频率校准的激光异质辐射测量用于精确的辐射速度测量
Ryan K Cole1,2, Connor Fredrick1,3, Winter Parts4,5
1Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA; rcole@bates.edu, scott.diddams@colorado.edu.
概括
研究人员开发了一种用于光盘集成太阳光谱的新方法,该方法使用激光异质激光计 (LHR) 和光频校准. 这种方法实现了每秒亚米的辐射速度精度,这对于研究恒星活动至关重要.
科学领域:
- 太阳物理 太阳物理
- 恒星活动的恒星活动
- 频谱学是一种光谱学.
背景情况:
- 盘集成的太阳观测提供了对恒星活动的独特见解.
- 辐射速度测量是了解恒星行为和系外行星探测的关键.
- 现有的方法在精度和准确性方面面临挑战.
研究的目的:
- 引入和评估用于盘集成太阳光谱学的新方法.
- 评估这种新方法对精确太阳辐射速度测量的能力.
- 量化影响辐射速度测量的不确定性来源.
主要方法:
- 使用近红外激光异质激光仪 (LHR) 与光学频校准相结合.
- 在六周的时间内记录了Fe I 1565nm过渡的太阳光谱.
- 使用每日测量稳定性评估的绝对线中心.
主要成果:
- 实现了高光谱分辨率 (∼800,000) 和信号与噪声比 (∼2600).
- 在一天内证明了次米/秒的辐射速度精度.
- 量化影响辐射速度测量的主要不确定性来源.
结论:
- 子校准的LHR方法可以实现精确的磁盘集成太阳光谱学.
- 这种方法提供了高绝对频率准确性和长期稳定性.
- 未来的修改可以进一步提高其用于恒星变异性研究的实用性.
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