FAST望远镜40米模型天文观测软件的开发

针对FAST的天文观测要求,对其天文观测软件进行了设计与开发。首先介绍了FAST天文观测的原理,对天文观测软件进行了需求分析。而后提出了馈源天文运动轨迹规划算法,并进行了仿真。针对其轨迹要求给出了控制方法,对天文观测控制软件进行了设计与实现。最后通过现场实地实验,验证了本文所提的算法与软件的可行性。     

卫星激光测距的电控系统设计与实现

给出的卫星激光测距的二轴系统实现了通过软件控制望远镜coude光路调整、接收系统SPAD和APD的自动切换、视场光阑大小的自动调节、以及发射光束指向的精确控制。该系统是基于MPC07运动控制卡,通过人机交互界面进行实时控制,旨在实现不同功能的调节,提高卫星激光测距的自动化程度。详细介绍了该系统的硬件组成、技术指标及软件工作方式。     

R-N场中雷达回波延迟实验的后后牛顿修正

从球对称引力场中光子在赤道面上的运动微分方程出发,采用后牛顿近似方法,讨论了Reissner-Nordstr(o|¨)m度规场中雷达回波延迟实验的后后牛顿修正.通过计算给出了后牛顿以及后后牛顿的修正结果,当荷电量Q为零时,该结果适用于电中性天体,其后牛顿部分的修正与经典文献一致.文中采用的近似展开方法同样适用于讨论更高阶的修正.雷达回波的高阶修正对目前展开的高精度空间引力试验有着重要的参考价值.     

主序星的Ⅴ波段经验质光关系

恒星质量是恒星物理以及恒星系统动力学研究中一个不可或缺的参量.双星轨道拟合是获取恒星(动力学)质量的最可靠途径,而绝大部分恒星的质量仍然需要通过恒星质光关系来估计,因此,通过拟合恒星动力学质量和光度数据得到经验质光关系的工作具有重要意义.尽管主序星的Ⅴ波段质光关系由于金属丰度的影响而具有一定的弥散性,但有研究表明这种影响主要限于恒星质量小于 0.6M_⊙的情况.对于较大质量的主序星,近年来的观测拟合研究积累了比较充分的动力学质量和Ⅴ波段光度数据,从而为显著改进上述质光关系提供了可能.利用一个能合理分配两个不同量纲观测量权重的拟合方法,根据 203 颗恒星的动力学质量和光度数据给出了主序星的Ⅴ波段经验质光关系,该结果对此前结果的改进不仅具有统计显著性,而且其对恒星质量估计的相对误差已达到约 5%.因此,该结果不仅可以用于开展有关恒星物理或恒星系统动力学方面的统计性研究,而且对具体实际多星系统的长期动力学研究和短期定位研究等也有应用价值.     

卫星跟踪卫星模式中轨道参数需求分析

首次基于半解析法利用GRACE(Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment)双星K波段星间速度误差、GPS接收机轨道误差和加速度计非保守力误差影响累计大地水准面精度的联合模型开展了卫星跟踪卫星模式中轨道参数的需求分析.建议我国将来首颗重力卫星的平均轨道高度设计为400 km和平均星间距离设计为220 km较优.此研究不仅为我国将来卫星重力测量计划中轨道参数的优化选取以及全球重力场精度的有效和快速估计提供了理论基础和计算保证,同时对将来国际GRACE Follow-On地球重力测量计划和GRAIL(Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory)月球重力探测计划的发展方向具有一定的指导意义.     

High‐fidelity spectroscopy at the highest resolutions

High‐fidelity spectroscopy presents challenges for both observations and in designing instruments. High‐resolution and high‐accuracy spectra are required for verifying hydrodynamic stellar atmospheres and for resolving intergalactic absorption‐line structures in quasars. Even with great photon fluxes from large telescopes with matching spectrometers, precise measurements of line profiles and wavelength positions encounter various physical, observational, and instrumental limits. The analysis may be limited by astrophysical and telluric blends, lack of suitable lines, imprecise laboratory wavelengths, or instrumental imperfections. To some extent, such limits can be pushed by forming averages over many similar spectral lines, thus averaging away small random blends and wavelength errors. In situations where theoretical predictions of lineshapes and shifts can be accurately made (e.g., hydrodynamic models of solar‐type stars), the consistency between noisy observations and theoretical predictions may be verified; however this is not feasible for, e.g., the complex of intergalactic metal lines in spectra of distant quasars, where the primary data must come from observations. To more fully resolve lineshapes and interpret wavelength shifts in stars and quasars alike, spectral resolutions on order R = 300 000 or more are required; a level that is becoming (but is not yet) available. A grand challenge remains to design efficient spectrometers with resolutions approaching R = 1 000 000 for the forthcoming generation of extremely large telescopes (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Compressed sensing for next generation instruments

This document discusses the possibility of using compressed sensing techniques for measuring 2D spectro‐polarimetric information using only one etalon and a broad prefilter. Instead of using an etalon and an extremely narrow prefilter (with all the subsequent problems of alignment), the idea is to use multiplexing techniques to include in the observations all the secondary peaks of the etalon. The reconstruction of the signal is done under the assumption that it can be efficiently reproduced in an orthogonal basis set (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Pixel-based correction for Charge Transfer Inefficiency in the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys

Charge Transfer Inefficiency (CTI) due to radiation damage above the Earth's atmosphere creates spurious trailing in Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) images. Radiation damage also creates unrelated warm pixels – but these happen to be perfect for measuring CTI. We model CTI in the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)/Wide Field Channel and construct a physically motivated correction scheme. This operates on raw data, rather than secondary science products, by returning individual electrons to pixels from which they were unintentionally dragged during readout. We apply our correction to images from the HST Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS), successfully reducing the CTI trails by a factor of ∼30 everywhere in the CCD and at all flux levels. We quantify changes in galaxy photometry, astrometry and shape. The remarkable 97 per cent level of correction is more than sufficient to enable a (forthcoming) reanalysis of downstream science products and the collection of larger surveys.     

The Nyquist frequency for time series with slight deviations from regular spacing

The paper is based on the notion that the Nyquist frequency  ν_N  is a symmetry point of the periodogram of a time series: the power spectrum at frequencies above  ν_N  is a mirror image of that below  ν_N  . Koen showed that the sum     (where   t_k   and   t _ℓ  range over the time points of observation) is zero when the frequency  ν=ν_N  . This property is used to investigate the Nyquist frequency for data which are almost regularly spaced in time. For some configurations, there are deep minima of SS at frequencies  ν_P≪ν_N  ; such  ν_P  are dubbed 'pseudo-Nyquist' frequencies: the implication is that most of the information about the frequency content of the data is available in the spectrum over  (0, ν_P)  . Systematic simulation results are presented for two configurations – small random variations in respectively the time points of observation and the lengths of the intervals between successive observations. A few real examples of CCD time series photometry obtained over several hours are also discussed.