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We present the first section of a radio continuum and polarization survey at medium Galactic latitudes carried out with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope at 1.4 GHz. Four large fields have been observed, which all together cover an area of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. Uyaniker , E. Fuerst , W. Reich , P. Reich , R. Wielebinski

Most studies of the mean-free path accumulation function (MFPAF) rely on optical techniques to probe heat transfer at length scales on the order of the phonon mean-free path. In this paper, we propose and implement a purely electrical probe…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-12 Ashok T. Ramu , Nicole I. Halaszynski , Jonathan D. Peters , Carl D. Meinhart , John E. Bowers

In this paper we present the first on-sky results with the fibered aperture masking instrument FIRST. Its principle relies on the combination of spatial filtering and aperture masking using single-mode fibers, a novel technique that is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 E. Huby , G. Perrin , F. Marchis , S. Lacour , T. Kotani , G. Duchêne , E. Choquet , E. L. Gates , J. M. Woillez , O. Lai , P. Fédou , C. Collin , F. Chapron , V. Arslanyan , K. J. Burns

We present results from pulsar observations using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) as a phased array with infield phasing. The antennas were kept in phase throughout the observation by applying antenna based phase corrections…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 Sanjay Kudale , Jayaram Chengalur

LOFAR, the Low-Frequency Array, is a powerful new radio telescope operating between 10 and 240 MHz. LOFAR allows detailed sensitive high-resolution studies of the low-frequency radio sky. At the same time LOFAR also provides excellent short…

We develop a sophisticated model of FRB observations, accounting for the intrinsic cosmological gas distribution and host galaxy contributions, and give the most detailed account yet of observational biases due to burst width, dispersion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-05 C. W. James , J. X. Prochaska , J. -P. Macquart , F. North-Hickey , K. W. Bannister , A. Dunning

A fast full-wave simulation technique is presented for the analysis of large irregular planar arrays of identical 3-D metallic antennas. The solution method relies on the Macro Basis Functions (MBF) approach and an interpolatory technique…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Ha Bui-Van , Jens Abraham , Michel Arts , Quentin Gueuning , Christopher Raucy , David Gonzalez-Ovejero , Eloy de Lera Acedo , Christophe Craeye

We present the first astronomical observations obtained with an Apodizing Phase Plate (APP). The plate is designed to suppress the stellar diffraction pattern by 5 magnitudes from 2-9 lambda/D over a 180 degree region. Stellar images were…

The Raman spectra of CaFe2O4 were measured with several exact scattering configurations between 20 and 520K and the symmetry of all observed Raman lines was determined. The Ag and B2g lines were assigned to definite phonon modes by…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Kolev , M. N. Iliev , V. N. Popov , M. Gospodinov

Thanks to their highly coherent emission and compact form factor, single axial mode diamond Raman lasers have been identified as a valuable asset for applications including integrated quantum technology, high resolution spectroscopy or…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-17 Georgios Stoikos , Eduardo Granados

We report on the realization of high-performance silica integrated two-dimensional lens assisted beam-steering (LABS) arrays along with the first-of-their-kind point-to-multiplepoint optical frequency transfer. {The LABS equips with $N$…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-07-07 Liang Hu , Ruimin Xue , Xianyi Cao , Jiao Liu , Kan Wu , Guiling Wu , Jianping Chen

The Parkes Galactic All-Sky Survey (GASS) is a survey of Galactic atomic hydrogen (HI) emission in the southern sky observed with the Parkes 64-m Radio Telescope. The first data release was published by McClure-Griffiths et al. (2009). We…

This paper presents the characterization of near-field propagation regions for phased array antennas, with a particular focus on the propagation boundaries defined by Fraunhofer and Fresnel distances. These distances, which serve as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-06 Mehdi Monemi , Mehdi Rasti , Matti Latva-aho

This paper describes the technical details and practical implementation of the Mid-Frequency Square Kilometre Array (SKA) phase synchronisation system. Over a four-year period, the system has been tested on metropolitan fibre-optic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Sascha Schediwy , David Gozzard , Charles Gravestock , Simon Stobie , Richard Whitaker , Jocias Malan , Paul Boven , Keith Grainge

In time-domain radio astronomy with arrays, voltages from individual antennas are added together with proper delay and fringe correction to form the beam in real-time. In order to achieve the correct phased addition of antenna voltages one…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-11 Sanjay Kudale , Jayanta Roy , Jayaram N. Chengalur , Shyam Sharma , Sangita Kumari

We present a Bayesian analysis of data from the FIELDS instrument on board the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft with the aim of constraining low frequency ($\lesssim$ 6 MHz) sky in preparation for several upcoming lunar-based…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-29 Neil Bassett , David Rapetti , Bang D. Nhan , Brent Page , Jack O. Burns , Marc Pulupa , Stuart D. Bale

Modern radar systems are expected to operate reliably in congested environments. A candidate technology for meeting these demands is frequency agile radar (FAR), which randomly changes its carrier frequencies. FAR is known to improve the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-02 Tianyao Huang , Nir Shlezinger , Xingyu Xu , Dingyou Ma , Yimin Liu , Yonina C. Eldar

We describe the performance of our latest generations of sensitive wide-band high-resolution digital Fast Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FFTS). Their design, optimized for a wide range of radio astronomical applications, is presented.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Bernd Klein , Stefan Hochgürtel , Ingo Krämer , Andreas Bell , Klaus Meyer , Rolf Güsten

The Large European Array for Pulsars (LEAP) is a European Pulsar Timing Array project that combines the Lovell, Effelsberg, Nan\c{c}ay, Sardinia, and Westerbork radio telescopes into a single tied-array, and makes monthly observations of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 J. W. McKee , C. G. Bassa , S. Chen , M. Gaikwad , G. H. Janssen , R. Karuppusamy , M. Kramer , K. J. Lee , K. Liu , D. Perrodin , S. A. Sanidas , R. Smits , B. W. Stappers , L. Wang , W. W. Zhu

We present optical spectra and redshift measurements for 178 flat-spectrum objects from the Parkes quarter-Jansky flat-spectrum sample. These spectra were obtained in order to compile a complete sample of quasars for use in a study of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. M. Hook , P. A. Shaver , C. A. Jackson , J. V. Wall , K. I. Kellermann