星敏感器光谱探测能力用地面模拟测试系统设计

为实现对星敏感器光谱探测能力的测试和标定, 研制了一套可模拟恒星光谱的地面标定系统, 要求其光谱模拟精度优于10%. 采用光谱分布可控、光强可调的模拟照明系统作为地面标定系统的核心器件来模拟恒星光谱变化, 设计高成像质量准直光学系统使模拟星图成平行光出射, 在光学系统出瞳处产生星图, 完成具有恒星光谱信息的高精度星图模拟. 进而利用Lighttools建立标定系统的光谱仿真模型, 仿真结果表明恒星光谱模拟精度优于10%.      

Energy balance and stability

Recent theoretical work pertaining to the energy balance and stability of stellar coronae is reviewed. While in magnetically confined coronal regions coronal heating balances only the radiation losses of the corona and transition region, open regions can also lose energy by means of stellar wind and outward thermal conduction. The relative importance of these kinds of energy losses, and the asymptotic properties of the stellar wind, depend sensitively on the radial distribution of the energy input. Solar coronal models, both for open and closed regions, can often be applied to other stars. The requirements for which this is possible are briefly discussed. Stability analyses that are not restricted to the corona alone, but rather include the transition region and upper chromosphere, are important for our understanding of the detailed energy balance of outer stellar atmospheres. The stability of the complete system chromosphere/transition region/corona is probably closely related to the recent observational result that with increasing stellar activity the coronal radiation increases faster than the chromospheric radiation.     

Einstein observations of cool stars

Observations of cool stars with the $\text{Einstein}$ Observatory (HEAO-2) have brought about a fundamental change in our knowledge and understanding of stellar coronae. The existence of X-ray emission from stars throughout the H-R diagram, the wide range of X-ray luminosity within a given spectral and luminosity class, and the strong correlation of X-ray luminosity with stellar age and rotation are among the more significant $\text{Einstein}$ results. These results are strong evidence for the influence of stellar dynamo action on the formation and heating of stellar coronae. A discussion of relevant consortium and guest observations will be given. The Hyades cluster, in particular, will serve as an example to demonstrate the usefulness of X-ray observations in the study of stellar activity and coronal evolution.     

Gamma-telescope with very high angular and spectral resolution

New type of gamma-telescope with angular resolution about several seconds of arc and spectral resolution ΔE/E <0.1% is proposed. In this instrument a position sensitive detector is used together with random mask, crystal diffractor and stellar sensor. The scientific objectives and the possible ways to carry out the first experiment with this telescope are discussed.     

A Light Source System of Multi-star Simulator with Adjustable Background and Controllable Magnitude

A light source of multi-star simulator capable of background adjustment and magnitude control has been designed. Two integrating spheres are employed as the star-point light source and the background light source respectively. A beam splitter prism has been designed to serve as the beam combiner for the star-point and the background light sources, and a mathematical model has been constructed respectively to compute the light flux of the two integrating spheres. A magnitude testing system and a background testing system have been created using low-light illuminometer, luminance meter, and testing instruments to measure the star-point magnitude and the background luminance of the multi-star simulator. The test results suggest that the star-point magnitude is adjustable from 0 to +5m_v, with a simulation precision superior to ±0.026m_v. The maximum background luminance is 3.8×105 cd·m-2, and the minimum background luminance is 6.4×10-2 cd·m-2. The designed light source system can meet the requirements for simulating the stellar map with a sky background.      

X-ray populations in galaxies

High-resolution Chandra observations have allowed the detection of populations of X-ray sources in galaxies of all morphological types. The X-ray Luminosity Functions (XLFs) of these X-ray source populations have been derived and studied to uncover the drivers for the formation and evolution of binaries in different stellar populations and environments. These XLFs also provide a tool for identifying the nature of the X-ray source population, since different XLFs characterize X-ray sources belonging to young and old stellar populations. Similarly, X-ray colors can be used for identifying different types of X-ray sources. Ultra-Luminous X-ray sources (ULXs, L_X > 10³⁹ ergs s⁻¹) are found to be associated with star-forming stellar populations. The study of the ULX population of the Antennae galaxies points to compact accreting binaries.     

基于折射方向矢量的地球卫星星光折射导航新方法

在星光折射导航中，星光折射视线包含星光折射的大小和星光折射方向两种折射信息，传统的星光折射导航量测量只利用了星光折射大小的信息。但实际上，星光折射方向也是卫星位置矢量的函数，含有卫星位置的重要信息。针对上述问题，提出了一种同时使用两种折射信息的星光折射导航新方法，该方法以星光折射方向矢量为量测量。详细介绍了基于折射方向矢量地球卫星星光折射导航方法的量测量的获取和量测模型的建立，同时对不同影响因素对导航系统性能的影响进行分析。仿真结果表明，该方法的导航精度优于折射视高度和星光折射角两种传统的星光折射导航量测量。     

星上定标的观测恒星确定方法研究

基于观测恒星的星上定标方法已成为近年来大型红外相机的主要定标方法之一。而这种定标方法的核心就是确定观测恒星及其在相机探测波段的辐照度。为了研究恒星在不同波段的辐照度,首先将恒星视为点源目标对其辐照度进行建模,在此基础上提出了泰勒级数展开和改进的遗传算法对恒星的温度T进行求解;然后对WISE星表的1000颗恒星进行辐照度外推,取得外推精度<3%的恒星所占比例高达68.34%的结果,满足项目需求;最后对不同精度下恒星的光谱分布特征进行了分析总结,验证了该外推方法的有效性。     

The evolution of globular clusters

Taking a wide range of the initial conditions, including spatial density distribution and mass function etc, the dynamical evolution of globular clusters in the Milky Way is investigated in detail by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Four dynamic mechanisms are considered: stellar evaporation, stellar evolution, tidal shocks due to both the disk and bulge, and dynamical friction. It is found that stellar evaporation dominates the evolution of low-mass clusters and all four are important for massive ones. For both the power-law and lognormal initial clusters mass functions, we can find the best-fit models which can match the present-day observations with their main features of the mass function almost unchanged after evolution of several Gyr. This implies that it is not possible to determine the initial mass function only based on the observed ones today. Moreover, the dispersion of the modelled mass functions mainly depends on the potential wells of host galaxies with the almost constant peaks, which is consistent with current observations.     

Prognoz-6 data about ultraviolet sky background in dark and Milky Way regions of the sky

Ultraviolet spectra (1100–1900 Å) of the sky background of 10 wide angle (6°×6°) regions obtained between 70 000 km and 200 000 km from the Earth with the photoelectric spectrometer “GALACTIKA” on board the satellite “PROGNOZ-6” are considered. The spectral energy distribution of the sky background, after subtraction of the stellar component, is similar for regions on both sides of the Milky Way and exhibits a strong U.V. light contribution. On the contrary, the Milky Way (l_II=190° b_II=+6°) is less rich in far U.V. light; this can be related to the predominance of an expected selective absorption near the galactic plane. The nature of U.V. excess at high galactic latitudes needs further investigations.     

Alfvén waves as a driving mechanism in stellar winds

Alfvén waves have been invoked as an important mechanism of particle acceleration in stellar winds of cool stars. After their identification in the solar wind they started to be studied in winds of stars located in different regions of the HR diagram. We discuss here some characteristics of these waves and we present a direct application in the acceleration of late-type stellar winds.     

A future Japanese program in far-ultraviolet astronomy and solar physics

A design study of an ultraviolet-telescope satellite (UVSAT) has been carried out by the Japanese astronomical community. The main purpose of this satellite mission would be to investigate (i) the distribution and nature of ultraviolet sources in star clusters, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, (ii) the physical structures of galactic nebulae, and (iii) the dynamics of stellar and galactic activity. A 60 cm, f/4 Cassegrain telescope will be launched into a semi-circular orbit of ～500 km altitude and of ～30° inclination, by an ISAS/Japan M3S-III rocket. An intensified CCD camera and/or a concave-grating spectrograph will be operated for the wavelength range λ?1200 Å. Various possible auxiliary instruments and sub-telescopes are considered.     

Wolf–Rayet optically thick winds with Alfvén waves

The Wolf–Rayet (WR) stars are hot luminous objects which are suffering an extreme mass loss via a continuous stellar wind. The high values of mass loss rates and high terminal velocities of the WR stellar winds constitute a challenge to the theories of radiation driven winds. Several authors incorporated magnetic forces to the line driven mechanism in order to explain these characteristics of the wind. Observations indicate that the WR stellar winds may reach, at the photosphere, velocities of the order of the terminal values, which means that an important part of the wind acceleration occurs at the optically thick region. The aim of this study is to analyze a model in which the wind in a WR star begins to be accelerated in the optically thick part of the wind. We used as initial conditions stellar parameters taken from the literature and solved the energy, mass and momentum equations. We demonstrate that the acceleration only by radiative forces is prevented by the general behavior of the opacities. Combining radiative forces plus a flux of Alfvén waves, we found in the simulations a fast drop in the wind density profile which strongly reduces the extension of the optically thick region and the wind becomes optically thin too close its base. The understanding how the WR wind initiate is still an open issue.     

Main conclusions of the international colloquium on “Spectral Signatures of Objects in Remote Sensing”

The colloquium held in Avignon (France) from September 8th to 11th 1981 within the framework of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, was the first international meeting to be given over exclusively to the question of spectral signatures.A number of general conclusions can be drawn from the working sessions :- present day knowledge is much more advanced concerning visible and near infrared than for thermal infrared and (more particularly) micro-waves ;- irrespective of the spectral range studied, radiometric signals reflected or emitted by a vegetative canopy are closely related to its geometry ;- the combination of the vertical and oblique views of a given zone should provide additional data leading to finer discrimination between different crops at any given time ;- by using polarization of light, it should be possible to identify certain phenological stages.     

From solar nanoflares to stellar giant flares: Scaling laws and non-implications for coronal heating

In this study we explore physical scaling laws applied to solar nanoflares, microflares, and large flares, as well as to stellar giant flares. Solar flare phenomena exhibit a fractal volume scaling, V(L)  L^1.9, with L being the flare loop length scale, which explains the observed correlation between the total emission measure EM_p and flare peak temperature T_p in both solar and stellar flares. However, the detected stellar flares have higher emission measures EM_p than solar flares at the same flare peak temperature T_p, which can be explained by a higher electron density that is caused by shorter heating scale height ratios s_H/L ≈ 0.04–0.1. Using these scaling laws we calculate the total radiated flare energies E_X and thermal flare energies E_T and find that the total counts C are a good proxy for both parameters. Comparing the energies of solar and stellar flares we find that even the smallest observed stellar flares exceed the largest solar flares, and thus their observed frequency distributions are hypothetically affected by an upper cutoff caused by the maximum active region size limit. The powerlaw slopes fitted near the upper cutoff can then not reliably be extrapolated to the microflare regime to evaluate their contribution to coronal heating.     

Probing solar and stellar interior dynamics and dynamo

Solar and stellar activity is a result of complex interaction between magnetic field, turbulent convection and differential rotation in a star’s interior. Magnetic field is believed to be generated by a dynamo process in the convection zone. It emerges on the surface forming sunspots and starspots. Localization of the magnetic spots and their evolution with the activity cycle is determined by large-scale interior flows. Thus, the internal dynamics of the Sun and other stars hold the key to understanding the dynamo mechanism and activity cycles. Recently, significant progress has been made for modeling magnetohydrodynamics of the stellar interiors and probing the internal rotation and large-scale dynamics of the Sun by helioseismology. Also, asteroseismology is beginning to probe interiors of distant stars. I review key achievements and challenges in our quest to understand the basic mechanisms of solar and stellar activity.     

顾及星像点分布的恒星相机在轨检校

由于卫星发射前后以及在轨运行过程中,环境因素的变化都可能引起恒星相机参数发生改变,从而导致星敏感器姿态测量精度下降.将多片空间后方交会方法应用于恒星相机的在轨检校.在利用该方法检校时,实验发现检校结果的精度受到参与检校的恒星影像上星像点分布的影响,由此进一步提出了凸包面积百分比准则,该方法自动选取分布较好的影像用于检校,有助于提高检校精度.实验结果证明:基于后方交会进行恒星相机在轨检校时,利用凸包法选取的影像片进行检校的精度明显优于未选片时检校的结果.      

硬X射线暂现源的偶发性星风增强模型

本文讨论了硬X射线暂现源的偶发性星风增强模型,计算了爆发期间光学光度的变化,解释了光学光度和X射线光度变化的不同步现象,结果表明这种模型可能是比较合理的。      

Coronal activity in F-, G-, and K-type stars; relations between parameters characterizing stellar structures and X-ray emission

A sample of 52 stars containing dwarfs and giants is subjected to a multidimensional factor analysis. The parameters used are the soft X-ray flux at the stellar surface F_x, the Ca II H+K line-core flux F_H+K, the stellar radius and mass. We find a high correlation between F_x and the Ca II H+K excess flux ΔF_H+K obtained by subtracting an observational lower-limit flux from F_H+K. We conclude that the lower-limit Ca II flux is uncorrelated with the stellar X-ray emission. The common-factor analysis shows that, for the present sample, F_x depends only on ΔF_H+K, and not on the stellar radius or mass. All stars included in our analysis follow the relation F_x ∝ Δ^1.4_H+K over almost four decades in F_x.