Optical identification of the hard X-ray source IGR J18257-0707

We present the results of our optical identification of the hard X-ray source IGR J18257-0707 through its spectrophotometric observations with the optical RTT-150 telescope. The accurate position of the X-ray source determined using Chandra observations has allowed this source to be confidently associatedwith a faint optical object (m _R ≈ 20.4) whose optical spectrumexhibits a broad H _α emission line at redshift z = 0.037. Thus, the source IGR J18257-0707 is a type-1 Seyfert galaxy at redshift z = 0.037.     

X-ray and strong lensing mass estimate of MS2137.3–2353

We present new mass estimates of the cluster of galaxies MS2137.3–2353, inferred from X-ray and strong lensing analyses. This cluster exhibits an outstanding strong lensing configuration and indicates a well-relaxed dynamical state, being most suitable for a mass reconstruction which combines both techniques. Despite this, several previous studies have claimed a significant discrepancy between the X-ray and the strong lensing mass estimates. The primary aim of this paper is to address and explain this mismatch. For this purpose, we have analysed Chandra observations to recover the profiles of the intracluster medium properties and, assuming a functional form for the matter density, the total mass distribution. The notable strong-lensing features of MS2137.3 allow us to reconstruct its projected mass in the central regions with good accuracy, by taking advantage of the lensing inversion code lenstool . We compare the results obtained for both methods. Our mass estimates for MS2137.3 are in agreement within errors, leading to a mean, extrapolated value of   M ₂₀₀≃ 4.4 ± 0.3 × 10¹⁴ M_⊙  , under the assumption of the Navarro–Frenk–White (NFW) mass profile. However, the strong lensing mass estimate is affected by the details of the brightest cluster galaxy mass modelling, since the radial arc is a very sensitive probe of the total mass derivative in the central region. In particular, we do not find evidence for a high concentration for the NFW density profile, as reported in some earlier works.     

应用X射线源的航天器姿态测量

在介绍X射线源和X射线探测器、准直器的基础上,重点描述了应用X射线源测量航天器姿态参数的原理和方法。对X射线星扫描仪的结构、扫描观测X射线源方法和矩形准直器响应函数等做了介绍,较详细地论述了应用单准直器X射线星扫描仪和差分准直器X射线星扫描仪确定航天器姿态参数的测量模型,并进行了二者间的比较和分析。简单讨论了X射线星扫描仪测量建模和应用测量模型拟合航天器姿态参数的算法问题。最后,对采用编码孔径系统确定航天器姿态参数的方法做了概括性介绍。     

形态学在X-射线检测中的应用

本文以射线检测发动机图像为研究对象,通过与传统分割算法相比较,同时结合最新发展的数学理论及数字图像处理技术,采用了一种有效分割方法,使其在提取效果和处理速度上都能获得预期的满意结果.     

工业CT图像的伪影成因和校正方法综述

X射线CT在工业无损检测、医学、安检等领域发挥着重要的作用.但在实际检测中,CT系统重建的图像存在各种伪影.本文从CT的系统整体设计、X射线管和探测器等角度综述了影响伪影形成的各种因素,并对每种伪影的成因作了归纳;针对这些伪影,跟踪近些年文献中主要的校正方法作了介绍,并对这些校正方法作了比较、讨论和小结.     

A workflow for exploration sampling in regolith-dominated terranes using portable X-ray fluorescence: comparison with laboratory data and a case study

This paper presents and validates a workflow that provides for the rapid collection of reliable and robust portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) data in a regolith-dominated exploration setting. The analysis of regolith material by pXRF is challenging because of its variable Fe content (e.g. 0 to >70 wt%) that results in large matrix effects, which can be mitigated with appropriate standards. Here, we present a dataset from the Western Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland, Australia, comprising soil, lag, rock and rotary air blast (RAB) samples. In the soil dataset, comparison of the laboratory and pXRF datasets for Cu, Pb and Zn have R² > 0.9, and Cu and Zn fall within 2% of the laboratory data, while Pb is 77% less than the corresponding laboratory analyses. Iron, Al, K and Ca by pXRF perform reasonably well when compared with the laboratory data (R² = 0.59 for Al, R² > 0.9 for Fe, K and Ca, <25% variation from the laboratory data), while Mn, Rb and Sr have very good correlations (<8% variation) with R² > 0.94. Titanium, Zr, Ni, Cr and As have poorer comparisons. Overall, the RAB dataset shows similar trends with Cu overestimated by 17%, Zn underestimated by 4% and Pb overestimated by 69%; R² for all elements is >0.92. Since no suitable standards are available, the solid rock dataset was uncorrected; despite this limitation, the dataset shows good correlations with the laboratory data for many elements, and Cu is overestimated by 9.8% with an R² = 0.87. The poor analytical performance of Pb in all datasets is associated with erroneous Bi concentrations being reported by the pXRF unit. When high Fe and Pb amounts are present in a sample, erroneous Pb and Bi concentrations are reported, owing to a pile-up of the Fe K_α peak (6.405 keV) at ～12.8 keV, which is proximal to the Pb L_β (12.614 keV) and Bi L_β (13.023 keV) peaks. Despite the care that is required in validating data, by using pXRF there is substantial opportunity for dynamic exploration campaigns in regolith-dominated terranes with rapid turnaround times, additional elements that may not otherwise be analysed for and low analytical costs. Decisions to stop, continue or infill drill holes while the drill rig is present can be made in near-real time, and not after laboratory results are available and the drill rig has left the area.     

应用扫描电镜与X射线能谱仪研究柳江盆地上石盒子组砂岩孔隙与矿物成分特征

柳江盆地是国家级地质遗迹自然保护区,位于河北省秦皇岛市北部的燕山脚下。该区内的二叠系上石盒子组砂岩的岩石学研究工作多集中于宏观野外地质观测,缺少微观尺度下对上石盒子组孔隙特征和矿物组分特征的研究。本文在野外地质观察与剖面实测基础上,采用扫描电镜和X射线能谱测试,分析了柳江盆地上石盒子组砂岩的孔隙特征与成分特征。结果表明,柳江盆地上石盒子组以含砾粗砂岩、中砂岩与粉砂岩-泥岩互层为主,具有"二元结构"。扫描电镜下观察发现上石盒子组砂岩孔隙包括原生孔隙和次生孔隙两大类,次生孔隙依据孔隙形态与分布位置又可分为粒间溶孔、粒内溶孔、微裂隙和晶间微孔。砂岩矿物组成含量最多的矿物为石英和长石,其次为高岭石和绿泥石等黏土矿物;黏土矿物的种类组合特征表明,上石盒子组砂岩处于中成岩阶段早期。     

3D Pore-network quantitative analysis in deformed carbonate grainstones

This study consists of a three-dimensional (3D) assessment of the pore network properties (i.e., porosity, pore connectivity, specific surface area) in deformed carbonate grainstones cropping out in Sicily and Abruzzo regions (Italy). Previous studies, including microphotography, mercury injection analysis, and in-situ air permeameter measurements, have reported permeability differences (in the range of two-to-three orders of magnitude) between the carbonate grainstones exposed in Sicily and Abruzzo, that cannot be explained by only considering the differences of porosity. In this study, the pore network properties of suitable rock samples were studied by quantitative analysis of X-ray micro-CT images using both synchrotron and microfocus sources. On the basis of the results, inferences about the control of pore network properties on permeability were made for both host rock and deformation bands. In the host rocks, high values of connectivity seem to be associated with high values of permeability, whereas higher values of the specific surface area seem to correspond to lower permeability. Within the deformation bands (DBs), both porosity and pore connectivity are reduced except for local solution-enlarged stylolites and fractures (slip surfaces) preferentially connected parallel to the DB.