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This paper presents a case study from a single, six-hour observing period to illustrate the application of techniques developed for interferometric radio telescopes to the spectral analysis of observations of ionospheric fluctuations with…

Space Physics · Physics 2014-02-05 Joseph Helmboldt , Huib Intema

Recent low-frequency array (LOFAR) radio signal detections bearing from the $\tau$ Bo\"otis system have been cautiously attributed to auroral emissions from the hot Jupiter $\tau$ Bo\"otis Ab. The auroral emissions are believed to be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Dag Evensberget , Aline A. Vidotto , Filip Elekes , Sandra V. Jeffers , Rik T. Luisman

There is a growing appreciation that the environmental conditions that we call space weather impact the technological infrastructure that powers the coupled economies around the world. With that comes the need to better shield society…

We present a study of scintillation induced by the mid-latitude ionosphere. By implementing methods currently used in Interplanetary Scintillation studies to measure amplitude scintillation at low frequencies, we have proven it is possible…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 A. Waszewski , J. Morgan , C. H. Jordan

Since 1978, sensors on remote-sensing satellites have provided global, multi-band images at optical wavelengths to assess ocean color. In parallel, sophisticated radiative transfer models account for attenuation and emission by the Earth's…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-08-13 J. Xavier Prochaska , Robert J. Frouin

A new architecture is presented for a Networked Signal Processing System (NSPS) suitable for handling the real-time signal processing of multi-element radio telescopes. In this system, a multi-element radio telescope is viewed as an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-02 Peeyush Prasad , C. R. Subrahmanya

Propagation effects are one of the main sources of noise in high-precision pulsar timing. For pulsars below an ecliptic latitude of $5^\circ$, the ionised plasma in the solar wind can introduce dispersive delays of order 100 microseconds…

The MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey (MeerKLASS) collaboration has acquired multiple passes of L-band (856-1712 MHz) scanning observations over a 268 deg$^2$ sky region. This scanning enables efficient, large-area sky surveys by…

In this data report we discuss reprocessing of the Space Technology 5 (ST5) magnetometer database for inclusion in NASA's Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb) virtual observatory. The mission consisted of three spacecraft flying in…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-06-09 D. J. Knipp , L. M. Kilcommons , J. Gjerloev , R. J. Redmon , J. Slavin , G. Le

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will open the low-frequency (0.1-100 mHz) part of the gravitational wave spectrum to direct observation. Of order 3600 galactic close binary white dwarfs will be individually resolvable in its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Ronald F. Webbink

Results from initial helioseismic observations by Solar Optical Telescope onboard Hinode are reported. It has been demonstrated that intensity oscillation data from Broadband Filter Imager can be used for various helioseismic analyses. The…

This Letter addresses the first Solar Orbiter (SO) -- Parker Solar Probe (PSP) quadrature, occurring on January 18, 2021, to investigate the evolution of solar wind from the extended corona to the inner heliosphere. Assuming ballistic…

TianQin is a proposed space-borne gravitational wave (GW) observatory composed of three identical satellites orbiting around the geocenter with a radius of $10^5$ km. It aims at detecting GWs in the frequency range of 0.1 mHz -- 1 Hz. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 Wei Su , Yan Wang , Chen Zhou , Lingfeng Lu , Ze-Bing Zhou , T. Li , Tong Shi , Xin-Chun Hu , Ming-Yue Zhou , Ming Wang , Hsien-Chi Yeh , Han Wang , P. F. Chen

One of the primary objectives for Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) is to detect a stochastic background generated by the incoherent superposition of gravitational waves (GWs), in particular from the cosmic population of supermassive black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-09-30 Chiara M. F. Mingarelli , Trevor Sidery

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) was launched in December 1995 with a suite of instruments designed to answer long-standing questions about the Sun's internal structure, its extensive outer atmosphere, and the solar wind. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Steven R. Cranmer

The Oort Cloud remains one of the most poorly explored regions of the Solar System. We propose that its properties can be constrained by studying a population of dust grains produced in collisions of comets in the outer Solar System. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Alex R. Howe , Roman R. Rafikov

We present results from the first on-sky demonstration of a prototype astronomical integrated photonic spectrograph (IPS) using the Anglo-Australian Telescope near-infrared imaging spectrometer (IRIS2) at Siding Spring Observatory to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 N. Cvetojevic , J. S. Lawrence , S. C. Ellis , J. Bland-Hawthorn , R. Haynes , A. Horton

Compressive plasma turbulence is investigated at sub-ion scales in the solar wind using both the Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) instrument on the Magnetospheric MultiScale mission (MMS), as well as using calibrated spacecraft potential…

The Sky Polarization Observatory is an experiment selected by ESA for the Early Opportunity Phase onboard the International Space Station. SPOrt is the first payload specifically designed for polarization measurements, it will provide near…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Michele Orsini , Ettore Carretti , Stefano Cortiglioni

Spatial variation in the intensity of magnetospheric and ionospheric fluctuation during solar storms creates ground-induced currents, of importance in both infrastructure engineering and geophysical science. This activity is currently…