BRITE-Constellation 纳卫星空间任务及其首批科学成果
太阳与恒星天体物理
2017-11-08 v1
摘要
BRIght Target Explorer (BRITE) Constellation 是首个应用于天体物理研究的纳卫星任务。五颗位于近地轨道的卫星对夜空中最亮的恒星进行精确的双色光学测光。BRITE 自然非常适合热星的变星研究。本文描述了该任务的基本轮廓以及一些需要克服的初始问题。提供了一些关于 BRITE 数据产品、如何访问它们以及如何参与其科学探索的信息。最后，简要总结了 BRITE 获得的首批科学成果。
引用
@article{arxiv.1611.02161,
title = {The BRITE-Constellation Nanosatellite Space Mission And Its First Scientific Results},
author = {G. Handler and A. Pigulski and W. W. Weiss and A. F. J. Moffat and R. Kuschnig and G. A. Wade and P. Orleanski and S. M. Rucinski and O. Koudelka and R. Smolec and K. Zwintz and J. M. Matthews and A. Popowicz and D. Baade and C. Neiner and A. A. Pamyatnykh and J. Rowe and A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.02161},
year = {2017}
}
备注
5 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of "Seismology of the Sun and the Distant Stars 2016. Using Today's Successes to Prepare the Future. Joint TASC2/KASC9 Workshop - SPACEINN/HELAS8 Conference", ed. M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro