The sensitivity of EGRET to gamma-ray polarization     

John R. Mattox 《Experimental Astronomy》1991,2(2):75-84

A Monte Carlo simulation shows that the EGRET gamma-ray telescope aboard the GRO satellite does not have sufficient sensitivity to detect linear polarization, even for 100% polarized gamma-ray sources. This is confirmed by analysis of calibration data. Several data selection techniques suggested to enhance polarization sensitivity have been evaluated and found to not significantly improve sensitivity.NRC/NAS RESEARCH ASSOCIATE  相似文献   

鄂尔多斯盆地高自然伽马异常特征   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

赵军龙  谭成仟  刘池阳  李庆春 《地球科学与环境学报》2006,28(3):82-86

为了加深对盆地深部和浅部高自然伽马异常特征综合分析研究,揭示高自然伽马异常地质成因,从而促进盆地多种能源矿产协同开发研究,针对收集大量的地球物理测井资料、地质资料及其他相关成果,绘制并分析了相关成果图。研究中遵循从单孔测井曲线特征分析到典型剖面研究,并按层对高自然伽马的平面分布特征进行分析研究。化验测试结果和自然伽马能谱测井成果研究表明,在本区,自然伽马异常增大主要是由于铀的活化和聚集,导致铀元素增加而引起。相关研究表明,盆地深部和浅部的铀异常具有一定的关系,盆地历经的沉积环境变迁是铀元素富集的主导因素。  相似文献   

The Relationship between the Rise Width and the Full Width of γ-ray Burst Pulses and Its Implications     

Rui-Jing Lu~ 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2006,(1)

We investigate the relationship between the rise width and the full width of gamma-ray burst pulses.Theoretical analysis shows that either width is proportional to Γ~(-2)Δ_(Тθ),FWHM(RRc)/c(Γ the Lorentz factor of the bulk motion,Δ_(Тθ),FWHM a local pulse's width,R_c the radius of fireballs and c the velocity of light).We study the relationship for four samples of observed pulses.We find:(1)merely the curvature effect could reproduce the relationship between the rise and full widths with the same slope as derived from the model of Qin et al.;(2)gamma-ray burst pulses,selected from both the short and long GRBs,follow the same sequence in the rise width vs. full width diagram,with the shorter pulses at one end;(3)all GRBs may intrinsically result from local Gaussian pulses.These features place constraints on the physical mechanism(s)for producing long and short GRBs.  相似文献   

The Influence of Ion-Acoustic Turbulence on the Electron Acceleration in the Reconnecting Current Sheet     

Gui-Ping Wu  Guang-Li Huang  Yu-Hua TangDepartment of Physics  Southeast University  Nanjing  Purple Mountain Observatory  Chinese Academy of Sciences  Nanjing Department of Astronomy  Nanjing University  Nanjing 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2005,5(1):99-109

Through solving the single electron equation of motion and the Fokker-Planck equation including the terms of electric field strength and ion-acoustic turbulence, we study the influence of the ion-acoustic wave on the electron acceleration in turbulent reconnecting current sheets. It is shown that the ion-acoustic turbulence which causes plasma heating rather than particle acceleration should be considered. With typical parameter values, the acceleration time scale is around the order of 10^-6 s, the accelerated electrons may have approximately a power-law distribution in the energy range 20 ～100 keV and the spectral index is about 3～10, which is basically consistent with the observed hard X-ray spectra in solar flares.  相似文献   

放射性元素在测井解释中的应用进展及分析     

王敏  李菲 《地质论评》2023,69(Z1):423-424

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矿用随钻动态方位伽马仪器的研制与应用     

陈龙  陈刚  张冀冠 《煤田地质与勘探》2022,50(1):86-91

顺煤层瓦斯抽采钻孔是目前最直接最有效的瓦斯治理方法,自然伽马作为含煤地层识别常用的判识依据,可以根据地层放射性判断钻孔轨迹是否在目标层中。但现有的矿用伽马测井仪器只能进行滑动钻进测量,不适用于复合钻进及旋转导向钻进,无法满足伽马动态连续测量的工况。针对以上问题,在分析了煤矿井下随钻测量工况特点和伽马测井原理的基础上,通过低压直流载波双向通信技术进行孔底多扇区方位伽马数据的实时传输;采用屏蔽开窗的结构设计,实现单伽马晶体的8扇区分区测量;基于三轴MEMS加速度传感器和三轴MEMS陀螺仪不同的频率特性,采用互补滤波的动态测量方法,克服了回转钻进过程中振动和旋转对工具面向角测量的影响。通过地面性能测试和井下的工业性试验,验证了仪器在不同放射性地层分界面能正确反映出地层放射性变化规律。试验结果表明,仪器可以满足复合回转定向钻进时的地质导向测量要求,为煤矿井下顺煤层定向钻进提供了技术保障。   相似文献   

A Preliminary Research on the Development of the Hard X-ray Imaging Telescope     

ZHENG Chun-xiao  CAI Ming-sheng  HU Yi-ming  HUANG Yong-yi  GONG Yi-zhong 《Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics》2014

The hard X-ray imaging telescope based on the Fourier transform imaging technique is introduced. The double-layer parallel gratings are used to make the modulation and coding on the light emerging from a celestial X-ray source, the modulated light is acquired, to make the optoelectronic conversion by scintillation crystal detectors, and ?nally read out by the electronic system. The modulation collimator X-ray telescopes can be divided into two types: the spatial modulation and temporal modulation. The temporal modulation system requires the scanning motion of the detector system, but the spatial modulation system requires no motion. The technology of grating fabrication is investigated, and the basic structure design of the collimators is given. The principal compo- nents of the prototype hard X-ray imaging telescope of spatial modulation type are successfully developed, including the 8 CsI crystal detector modules (contain- ing photomultipliers or PMTs), 8-channel shaping ampli?ers (two of them are prepared for experiments), and the data acquisition system. And the preliminary test results of the electronic system are also given.  相似文献   

Brief history of ground-based very high energy gamma-ray astrophysics with atmospheric air Cherenkov telescopes     

《Astroparticle Physics》2014

The discovery of the Crab Nebula as the first source of TeV gamma rays in 1989, using the technique of ground-based imaging air Cherenkov telescope, has marked the birthday of observational gamma astronomy in very high energy range. The team led by Trevor Weekes, after twenty years of trial and error, success and misfortune, step-by-step improvements in both the technique and understanding of gamma shower discrimination methods, used the 10 m diameter telescope on Mount Hopkins in Arizona, and succeeded measuring a 9σ signal from the direction of Crab Nebula. As of today over 160 sources of gamma rays of very different types, of both galactic and extra-galactic origin, have been discovered due to this technique. This is a really fast evolving branch in science, rapidly improving our understanding of the most violent and energetic sources and processes in the sky.The study of these sources provides clues to many basic questions in astrophysics, astro-particle physics, physics of cosmic rays and cosmology. Today’s telescopes, despite the young age of the technique, offer a solid performance. The technique is still maturing, leading to the next generation large instrument. This article is devoted to outlining the milestones in a long history that step-by-step have made this technique emerge and have brought about today’s successful source hunting.  相似文献   

X-ray afterglow of GRB 050712: multiple energy injections into the external shock     

Liang-Duan Liu  A-Ming Chen 《天文和天体物理学研究(英文版)》2014,(5):610-616

As indicated by observed X-ray flares,a great amount of energy can be intermittently released from the postburst central engine of gamma-ray bursts(GRBs).As a natural consequence,the GRB’s external shock could be repeatedly energized.With such a multiple energy injection model,we explore the unique X-ray afterglow light curve of GRB 050712,which exhibits four shallow decay plateaus.Together with three early X-ray flares,the central engine of GRB 050712 is believed to have released energy at least seven times after the burst.Furthermore,we find that the energies released during the four plateaus are all on the same order of magnitude,but the luminosity significantly decreased with time.These results may provide some interesting implications for the GRB central engine.  相似文献   

Tail Emission from a Ring-like Jet: Its Application to Shallow Decays of Early Afterglows and GRB 050709     

Yuan-Chuan Zou  Zi-Gao Dai Department of Astronomy  Nanjing University  Nanjing   《中国天文和天体物理学报》2006,6(5)

Similar to the case of pulsars the magnetic axis and the spin axis of gamma-ray burst sources may not lie on the same line. This may cause the formation of a ring-like jet due to collimation of the processing magnetic axis. We analyze the tail emission from such a jet, and find that it has a shallow decay phase with a temporal index of -1/2 if the Lorentz factor of the ejecta is not very high, which is consistent with the shallow decay phase of some early X-ray afterglow detected by Swift. The ring-like jet has a tail cusp with sharp rising and very sharp decay. This effect can provide an explanation for the re-brightening and sharp decay of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 050709.  相似文献