Probing the Galactic Halo with RR Lyrae Stars.VI.The Radial Velocity Curve Templates of RRc Stars

We present radial velocity(RV)curve templates of RR Lyrae first-overtone(RRc)stars constructed with the Mg I b triplet and Hαlines using time-domain Medium-Resolution Survey spectra of seven RRc stars from Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope(LAMOST)Data Release 9.Additionally,we derive the relation between the stellar RV curve amplitudes and g-band light curve amplitudes from Zwicky Transient Facility(ZTF)public survey.For those RRc stars without ZTF g-band light curves,we provide the conversions from the light curve amplitudes in ZTF r-and i-bands,Gaia G-band,and V-band from the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae to those in ZTF g-band.We validate our RV curve templates using the RRc star SV Scl and find the uncertainties of systemic RV are less than 2.11 km s~(-1)and 6.08 km s~(-1)based on the Mg I b triplet and Hαlines,respectively.We calculate the systemic RVs of 30 RRc stars using the RV curve templates constructed with the Mg I b triplet and Hαlines and find the systemic RVs are comparable with each other.This RV curve template will be particularly useful for obtaining the systemic RV of RRc using the LAMOST spectroscopy.

Analysis of the Impact of the Blazhko Effect Both on the Van Hoof Effect and Radial Velocity Amplitude in the Star RR Lyr

The Van Hoof effect is a phase shift existing between the radial velocity curves of hydrogen and metallic lines within the atmosphere of pulsating stars.In this article,we present a study of this phenomenon through the spectra of the brightest pulsating star RR Lyr of RR Lyrae stars recorded for 22 yr.We based ourselves,on the one hand,on 1268 spectra(41 nights of observation)recorded between the years 1994 and 1997 at the Observatory of Haute Provence(OHP,France)previously observed by Chadid and Gillet,and on the other hand on 1569 spectra(46nights of observation)recorded at our Oukaimeden Observatory(Morocco)between 2015 and 2016.Through this study,we have detected information on atmospheric dynamics that had not previously been detected.Indeed,the Van Hoof effect which results in a clear correlation between the radial velocities of hydrogen and those of the metallic lines has been observed and analyzed at different Blazhko phases.A correlation between the radial velocities of different metallic lines located in the lower atmosphere has been observed as well.For the first time,we were able to show that the amplitude of the radial velocity curves deduced from the lines of hydrogen and that of FeⅡ(λ4923.921?)increases toward the minimum of the Blazhko cycle and decreases toward the maximum of the same Blazhko cycle.Furthermore,we found that the Van Hoof effect is also modulated by the Blazhko effect.Thus,toward the minimum of the Blazhko cycle the Van Hoof effect is more visible and at the maximum of the Blazhko cycle,this effect is minimal.We also observed the temporal evolution of the amplitudes of the radial velocities of the lower and upper atmosphere.When observed over a long time,we can interpret it as a function of the Blazhko phases.

The Variability and Radial Velocity of Planetary Nebula Central Stars

The extremely accurate estimates of stellar variability and radial velocity in the Gaia Data Release 3(Gaia DR3)have enabled us to examine the close binarity and radial velocity(RV)of central stars(CSs)of planetary nebulae(PNe).This study is twofold:(1)searching for new close binary CS candidates to better understand how binarity affects the formation and evolution of PNe;and(2)extending the sample size of known RVs of PNe in order to understand their kinematics and the dynamics of the Milky Way.As a target sample,we used all true,possible,and likely PNe available in the literature.Then,we looked for their matched Gaia DR3 sources that provide measurements of variability and RV.As a result,we detected the first large collection of trustworthy photometric variability of 26 symbiotic stars and 82 CSs.In this CS group,there are 24 sources already classified as true close binary CSs in the literature.Hence,we discovered 58 new close binary CS candidates.This close binary(CB)sample represents more than half of what is currently available in the literature.In addition,we identified the radial velocities for 51 PNe.To our knowledge,24 of these were measured for the first time.The RV measurements predicted by Gaia,based on the Doppler shift of the CS absorption lines,and those derived from nebular emission lines,show satisfactory agreement except for a few extremely high-velocity PNe.

Radial velocity measurements from LAMOST medium-resolution spectroscopic observations: a pointing towards the Kepler field

Radial velocity is one of the key measurements in understanding the fundamental properties of stars, stellar clusters and the Galaxy. A plate of stars in the Kepler field was observed in May of 2018 with the medium-resolution spectrographs of LAMOST, aiming to test the performance of this new system which is the upgraded equipment of LAMOST after the first five-year regular survey. We present our analysis on the radial velocity measurements(RVs) derived from these data. The results show that slight and significant systematic errors exist among the RVs obtained from the spectra collected by different spectrographs and exposures, respectively. After correcting the systematic errors with different techniques, the precision of RVs reaches ～1.3,～1.0,～0.5 and ～0.3 km s^(-1) at S/Nr = 10, 20, 50 and 100, respectively. Comparing with the RVs of standard stars from the APOGEE survey, our RVs are calibrated with a zero-point shift of～7 km s^(-1). The results indicate that the LAMOST medium-resolution spectroscopic system may provide RVs with a reasonable accuracy and precision for the selected targets.

Effects of rotation and tidal distortions on the shapes of radial velocity curves of polytropic models of pulsating variable stars

Anharmonic oscillations of rotating stars have been studied by various authors in literature to explain the observed features of certain variable stars. However, there is no study available in literature that has discussed the combined effect of rotation and tidal distortions on the anharmonic oscillations of stars. In this paper, we have created a model to determine the effect of rotation and tidal distortions on the anharmonic radial oscillations associated with various polytropic models of pulsating variable stars. For this study we have used the theory of Rosseland to obtain the anharmonic pulsation equation for rotationally and tidally distorted polytropic models of pulsating variable stars. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of rotation and tidal distortions on the shapes of the radial velocity curves for rotationally and tidally distorted polytropic models of pulsating variable stars. The results of the present study show that the rotational effects cause more deviations in the shapes of radial velocity curves of pulsating variable stars as compared to tidal effects.

Novel method for radial velocity difference estimation of moving targets with wideband signals

For the frequency difference of arrival （FDOA） esti-mation in passive location, this paper transforms the frequency difference estimation into the radial velocity difference estimation, which is difficult to achieve a high accuracy due to the mismatch between the sampling period and the pulse repetition interval. The proposed algorithm firstly estimates the point-in-time that each pulse arrives at two receivers accurately. Secondly two time of arrival （TOA） sequences are subtracted. And final y the radial ve-locity difference of a target relative to two stations with the least square method is estimated. This algorithm only needs accurate estimation of the time delay between pulses and is not influenced by parameters such as frequency and modulation mode. It avoids transmitting a large amount of data between two stations in real time. Simulation results corroborate that the performance is bet-ter than the arithmetic average of the Cramer-Rao lower bound （CRLB） for monopulse under suitable conditions.

Comparative Analysis of Two Heavy Snow Processes Based on Doppler Radar Radial Velocity

By using the data of synoptic charts and Datong Doppler radar data, two heavy snow processes in Datong during November 9 - 10, 2009 and on March 14, 2010 were analyzed. The results show that surface current, occluded fronts, high-altitude and low-altitude jet stream were main reasons for the heavy snow processes. Zero velocity curves were like ＂S＂ at elevations of 0.5, 1.5 and 2.4~, and there were a pair of＂ bull＇s-eye＂ structure, showing that heavy snow would occur. As for the two heavy snow processes, the qualitative judgment results based on the area of posi- tive and negative velocity zones were consistent with the quantitative analysis results based on the average divergence well, so we can use radar images to judge features of velocity fields rapidly in practice.

Radial velocity of ocean surface current estimated from SAR Doppler frequency measurements—a case study of Kuroshio in the East China Sea

Ocean currents are a key element in ocean processes and in meteorology,affecting material transport and modulating climate change patterns.The Doppler frequency shift information of the synthetic aperture radar(SAR)echo signal can reflect the dynamic characteristics of the sea surface,and has become an essential sea surface dynamic remote sensing parameter.Studies have verified that the instantaneous Doppler frequency shift can realize the SAR detection of the sea surface current.However,the validation of SAR-derived ocean current data and a thorough analysis of the errors associated with them remain lacking.In this study,we derive high spatial resolution flow measurements for the Kuroshio in the East China Sea from SAR data using a theoretical model of shifts in Doppler frequency driven by ocean surface current.Global ocean multi observation(MOB)products and global surface Lagrangian drifter(GLD)data are used to validate the Kuroshio flow retrieved from the SAR data.Results show that the central flow velocity for the Kuroshio derived from the SAR is 0.4–1.5 m/s.The error distribution between SAR ocean currents and MOB products is an approximate standard normal distribution,with the 90%confidence interval concentrated between–0.1 m/s and 0.1 m/s.Comparative analysis of SAR ocean current and GLD products,the correlation coefficient is 0.803,which shows to be significant at a confidence level of 99%.The cross-validation of different ocean current dataset illustrate that the SAR radial current captures the positions and dynamics of the Kuroshio central flow and the Kuroshio Counter Current,and has the capability to monitor current velocity over a wide range of values.

High precision phase-domain radial velocity estimation for wideband radar systems

Radial velocity estimation used in wide-band radar systems is investigated.By analyzing the signal of cross-correlation output of adjacent echoes,it is found that the frequency and phase of the cross-correlation output are related to the target’s radial velocity.Since the precision of the phase estimation is higher than that of the frequency,a phase-based velocity estimator is proposed.However,the ambiguity problem exists in the phase estimators,and thus the estimation of the cross-correlation of adjacent echoes(CCAE)is used to calculate the ambiguity number.The root-mean-square-error(RMSE)of the proposed estimator is derived.Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed method is better than that of the frequency-based estimator.

The relative calibration of radial velocity for LAMOST medium resolution stellar spectra

The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope(LAMOST)started a medianresolution spectroscopic(MRS,R~7500)survey since October 2018.The main scientific goals of MRS,including binary stars,pulsators and other variable stars,were launched with a time-domain spectroscopic survey.However,the systematic errors,including the bias induced from wavelength calibration and the systematic difference between different spectrographs,have to be carefully considered during radial velocity measurement.In this work,we provide a technique to correct the systematics in the wavelength calibration based on the relative radial velocity measurements from LAMOST MRS spectra.We show that,for the stars with multi-epoch spectra,the systematic bias which is induced from the exposures on different nights can be corrected well for LAMOST MRS in each spectrograph.In addition,the precision of radial velocity zero-point of multi-epoch time-domain observations reaches below 0.5 km s^(-1).As a by-product,we also give the constant star candidates^(**),which can be the secondary radial-velocity standard star candidates of LAMOST MRS time-domain surveys.

Effect of interaction of the various modes on the radial velocity curves of the polytropic models of rotationally and tidally distorted pulsating variable stars

In our previous work, we developed a model to study the effects of rotation and/or tidal distortions on anharmonic radial oscillations and hence on the radial velocity curves of the polytropic models of pulsating variable stars.We considered the first three modes(fundamental and the next two higher modes) for the polytropic models of index 1.5 and 3.0 in that work.In the present paper, we are further extending our previous work to study the effect of the interaction of various modes on anharmonic radial oscillations and hence on radial velocity curves of the rotationally and/or tidally distorted polytropic models of pulsating variable stars.For this purpose, we have considered the following cases:(i) fundamental mode(ii) fundamental and the first mode,(iii) fundamental and the next two modes and finally(iv) fundamental and the next three higher modes of pulsation in our study.The objective of this paper is also to investigate whether the interaction of various modes affects the results of our previous study or not.The results of this study show that the interaction of the fundamental mode with higher modes appreciably changes the shape of the radial velocity curve of rotationally distorted and rotationally and tidally distorted polytropic models of pulsating variable stars.

On the radial velocity calibrations in the LAMOST medium-resolution spectroscopic survey of nebulae

Accurate radial velocity determinations of optical emission lines(i.e.,[NⅡ]λλ6548,6584,Hαand[SⅡ]λλ6717,6731)are very important for investigating the kinematic and dynamic properties of nebulae.The second stage survey program of Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope(LAMOST)has started a sub-survey of nebulae(MRS-N)which will spectroscopically observe the optical emission lines of a large sample of nebulae near the Galactic plane.Until now,15 MRS-N plates have been observed from September 2017 to June 2019.Based on fitting the sky emission lines in the red band spectra of MRS-N,we investigate the precision of wavelength calibration and find there are systematic deviations of radial velocities(RVs)from~0.2 to 4 km s^(-1) for different plates.Especially for the plates obtained in March 2018,the systematic deviations of RVs can be as large as~4 km s^(-1),which then go down to~0.2-0.5 kms^(-1) at the end of 2018 and January 2019.An RV calibration function is proposed for these MRS-N plates,which can simultaneously and successfully calibrate the systematic deviations and improve the precision of RVs.

Application of multigrid NLS-4DVar in radar radial velocity data assimilation with WRF-ARW

The nonlinear least-squares four-dimensional variational assimilation(NLS-4DVar)method intro-duced here combines the merits of the ensemble Kalman lter and 4DVar assimilation methods.The multigrid NLS-4DVar method can be implemented without adjoint models and also corrects small-to large-scale errors with greater accuracy.In this paper,the multigrid NLS-4DVar method is used in radar radial velocity data assimilations.Observing system simulation experiments were conducted to determine the capability and efficiency of multigrid NLS-4DVar for assimilating radar radial velocity with WRF-ARW(the Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting model).The results show signi cant improvement in 24-h cumulative precipitation prediction due to improved initial conditions after assimilating the radar radial velocity.Additionally,the multigrid NLS-4DVar method reduces computational cost.

A New Filtering Algorithm Utilizing Radial Velocity Measurement

Pulse Doppler radar measurements consist of range, azimuth, elevation and radial velocity. Most of the radar tracking algorithms in engineering only utilize position measurement. The extended Kalman filter with radial velocity measureneut is presented, then a new filtering algorithm utilizing radial velocity measurement is proposed to improve tracking results and the theoretical analysis is also given. Simulation results of the new algorithm, converted measurement Kalman filter, extended Kalman filter are compared. The effectiveness of the new algorithm is verified by simulation results.

A Velocity Dealiasing Scheme for C-band Weather Radar Systems

A dealiasing algorithm for radar radial velocity observed by C-band Doppler radars is presented as an extension of an existing S-band dealiasing algorithm. This has operational significance in that many portable and many commercial broadcast radars, as well as approximately one half of the Chinese weather radar network （CINRAD）, are C-band radars. With a wavelength of about 5 cm, the Nyquist interval of C-band radars is just about one half that of S-band radars （wavelength of about 10 cm） and thus has more velocity folding. The proposed algorithm includes seven modules to remove noisy data, find the starting radials, dealias velocities, and apply least squares error checking in both the radial and azimuth directions. The proposed velocity dealiasing method was applied to one widespread rain case and three strong convective cases from radars operating in China. It was found that, on average, 92.95% of the aliased radial velocity data could be correctly de-aliased by the algorithm, resulting in 96.65% of the data being valid.

Velocity measurement technique for high-speed targets based on digital fine spectral line tracking

Target vdocity and acceleration are two of the most important features for identification of warheads and decoys in ballistic missile defense phased array radar systems. Velocity compensation is also the necessary step for one-dimensional range profile imaging. According to the high-vdocity characteristics of ballistic objects and the low data rate of phased array radars with multiple target tracking, a fine spectral line digital velocity tracking frame is presented and a new method is developed to extract velocity error and resolve the velocity ambiguity in the measurement loop. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed technique.

Velocity Distance of the Open Cluster M11

On the reasonable hypothesis that the internal motions of member stars of a cluster are random and isotropic, a method which can be used to estimate the velocity distance of the cluster and its uncertainty is developed. The velocity distance so determined is an absolute distance estimate, and is completely independent of the （widely used） luminosity distance, which is a relative distance estimate. Using the published high-accuracy observational data of radial velocities and proper motions of the stars in the open cluster M11 region, we have determined the distance of M 11 to be 1.89 ± 0.52 kpc. This is in quite good agreement with the published luminosity distances of the cluster. We briefly discuss the problems concerned, including the sources of errors in the method and its applicable range.

高压大排量径向柱塞泵定子运动规律分析

为改善高压大排量径向柱塞泵定子-滑靴副摩擦状况,实现泵的精确变量,提出定子圆周方向非固定安装结构。通过滑靴柱塞组件力学特性分析,建立单个滑靴滑动摩擦力矩和11个滑靴摩擦合力矩,求解得到定子角速度变化曲线。结果表明,定子在滑靴滑动摩擦力矩作用下能够运动,且排油区滑靴摩擦力矩大于吸油区滑靴摩擦力矩。径向柱塞泵正常工作后,定子角速度稳定在89.5~90.6 rad/s,呈周期变化,对定子运动起阻碍作用的滑靴个数为4、5交替变换。为高压大排量径向柱塞泵滑靴副设计、提高泵的性能提供一定参考。

深海声影区时频谱干涉结构与声源定位

被动声呐探测位于深海声影区的水面舰船辐射噪声时,接收信噪比通常较低,导致声源被动定位方法的性能较差。针对这一问题,提出一种利用接收信号时频谱干涉结构的声源距离和径向速度联合估计方法。首先根据射线声学理论,建立时频谱沿频率轴和时间轴的干涉条纹周期与声源距离和径向速度的关系,然后对接收信号时频谱进行二维傅里叶变换和多频带处理以估计上述干涉条纹周期,最后解算声源距离和径向速度。仿真和海试数据处理结果表明,相比于现有利用接收信号自相关的声源距离估计方法,该文利用时频谱二维傅里叶变换的声源定位方法具有较好的稳健性,比较适用于低信噪比条件下的声源被动定位。

用于视向速度测量的法珀标准具性能测试(特邀)

通过国家天文台兴隆观测基地2.16 m望远镜高色散光纤光谱仪,对一套置于真空恒温系统中的标准具进行测试分析。实测定标谱线频率间距~29.87 GHz,波长覆盖500~685 nm,波长范围内共有5425条谱线,谱线自身宽度小于光谱仪最小分辨单元。与激光频率梳同步对比测试表明,稳定后法布里-珀罗标准具谱线超过5 h的稳定性好于0.61 m/s,可以满足天文观测一个观测夜的稳定性需求。使用这些谱线对此光谱仪重新进行波长定标,并将激光频率梳作为已知的波长标准对定标结果进行检验,法布里-珀罗标准具波长解的残差标准差约为钍氩灯波长解的一半,说明其定标精度更高。