Atmospheric transmission from Dome A, Antarctica, presents new possibilities in the field of terahertz astronomy, where space telescopes have been the only observational tools until now. Using atmospheric transmission...Atmospheric transmission from Dome A, Antarctica, presents new possibilities in the field of terahertz astronomy, where space telescopes have been the only observational tools until now. Using atmospheric transmission measurements from Dome A with a Fourier transform spectrometer, transmission spectra and long-term stabilities have been analyzed at 1.461 THz, 3.393 THz, 5.786 THz and 7.1 THz, which show that important atmospheric windows for terahertz astronomy open for a reasonable length of time in the winter season. With large aperture terahertz telescopes and interferometers at Dome A, high angular resolution terahertz observations are foreseen of atomic fine-structure lines from ionized gas and a water ice feature from protoplanetary disks.展开更多
针对太赫兹波段天文点源目标较少,指向测量相对困难的特点,研究了利用与太赫兹天线共轴的小型光学望远镜来辅助太赫兹望远镜指向测量以及建立指向误差修正模型的方法.依托紫金山天文台1.2 m斜轴式太赫兹天线开展了光学辅助指向测量的实...针对太赫兹波段天文点源目标较少,指向测量相对困难的特点,研究了利用与太赫兹天线共轴的小型光学望远镜来辅助太赫兹望远镜指向测量以及建立指向误差修正模型的方法.依托紫金山天文台1.2 m斜轴式太赫兹天线开展了光学辅助指向测量的实验研究,利用一台安装在天线背架上的100 mm口径折射式光学望远镜获得了优于2′′的指向测量精度.此外,通过对斜轴天线的结构分析以及大气折射和本地恒星时(Local Sidereal Time,LST)偏差等误差来源的分析,建立了包含23个误差项的斜轴式光学指向修正模型,实现了约3′′的拟合精度.最后,借助高精度数字摄影测量对光电轴一致性进行了标定,并针对其对指向模型精度的影响进行了讨论.研究成果将为南极5 m太赫兹望远镜(The 5 m Dome A Terahertz Explorer,DATE5)及其他太赫兹望远镜提供指向测量和指向修正模型方面的技术参考.展开更多
基金supported by the Polar Research Institute of China and the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administrationthe University of New South Wales PLATO teamthe Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Antarctic Astronomy team
文摘Atmospheric transmission from Dome A, Antarctica, presents new possibilities in the field of terahertz astronomy, where space telescopes have been the only observational tools until now. Using atmospheric transmission measurements from Dome A with a Fourier transform spectrometer, transmission spectra and long-term stabilities have been analyzed at 1.461 THz, 3.393 THz, 5.786 THz and 7.1 THz, which show that important atmospheric windows for terahertz astronomy open for a reasonable length of time in the winter season. With large aperture terahertz telescopes and interferometers at Dome A, high angular resolution terahertz observations are foreseen of atomic fine-structure lines from ionized gas and a water ice feature from protoplanetary disks.
文摘针对太赫兹波段天文点源目标较少,指向测量相对困难的特点,研究了利用与太赫兹天线共轴的小型光学望远镜来辅助太赫兹望远镜指向测量以及建立指向误差修正模型的方法.依托紫金山天文台1.2 m斜轴式太赫兹天线开展了光学辅助指向测量的实验研究,利用一台安装在天线背架上的100 mm口径折射式光学望远镜获得了优于2′′的指向测量精度.此外,通过对斜轴天线的结构分析以及大气折射和本地恒星时(Local Sidereal Time,LST)偏差等误差来源的分析,建立了包含23个误差项的斜轴式光学指向修正模型,实现了约3′′的拟合精度.最后,借助高精度数字摄影测量对光电轴一致性进行了标定,并针对其对指向模型精度的影响进行了讨论.研究成果将为南极5 m太赫兹望远镜(The 5 m Dome A Terahertz Explorer,DATE5)及其他太赫兹望远镜提供指向测量和指向修正模型方面的技术参考.
