Photometric Calibration of the Barium Cloud Image in a Space Active Experiment： Determining the Release Efficiency

The barium release experiment is an effective method to explore the near-earth environment and to study all kinds of space physics processes. The first space barium release experiment in China was successfully carried out by a sounding rocket on April 5, 2013. This work is devoted to calculating the release efficiency of the barium release by analyzing the optical image observed during the experiment. First, we present a method to calibrate the images grey value of barium cloud with the reference stars to obtain the radiant fluxes at different moments. Then the release efficiency is obtained by a curve fitting with the theoretical evolution model of barium cloud. The calculated result is basically consistent with the test value on ground.     

火星空间环境磁场探测研究——"萤火1号"磁强计的研制与应用

文章介绍了"萤火1号"卫星对火星空问环境磁场进行探测的目的、意义及采用的方式方法.研究火星的空间环境离不开火星磁场,它对于火星弓激波、磁鞘、电离层、大气等绝大多数空间环境效应都有着深刻的影响,因此"萤火1号"卫星安装了一台重要的科学探测载荷--高精度磁强计,以满足科学研究和应用目标的需求.磁强计从原理选择到具体没计,都考虑到了火星轨道严酷的工作环境和科学目标所需的测量要求.通过"萤火1号"装星前的地面标定测试实验,验证了高精度磁强计可以在-140-75℃温度范围内测量±256nT以内的磁场,分辨率达到了0.01nT,带宽内总噪声小于0.03nT,能够胜任"萤火1号"对火星空间环境探测的科学任务."萤火1号"火星探测器将于2011年与俄罗斯的"福布斯-土壤"一同飞往火星,这是人类送往火星最精密的磁场探测器之一,将对火星空间环境磁场结构和动力学过程进行精密而详细的探测.