Signal Level Simulation Modeling for Antenna Array of Aperture Synthesis Radiometer Based on the Equivalent Complex Baseband Representations

This paper presents a signal-level simulation model for simulating the process that antenna array of Aperture Synthesis Radiometer (ASR) collecting thermal radiation and transforming thermal radiation signal into radio frequency (RF) signal. By using the equivalent complex baseband signals to represent the practical thermal radiation and RF signals, simulation efficiency is improved significantly. The statistic characteristics of simulation results are found to match the corresponding theoretical analysis well. Results of an imaging simulation experiment show that this model can be employed in ASR system-level simulator design.     

Radiation of a Cascade near a Plane Interface and in a Planar Layer

In order to detect cosmic rays and ultrahigh-energy neutrinos, a number of experiments based on the detection of radio radiation of cascades initiated by these particles in dense media such as ground ice massifs or lunar regolith have been developed. In most of the experiments, radio radiation is detected at the emission to the atmosphere or cosmic space rather than in a dense medium. Consequently, it is necessary to calculate the radiation of a cascade taking into account an interface between two media. This problem is usually solved numerically by the Monte Carlo method. A simple analytical expression for a radiation field in the wave zone of the less dense medium has been obtained for the case of development of the cascade in the dense medium and the crossing of the interface between two media by radiation. The effect of the third, additional medium on the radiation field of the cascade has also been considered.     

Spatial-frequency characteristics of radio emission induced by interaction of an extensive air shower with the Earth’s surface

The spatial directional pattern of the radio emission induced by interaction of the excess electrons of an extensive air shower with the Earth’s surface was found in the approximation of perfect soil conductance. The results made it possible to determine the frequency range (≈0.2–1 MHz), within which the radio emission of the shower is maximum, provided that this emission mechanism is valid. In addition, it became possible to explain the previously observed lack of direct proportionality between the shower energy and the radio signal amplitude. It was found that this disproportionality is caused mainly by the high directivity of low-frequency (0.2–3 MHz) radiation patterns within a wide range of the values of the axial tilt.     

Application of Haar functions with cyclic translations in the search for cosmic strings

Cosmic strings are theoretically predicted linear structures of a cosmological size. The search for cosmic strings in optical and radio observations has been an important area of research in recent years. One of the most effective methods of searching for these objects is the analysis of the anisotropy of cosmic microwave background radiation that could be induced by cosmic strings. For this purpose, the authors propose a method of signal expansion in modified Haar functions with cyclic translations. However, for a system of these functions to be used correctly, one needs to prove its orthonormality and completeness, which is the purpose of this paper.     

Radiative transfer in a layer of magnetized plasma with random irregularities

The problem of radio wave reflection from an optically thick plane uniform layer of magnetized plasma is considered in the present work. The plasma electron density irregularities are described by a spatial spectrum of arbitrary form. The small-angle scattering approximation in invariant ray coordinates is proposed as a technique for the analytical investigation of the radiation transfer equation. The approximate solution describing the spatial and angular distribution of radiation reflected from a plasma layer is obtained. The solution obtained is investigated numerically for the case of ionospheric radio wave propagation. Two effects occur as a consequence of multiple scattering: a change in the reflected signal intensity and an anomalous refraction.     

无线电引信的超宽谱辐照效应及其防护

 探讨了超宽谱高功率微波对无线电引信的辐照效应、耦合机理和防护方法。利用超宽谱高功率微波辐照源对多姿态的无线电引信进行了辐照实验并对结果进行了分析,实验表明当引信和弹体的轴向与超宽谱高功率微波的电场极化方向一致时,引信最容易被引爆,辐照效应最明显。通过理论分析和辐照实验找出超宽谱高功率微波能量耦合机理为：引信和弹体上感应的瞬变电压通过引信电源电路传递到执行电路,瞬变电压上升率超过了电路中晶闸管的断态电压临界上升率,使晶闸管意外导通,导致引信误动作。在不影响引信工作特性前提下,采取增加防护器件和替换敏感器件的加固方法,可以提高引信抗干扰能力。采用综合防护加固方法可使引信在超宽谱高功率微波辐照下不再产生误动作,达到了防护加固的目的。     

On the features of decameter radio astronomy

We consider some effects of the VHF radio wave propagation in randomly irregular plasma near the Earth. Applications of these effects to main problems of decameter radio astronomy are discussed. In particular, we show that significant measurement errors of about tens to hundreds of percent for the intensity of the VHF radio emission from an extra-terrestrial source may occur due to scattering and focusing/defocusing of the radiation in the ionosphere if VHF radio astronomical facilities operate at middle latitudes. We find that the angular resolution of discrete radio sources observed using radio interferometry and the well-known scintillation methods cannot be better than about a degree due to the effect of the developed ionospheric turbulence. We propose a modified scintillation method based on the spectral analysis of radio emission from discrete sources, which allows the useful high-frequency signal corresponding to diffraction of VHF emission at weak inhomogeneities of interplanetary plasma to be separated against strong, relatively low-frequency fluctuations of the received radiation due to the effect of the developed turbulent structure of the ionosphere. We show that such a method allows the angular resolution of extra-terrestrial radio sources to be improved up to arcsecond level. Radiophysical Research Institute, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 95–105, February 2000.     

磁绝缘线振荡器中空间电荷的调制

 首次研究了磁绝缘线振荡器中射频场（包括辐射波场和空间电荷波场）对空间电荷的调制,得到了在饱和时谐波电流一阶分量的公式。这个公式表明：考虑空间电荷波时,在小信号和辐射波与空间电荷波同相的条件下,它将增强谐波电流。在大信号时,情况不确定;谐波电流一阶分量将随二极管上电压的增加而增加,随运行频率和饱和长度的增加而减少。     

宇宙黑暗时代的探索与月基天文

宇宙黑暗时代是指宇宙大爆炸刚刚结束,第一代恒星和星系尚未形成的时期,这时的宇宙“鸿蒙未开”,蕴藏着宇宙起源阶段所遗留的大量宝贵信息。这一时期宇宙中性氢气体产生的21 cm信号为观测宇宙黑暗时代提供了探针,但这一信号现已红移到米波、十米波甚至百米波频段,在这一频段有其他天体特别是银河系产生的巨大前景辐射,在地球上的观测还受到地球电离层的吸收、折射以及多种电磁干扰,因此其观测具有极大的挑战性。利用月球背面或月球轨道进行观测具有优越的条件,可以避免电离层和电磁干扰对低频射电观测的影响。随着重返月球热潮的兴起,美国、欧洲、印度等国和中国都在积极酝酿月基天文特别是低频射电天文研究,打开低频电磁观测的新窗口,实现对宇宙黑暗时代和宇宙起源的探测。文章将介绍关于宇宙黑暗时代、宇宙黎明的研究进展以及利用月球开展低频射电天文观测的动向,并简要介绍中国提出的鸿蒙绕月卫星阵列计划。     

Simple numerical model of radio wave multiple scattering effects in the ionospheric plasma layer

Numerical simulation of radio energy transfer in the ionospheric layer with random small-scale irregularities for the case of a point ground-based source and total reflection has been carried out using a specially designed algorithm based on Monte Carlo method ideas. The model demonstrates a redistribution of the reflected radiation power at the Earth's surface caused by multiple scattering. The data obtained can serve as confirmation of the effect of the anomalous attenuation of the signal power in the vicinity of the sounder. This result is in agreement with a more rigorous theory of the anomalous attenuation effect based on the solution of the radiative transfer equation.     

Violation of the coherence of radio waves induced by a cascade shower in the lunar regolith

It has been shown that small fluctuations of the refractive index of the lunar regolith owing to, e.g., a nonuniform density distribution, give rise to the loss of the coherence of a Cherenkov radio pulse induced by a cascade shower from an ultrahigh-energy particle and to a strong decrease in the spectral density of the radio signal. This can be one of the causes of why no events from ultrahigh-energy cosmic particles on the surface of the moon have been detected.     

On the connection between the gamma and radio spectra of pulsars

We suggest a model of pulsar radio emission in which a coherent radio emission is excited in a vacuum gap above the polar cap of a neutron star. The pulsar X-ray and gamma radiation is considered as the result of inverse Compton scattering of radio emission by ultrarelativistic electrons accelerated in the gap. The influence of the pulsar magnetic field on the inverse Compton scattering is taken into account. The relationship between the radio and gamma spectra has been found in this model.     

Generation of linearized optical single sideband signal for broadband radio over fiber systems

We propose a new scheme to generate broadband linearized optical single-sideband （OSSB） signal for radio over fiber systems. By using an unbalanced dual parallel Mach-zehnder modulator （DPMZM） followed by optical filtering, a linearized OSSB signal is obtained. With coherent detection, radio frequency （RF） signal can be recovered with simultaneously suppressed second-order distortion and third-order intermodulation. This scheme can be used to realize broadband systems with wide dynamic range.     

Sura-wind radar: Studies of nonlinear effects using VHF-wave occultion of the ionosphere

We present experimental results on reception of VHF signals of the transmitting facility “Sura” of the Radiophysical Research Institute by the NASA spacecraft WIND. The experiments were performed during daytime during the summer seasons 1997–1998. The dependence of power and spectral characteristics of the VHF radio waves on the power of the sounding radiation is analyzed. We find that, in a wide range of effective powers of the VHF radiation from about 40 kW to 160 MW, the phenomena observed in the radiation received onboard WIND (such as focusing, scintillations, or frequency deviations of signals) does not usually depend on the operation mode of the “Sura” facility. At the same time, broadening of the radiation pattern of the facility and decrease of the mean level of the received signal by about 6 dB toward the direction of maximum of the radiation pattern were observed at the peak radiation power of the facility. The experimental results are compared to present concepts on effects of self-focusing instability and nonlinear defocusing of VHF radio waves in the ionospheric plasma. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 42, No. 8, pp. 799–809, August 1999.     

The nuclear spin-echo signals under combined action of magnetic field and RF pulses

The effect of a pulse magnetic field on formation of the single-pulse echo signal in some magnetic materials has been studied. The signals of nuclear-spin echo formed by the combined action of radio frequency and magnetic pulses have been observed. The duration of the magnetic pulse was only limited by the length of the radio frequency pulse. The echo signal formed by the two magnetic pulses, the edges of a long magnetic pulse, and other situations that allowed us to reproduce the analogue of multipulse action, were observed as well.     

Possibility of a dark matter interpretation for the excess in isotropic radio emission reported by ARCADE

The ARCADE 2 Collaboration has recently measured an isotropic radio emission which is significantly brighter than the expected contributions from known extra-galactic sources. The simplest explanation of such excess involves a "new" population of unresolved sources which become the most numerous at very low (observationally unreached) brightness. We investigate this scenario in terms of synchrotron radiation induced by weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) annihilations or decays in extra-galactic halos. Intriguingly, for light-mass WIMPs with a thermal annihilation cross section, the level of expected radio emission matches the ARCADE observations.     

Efficiency of sequential resonance compression of radio pulses

A study is made of the efficiency of forming high-power wide-band and ultrawide-band radio pulses by a sequence of resonance compression steps. An analysis is made of the compression of radio pulses with a rectangular envelope in a chain consisting of two or three compressors, and also in a chain where the output signal from the first stage has an exponential trailing edge and the other stages have rectangular envelopes. The maximum energy storage efficiency is determined for a cavity excited by a signal with an exponential trailing edge. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 131–133 (April 1999)     

A laser pump-re-pump atomic magnetometer

We demonstrate experimentally an atomic magnetometer based on optical pumping theory, a magnetic resonance that is induced by a radio frequency field and dependent on the magnetic field strength. Compared with the conventional method using one radiation field, which is used not only as the probe beam but also as a pump beam, the additional re-pump beam can increase remarkably the amplitude of the signal. It is shown that the amplitude of the magnetic field resonance signal can increase more than 55% by using an additional re-pump beam, which makes the sensitivity of the magnetometer higher. Finally, we investigate the relation between amplitude of the signal and re-pump laser power, and calculate the atomic population in the trapping states with rate equations.     

BEPCⅡ国产500 MHz超导腔运行综述

北京正负电子对撞机二期(BEPCⅡ),国产500 MHz超导腔经过紧张的安装调试于2017年10月正式投入带束流运行。首先对此国产超导腔两次降温调试的相关参数进行了监测和对比分析;其次研究了通过高功率老练的方法改善超导腔的品质因数,并实时监测超导腔老练过程中的辐射剂量;最后对超导腔的带束流运行情况进行了介绍分析。结果表明：BEPCⅡ国产500 MHz超导腔虽然放置了6年,但是状态良好,通过高功率老练能够降低超导腔的辐射剂量,改善其性能,完全满足束流运行要求。