The grazing incidence focusing X-ray pulsar telescope(iFXPT), as the main payload of the X-ray Pulsar Navigation Test Satellite(XPNAV-1), will have great significance on China's space scientific exploration and X-...The grazing incidence focusing X-ray pulsar telescope(iFXPT), as the main payload of the X-ray Pulsar Navigation Test Satellite(XPNAV-1), will have great significance on China's space scientific exploration and X-ray pulsar navigation. With PSR B0531+21(Crab Pulsar) as the observation target, the pulsar profile has been recovered based on the data obtained by iFXPT, realizing the main objective of "observing" PSR B0531+21 for the first time in China. This payload mainly consists of the Wolter-I X-ray optics, silicon drift detector, magnetic deflector, electronics, high-energy particle shield and high-stability structures. Currently, the iFXPT, with its good in-orbit performance, has obtained a considerable observation data. The effective area, sensitivity and energy response have been calibrated both on ground and in-orbit, demonstrating a high degree of consistency. Meanwhile, the in-orbit observation data and information for pulsar navigation has also been analyzed simultaneously. As a result, the feasibility of the exploration scheme and the performance of the telescope have been fully validated.展开更多
Period estimation of X-ray pulsars plays an important role in X-ray pulsar based navigation （XPNAV）. The fast Lomb periodogram is suitable for period estimation of X-ray pulsars, but its performance in terms of freq...Period estimation of X-ray pulsars plays an important role in X-ray pulsar based navigation （XPNAV）. The fast Lomb periodogram is suitable for period estimation of X-ray pulsars, but its performance in terms of frequency resolution is limited by data length and observation time. Longer observation time or oversampling can be employed to improve frequency analysis results, but with greatly increased computational complexity and large amounts of sampling data. This greatly restricts real-time autonomous navigation based on X-ray pulsars. To resolve this issue, a new method based on frequency subdivision and the continuous Lomb periodogram （CLP） is proposed to improve precision of period estimation using short-time observation data. In the proposed method, an initial frequency is first calculated using fast Lomb periodogram. Then frequency subdivision is per- formed near the initial frequency to obtain frequencies with higher precision. Finally, a refined period is achieved by calculating the CLP in the obtained frequencies. Real data experiments show that when observation time is shorter than 135 s, the proposed method improves period estimation precision by 1-3 orders of magnitude compared with the fast Lomb periodogram and fast Fourier transform （FFT） methods, with only a slight increase in computational complexity. Furthermore, the proposed method performs better than efsearch （a period estimation method of HEAsoft） with lower computational complexity. The proposed method is suitable for estimating periods of X-ray pulsars and obtaining the rotation period of variable stars and other celestial bodies.展开更多
Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that generate pulsed electromagnetic radiation.A new method for intersatellite relative position determination between a global navigation satellite system(GNSS) and spacecra...Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that generate pulsed electromagnetic radiation.A new method for intersatellite relative position determination between a global navigation satellite system(GNSS) and spacecraft using X-ray pulsars is proposed in this paper.The geometric model of this method is formulated,and two different resolution algorithms are introduced and analyzed.The phase cycle ambiguity resolution is investigated,and a new strategy is proposed and formulated.Using the direct vector parameters of the pulsar,geometric dilution of precision(GDOP) is studied.It is shown that this method has advantages of simplicity and efficiency,and is able to eliminate the clock errors.The analytical results are verified numerically via computer simulations.展开更多
文摘The grazing incidence focusing X-ray pulsar telescope(iFXPT), as the main payload of the X-ray Pulsar Navigation Test Satellite(XPNAV-1), will have great significance on China's space scientific exploration and X-ray pulsar navigation. With PSR B0531+21(Crab Pulsar) as the observation target, the pulsar profile has been recovered based on the data obtained by iFXPT, realizing the main objective of "observing" PSR B0531+21 for the first time in China. This payload mainly consists of the Wolter-I X-ray optics, silicon drift detector, magnetic deflector, electronics, high-energy particle shield and high-stability structures. Currently, the iFXPT, with its good in-orbit performance, has obtained a considerable observation data. The effective area, sensitivity and energy response have been calibrated both on ground and in-orbit, demonstrating a high degree of consistency. Meanwhile, the in-orbit observation data and information for pulsar navigation has also been analyzed simultaneously. As a result, the feasibility of the exploration scheme and the performance of the telescope have been fully validated.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program(973)of China(No.2014CB340205)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61301173 and 61473228)the Aerospaced TT&C Innovation Program of 704 Research Institute of China(No.201405B)
文摘Period estimation of X-ray pulsars plays an important role in X-ray pulsar based navigation （XPNAV）. The fast Lomb periodogram is suitable for period estimation of X-ray pulsars, but its performance in terms of frequency resolution is limited by data length and observation time. Longer observation time or oversampling can be employed to improve frequency analysis results, but with greatly increased computational complexity and large amounts of sampling data. This greatly restricts real-time autonomous navigation based on X-ray pulsars. To resolve this issue, a new method based on frequency subdivision and the continuous Lomb periodogram （CLP） is proposed to improve precision of period estimation using short-time observation data. In the proposed method, an initial frequency is first calculated using fast Lomb periodogram. Then frequency subdivision is per- formed near the initial frequency to obtain frequencies with higher precision. Finally, a refined period is achieved by calculating the CLP in the obtained frequencies. Real data experiments show that when observation time is shorter than 135 s, the proposed method improves period estimation precision by 1-3 orders of magnitude compared with the fast Lomb periodogram and fast Fourier transform （FFT） methods, with only a slight increase in computational complexity. Furthermore, the proposed method performs better than efsearch （a period estimation method of HEAsoft） with lower computational complexity. The proposed method is suitable for estimating periods of X-ray pulsars and obtaining the rotation period of variable stars and other celestial bodies.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61172138)the Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Precision Navigation and Timing Technology,National Time Service Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2012PNTT02)
文摘Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that generate pulsed electromagnetic radiation.A new method for intersatellite relative position determination between a global navigation satellite system(GNSS) and spacecraft using X-ray pulsars is proposed in this paper.The geometric model of this method is formulated,and two different resolution algorithms are introduced and analyzed.The phase cycle ambiguity resolution is investigated,and a new strategy is proposed and formulated.Using the direct vector parameters of the pulsar,geometric dilution of precision(GDOP) is studied.It is shown that this method has advantages of simplicity and efficiency,and is able to eliminate the clock errors.The analytical results are verified numerically via computer simulations.
