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In-orbit Operation and Calibration Postprint of the Insight-HXMT Satellite

Li Xiaobo, Song Liming, Jia Shumei, Zheng Shijie, Zhao Haisheng
2025-08-19 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202508.00320 Mixed Source

The "Insight" Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (abbreviated as Insight satellite, with the English name Insight Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope, abbreviated as Insight-HXMT or HXMT), launched on June 15, 2017, marks the birth of China's first domestically developed observatory-class X-ray telescope. …

Automation and parallelization scheme to accelerate pulsar observation data processing postprint

Xingnan Zhang, Minghui Li, Minghui Li
2025-07-25 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202508.00172 Mixed Source

Previous studies aiming to accelerate data processing have focused on enhancement algorithms, using the graphics processing unit (GPU) to speed up programs, and thread-level parallelism. These methods overlook maximizing the utilization of existing central processing unit (CPU) resources and reducin…

Assessment of radio observatory sites using a multi-threshold algorithm (postprint)

Hang Yang, Liang Dong, Lesheng He, Lesheng He
2025-07-25 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202508.00173 Mixed Source

Radio environment plays an important role in radio astronomy observations. Further analysis is needed on the time and intensity distributions of interference signals for long-term radio environment monitoring. Sample variance is an important estimate of the interference signal decision threshold. He…

A monitoring system to improve fault diagnosis in telescope arrays (Postprint)

Yang Xu, Guangwei Li, Jing Wang, Liping Xin, Hongbo Cai, Xuhui Han, Xiaomeng Lu, Lei Huang, Jianyan Wei, Yang Xu
2025-07-25 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202508.00174 Mixed Source

The Ground-based Wide-Angle Cameras array necessitates the integration of more than 100 hardware devices, 100 servers, and 2 500 software modules that must be synchronized within a 3-second imaging cycle. However, the complexity of real-time, high-concurrency processing of large datasets has histori…

A scale determination method for MSMFS CLEAN based on gradient descent optimizer Postprint

Xueying He, Lei Tan, Ying Mei, Hui Deng, Ying Mei
2025-07-25 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202508.00175 Mixed Source

The performance of the deconvolution algorithm plays a crucial role in data processing of radio interferometers. The multi-scale multi-frequency synthesis (MSMFS) CLEAN is a widely used deconvolution algorithm for radio interferometric imaging, which combines the advantages of both wide-band synthes…

Calibration Reference Data Recommendation Method Postprint

Bowei Zhao, Wei Shoulin, Juanjuan Ren, Wang Feng, Ling Chenxiaoji, Liu Chao
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00052 Mixed Source

The efficient operation of automated astronomical data processing pipelines relies on precise calibration reference data recommendation mechanisms. Consequently, comprehensive calibration reference data systems have emerged. This paper systematically reviews the calibration reference data recommenda…

Length Sensing and Control of Ground-based Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (Postprint)

Liu Fangfei, Wang Mengyao, Zhang Fan
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00053 Mixed Source

During operation, ground-based laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors experience uncontrollable displacements in their internal optical systems due to various noise disturbances. To improve detector sensitivity and enable detection of weak gravitational wave signals, length sensing and c…

Testing and Analysis of Astronomical Applications of Domestically Developed Infrared Detectors (Postprint)

Zhang Yanming, Wen Xinrong, Fan Wenlong, Lin Chun, Wei Yanfeng, Yonghe Chen, Fu Yutian, Fan Weijun, Xu Chun
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00054 Mixed Source

In recent years, China has achieved breakthrough progress in the development of infrared detectors. To meet the requirements of astronomical observation, comprehensive testing of all performance metrics relevant to astronomical detection has been conducted on this infrared detector, obtaining import…

Postprint on Synchronous Control of Drive Motors in Radio Telescope Servo Systems

Tong Zichen, Xu Qian, Xue Fei
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00055 Mixed Source

The drive motors of radio telescope servo systems exhibit speed mismatch during operation, which, as telescope aperture increases and precision improves, severely impacts the high-precision pointing and tracking control of large-aperture radio telescopes. To reduce speed deviation during servo syste…

Application of Polyphase Filter Bank Technology in Low-Frequency All-Sky Total Power Measurement Experiments: Postprint

Wang Xingtao, Xiongwei Liu, Wang Weihua, Wu Yajun, Yu Yun, Yang Xiaolong
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00056 Mixed Source

As one of the important methods for probing the cosmic reionization epoch, the core objective of low-frequency all-sky total-power experiments is to search for the extremely weak neutral hydrogen 21 cm signal from the cosmic reionization epoch in the all-sky total-power spectrum within the frequency…

Pulsation Properties and Frequency Analysis of Three Large-Amplitude Delta Scuti Variables: Postprint

这是一个哈萨克族姓名,在哈萨克语中通常写作 **Айзада Жұмағали**。 - **阿衣扎达** (Āyīzhādá) 对应哈萨克名 **Ayzada** (Айзада),意为"月亮般美丽的姑娘" - **居马哈力** (Jūmǎhālì) 对应哈萨克姓氏 **Zhumagali** (Жұмағали) 标准拉丁转写:**Ayzada Zhumagali**, Lü Chenglong, Ali Ishamuddin, Yang Taozhi, Shen Lixian
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00057 Mixed Source

High-amplitude delta Scuti variable stars (HADS) are a subclass of delta Scuti pulsating variables, characterized by short pulsation periods, large amplitudes, and single or multiple radial pulsation modes, making them important targets for asteroseismic studies. Using time-series photometric data p…

Mass Measurements of Black Hole X-ray Transients Postprint

Zhou Ao, Wu Jianfeng
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00058 Mixed Source

To date, a total of 72 black hole X-ray transients and their candidates have been detected, of which 19 have received dynamical confirmation. These transients are X-ray binary systems composed of stellar-mass black holes and low-mass stars. Measurements of the fundamental parameters of stellar-mass …

Research Progress on Velocity Shifts in Quasar Absorption Lines: A Postprint

Lin Yingru, Lu Weijian, Qin Huanchang, Pan Caijuan
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00059

Outflows represent a crucial form of quasar feedback, playing a significant role in understanding the co-evolution of quasars and their host galaxies. We have collected relevant literature on velocity drifts in quasar outflow absorption lines, compiled case data, and conducted comparative analyses o…

Diffuse Radio Emission from Galaxy Clusters (Postprint)

Wenyu Wu, Xie Fuguo
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00060 Mixed Source

Galaxy clusters, as the largest self-gravitating bound systems in the universe, serve not only as laboratories for studying galaxy formation and evolution, but also as precise tracers of the large-scale structure of the universe. This work primarily introduces the observational characteristics, phys…

Postprint: Research Advances on the Physical Characteristics of Active Asteroid (3200) Phaethon

Zhang Xinyi, Ji Jianghui, Jiang Haoxuan
2025-07-02 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202507.00062 Mixed Source

We present a detailed review of the perihelion observational data and near-Earth observation events of active asteroid (3200) Phaethon, analyzing the activity mechanisms near perihelion, particularly those driven by thermal fracturing, water ice, and sodium sublimation. Based on investigations of Ph…

NGC 2264 Cone Region Extremely High-Velocity Molecular Outflow Postprint

LIU Xinrong, LI Jingjing, LIU Dejian, KONG Deyun, LI Yingjie, LIN Zehao, HAO Chaojie, BIAN Shuaibo
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00103 Mixed Source

Using high-sensitivity, high-resolution mapping observations of the 12CO (J = 1–0, J is the angular momentum quantum number) molecular line obtained with the 13.7 m millimeter-wave telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory Qinghai Station, extremely high-velocity gas with a total velocity width o…

Identification of FeLoBAL Quasars in SDSS DR7Q Using Convolutional Neural Networks (Postprint)

HE Ziqi, FU Yuming, WU Xuebing, HE Lingxue
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00104 Mixed Source

Iron low-ionization broad absorption line quasars (Fe Low-ionization Board Absorption Line Quasar, FeLoBALQ) represent one of the rarest subclasses of quasars. The radiation from these objects violently expels surrounding material, forming powerful high-velocity outflows in which low-ionization spec…

A Fast Prediction Method for Thermal Deformation of Large-Aperture Antennas (Postprint)

Lei Zhen, Qin Zhanpeng
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00105 Mixed Source

To address the problem of low computational efficiency in calculating thermally induced deformation of large reflector antennas, a method for rapidly predicting antenna thermal deformation is proposed. The method first establishes a thermal analysis model for a single antenna panel, then analyzes th…

Space Debris Tracking Data Association Method Based on Time Error Correction and Multi-Feature Joint Decision, Postprint

Wang Dongya, Huang Jian, Liang Wei
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00106 Mixed Source

For the catalog management of large batches of space debris, the correlation matching between wide-area surveillance orbit measurement data and cataloged targets is a prerequisite and key factor. The correlation accuracy rate not only affects normal catalog processing but also influences observation…

Postprint: Analysis Methods for Asteroid Impact Probability

Zheng Hang, Zhu Qingfeng, Song Yezhi, Li Xuzhi, Xu Xiaohui, Qiu Jinsheng, Zhao Junhan
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00108 Mixed Source

In response to the current situation of inconsistent conclusions among existing asteroid collision monitoring systems, this study investigates the linear approximation method employed by line of variation collision monitoring systems, concluding that the deviation between the orbital distribution ob…

Postprint: Research on Phase Detection Methods for Long-Baseline Stellar Optical Interferometry Based on Spatial Modulation

Wei Wei, Xu Teng, Hou Yonghui, Sun Yue
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00109 Mixed Source

Within the atmospheric isoplanatic angle, simultaneous measurement of interference fringes from both the scientific target and the tracking target enables microarcsecond-level astrometric precision through precise determination of the optical path difference between the two fringe patterns. For high…

Investigating the Evolution of Planetary Mass Ranking Entropy in Exoplanet Systems: Postprint

Wu Donghong
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00110 Mixed Source

This study defines entropy related to mass ordering in multi-planetary systems and investigates the impact of planetary system dynamical evolution on planetary mass-ordering entropy using Monte Carlo simulations and $N$-body dynamical numerical simulations. The results demonstrate that behaviors suc…

Postprint: Search for Tidal Structures in Massive Galaxies in the Nearby Universe

Huang Songli, Fang Min, Liu Wenhao, Zheng Xianzhong, Pan Zhizheng, Liu Binyang, Yang Chao, Chang Jiang, Wang Lei
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00111 Mixed Source

In the hierarchical clustering model of galaxy formation and evolution, interactions and merger processes between galaxies serve as important mechanisms for galaxy mass growth, producing low surface brightness tidal structures around galaxies. Observationally, long exposure times combined with speci…

Non-Newtonian Gravitational Effects of Color-Flavor-Locked Strange Stars and the Companion Star of the GW190814 Gravitational Wave Event Postprint

Pi Chunmei, Yang Shuhua
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00112 Mixed Source

Employing the standard MIT bag model, we investigate the influence of non-Newtonian gravitational effects on the structure of color-flavor locked phase strange stars. The results demonstrate that the maximum mass of color-flavor locked phase strange stars increases not only with increasing color-sup…

Differential Deuterium Enrichment of Multiple Molecular Species and Gaseous CO Depletion in Infrared Dark Cloud G 011.0970–0.1093

Kunpeng Shi, Siyi Feng, Shuting Lin, Lehan Gao
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00113 Mixed Source

Using molecular line mapping with the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 30 m radio telescope in the 1.3–4.0 mm band, combined with 70–870 μm continuum data and mapping of the $ {\rm{NH}}3$$(J, K)=(1, 1)$ and $(2, 2)$ lines with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) (where $J$ is the total an…

Simulation Design and Parameter Optimization of Microwave Cavities for Detection of Lighter-Mass Dark Matter Axions (Postprint)

Zhong Zhijiang, Zheng Hao, Gao Li, Jiang Qingquan, Wei Lianfu
2025-06-16 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00114 Mixed Source

Dark matter detection has long been a major scientific objective in modern astronomy and physics. Among these, the axion in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is considered a natural candidate for dark matter. Currently, electromagnetic response detection of axions with micro-electronvolt-scale mass has r…

Development of 6-inch 80–170 GHz Broadband Silicon-Plated Horn Antenna Arrays for Primordial Gravitational Wave Search (Postprint)

Yuan-Hang He, Shi-Bo Shu, Ya-Qiong Li, Xue-Feng Lu, Ye Chai, Xiang Li, Zhi Chang, He Gao, Yu-Dong Gu, Xu-Fang Li, Zheng-Wei Li, Zhou-Hui Liu, Guo-Feng Wang, Zhong-Xue Xin, Dai-Kang Yan, Ai-Mei Zhang, Yi-Fei Zhang, Yong-Jie Zhang, Wen-Hua Shi, Jue-Xian Cao and Cong-Zhan Liu
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00135 Mixed Source

Searching for primordial gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization signal is one of the key topics in modern cosmology. Cutting-edge CMB telescopes require thousands of pixels to maximize mapping speed. Using a modular design, the telescope focal plane is simplified t…

Stellar Parameters, Extinction, and Distances for Stars in SMSS DR2 by the SPar Method (Postprint)

Mingxu Sun, Bingqiu Chen, Baokun Sun, Tao Wang, Zheng Yu, Baisong Zhang, Lin Zhang, Yuxi Bao, Guangya Zeng, Ming Yang and Wenyuan Cui
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00136 Mixed Source

The availability of large data sets containing stellar parameters, distances, and extinctions for stars in the Milky Way, particularly within the Galactic disk, is essential for advancing our understanding of the Galaxy's stellar populations, structure, kinematics, and chemical evolution. In this st…

LAMOST Spectral Data Processing: Classification, Redshift Measurement, and Data Product Creation (Postprint)

Xiao Kong and A-Li Luo
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00137 Mixed Source

The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) has become a crucial resource in astronomical research, offering a vast amount of spectral data for stars, galaxies, and quasars. This paper presents the data processing methods used by LAMOST, focusing on the classification and …

MHD Simulations of the Slow-rise Phase of Solar Eruptions Initiated from a Sheared Magnetic Arcade (Postprint)

Qingjun Liu, Chaowei Jiang and Zhipeng Liu
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00138 Mixed Source

Before solar eruptions, a short-term slow-rise phase is often observed, during which the pre-eruption structure ascends at speeds much greater than the photospheric motions but much less than those of the eruption phase. Numerical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the coronal evolution driven…

2.5 m Space Station Co-orbiting Coaxial Telescope Postprint

Su, Dingqiang, Bai, Hua, Yuan, Xiangyan, Liu, Genrong, Cui, Xiangqun, and Jiao, Xiaojie
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00139 Mixed Source

The China Space Station Telescope (CSST) is primarily designed for large-scale multi-color imaging and seamless spectroscopic survey, while also accommodating observations with an integral field spectrograph (IFS), multi-channel imaging, direct imaging of exoplanets, and terahertz-band observations.…

Improving Photometric Redshift Estimation for CSST Mock Catalog Using SED Templates Calibrated with Perturbation Algorithm: Postprint

Yicheng Li, Liping Fu, Zhu Chen, Zhijian Luo, Wei Du, Yan Gong, Xianmin Meng, Junhao Lu, Zhirui Tang, Pengfei Chen, Shaohua Zhang, Chenggang Shu, Xingchen Zhou and Zuhui Fan
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00115 Mixed Source

Photometric redshifts of galaxies obtained from multi-wavelength data are widely used in photometric surveys due to their high efficiency. Although various methods have been developed, template fitting remains one of the most popular approaches. Its accuracy strongly depends on the quality of spectr…

A Widely Applicable Galaxy Group Finder Using Machine Learning: Application to SDSS DR13 Postprint

Juntao Ma, Jie Wang, Tianxiang Mao, Hongxiang Chen, Yuxi Meng, Cheng Li, Xiaohu Yang and Qingyang Li
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00116 Mixed Source

We present the application of a machine learning based galaxy group finder to real observational data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 13 (SDSS DR13). Originally designed and validated using simulated galaxy surveys in redshift space, our method utilizes deep neural networks to recogni…

Period–luminosity and Period–luminosity–metallicity Relations for δ Scuti Stars postprint

Yan-Qi Liu, Xiao-Dian Chen, Shu Wang, Kun Wang, Qi Jia and Li-Cai Deng
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00117 Mixed Source

δ Scuti (δ Sct) stars are potential distance tracers for studying the Milky Way structure. We conduct a comprehensive analysis of the period–luminosity (PL) and period–luminosity–metallicity (PLZ) relations for δ Sct stars, integrating data from the Zwicky Transient Facility, the Transiting Exoplane…

Dependence of 4000 Å Break Strength on Narrow Emission Line Properties in Local Type-2 AGN (Postprint)

Xue-Guang Zhang
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00118 Mixed Source

In this manuscript, we report evidence to support the dependence of Dn4000 (4000 Å break strength to trace stellar ages) on central active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity traced by narrow emission line properties in local Type-2 AGN in SDSS DR16. Based on the measured Dn4000 and flux ratios of [O iii…

A Study of Multiple Molecular Lines at the 3 mm Band toward Gas Infalling Sources (Postprint)

Yang Yang, Xi Chen, Zhibo Jiang, Zhiwei Chen, Shuling Yu and Jun Li
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00119 Mixed Source

The study of multiple molecular spectral lines in gas infalling sources can provide the physical and chemical properties of these sources and help us estimate their evolutionary stages. We report line detections within the 3 mm band using the FTS wide-sideband mode of the IRAM 30 m telescope toward …

Thermal Evolution of the Central Compact Object in HESS J1731−347 as Evidence for a Color-flavor-locked Strange Star Postprint

Ya-Jing Yuan and Xia Zhou
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00120 Mixed Source

The central compact object XMMU J173203.3−344518 in the supernova remnant HESS J1731−347 challenges conventional neutron star models due to its low mass and high redshifted surface temperature eV (). We investigate the observational properties of XMMU J173203.3−344518 within a color-flavor-locked(CF…

The Nature of the Accretion Physics in Quiescent Black Hole System LB-1 Postprint

Tong Su, Erlin Qiao, Song Wang and Qi Guo
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00121 Mixed Source

LB-1 is a binary system that has drawn great attention since its discovery in 2019. The two components of LB-1 are suggested to be a B-type star plus a black hole (BH). In this paper, we first calculate the wind mass-loss rate of the B-type star. We then calculate the mass capture rate by the BH, wi…

Forming a Clumpy Circumstellar Material in Energetic Pre-supernova Activity postprint

Shlomi Hillel, Ron Schreier and Noam Soker
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00122 Mixed Source

We demonstrate by three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of energy deposition into the envelope of a red supergiant model the inflation of a Rayleigh–Taylor unstable envelope that forms a compact clumpy circumstellar material (CSM). Our simulations mimic vigorous core activity years to months …

Photometric Calibration of Spectral Imaging CoronaGraph with Dual-wavelength Observation Postprint

Ning Tang, Wei-Xin Liu, Xian-Liang Mao, Xiao-Yu Yu, Xiu-Hui Zuo, Bo-Yu Sun, Hao-Ran Zheng, Da-Yang Liu, Xue-Fei Zhang, Ming-Zhe Sun, Zheng-Hua Huang, Hui Fu and Li-Dong Xia
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00123 Mixed Source

The Spectral Imaging CoronaGraph (SICG) serves as the optical observation equipment of E-corona in the Chinese Meridian Project Phase II, which aims at monitoring the initial source of solar activities. For the purpose of in-depth exploration and space weather forecast in the full chain of Sun–Earth…

Characteristics, Classification and Challenges in Searching for CEMP Stars Postprint

Lefeng He, Xiangru Li, Xiaoming Kong, A-Li Luo and Haifeng Yang
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00124 Mixed Source

The study of carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars is of great significance for understanding the chemical evolution of the early universe and stellar formation. CEMP stars are characterized by carbon overabundance and are classified into several subclasses based on the abundance patterns of neutr…

The Short-spacing Interferometer Array for Global 21 cm Signal Detection (SIGMA): Design of the Antennas and Layout Postprint

Feiyu Zhao, Quan Guo, Qian Zheng, Ruxi Liang, Pengfei Zhang, Yajun Wu, Junhua Gu, Zhao Yang, Yun Yu, Yan Huang and Tianyang Liu
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00125 Mixed Source

Numerous experiments have been designed to investigate the Cosmic Dawn (CD) and Epoch of Reionization (EoR) by examining redshifted 21 cm emissions from neutral hydrogen. Detecting the global spectrum of redshifted 21 cm signals is typically achieved through single-antenna experiments. However, this…

A Cartesian Catalog of 30 Million Gaia Sources Based on Second-order and Monte Carlo Error Propagation Postprint

Luyao Zhang, Fabo Feng, Yicheng Rui, Guang-Yao Xiao and Wenting Wang
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00126 Mixed Source

Accurate measurements of stellar positions and velocities are crucial for studying galactic and stellar dynamics. We aim to create a Cartesian catalog from Gaia DR3 to serve as a high-precision database for further research using stellar coordinates and velocities. To avoid the negative parallax val…

Unveiling the Quenching Mode of Dwarf Galaxies Beyond Redshift z = 1 with JWST Image Stacking (Postprint)

Yubin Li, Nan Li, Fengshan Liu, Jirong Mao, Qifan Cui, Jian Ren, Pinsong Zhao, Hao Mo, Qi Song and Xin Zhang
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00127 Mixed Source

Recent JWST observations have revealed that dwarf galaxies start to cease star formation at redshifts z > 1, yet the quenching process remains unclear. In this study, we selected a large sample of 3405 dwarf galaxies with stellar masses below 10^9.5 M⊙ and redshifts ranging from 1.0 to 1.5 across al…

Exploring H i Galaxy Redshift Survey Strategies for the FAST Core Array Interferometry (Postprint)

Zhenglong Li, Diyang Liu, Chengliang Xu, Yichao Li and Xin Zhang
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00128 Mixed Source

We explore the feasibility of H i galaxy redshift surveys with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and its proposed Core Array interferometry. Using semi-analytical simulations, we compare the performance of the FAST single-dish and Core Array modes in drift scan (DS) and on-t…

Improving Pulsar Candidate Identification with Grid Group Uniform Sampling Postprint

Yi-Ning Song, Mao-Zheng Chen and Zhi-Yong Liu
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00129 Mixed Source

Pulsar candidate identification is an indispensable task in pulsar science. Based on the characteristics of imbalanced and diverse pulsar data sets, and the lack of a unified processing framework, we first used dimensionality reduction and visualization to analyze potential deficiencies caused by th…

The Photometric Investigation of Totally Eclipsing Contact Binaries NSVS 9023048 and NSVS 2461789 Postprint

Wei Tao, Bin Zhang and Zhen Zhong
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00130 Mixed Source

In this paper, new light curve fitting and orbital period change analysis of two contact binaries NSVS 9023048 and NSVS 2461789 are presented. We found that both of them are totally eclipsing contact binaries. Our photometric solutions suggest that NSVS 9023048 is a deep contact binary (q = 10.14, f…

Optimizing the Input of Liouville Convolution Improves the 10 Day Predictions of Polar Motion Postprint

Wei Miao, Xueqing Xu and Yonghong Zhou
2025-06-13 ChinaXiv: chinaxiv-202506.00131 Mixed Source

This study addresses the critical technical need to enhance the 1–10 day prediction accuracy of polar motion (PM) in satellite autonomous navigation and deep space exploration, with a focus on optimizing the convolution input accuracy within the least squares and autoregression with effective angula…