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The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is poised to revolutionize astrophysics and cosmology in the late 2030's by unlocking unprecedented insights into the most energetic and elusive astrophysical phenomena. The mission envisages…

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Analyzing measurements of the LOPES antenna array together with corresponding CoREAS simulations for more than 300 measured events with energy above $10^{17}\,$eV and zenith angles smaller than $45^\circ$, we find that the radio wavefront…

We consider an error model for phased array with gain errors and phase errors, with errors dependent on the phase applied and the antenna index. Under this model, we propose an algorithm for measuring the errors by selectively turning on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-21 Joyson Sebastian , Pranav Dayal , Kee-Bong Song , Walid AliAhmad

In order to meet the theoretically achievable imaging performance, calibration of modern radio interferometers is a mandatory challenge, especially at low frequencies. In this perspective, we propose a novel parallel iterative…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-09 Martin Brossard , Mohammed Nabil El Korso , Marius Pesavento , Rémy Boyer , Pascal Larzabal , Stefan J. Wijnholds

In Extensive Air Shower (EAS) experiments, the primary direction is reconstructed by the space-time pattern of secondary particles. Thus the equalization of the transit time of signals coming from different parts of the detector is crucial…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-29 H. H. He , P. Bernardini , A. K. Calabrese Melcarne , S. Z. Chen

The radio astronomy community is currently building a number of phased array telescopes. The calibration of these telescopes is hampered by the fact that covariances of signals from closely spaced antennas are sensitive to noise coupling…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-15 Stefan J. Wijnholds , Alle-Jan van der Veen

Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers are a well-established technology with a strong track record in experimental cosmology, making them ideal for current and future radio astronomy instruments. The Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-06 Victoria L. Butler , James J. Bock , Dongwoo T. Chung , Abigail T. Crites , King Lau , Ian Lowe , Dan P. Marrone , Evan C. Mayer , Benjamin J. Vaughan , Michael Zemcov

A new technique for maintaining high contrast in an atom interferometer is used to measure large de Broglie wave phase shifts. Dependence of an interaction induced phase on the atoms' velocity is compensated by applying an engineered…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tony D. Roberts , Alexander D. Cronin , Martin V. Tiberg , David E. Pritchard

LOFAR is a new and sensitive radio interferometer that can be used for dynamic high-resolution imaging spectroscopy at low radio frequencies from 10 to 90 and 110 to 250 MHz. Here we describe its usage for observations of the Sun and in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-22 Frank Breitling , Gottfried Mann , Christian Vocks , Matthias Steinmetz , Klaus G. Strassmeier

A new method of angle estimation of multiple targets using a distributed interferometric antenna array and wideband space-time modulation is presented in this work. Interferometric array measurements of angle of arrival are generally…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-24 Stavros Vakalis , Jeffrey A. Nanzer

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna is a foreseen gravitational wave detector, which aims to detect $10^{-20}$ strains in the frequency range from 0.1 mHz to 1 Hz. It is a triangular constellation, with equal sides of $2,5 \times 10^9$…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 C P Sasso , G Mana , S Mottini

We present results from a first attempt to mitigate radio frequency interference in real-time during astronomical measurements with a phased array feed on the 64 m Parkes radio telescope. Suppression of up to 20 dB was achieved despite…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-16 A. P. Chippendale , G. Hellbourg

Diverse applications in photonics and microwave engineering require a means of measurement of the instantaneous frequency of a signal. A photonic implementation typically applies an interferometer equipped with three or more output ports to…

In radio astronomy, accurate calibration is of crucial importance for the new generation of radio interferometers. More specifically, because of the potential presence of outliers which affect the measured data, robustness needs to be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-01 Virginie Ollier , Mohammed Nabil El Korso , André Ferrari , Rémy Boyer , Pascal Larzabal

The Madison AWAKE Prototype (MAP) is a high-power, high-density helicon plasma experiment. The project's main goal is to develop a scalable plasma source for use in a beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator as part of the AWAKE project. We…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-11 Marcel Granetzny , Barret Elward , Oliver Schmitz

This proceeding gives a summary of the current status and open questions of the radio technique for cosmic-ray air showers, assuming that the reader is already familiar with the principles. It includes recent results of selected experiments…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-20 Frank G. Schröder

Measurements of optical range and time-of-flight are crucial for a variety of high-precision technologies. Competitive optical measurement techniques have been developed that balance precision with accuracy and system complexity. Here, we…

In wireless ad hoc networks, distributed nodes can collaboratively form an antenna array for long-distance communications to achieve high energy efficiency. In recent work, Ochiai, et al., have shown that such collaborative beamforming can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Athina P. Petropulu , Lun Dong , H. Vincent Poor

Focal plane wavefront sensing is an appealing technique to cophase multiple aperture telescopes. Phase diversity, operable with any aperture configuration or source extension, generally suffers from high computing load. In this Letter, we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-07 Sebastien Vievard , Aurelie Bonnefois , Frederic Cassaing , Joseph Montri , Laurent Mugnier

We show that distances of objects at cosmological distances can be measured directly using interferometry. Our approach to interferometric parallax comes from analysis of 4-point amplitude and intensity correlations that can be generated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Pankaj Jain , John P. Ralston