宇宙尘埃轨迹探测器信号提取方法及反演精度影响因素分析

Method for information extraction of a cosmic dust trajectory sensor and analysis of influencing factors on inversion process

  • 摘要: 利用基于多层金属丝栅网的尘埃轨迹探测器(DTS)可获得宇宙尘埃粒子的速度及电荷信息,对确定粒子起源、揭示带电尘埃粒子与行星际空间环境的相互作用具有重要意义。文章针对利用DTS探测信号提取尘埃粒子速度和电荷信息的方法进行研究,并仿真分析反演精度的影响因素。结果表明,尘埃粒子电荷量和速度大小的探测误差随尘埃粒子速度的增大而增大,随探测器电荷噪声比(QNR)的增大而减小,不受尘埃粒子入射角θy和尘埃带电量的影响;当QNR大于10时,对尘埃粒子的电荷量、速度和运动方向的反演精度分别优于1.5%、0.8%和0.6°。以上结果可为DTS设计及其后续空间应用提供参考。

     

    Abstract: The velocity and charge information of cosmic dust particles can be obtained by dust trajectory sensor (DTS) based on the multi-layer metal wire grids, which is of great significance for determining the origin of dust particles and revealing the interactions between charged dust particles and interplanetary space environment. In this paper, the method of extracting information of cosmic dust particle velocity and charge from the detected signals by DTS was studied, and the factors affecting the detection precision were simulated and analyzed. The results indicate that, the detection error of dust charge and velocity increases with the increasing dust particle velocity, and decreases with the increasing charge to noise ratio (QNR) of the detector, while are independent of the impact of dust particle incidence angle and dust particle charge. When the QNR is larger than 10, the detection precision of charge, velocity and motion direction for dust particles are better than 1.5%, 0.8% and 0.6°, respectively. The simulation can be used as a reference for DTS design and its follow-up space applications.

     

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