Decametric Solar Radio Spectrometer Based on 4-element Beamforming Array and Initial Observational Results  

作　　者：Shao-Jie Guo Guan-Nan Gao Fa-Xin Shen Feng-Hui Yang Liang Dong Min Wang 

机构地区：[1]Yunnan Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming 650216,China [2]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China [3]Yunnan Key Laboratory of the Solar Physics and Space Science,Kunming 650216,China [4]Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming 650216,China

出　　处：《Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics》2023年第8期82-91,共10页天文和天体物理学研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)grants 11703089 and 11903080;the support by the National SKA Program of China(No.2022SKA0120101);Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(No.202301AT070325);the support by Kunming International Cooperation Base Project(GHJD-2021022);the support of Yunnan Key Laboratory of Solar physics and Space Science,Kunming(202205AG070009)。

摘　　要：The dynamic spectral observation at decametric wavelength is important to study solar radio physics and space weather.However,the observing system is difficult to observe with high sensitivity at this band due to the fact that the system temperature is dominated by the sky background noise and the antenna is difficult to design with high gain.An effective solution to improve the sensitivity is constructing an antenna array based on the beamforming method.Accordingly,we develop a decametric solar radio spectrometer system based on a 4-element beamforming array.The system consists of four antennas,an 8-channel analog receiver and a digital receiver.We use the true time delay to implement the beamformer and the classical FFT method to perform spectrum analysis in the digital receiver.Operating at a frequency range of 25–65 MHz with dual-circular polarizations,the system provides high resolution dynamic spectrum with spectral resolution of~12 kHz and temporal resolution of~5.3 ms(typical).Tens of solar radio bursts have been observed successfully during the period of the trial observation,demonstrating the system's ability to detect fine structures with high spectral and temporal resolution.In this article,we present the design,implementation,and initial observational results of the decametric solar radio spectrometer system in detail.

关 键 词：INSTRUMENTATION spectrographs-methods observational-Sun radio radiation-radiation dynamics 

分 类 号：P182.24[天文地球—天文学] P111.41