Using single millisecond pulsar for terrestrial position determination

doi:10.1007/s10509-019-3531-2

	Using single millisecond pulsar for terrestrial position determination
	Han, Wei 1,2; Wang, Na 1,3,4; Wang, Jingbo 1; Yuan, Jianping 1; He, Dalin 1
刊名	ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
	2019-03-01
卷号	364 期号:3 页码:11
关键词	Pulsars Timing Position determination
ISSN号	0004-640X
DOI	10.1007/s10509-019-3531-2
通讯作者	Wang, Na(na.wang@xao.ac.cn)
英文摘要	With precise observatory coordinates, we can convert the site arrival times (SATs) of observed pulses to barycenter by adopting correct pulsar timing model. In this paper, we time millisecond pulsars to determine the position of the radio telescope reversely. By using data from the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project, we show that the position of the Parkes radio telescope can be determined with an error of tens to hundreds of meters. In the presence of "red" timing noise, we apply generalized least-squares (GLS) solution based on "Cholesky" method to provide better position estimations. Meanwhile, we investigate the positioning accuracy with the different data spans. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of single pulsar terrestrial navigation, a few observations from PSR J0437-4715 are used to perform the position determination tests. The statistical results show an overall accuracy of similar to 300 m with only three or four observations. As more observations are involved, the positioning accuracy increases significantly.
WOS研究方向	Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS记录号	WOS:000462147700001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://libir.pmo.ac.cn/handle/332002/24169]
专题	中国科学院紫金山天文台
通讯作者	Wang, Na
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Astron Observ, 150,Sci 1 St, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, 19A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Radio Astron, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.Xinjiang Key Lab Radio Astrophys, 150,Sci 1 St, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Han, Wei,Wang, Na,Wang, Jingbo,et al. Using single millisecond pulsar for terrestrial position determination[J]. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE,2019,364(3):11.
APA	Han, Wei,Wang, Na,Wang, Jingbo,Yuan, Jianping,&He, Dalin.(2019).Using single millisecond pulsar for terrestrial position determination.ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE,364(3),11.
MLA	Han, Wei,et al."Using single millisecond pulsar for terrestrial position determination".ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE 364.3(2019):11.