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The millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies offer the potential for enormous capacity wireless links. However, designing robust communication systems at these frequencies requires that we understand the channel dynamics over both time and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-12-18 Christopher Slezak , Aditya Dhananjay , Sundeep Rangan

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation observatory employing different types of Cherenkov telescopes for the detection of particle showers initiated by very-high-energy gamma rays. A good knowledge of the Earth's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 Stanislav Stefanik , Raquel de los Reyes , Dalibor Nosek

By analysing the radio emissions from air showers using interferometry, we can estimate their properties. In this contribution, we apply interferometry to reconstruct air-shower parameters based on measurements taken with the Auger…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-08 Pim van Dillen

Ground-level particle detection is now a well-established approach to TeV gamma-ray astronomy. Detection of Cherenkov light produced in water-filled detection units is a proven and cost-effective method. Here we discuss the optimization of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-22 Samridha Kunwar , Hazal Goksu , Jim Hinton , Harm Schoorlemmer , Andrew Smith , Werner Hofmann , Felix Werner

This paper describes the system architecture of a newly constructed radio telescope - the Boolardy Engineering Test Array, which is a prototype of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope. Phased array feed technology is…

One of the notorious problems of frequency modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar is leakage between the transmitter and the receiver. The phase noise of the leakage is expressed as a skirt around the leakage signal on power spectrum. It…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-27 Junhyeong Park , Seungwoon Park , Seong-Ook Park

We retrieved the total content of the atmospheric water vapor (or Integrated Water Vapor, IWV) from extensive sets of photometric data obtained since 1995 at Lindenberg Meteorological Observatory with star and sun photometers. Different…

Spectra of thermal fluctuations of a wide range of interfaces, from liquid/air, viscoelastic material/air, liquid/liquid, to liquid/viscoelastic material interfaces, were measured over 100 Hz to 10 MHz frequency range. The obtained spectra…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-05-31 Kenichiro Aoki , Takahisa Mitsui

In order to meet its cutting-edge scientific objectives, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope requires high-precision frequency references to be distributed to each of its antennas. The frequency references are distributed via…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-20 David Gozzard , Sascha Schediwy , Richard Dodson , Maria Rioja , Mike Hill , Brett Lennon , Jock McFee , Peter Mirtschin , Jamie Stevens , Keith Grainge

We present the results of a coordinated campaign conducted with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) to shadow Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) detected by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) at 1.4 GHz, which resulted in…

Dual-tip phase-detection probes can be used to measure flow properties in gas-liquid flows. Traditionally, time-averaged interfacial velocities have been obtained through cross-correlation analysis of long time-series of phase fraction…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-01-14 Matthias Kramer , Benjamin Hohermuth , Daniel Valero , Stefan Felder

A host of new low-frequency radio telescopes seek to measure the 21-cm transition of neutral hydrogen from the early universe. These telescopes have the potential to directly probe star and galaxy formation at redshifts $20 \gtrsim z…

I highlight the synergies of the Wide Field X-ray Telescope (WFXT) with the next generation radio surveys, including those to be obtained with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder and the Square Kilometre Array, and discuss the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-27 P. Padovani

The most important limitation for ground-based submillimetre (submm) astronomy is the broad-band absorption of the total water vapour in the atmosphere above an observation site, often expressed as the Precipitable Water Vapour (PWV). A…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 P. Tremblin , N. Schneider , V. Minier , G. Al. Durand , J. Urban

In the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is one of the key parts. The WCDA consists of 3600 Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs) scattered in a 90000 m2 area, and both high precision time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-06 Lei Zhao , Cong Ma , Shaoping Chu , Xingshun Gao , Zouyi Jiang , Ruoshi Dong , Shubin Liu , Qi An

The concept of a small, single-layer water Cherenkov detector, with three photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), placed at its bottom in a $120^{\circ}$ star configuration (\emph{Mercedes} Water Cherenkov Detector) is presented. The PMTs are placed…

We have built an Atmospheric Transmission Monitoring Camera (aTmCam), which consists of four telescopes and detectors each with a narrow-band filter that monitors the brightness of suitable standard stars. Each narrowband filter is selected…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Ting Li , D. L. DePoy , J. L. Marshall , D. Q. Nagasawa , D. W. Carona , S. Boada

A method for recognizing the types of linear acoustic gravity waves (AGWs) in the atmosphere from satellite measurements is proposed. It is shown that the polarization relations between fluctuations of wave parameters (velocity, density,…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Yu. O. Klymenko , A. K. Fedorenko , E. I. Kryuchkov , O. K. Cheremnykh , A. D. Voitsekhovska , Yu. O. Selivanov

The radiation pattern of an antenna array depends on the excitation weights and the geometry of the array. Due to wind and atmospheric conditions, outdoor millimeter wave antenna elements are subject to full or partial blockages from a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-10 Mohammed E. Eltayeb , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Robert W. Heath

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Experiment is a second-generation highsensitivity gamma-ray and cosmic-ray detector that builds on the experience and technology of the Milagro observatory. Like Milagro, HAWC utilizes the water…

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