Deep Impact: The Anticipated Flight Data

A comprehensive observational sequence using the Deep Impact (DI) spacecraft instruments (consisting of cameras with two different focal lengths and an infrared spectrometer) will yield data that will permit characterization of the nucleus and coma of comet Tempel 1, both before and after impact by the DI Impactor. Within the constraints of the mission system, the planned data return has been optimized. A subset of the most valuable data is planned for return in near-real time to ensure that the DI mission success criteria will be met even if the spacecraft should not survive the comet’s closest approach. The remaining prime science data will be played back during the first day after the closest approach. The flight data set will include approach observations spanning the 60 days prior to encounter, pre-impact data to characterize the comet at high resolution just prior to impact, photos from the Impactor as it plunges toward the nucleus surface (including resolutions exceeding 1 m), sub-second time sampling of the impact event itself from the Flyby spacecraft, monitoring of the crater formation process and ejecta outflow for over 10 min after impact, observations of the interior of the fully formed crater at spatial resolutions down to a few meters, and high-phase lookback observations of the nucleus and coma for 60 h after closest approach. An inflight calibration data set to accurately characterize the instruments’ performance is also planned. A ground data processing pipeline is under development at Cornell University that will efficiently convert the raw flight data files into calibrated images and spectral maps as well as produce validated archival data sets for delivery to NASA’s Planetary Data System within 6 months after the Earth receipt for use by researchers world-wide.     

电离层峰下结构的数值模拟

在考虑由扩散与中性风引起的动力学输运与有原子离子Ｏ＾＋（＾４Ｓ），Ｏ＾＋（＾２Ｄ）与Ｏ＾＋（＾２Ｐ）以及分子离子Ｏ２＾＋，ＮＯ＾＋，Ｎ２＾＋参加光化学反应的电离层－热层体系中，提出一个一维时变的电离层剖面数值模型，通过数值计算着重讨论了武昌地区Ｆ２层峰以下，尤其是Ｅ／Ｆ与Ｆ１／Ｆ２谷区的电离层形态与有关过程，得到如下结论：（１）对于原子离子，单一成分Ｏ＾＋（＾４Ｓ）的光化学反应与输运，也有助于形成     

腔内混合态原子系统中辐射场的N次方压缩

应用熵最大原理，研究了腔内二能级混合态系统场振幅的高阶压缩效应，结果表明，在腔场的弱激发下，只有初始布居几率为纯态或紧靠纯度的状态下才可出现压缩，而偏离纯态较大的混合态则不存在压缩。     

北斗B1 QPSK调制信号的高灵敏度捕获算法

卫星信号在复杂环境中功率存在衰减,导致其低于接收机正常捕获范围,给信号捕获带来较大困难。在分析北斗B1频点信号体制及研究码并行捕获算法基础上,提出了针对北斗B1 QPSK调制信号的双通道并行搜索捕获算法,设计了优化的相干、非相干码并行捕获算法,解决了信噪比较低环境中北斗卫星信号捕获困难的问题。利用卫星信号模拟器产生的仿真信号对双通道并行捕获算法和相干、非相干累加捕获算法进行验证与分析,结果表明,前者性能明显优于单通道捕获,后者较普通捕获算法具有更理想的捕获灵敏度。     

基于改进半阈值算法的电容层析成像滑油监测方法研究

针对航空滑油检测过程中电容层析成像（Electrical Capacitance Tomography,ECT）存在的病态性和欠定性问题,将稀疏正则化中基于L1/2正则化的半阈值迭代算法应用到ECT图像重建,加入L2范数的惩罚项,构造新的泛函模型,并在迭代过程中设计一种新的约束项以优化解向量。仿真实验采用Comsol5.3搭建系统模型,Matlab2014a处理采集数据。实验结果表明,与Landweber迭代算法相比,改进算法成像误差降低37.33%,相关系数提升33.67%;与半阈值迭代算法相比,改进算法成像误差和相关系数分别降低12.31%和提升11.86%,图像误差降低至0.24、相关系数提升至0.92,且成像时间依然保持在0.06s。实际滑油监测的实验系统采用现场可编程门阵列（Field Programmable Gate Array,FPGA）直接数字频率生成模块生成数字量的正弦激励信号,通过D/A转化为正负交流信号对测量电极进行激励。实验结果表明,基于ECT系统的改进半阈值迭代算法可以满足航空发动机滑油监测的实时性和准确性的要求。     

旋翼干扰下的直升机尾桨气动噪声计算研究

针对旋翼干扰下的直升机尾桨气动噪声计算问题,将CFD方法与Farassat 1A(F1A)公式相结合,提出了一种适用于旋翼干扰下的尾桨气动噪声数值计算方法。首先,应用所提出的方法进行了噪声的算例验证,并与参考文献结果进行了对比;然后,着重针对悬停和前飞状态旋翼干扰下的尾桨噪声及气动特性进行了计算分析,并与孤立尾桨状态进行了对比。计算分析结果表明:悬停状态下,旋翼干扰下的尾桨气动噪声水平显著大于孤立尾桨;而在前飞状态,由于旋翼尾迹对尾桨桨盘平面产生更强的气动干扰,这一现象会更加明显;同时,在旋翼干扰作用下,尾桨噪声的主传播方向也会发生明显变化。     

Improving dUT1 from VLBI intensive sessions with GRAD gradients and ray-traced delays

Exact knowledge of the angle of Earth rotation UT1 with respect to coordinated time UTC, dUT1, is essential for all space geodetic techniques. The only technique which is capable of determining dUT1 is Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). So-called Intensive VLBI sessions are performed on a daily basis in order to provide dUT1. Due to the reduced geometry of Intensive sessions, there is however no possibility to estimate tropospheric gradients from the observations, which limits the accuracy of the resulting dUT1 significantly. This paper deals with introducing the information on azimuthal asymmetry from external sources, thus attempting to improve the dUT1 estimates. We use the discrete horizontal gradients GRAD and the empirical horizontal gradients GPT3 as well as ray-traced delays from the VieVS ray-tracer for this purpose, which can all be downloaded from the VMF server of TU Wien (http://vmf.geo.tuwien.ac.at). The results show that this strategy indeed improves the dUT1 estimates when compared to reference values from multi-station VLBI stations, namely by up to 15%. When converted to length-of-day (LOD), the estimates can be compared to LODs from global analyses of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Here, the improvement amounts to up to 7% compared to neglecting a priori information on azimuthal asymmetry.     

X射线脉冲星动态信号处理方法研究

X射线脉冲星导航是一种基于X射线脉冲星观测的新型天文自主导航方法,脉冲星在轨动态信号处理技术一直是脉冲星导航的难点和重点,特别是低轨高动态条件下的信号处理比高轨低动态情况更加困难。针对动态信号处理中实测数据信噪比偏低的问题,提出了一种适用于低轨高动态情况的脉冲星动态信号处理方法,并对其原理进行了分析,建立了相关数学模型,并使用HXMT卫星和XPNAV-1卫星的实测数据验证了算法性能,实验结果表明:该方法有效提高了导航观测量处理精度。     

Involvement of nitric oxide in the mechanism of biochemical alterations induced by simulated microgravity in Microcystis aeruginosa

Simulated microgravity (SMG) can inhibit proliferation and enhance microcystin production of Microcystis aeruginosa. We investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in regulating the SMG induced changes of proliferation, photochemical system II photochemical activity, pigment, soluble protein and microcystin production in M. aeruginosa. M. aeruginosa was exposed to 0.1 mM sodium nitroprusside (SNP, NO donor) or 0.02 mM 2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4, 4, 5, 5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (c-PTIO, NO scavenger) alone or in combination with SMG for 48 h. SMG and SNP inhibited the growth of M. aeruginosa while c-PTIO had no effect on cell number. As to yield, the negative effect of SMG was augmented by SNP and suppressed by c-PTIO. The intracellular concentrations of chlorophyll a, carotenoid, phycocyanin, soluble protein and microcystin were increased by SMG after 48 h. The effects of SMG on these metabolic processes could be enhanced by SNP and be partly eliminated by c-PTIO. Moreover, SNP and c-PTIO only functioned in these biochemical processes under SMG, unlike in the regulation of cell proliferation and yield. These results showed that the effects of SMG could be enhanced by adding exogenous NO and be mitigated by scavenging endogenous NO, revealing the involvement of NO in the changes in biochemistry processes induced by SMG in M. aeruginosa.     

Space Flight Validation of Design and Engineering of the ZDPS-1A Pico-satellite

The ZDPS-1A pico-satellites are the first satellites in China within the 1-10 kg mass range that are successfully operated on orbit. Unlike common pico-satellites, they are designed to be "larger but stronger" with more powerful platforms and unique payloads so as to bear a better promise for real applications. Through their space flight mission, the functionality and performance of the two flight models are tested on orbit and validated to be mostly normal and in consistency with design and ground tests with only several inconforming occasions. Moreover, they have worked properly on orbit for one year so far, well exceeding their life expectancy of three months. Therefore, the space flight mission has reached all its goals, and verified that the design concept and the engineering process of the picosatellites are sufficient in allowing them the desired functionality and performance in, and the adaption to the launch procedure and the low-Earth orbit space environment. In the foreseeable future, the platform together with the design concept and the engineering process of the pico-satellites are expected to be applied to more complicated real space applications.