用ASM／RXTE数据对Crab天区的直接解调成像

利用对象重建的直接解调技术,对ＡＳＭ／ＲＸＴＥ的模拟数据和Ｃｒａｂ天区观测数据进行了成像分析。结果表明,借助于对象重建的直接解调技术,可以利用正在运行的Ｘ射线天卫星ＲＸＴＥ上的全天监测器ＡＳＭ实现硬Ｘ射线天空的成像。     

γ暴GRB 910601的直接解调成像

利用直接解调方法分析了ＣＯＭＰＴＥＬ对γ暴ＧＲＢ９１０６０１的观测数据,发现该γ暴的直接解调成像定位较ＣＯＭＰＴＥＬ用最大似然法分析得到的结果更接近于ＵｌｙｓｅｓＢＡＴＳＥ系统联合定位的圆环．结果表明,采用直接解调方法对γ暴这类信噪比高、统计性差的瞬变源进行成像分析是完全可行的,而且,γ暴的成像定位精度可由此而获得提高．     

γ暴GRB910601的直接解调成像

利用直接解调方法分析了ＣＯＭＰＴＥＬ对γ暴ＧＲＢ９１０６０１的观测数据,发现该γ暴的直接解调成像定位较ＣＯＭＰＴＥＬ用最大似然法分析得到的结果更接近于Ｕｌｙｓｓｅｓ－ＢＡＴＳＥ系统联合定位的圆环．结果表明,采用直接解调方法对γ暴这类信噪比高、统计性差的瞬变源进行成像分析是完全可行的,而且,γ暴的成像定位精度可由此而获得提高．     

Compton γ射线望远镜的直接解调成像

Ｃｏｍｐｔｏｎγ射线望远镜ＣＯＭＰＴＥＬ／ＣＧＲＯ工作于０．７５－３０ＭｅＶ能区，本文应用直接解调方法分析ＣＧＲＯ＃１观测的ＣＯＭＰＴＥＬ数据，准确定出Ｃｒａｂγ射线源的位置，在１０－３０ＭｅＶ能区，分辨开最大似然法所不能完全分辨的Ｃｒａｂγ射线源和类星体ＰＫＳ０５２８＋１３４，得出优于传统成像方法所得的成像结果．应用直接成像方法处理γ射线脉冲星Ｇｅｍｉｎｇａ分位相数据，发现Ｇｅｍｉｎｇａ在１０－３０ＭｅＶ能区仍存在辐射，辐射集中在Ｇｅｍｉｎｇａ第一个峰的位相区域．结果表明，应用直接解调方法对Ｃｏｍｐｔｏｎ望远镜数据作成像分析是完全可行的     

Comptonγ射线望远镜的直接解调成像

Ｃｏｍｐｔｏｎγ射线望远镜ＣＯＭＰＴＥＬ／ＣＧＲＯ工作于０．７５－３０ＭｅＶ能区，本应用直接解调方法分析了ＣＧＲＯ＃１观测的ＣＯＭＰＴＥＬ数据，准确定出Ｃａｒａｂγ射线源的位置，在１０－３０ＭｅＶ能区，分辨开最大似然法所不能完全分辨的Ｃｒａｂγ射线源和类星体ＰＫＳ０５２８＋１３４，得出优于传统成像方法所得的成像结果。     

M81球状星团G35的ROSAT PSPC观测研究

一个在ＰＳＰＣ 定位精度内与Ｍ８１ 球状星团Ｇ３５ 的光学位置相重合的Ｘ 射线源从４ 个曝光时间大于１１ ,０００ 秒的ＲＯＳＡＴＰＳＰＣ 定点观测中探测到,在改正了ＰＳＰＣ 指向中心的系统偏差后,它与Ｇ３５ 的光学位置相差～１０″．７ ,大大低于～３０″的ＰＳＰＣ 空间分辨率。对这个Ｘ射线源所作的ＲＯＳＡＴ 观测分析表明,它的ＰＳＰＣ 形态和Ｘ 射线辐射性质符合Ｍ８１ 球状星团亮源应有的特征。     

M81球状星团G35的ROSATPSPC观察研究

一个在ＰＳＰＣ定位精度内与Ｍ８１球状星闭Ｇ３５的光学位置相重合的Ｘ射线源从４个曝光时间大于１１,０００秒的ＰＯＳＡＴＰＳＰＣ定点观测中的探测到,在改正了ＰＳＰＣ指向中心的系统偏差后,它与Ｇ３５的光学位置相差～１０’’．７,大大低于～３０’’的ＰＳＰＣ空间分辨率,对这个Ｘ射线源所作的ＲＯＳＡＴ观测分析表明,它的ＰＳＰＣ形态和Ｘ射线辐射性质符合Ｍ８１球状星团亮源应有的特征。     

5个新发现的X选BL Lac天体

利用ＲＯＳＡＴＶＬＡ方法筛选，从ＲＯＳＡＴＸ射线源中选出了一批新的ＢＬＬａｃ天体和类星体的候选体．１９９６年１２月８日至１７日，利用北京天文台２．１６ｍ望远镜和新从美国引进的ＯＭＲ摄谱仪，对这批新候选体进行了光谱认证．经ＳＵＮ工作站处理，又发现了５个新的Ｘ选ＢＬＬａｃ天体．此外，还对去年作者在ＯＭＲ引进之前发现的ＢＬＬａｃ天体进行了检验，结果发现，去年发现的７个ＢＬＬａｃ天体中，２３２２＋３４３的ＣａＩＩＨ＆Ｋ“Ｂｒｅａｋｓｔｒｅｎｇｔｈ”为２６．９％，稍大于判据２５％，因此，２３２２＋３４３到底是ＢＬＬａｃ天体还是射电星系还有待于进一步测光及偏振观测的验证．     

Taurus—Auriga外围区ROSAT定点观察选WTTS的光学证认与研究

低质量恒星形成区Ｔａｕｒｕｓ－Ａｕｒｉｇａ外围区ＲＯＳＡＴ定点观测选弱发射线Ｔ Ｔａｕｒｉ星候选体（ＷＴＴＳ）的光谱证认新发现４个ＷＴＴＳ。本给出了目标源的ＵＳＮＯ Ｒ星等、ＵＳＮＯ坐标（Ｊ２０００）、分类光谱型、Ｈα发射／吸收线和富ＬｉＸ射线源,包括新发现ＷＴＴＳ的ＬｉＩ吸收线强度等参量以及ＷＴＴＳ的特征光谱。并利用Ｈｉｐｐａｒｃｏｓ星表对部分目标源进行了视差和自行的研究。另外,本第一次给出     

5个新发现的X选BL Lac天体

利用ＲＯＳＡＴ－ＶＬＡ方法筛选，从ＲＯＰＳＡＴ Ｘ射线源中选出了一批新的ＢＬ Ｌａｃ天体和类星体的候选体。１９９６年１２月８日至１７日，利用北京天文台２．１６ｍ望远镜和新从美国引进的ＯＭＲ摄谱仪，对这批新候选体进行了光谱认证。经ＳＵＮ工作站处理，又发现了５个新的Ｘ选ＢＬ Ｌａｃ天体。     

ME／EXOSAT银道扫描数据的直接解调成像

利用对象重建的直接解调方法，我们对EXOSAT卫星ME探测器银道扫描观测数据进行了重新分析，研究了在以往的分析中难以分辨的几个天区中的分立X射线源．利用Bootstrap方法，我们对成像结果进行了统计误差分析，给出了点源位置和流强的误差．     

Observational manifestations of the change in the tilt of the accretion disk to the orbital plane in her X-1/HZ her with phase of its 35-day period

We analyze and interpret the RXTE/ASM X-ray light curves for the close binary system Her X-1/HZ Her obtained from February 1996 to September 2004. Some of the features found previously in the averaged X-ray light curves are confirmed by the new RXTE/ASM data. In particular, the anomalous dips and post-eclipse recoveries in two successive orbits in the short-on state are clearly distinguishable and are stable features of the X-ray light curves. We argue that to account for these features, the tilt of the accretion disk to the orbital plane must be assumed to change with phase of the 35-day period. We present a numerical model that can reproduce the observed features of the light curves.     

Analysis of systematic errors of the ASM/RXTE monitor and GT-48 γ-ray telescope

The observational data concerning variations of light curves of supernovae remnants—the Crab Nebula, Cassiopeia A, Tycho Brahe, and pulsar Vela—over 14 days scale that may be attributed to systematic errors of the ASM/RXTE monitor are presented. The experimental systematic errors of the GT-48 γ-ray telescope in the mono mode of operation were also determined. For this the observational data of TeV J2032 + 4130 (Cyg γ-2, according to the Crimean version) were used and the stationary nature of its γ-ray emission was confirmed by long-term observations performed with HEGRA and MAGIC. The results of research allow us to draw the following conclusions: (1) light curves of supernovae remnants averaged for long observing periods have false statistically significant flux variations, (2) the level of systematic errors is proportional to the registered flux and decreases with increasing temporal scale of averaging, (3) the light curves of sources may be modulated by the year period, and (4) the systematic errors of the GT-48 γ-ray telescope, in the amount caused by observations in the mono mode and data processing with the stereo-algorithm come to 0.12 min⁻¹.     

RXTE observations of the strongly absorbed sources IGR J16318-4848 and IGR J16358-4726

We analyzed the RXTE observations of two strongly absorbed sources, IGR J16318-4848 and IGR J16358-4726. We were able to obtain the 3–25 keV spectra of the sources by taking into account the contribution of the Galactic diffuse background to the X-ray flux recorded with the RXTE/PCA spectrometer. The spectra of the sources are well described by a power-law decrease of the photon flux with energy with a photon index of ～1 and strong photoabsorption. The photoabsorption column density n_HL for IGR J16318-4848 derived from the RXTE observation on March 14.1, 2003, is shown to be much higher than its value obtained by the XMM observatory on February 10.7, 2003. This result may suggest that the source has variable absorption that may depend on the orbital phase of the system. We point out that all of the three X-ray sources discovered by the INTEGRAL observatory in the region (l,b)～(336,0) (IGR J16318-4848, IGR J16320-4751, and IGR J16358-4726) have strong intrinsic photoabsorption and may be high-mass binaries. Their proximity to the region where the tangent to the Galactic spiral arm passes, i.e., to the region of enhanced concentration of young high-mass stars, can serve as an indirect confirmation of this assumption. If our assumption about the positions of the sources in the Norma spiral arm is valid, then we can roughly estimate their heliocentric distances: ～6–8 kpc.     

预报大行星,月球掩点源事件的一种方法

以ＪＰＬ提供的太阳系天体数值历表ＤＥ２００／ＬＥ２００和美国海军天文台提供的岁差、章动改正程序为出发点，本文介绍预报大行星、月球掩源的一种方法，本方法分三个步骤：首先给出被掩源所满足的必要条件，并据此进行被掩源的初选；其次预报掩事件的全局情况，即掩发生的始终时刻和比较精确的地球椭球表面上可观测区域边界，在可观测区域边界中，本文发现了文献中未见出现过的出没南北界最后；预报地方见掩情况。     

Research on Multiband Observations of X-ray Millisecond Pulsar J0437-4715

A study on the two-band observations of the millisecond pulsar J0437- 4715 is carried out based on the radio data of the Parkes Observatory of Australia and the X-ray data obtained with the ASM (All Sky Monitor) in the RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer). For the radio observations of J0437-4715 the software TEMPO2 is applied to the calibration of the timing data of different terminal systems, thereby improving the accuracy of the timing model. By taking advantage of the all-weather observations of the ASM in the RXTE, the study of the medium- and long-term light variations of the pulsar J0437-4715 at the X-ray wavelengths is carried out by means of structure function, and it is found that this pulsar has a 620 d light period in the X-ray waveband.     

Background–source separation in astronomical images with Bayesian probability theory – I. The method

A probabilistic technique for the joint estimation of background and sources with the aim of detecting faint and extended celestial objects is described. Bayesian probability theory is applied to gain insight into the co-existence of background and sources through a probabilistic two-component mixture model, which provides consistent uncertainties of background and sources. A multiresolution analysis is used for revealing faint and extended objects in the frame of the Bayesian mixture model. All the revealed sources are parametrized automatically providing source position, net counts, morphological parameters and their errors.
We demonstrate the capability of our method by applying it to three simulated data sets characterized by different background and source intensities. The results of employing two different prior knowledge on the source signal distribution are shown. The probabilistic method allows for the detection of bright and faint sources independently of their morphology and the kind of background. The results from our analysis of the three simulated data sets are compared with other source detection methods. Additionally, the technique is applied to ROSAT All-Sky Survey data.     

A search for periodicities in the radio emission from XTE J1118+480

A search for modulation of the 15-GHz radio flux density at the orbital period from the X-ray nova XTE J1118+480 during its outburst in 2000 April–June found no signal ≳ a few per cent of the mean. No orbital modulation was found in the RXTE ASM data over the same interval.     

Point source detection performance of Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope imaging observation

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope(HXMT) will perform an all-sky survey in the hard X-ray band as well as deep imaging of a series of small sky regions.We expect various compact objects to be detected in these imaging observations. Point source detection performance of HXMT imaging observation depends not only on the instrument but also on the data analysis method that is applied since images are reconstructed from HXMT observed data with numerical methods. The denoising technique used plays an important part in the HXMT imaging data analysis pipeline along with demodulation and source detection. In this paper we have implemented several methods for denoising HXMT data and evaluated the point source detection performances in terms of sensitivities and location accuracies. The results show that direct demodulation with 1-fold cross-correlation should be the default reconstruction and regularization method, although both sensitivity and location accuracy could be further improved by selecting and tuning numerical methods in data analysis used for HXMT imaging observations.