High-cadence Hα imaging of solar flares

The Hα observation is a powerful tool to study the high-energy aspect of solar flares. Spiky brightenings of flare kernels at the Hα center reflect the rapid fluctuation in particle acceleration; linear polarization of Hα emission might be evidence of accelerated protons; red-shifts of the Hα line are caused by the chromospheric evaporation. To study the spiky brightenings of flare kernels with high-cadence imaging at the Hα center, a high-speed Hα camera for the Solar Flare Telescope at Mitaka, NAOJ, had been developed and it started the regular observation in 2001 July. However, the polarimetry and the Dopplermetry are also important and they are required to be carried out in parallel with the high-cadence imaging at the Hα center. Then, we upgraded the original high-speed Hα camera to a new Hα camera system for the multi-aspect Hα observations, which performs all of the high-cadence imaging, the linear polarization measurements, and the off-band imaging for velocity measurements. The new system started the observation in 2002 July. In this paper, the multi-aspect Hα imaging system is described and sample Hα images are presented.     

Preliminary Scientific Results of Chang'E-1 Lunar Orbiter: Based on Payloads Detection Data in the First Phase

Chang'E-1 lunar Orbiter was launched by Long March 3A rocket from Xichang Satel-lite Launch Center at 18:05BT(Beijing Time) Oct.24,2007.It is the first step of its ambitious three-stage moon program,a new milestone in the Chinese space exploration history.The primary science objectives of Chang'E-1 lunar orbiter are to obtain three-Dimension(3D) stereo images of the lunar surface,to analyze the distribution and abundance of elements on the surface,to investigate the thickness of lunar soil,evaluate helium-3 resources and other characteristics,and to detect the space environment around the moon.To achieve the above four mission objectives,eight sets of scientific instruments are chosen as the payloads of the lunar orbiter,including a CCD stereo camera(CCD),a Sagnac-based interferometer spectrometer(ⅡM),a Laser Altimeter(LAM),a Microwave Radiometer(MRM),a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer(GRS),an X-ray spectrometer(XRS),a High-Energy Particle Detector(HPD),and two Solar Wind Ion Detectors(SWID).The detected data of the payloads show that all payloads work well.This paper introduces the status of payloads in the first phase and preliminary scientific results.     

萤火一号探测器有效载荷数据管理器设计

针对萤火一号探测器各有效载荷的需求设计出安全、可靠的载荷数据管理器(PDHU), 实现对其 进行数据采集、处理、存储以及供配电等; PDHU提供操作系统, 便于应用软件的 开发; 针对火星探测的实际情况, 对地通信采用无交错的RS码加卷积码的级连编码方式进行信道编码.      

The simulation of lunar gravity field recovery from D-VLBI of Chang’E-1 and SELENE lunar orbiters

The lunar gravity field is a foundation to study the lunar interior structure, and to recover the evolution history of the Moon. It is still an open and key topic for lunar science. For above mentioned reasons, it becomes one of the important scientific objectives of recent lunar missions, such as KAGUYA (SELENE) the Japanese lunar mission and Chang’E-1, the Chinese lunar mission. The Chang’E-1 and the SELENE were successfully launched in 2007. It is estimated that these two missions can fly around the Moon longer than 6 months simultaneously. In these two missions, the Chinese new VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) network will be applied for precise orbit determination (POD) by using a differential VLBI (D-VLBI) method during the mission period. The same-beam D-VLBI technique will contribute to recover the lunar gravity field together with other conventional observables, i.e. R&RR (Range and Range Rate) and multi-way Doppler. Taking VLBI tracking conditions into consideration and using the GEODYNII/SOVLE software of GSFC/NASA/USA [8 and 10], we simulated the lunar gravity field recovering ability with and without D-VLBI between the Chang’E-1 and SELENE main satellite. The cases of overlapped flying and tracking period of 30 days, 60 days and 90 days have been analyzed, respectively. The results show that D-VLBI tracking between two lunar satellites can improve the gravity field recovery remarkably. The results and methods introduced in this paper will benefit the actual missions.     

Impact risk analysis for a spacecraft in Cosmo-Skymed orbit

This paper presents a case study of Micrometeoroids and Orbital Debris risk assessment for a spacecraft flying in an orbit close to that of the Italian Cosmo-Skymed constellation. The aim of the analysis was to calculate the failure flux impinging on the satellite external shell, taking into account both geometry and materials of satellite surfaces. Furthermore the analysis included the evaluation of the contribution to debris population at the selected orbit of the fragments produced by a Chinese Anti-SATellite experiment, which caused the catastrophic break-up of the satellite Fengyun 1C in January 2007.     

日地L1点探测任务设计与结果分析

日地L1点是太阳观测任务的理想观测点,对于中国后续太阳观测任务具有重要意义,因此在嫦娥五号的拓展任务阶段设计并实施了中国首次日地L1点探测任务,通过在轨飞行验证了日地L1点转移轨道、环绕轨道设计的正确性,对日地L1点的测控链路环境、太阳辐照环境、三体动力学环境、空间辐射环境等飞行环境进行了探测和验证。轨道飞行和各项环境探测的结果与设计模型的预示结果之间比对一致性较好,通过在轨飞行数据验证了设计模型的正确性。各项试验获得了预期的技术成果,进一步丰富了嫦娥五号任务的成果产出,对中国后续深空探测任务和产品的设计具有重要借鉴意义。     

CLF-1钢X数字射线照相等效系数的确定

针对聚变堆结构材料拟采用的新材料CLF-1(low-activated ferritic/martensitic steel)钢在进行射线检测过程中没有特定标准参考的问题,采用等效法在相同透照条件开展了不同厚度CLF-1钢和Q235钢的X数字射线等效透照实验研究。基于相同成像条件下两种材料对应的X射线图像具有相同灰度即透照系数相同,通过对比拥有相同图像灰度值的两种材料的厚度,得出CLF-1钢对应于Q235钢的等效透照系数。试验设计了4~20 mm,递增0.5 mm的阶梯厚度的CLF-1钢和Q235钢在100~400 kV(递增50 kV)管电压条件下进行了透照实验,获得了对应电压下CLF-1钢相对于Q235钢的X射线透照等效系数为1.10~1.13。该研究结果对CLF-1钢在进行X射线检测时的检测技术参数的确定具有指导意义。     

具有气液同轴喷嘴的液体火箭发动机燃烧室压力振荡及其声学特性研究

为探究液氧/煤油液体火箭发动机气液同轴喷嘴模型燃烧室具有良好稳定性的原因,采用非稳态雷诺平均（URANS）方法数值研究了其燃烧不稳定性和声学特征。两相燃烧条件下,燃烧室压力振荡幅值约为室压的10%左右、最大不超过25%,且以纵向和横向振型为主。一周六径隔板对横向振型具有很强的抑制作用,但对纵向振型影响较小。与液-液撞击式液氧/煤油发动机模型燃烧室相比,本文研究的燃烧室中煤油液滴没有发生超临界蒸发现象,第三邓克尔数较小,诱发燃烧不稳定性的激励源较弱。进一步通过数值定容弹激发了燃烧室多模态声学特征压力振荡,并得到了其振荡特征频率、幅值和衰减率。结果表明,气喷嘴具有四分之一波长喷嘴特征,能显著减小目标振型的幅值,而集气腔对纵向振型具有很强的抑制作用,同时对其他振型也有程度不同的抑制效果。因此,较弱的燃烧不稳定性激发机制以及隔板、气喷嘴和集气腔对纵向和横向振型很强的抑制作用,使得该液氧/煤油发动机气液同轴燃烧室具有很好的稳定性。     

Rapid short-term pulse-period variations in Vela X-1 (4U 0900-40)

Results are presented of an analysis of 83 days of 2–12 keV X-ray observations of Vela X-1 (4U 0900-40) obtained during three separate pointings with the ESA COS-B satellite. The pulsation period is shown to undergo very rapid intrinsic changes, at a rate of up to during intervals of a few days. The lower values of which were previously observed over longer intervals, appear to result from an averaging-out of these rapid changes. It is argued, that the transfer of angular momentum to the neutron star by the accreting matter is very unlikely to be sufficient to explain these pulsation-period changes. An alternative explanation is suggested.     

Hard X-ray observations of Cygnus X-1 with the MISO telescope

The black hole candidate Cygnus X-1 was observed in the hard X ray - soft γ ray energy range by the MISO telescope on two different occasions: in September 1979 and May 1980. We have measured two hard X-ray states of the source: in 1979 the observed spectrum confirms the superlow state measured in the same period by the HEAO-3 satellite, while in 1980 the MISO X-ray data are consistent with the so called low state of Cygnus X-1. In both occasions, no γ -ray excess has been observed above 200 KeV.