We present an improved model for the antenna phase center motion effect for high-gain mechanically steerable ground-based and spacecraft-mounted antennas that takes into account non-perfect antenna pointing. Using tracking data of the RadioAstron spacecraft we show that our model can result in a correction of the computed value of the effect of up to $2\times10^{-14}$ in terms of the fractional frequency shift, which is significant for high-accuracy spacecraft tracking experiments. The total fractional frequency shift due to the phase center motion effect can exceed $1\times10^{-11}$ both for the ground and space antennas depending on the spacecraft orbit and antenna parameters. We also analyze the error in the computed value of the effect and find that it can be as large as $4\times10^{-14}$ due to uncertainties in the spacecraft antenna axis position, ground antenna axis offset and misalignment, and others. Finally, we present a way to reduce both the ground and space antenna phase center motion effects by several orders of magnitude, e.g. for RadioAstron to below $1\times10^{-16}$, by tracking the spacecraft simultaneously in the one-way downlink and two-way phase-locked loop modes, i.e. using the Gravity Probe A configuration of the communications links.
Theoretical calculation of the antenna impedance and shot noise at low-frequencies: application to Parker Solar Probe
LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Université, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité(拉伊尔实验室,巴黎天文台,巴黎文理研究大学,法国国家科学研究中心,索邦大学,巴黎西岱大学);Centre for Mathematical Plasma Astrophysics, Department of Mathematics, KU Leuven(鲁汶大学数学系等离子体天体物理中心)
Tracking a beam of electrons from the low solar corona into interplanetary space with the Low Frequency Array, Parker Solar Probe and 1 au spacecraft
III型射电暴是温和相对论性电子束从低日冕传播到日光层的等离子体发射的结果,如果它们与日光层航天器的位置对齐,最终可以在原地检测到。在这里,我们观察到一个III型射电爆发从0.1-16兆赫使用帕克太阳探测器(PSP)领域的射频频谱仪(RFS),并从20-80兆赫使用低频阵列(LOFAR)。该事件与任何可检测到的耀斑活动无关,但属于PSP遭遇2期间发生的持续III型噪声风暴的一部分。LOFAR射电源向三维空间的反投影表明,III型射电爆发源位于1.6-3 R $_\odot$的开放磁场上,起源于东经48 $^o$附近的近赤道活动区。结合PSP/RFS观测与风/波和立体声/波,我们重建的第三类射电源轨迹在日光层内部PSP的位置,假设黄道约束。随后在STEREO-A航天器上在兼容的时间原位检测到高能电子增强,尽管开始和持续时间表明单独的爆发有助于增强的一个子集。这项工作表明,日冕中相对小规模的通量出现可以导致电子束从低日冕注入日光层,而不需要强烈的太阳耀斑。这项研究还明确强调了地面和天基无线电观测相结合的互补性,特别是在PSP时代。
Tracking a solar energetic eruption and associated energetic particles from Sun to spacecraft
University of Turku(图尔库大学);Turku Collegium for Science, Medicine and Technology, University of Turku(图尔库科学与技术医学学院,图尔库大学);University of Graz(格拉茨大学);Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)(波茨坦莱布尼茨天体物理研究所 (AIP));LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS(拉格朗日天体物理学实验室,巴黎天文台,巴黎文理研究大学,索邦大学,巴黎西岱大学,塞吉-蓬图瓦兹大学,法国国家科学研究中心)
Tracking nonlinear solar-wind dynamics over three solar cycles using Wind observations
Instituto de Física del Noroeste Argentino, CONICET(阿根廷西北物理研究所,阿根廷国家科学研究委员会);Universidad Nacional de Tucumán(图库曼国立大学);Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán(图库曼国立大学理学院技术系物理系)