为3600埃到6600埃,平均色散度约6.4埃/毫米,高度分辨率约110公里。(2)宽带日冕的光度及偏振观测。(3)日食全过程的彩色摄影。 本文对仪器结构、观测方法和获得的资料作了简要介绍。     

红外相机CASCAM光学设计

介绍紫金山天文台研制的光学-近红外相机CASCAM（Chinese Academy of Science，CAMera)的光学系统设计．CASCAM相机以红外列阵HAWAII-1和光学CCD为探测器，配备国家天文台兴隆观测站2．16米和1．26米望远镜进行0．4—2．5μm波长范围的成像和偏振成像观测．相机的光学系统由F／9→F／6缩焦系统和Offner反射成像系统构成．优化设计结果表明，光学设计方案已满足天文观测的要求．CASCAM相机在设计上实现了光学-近红外很宽波段的消色差变焦，并在楔形分柬片、常温滤光片轮和折射式焦面摆动技术等方面进行了新的尝试．     

水平子午环气象资料自动采集系统

大气折射是天体测量最基本的问题之一，它影响着天体位置测定的精度。气象资料自动采集系统是自动计算大气折射必不可少的仪器，为观测结果和气象的相关分析提供了可能．本文介绍的气象资料自动采集系统，可实时采集并可用于其它天文观测仪器．     

天文折射的光谱型效应

天文折射中包含有显著的光谱型效应。本文从有效波长的角度,讨论了光谱型效应的复杂性,不同的仪器采用不同的接受器、以及在不同的天顶距观测,都有不同的光谱型差。提出在低纬子午环上,对不同光谱型的天体测定出天文折射,以提高星位测定的精度。     

中国丽江积分视场光纤光谱仪分辨能力实验室测试结果

中国丽江积分视场光纤光谱仪(China Lijiang Integral Field Unit,简称CHILI)是中国第一台用于夜天文观测的科学级积分视场光纤光谱仪,安装在丽江天文观测站2.4 m光学望远镜上。CHILI运输到中国前,在美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校(University of Texas at Austin)进行了实验室测试。本次实验主要针对CHILI的蓝端,主要测试内容有本底、平场、暗场和波长定标。为了明确知道谱线在像素位置上的精准波长和CHILI探测器的分辨能力,对测试数据进行了波长定标和光谱分辨能力的计算。结果显示,CHILI蓝端的波长范围约为3 500～5 300,在此波长范围内,光谱分辨本领FW H M■5,其对应的光谱分辨率R=λ/?λ约为600～1 000,符合CHILI预期要求。     

水平子午环气象资料自动采集系统

大气折射是天体测量最基本的问题之一，它影响着天体位置测定的精度，气象资料自动采集是自动计算大气折射必不可少的仪器。为观测结果和气象的相关分析提供了可能，本文介绍的气象资料自动采集系统，可实时采集并可用于其它天文观测仪器。     

丽江站台址信息监测系统

台址信息监测系统是现代天文观测台站必备的辅助系统之一,在开展天文实测过程中发挥着重要的作用。首先介绍了丽江天文观测站的基本概况,目前己经投入运行的天文望远镜设备,以及丽江2.4 m通用光学望远镜上配备的科学终端仪器。随后论述了国内外优秀天文观测台站己配备的台址信息监测设备,重点阐述了丽江天文观测站建立的台址信息监测系统。分析了丽江站一个年度的气象数据、云量数据、可观测小时数、可观测夜数和天光背景数据,以及近几年测量的大气视宁度数据,得出丽江站全年的光学天文观测条件的基本特征。根据实际观测情况,将丽江2.4 m望远镜全年的观测时间段分为三个等级,为国内天文学家申请使用并开展科学观测提供参考。     

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正Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics publishes original research papers and reviews 011 all liranchcs of astronoiriy and astrophysics.Reviews arc by invitation only.Important new results that require rapid publication can be submitted as a Letter(Letters must be restricted in length     

Alkali and halogen chemistry in volcanic gases on Io

We use chemical equilibrium calculations to model the speciation of alkalis and halogens in volcanic gases emitted on Io. The calculations cover wide temperature (500-2000 K) and pressure (10⁻⁶ to 10⁺¹ bars) ranges, which overlap the nominal conditions at Pele (T=1760 K, P=0.01 bars). About 230 compounds of 11 elements (O, S, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, F, Cl, Br, I) are considered. The elemental abundances for O, S, Na, K, and Cl are based upon observations. CI chondritic elemental abundances relative to sulfur are used for the other alkalis and halogens (as yet unobserved on Io). We predict the major alkali species in Pele-like volcanic gases and the percentage distribution of each alkali are LiCl (73%), LiF (27%); NaCl (81%), Na (16%), NaF (3%); KCl (91%), K (5%), KF (4%); RbCl (93%), Rb (4%), RbF (3%); CsCl (92%), CsF (6%), Cs (2%). Likewise the major halogen species and the percentage distribution of each halogen are NaF (88%), KF (10%), LiF (2%); NaCl (89%), KCl (11%); NaBr (89%), KBr (10%), Br (1%); NaI (61%), I (30%), KI (9%). We predict the major halogen condensates and their condensation temperatures at P=0.01 bar are NaF (1115 K), LiF (970 K); NaCl (1050 K), KCl (950 K); KBr (750 K), RbBr (730 K), CsBr (645 K); and solid I₂ (200 K). We also model disequilibrium chemistry of the alkalis and halogens in the volcanic plume. Based on this work and our prior modeling for Na, K, and Cl in a volcanic plume, we predict the major loss processes for the alkali halide gases are photolysis and/or condensation onto grains. Their estimated photochemical lifetimes range from a few minutes for alkali iodides to a few hours for alkali fluorides. Condensation is apparently the only loss process for elemental iodine. On the basis of elemental abundances and photochemical lifetimes, we recommend searching for gaseous KCl, NaF, LiF, LiCl, RbF, RbCl, CsF, and CsCl around volcanic vents during eruptions. Based on abundance considerations and observations of brown dwarfs we also recommend a search of Io's extended atmosphere and the Io plasma torus for neutral and ionized Li, Cs, Rb, and F.     

The climatic and physiographic controls of the eastern Mediterranean over the late Pleistocene climates in the southern Levant and its neighboring deserts

Modern-day synoptic-scale eastern Mediterranean climatology provides a useful context to synthesize the diverse late Pleistocene (60–12 ka) paleohydrologic and paleoenvironmental indicators of past climatic conditions in the Levant and the deserts to its south and east. We first critically evaluate, extract, and summarize paleoenvironmental and paleohydrologic records. Then, we propose a framework of eastern Mediterranean atmospheric circulation features interacting with the morphology and location of the southeast Mediterranean coast. Together they strongly control the spatial distribution of rainfall and wind pattern. This cyclone–physiography interaction enforces the observed rainfall patterns by hampering rainfall generation south and southeast of the latitude of the north Sinai coast, currently at 31°15′.The proposed framework explains the much-increased rains in Lebanon and northern Israel and Jordan as deduced from pollen, rise and maintenance of Lake Lisan, and speleothem formation in areas currently arid and semiarid. The proposed framework also accounts for the southward and eastward transition into semiarid, arid, and hyperarid deserts as expressed in thick loess accumulation at the deserts' margins, dune migration from west to east in the Sinai and the western Negev, and the formation of hyperarid (< 80 mm yr^− 1) gypsic–salic soils in the southern Negev and Sinai. Our climatic synthesis explains the hyperarid condition in the southern Negev, located only 200–250 km south of the much-increased rains in the north, probably reflecting a steeper rainfall gradient than the present-day gradient from the wetter Levant into its bordering southern and eastern deserts.At present, the rainiest winter seasons in Lebanon and northern and central Israel are associated with more frequent (+ 20%), deeper Cyprus Lows traversing the eastern Mediterranean at approximately the latitude of southern Turkey. Even these wettest years in northern Israel do not yield above average annual rainfall amounts in the hyperarid southern Negev. This region is mainly influenced by the Active Red Sea Troughs that produce only localized rains. The eastern Mediterranean Cyprus Lows also produce more dust storms and transport higher amounts of suspended dust to the loess area than any other atmospheric pattern. Concurrent rainfall and dust are essential to the late Pleistocene formation of the elongated thick loess zone along the desert northern margin. Even with existing dust storms, the lack of rain and very sparse vegetation account for the absence of late Pleistocene loess sequences from the southern Negev and the formation of hyperarid soils.When the north Sinai coast shifted 30–70 km northwest due to last glacial global sea level lowering, the newly exposed coastal areas supplied the sand and dust to these active eastern Mediterranean cyclones. This enforced the latitude of the northern boundary of the loess zone to be directly due east of the LGM shoreline. This shift of coast to the northwest inhibited rainfall in the southern Levant deserts and maintained their hyperaridity. Concurrently, frequent deep eastern Mediterranean Cyprus Lows were funneled along the northern Mediterranean increasing (probably doubling) the rains in central and northern Israel, Lebanon, southwestern Syria and northern Jordan. These storms and rains formed lakes, forests, and speleothems only a short distance north of the deserts in the southern Levant.     

Active hot star shells

Interferometry in the visible provides milliarcsecond spatial resolution and thus has been used for studying the circumstellar environment of active hot stars. In this paper I will illustrate how the visibility modulus and phase can be used to better constrain the physics of Be disks through results from the VLA, the MkII and the GI2T interferometers. I will insist on the importance and the potential of coupling high angular resolution with high spectral resolution to the study of Be shells. Finally I will present a possible study of the circumstellar disk of Be stars using the VLTI. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Study on the Stressed Mirror Polishing with a Continuous Polishing Machine for Large Aperture Off-axis Aspheric Mirrors

A special stressed annular polishing technique is proposed to mill the off-axis aspheric sub-mirrors of a large segmented mirror with an annular polishing machine. Based on the basic principle of stressed annular polishing technique, a set of special stressing mechanisms are designed to convert milling the aspheric surfaces of sub-mirrors with different off-axis distances into milling the spherical surfaces with identical radii of curvature, so that they can be pol- ished simultaneously on a continuous polishing machine. It took about contin- uous 40 hours to polish a scaled-down mirror of the planning Chinese Future Giant Telescope (CFGT) using this technique. This mirror has the 330 mm di- ameter, 3.6 m off-axis distance, and the 21.6 m radius of curvature, and its max- imum asphericity is 16 micron. The experiment shows that this method has a high effciency, suits batch manufacturing, especially the batch manufacturing of aspheric sub-mirrors of the segmented primary mirror of an extremely large aperture telescope.     

Fitting X-ray Afterglow Light curves of Gamma-ray Bursts by Using the Magnetar Energy Injection Model

The central compact object for some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) may be a strongly magnetized millisecond pulsar. It can inject energy to the outer shock of the GRB by through the magnetic dipole radiation, and therefore causes the shallow decay of the early afterglow. Recently, from a large number of GRB X-ray afterglows observed by Swift/XRT(X-ray telescope), it is revealed that many of them exhibit the shallow decay about 10²∼10⁴ s after the burst prompt emission. We have fitted the X-ray afterglow light curves of 11 GRBs by using the energy injection model of a magnetar with the rotation period in the millisecond order of magnitude. The obtained result shows the validity and universality of the magnetar energy injection model in explaining the shallow decay of afterglows, and simultaneously provides some constraints on the magnetic field strength and rotation period of the central magnetar.     

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...