A study of the pointed observation methods and sensitivity of HXMT

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is an X-ray astronomy satellite consisting of three slat-collimated instruments, the High Energy X-ray Instrument (HE), the Medium Energy X-ray Instrument (ME), and the Low Energy X-ray Instrument (LE). HXMT will carry out an all sky survey and make pointed observations in the 1-250 keV energy band. In order to get the source and background fluxes simultaneously in the pointed observations, two methods, i.e., the combined field of view (FOV) method and the off-axis pointing method are proposed in this paper. Comprehensive analyses of the sensitivities of the three instruments by using these two methods are presented, respectively. It is found that the off-axis pointing method has a higher sensitivity for HE and ME but a lower sensitivity for LE. Since the axes of the three instruments are aligned along the same direction, the off-axis pointing method is recommended as the main method in the pointed observation for HXMT; the combined FOV method can be used when LE is the most relevant instrument in order to satisfy the scientific objective of the observation.     

A study of the active thermal control for the high energy detector on the HXMT

A thermal control system (TCS) based on the resistance heating method is designed for the High Energy Detector (HED) on the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). The ground-based experiments of the active thermal control for the HED with the TCS are performed in the ambient temperature range from -15 to 20 ℃ by utilizing the pulse width to monitor the interior temperature of a NaI(Tl) crystal. Experimental results show that the NaI(Tl) crystal's interior temperature is from 17.4 to 21.7 ℃ when the temperature of the PMT shell is controlled within (20±3) ℃ with the TCS in the interesting temperature range, and the energy resolution of the HED is maintained at 16.2% @ 122 keV, only a little worse than that of 16.0% obtained at 20 ℃. The average power consumption of the TCS for the HED with a low-emissivity shell is about 4.3 W, which is consistent with the simulation.     

HXMT卫星地面样机成像实验

硬X射线调制望远镜(HXMT)致力于实现硬X射线能段的高灵敏度巡天.HXMT地面样机已在中国科学院高能物理研究所粒子天体物理重点实验室建成.它包括18个栅条准直的NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na)复合晶体探测器,总有效探测面积为5000cm². 探测器工作在20—250keV,视场范围5.7°×5.7°通过近距离放射源成像实验和直接解调成像方法的使用,地面样机能够达到2'点源定位精度和5'角分辨率(FWHM).     

HXMT主探测器磁屏蔽设计与实验结果

硬X射线调制望远镜(HXMT)致力于实现硬X射线的高灵敏度巡天观测, 描绘硬X射线天图, 并对特殊天体作高灵敏度连续观测, 得到其辐射的能谱和时间变化等. 为了减少空间磁场对观测的影响, 确保本底计数的稳定性和能谱测量的精度, 我们用坡莫合金制成的磁屏蔽罩对HXMT主探测器的光电倍增管(PMT)进行了磁屏蔽处理. 实测表明, 在地面地磁场环境下PMT的最大增益变化幅度为6%; 它与自动增益控制系统配合能使在轨PMT增益变化幅度小于1%, 探测器本底计数变化小于0.1%.     

HXMT准直器方案的优化设计

空间硬X射线调制望远镜(HXMT)的性能与探测器的总灵敏面积紧密相关. 利用蒙特卡罗工具对仪器的本底和点扩展函数进行计算分析, 提出了一种优化的准直器构造方案, 能减少探测单元总质量80多千克, 相当于至少5套新探测单元质量. 在同样的卫星载荷质量限制下, 新方案可以增加探测单元, 达到增大总探测灵敏面积, 提升HXMT灵敏度和角分辨率等性能的目的.     

Development of a prototype of the ME readout electronics onboard the HXMT satellite

A prototype of the ME readout electronics onboard the Hard X-ray Modulate Telescope (HXMT) satellite is developed. Application Specific Integrated Chip (ASIC) is used to construct the front end electronics due to a large number of detectors. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is connected to the ASIC as a state machine controller and data FIFO in the DAQ system. A USB board is designed to communicate between the DAQ system and the computer. The design goals and features, the operation of the system and the preliminary performance of the prototype are described. The testing results show that the design goals of the prototype system have been achieved.     

Thermal analysis and expected performance of the low energy instrument on board the HXMT satellite

The Low Energy X-ray Instrument （LE） of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope （HXMT） uses the Swept Charge Device （SCD） to detect the X-rays in 1-15 keV. The performance of SCD is vulnerable to temperature. We analyzed the thermal condition of LE at different satellite working attitudes with the Finite Element Method （FEM）. It is shown that the angle between the sunlight and the normal line of the barrier should be less them 26°, to keep the SCD detectors working in the required temperature range, i.e. -40 ℃ to -80 ℃. We find that the performance of LE is very stable in this temperature range, with a typical energy resolution of 160 eV at 5.9 keV.     

Thermal analysis and expected performance of the low energy instrument on board the HXMT satellite

The Low Energy X-ray Instrument (LE) of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) uses the Swept Charge Device (SCD) to detect the X-rays in 1-15 keV. The performance of SCD is vulnerable to temperature. We analyzed the thermal condition of LE at different satellite working attitudes with the Finite Element Method (FEM). It is shown that the angle between the sunlight and the normal line of the barrier should be less them 26°, to keep the SCD detectors working in the required temperature range, i.e. -40 ℃ to -80 ℃. We find that the performance of LE is very stable in this temperature range, with a typical energy resolution of 160 eV at 5.9 keV.     

Development of a prototype of the ME readout electronics onboard the HXMT satellite

A prototype of the ME readout electronics onboard the Hard X-ray Modulate Telescope （HXMT） satellite is developed. Application Specific Integrated Chip （ASIC） is used to construct the front end electronics due to a large number of detectors. Field Programmable Gate Array （FPGA） is connected to the ASIC as a state machine controller and data FIFO in the DAQ system. A USB board is designed to communicate between the DAQ system and the computer. The design goals and features, the operation of the system and the preliminary performance of the prototype are described. The testing results show that the design goals of the prototype system have been achieved.     

关于光纤水听器灵敏度的讨论

本文先简略介绍了干涉型光纤水听器的基本原理与检测信号的基本方法，由此给出了光纤水听器相位归一化灵敏度、相位灵敏度、电压灵敏度的定义。在分析它们的物理意义以及相互之间关系的基础上，给出一组能反映它们对应关系的一组数据，以及一光纤水听器探头频率响应曲线。     

A study on the applications of the acoustic design sensitivity analysis of vibrating bodies

The determination of the sensitivity of the acoustical characteristics of vibrating systems with respect to the variation of the design parameters predicting these characteristics is a necessary and important step of the acoustic design and optimization process. Acoustic design sensitivity analysis includes the computation and evaluation of the sensitivity information required for this procedure. In this study, a boundary element code performing the sensitivity analysis of the acoustic pressure by using the matrix sensitivities with respect to different design variables has been developed. The effect of the precision of boundary element discretization on the acoustic pressure sensitivity is examined via this code. The formulation is applied to a multi-source system and the dimension sensitivity analysis of near field pressures of two-dilating-spherical source is performed. The last application is devoted to a real sound source: a washing machine sitting on the floor. Sensitivity of the field pressures to the machine’s dimensions (size), surface velocity and frequency is examined on the bases of the boundary element model of the machine and half-space condition. The impacts of these variables are compared; and a limiting speed for the machine responding both the acoustical and operational requirements is determined.     

改性石墨烯SO_2气敏性质的第一性原理研究

为了寻求高灵敏度的石墨烯基的SO_2气体传感器,本文采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,研究纯净石墨烯(PG)、单空位缺陷(SVG)、SW缺陷(SWG)、Mn掺杂修饰的石墨烯(Mn-PG)及掺杂和缺陷共修饰的石墨烯(Mn-SVG和Mn-SWG)对SO_2分子的吸附特性.研究表明:PG和SWG对SO_2分子的吸附作用较弱,对SO_2分子不具有敏感性;SO_2分子在SVG表面的吸附能够有效调控其电子结构的变化,使其由金属性转变为半金属性,但其吸附能较低(0.636 eV);结合了Mn掺杂和SV缺陷的Mn-SVG基底尽管增大了与SO_2分子相互作用,但未能引起该体系电子结构和磁性的明显改变;相比之下,SO_2分子在Mn-PG和Mn-SWG基底上具有较强的吸附稳定性;同时,该分子吸附可诱发Mn-PG和Mn-SWG体系磁矩的急剧降低和电导率的显著变化,故可作为探测和清除环境中SO_2分子理想材料.该研究为设计新型石墨烯气体传感器提供理论参考.     

随机平衡设计傅里叶振幅敏感性分析方法和拓展傅里叶振幅敏感性分析方法在陆面过程模式敏感性分析中的应用探索

探讨了随机平衡傅里叶振幅敏感性分析方法(RBD-FAST)和扩展傅里叶振幅敏感性分析方法(EFAST)在陆面过程模式参数敏感性研究中的应用. 试验中使用通用陆面过程模式(CoLM)和通榆退化草地2008年夏季观测资料, 针对陆气相互作用中重要的要素: 感热通量(SH)、潜热通量(LH)、地表温度(ST), 2 m气温(T2m)和2 m湿度(Q2m), 分析了11 个参数(土深、1–5层黏土比率、孔隙度、最大露水厚度、50%植物根深、地表空气粗糙度和冠层下土壤拖曳系数)的敏感性大小. 结果表明, RBD-FAST和EFAST对参数的一阶敏感性检验结果较为一致且与之前的研究结果类似, EFAST方法还可以得到考虑了参数间相互作用的整体敏感性. RBD-FAST的优势主要表现为在极大地减少了计算消耗机的同时, 一次取样即可计算所有参数的一阶敏感性, 而EFAST的优势则在于通盘考虑了参数之间的相互影响, 可以得到更为合理的整体敏感性序列. 针对不同需求, 选择使用这两种敏感性分析方法, 有助于提高陆面过程模式参数化方案的改进效率.     

具有大指向性开角及高发射电压响应的发射换能器

应用复合变幅杆及夹心式换能器结构,研制了一种指向性开角较大且发射电压响应较高的发射换能器。应用有限元方法对换能器的工作频率,发射电压响应及指向性进行了理论计算。并与实验结果进行了比较,结果较吻合。本文研制的换能器工作频率为75.6kHz,发射电压响应级达到1 56dB(基准值1V/μPa),-3dB发射指向性开角100°     

Three methods for improving an axial strain sensitivity of polarization maintaining fiber loop mirror

Sensitivity is one of the important performances for sensor. Theoretical results show that we can choose a long wavelength monitoring point, a high strain dependent birefringence coefficient polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) and a low birefringence PMF to improve the axial strain sensitivity of PMF loop mirror, and experimental results show that the axial strain sensitivity has respectively been improved by 8.06, 30.73, and 22.26% by these methods. The advantage of these methods is to improve the axial strain sensitivity without increasing system complexity. These results help to improve the temperature, displacement, torsion, curvature and liquid level sensitivities of PMF loop mirror. These results can also be applied in photonic crystal fiber loop mirror.     

灵敏度可调式压电薄膜水听器

本文介绍一种灵敏度可调式压电薄膜水听器，采用PVDF薄膜作为换能材料，聚碳酸脂作为背衬，薄膜粘贴在背衬的内壁，软性的背衬在声压的作用下形变。从而带动薄膜形变，产生电信号输出。水听器内装有前置放大器，调节放大器的负载电阻可调节水听器的灵敏度，灵敏度变化范围为出，水听器内装有前置放大器，100Hz-16kHz。     

In situ observation of NaBi(WO4)2 dendrite growth and the study on microstructure of solidification

The dendrite growth process of transparent NaBi(WO4)2 with small prandtl and high melting point was studied by using the in-situ observation system. According to the dynamic images and detailed information, there are two kinds of restriction effect on the dendrite growth, the competition between arms and branches and the convection in the melt. The dendrite growth rate was time dependent, and the rate of arm growth reached the maximum 5.8 mm/s in the diffusive-advective region and rapidly decreased in the diffusive-convective region. The growth rate of branch had the same change trends as the arm's. Based on the EPMA-EDS data of solidification structure of quenched NaBi(WO4)2 melt, it was found that there were component differences from stoichiometric concentration in the melt near the interface during the growth process.     

大口径光学离轴平行光管研究——主反镜结构及光学检测

在长焦距大口径平行光管的应用中,平行光管物镜的定位精度以及在装调过程中高灵敏度的调试环节十分重要.介绍大口径离轴光学平行光管主镜结构及其检测方法,给出3种不同口径下的光学系统的装调方法,详细分析 700 mm的平行光管的主镜结构及精调装置,并利用4D干涉仪来检测装调装置对面形的影响.结果表明,该装调装置为自由移动装置,...     

光学观测中太阳夹角的分析与计算

对影响光学观测效果的太阳夹角计算方法进行了研究。首先给出了太阳夹角的定义及计算公式。然后重点研究了太阳视位置的计算方法,比较了几种赤纬角计算方法,给出了一种改进的时角计算方法,实现了高精度的太阳视位置计算,并对其计算精度进行了分析。最后提出了在实际光学观测应用中的太阳夹角计算算法。实验表明,太阳视位置计算精度比传统数值近似方法高一个数量级,能够满足光学观测中太阳光照分析的需要。     

HXMT探测器能量响应矩阵的计算

介绍硬X射线调制望远镜(HXMT)探测器能量响应矩阵的计算方法，根据实验室测量数据计算了该条件下的能量响应矩阵；利用该能量响应矩阵由直接解调法解实验室所测放射源能谱，能很好地重现放射源能量.