Feasibility analysis for attitude estimation based on pulsar polarization measurement

Nan LUO; Lu-ping XU; Hua ZHANG; Qiang XIE

doi:10.1631/jzus.C1200291

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Feasibility analysis for attitude estimation based on pulsar polarization measurement

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- Feasibility analysis for attitude estimation based on pulsar polarization measurement
- Feasibility analysis for attitude estimation based on pulsar polarization measurement
- 信息与电子工程前沿（英文） 2013年14卷第6期页码：425-432
- Affiliations：
  
  School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Author bio：
  
  [ "Nan LUO, E-mail: nluo@mail.xidian.edu.cn" ]
- Funds：
  
  Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61172318) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Nos. K5051302015 and K5051302040)
- DOI：10.1631/jzus.C1200291
  中图分类号： TP2;V52
- 收稿：2012-10-25，
  
  修回：2013-;5-13，
  
  纸质出版：2013-06
- Accepted：
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Feasibility analysis for attitude estimation based on pulsar polarization measurement[J]. 信息与电子工程前沿（英文）, 2013,14(6):425-432.

Nan LUO, Lu-ping XU, Hua ZHANG, et al. Feasibility analysis for attitude estimation based on pulsar polarization measurement[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2013, 14(6): 425-432.
Feasibility analysis for attitude estimation based on pulsar polarization measurement[J]. 信息与电子工程前沿（英文）, 2013,14(6):425-432. DOI： 10.1631/jzus.C1200291.

Nan LUO, Lu-ping XU, Hua ZHANG, et al. Feasibility analysis for attitude estimation based on pulsar polarization measurement[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2013, 14(6): 425-432. DOI： 10.1631/jzus.C1200291.

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One of the important characteristics of pulsar radiation is polarization. It is considered not only as a probe for recognizing the structure of a magnetic field

but also as a lighthouse for estimating spacecraft attitude via orientation information between the pulsar and the detector. Although polarization of a pulsar has been studied for decades

until recently applications to determination of spacecraft attitude have been seldom reported. This paper deals with analysis of the feasibility of applying polarization information to attitude estimation. The stability factor (SFR) and observation fluctuation factor (OFR) are introduced to analyze the stability of a pulsar's polarized position angle. Based on European Pulsar Network (EPN) data

several simulated instances are used to demonstrate that the accuracy requirement of attitude determination can be met via polarization measurement. The SFR of a pulsar is evaluated using simulated polarization data

and the OFR is used to analyze the relationship between fluctuation extent and observation time. Simulation results show that the polarized measurement of candidate pulsars PSR B0470-28 and PSR B2319+60 reaches the specification for attitude determination.

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