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The past decade has seen the rise of various radio astronomy arrays, particularly for low-frequency observations below 100MHz. These developments have been primarily driven by interesting and fundamental scientific questions, such as…

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We present the results of a four-month campaign searching for low-frequency radio transients near the North Celestial Pole with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), as part of the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS). The data were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-21 A. J. Stewart , R. P. Fender , J. W. Broderick , T. E. Hassall , T. Muñoz-Darias , A. Rowlinson , J. D. Swinbank , T. D. Staley , G. J. Molenaar , B. Scheers , T. L. Grobler , M. Pietka , G. Heald , J. P. McKean , M. E. Bell , A. Bonafede , R. P. Breton , D. Carbone , Y. Cendes , A. O. Clarke , S. Corbel , F. de Gasperin , J. Eislöffel , H. Falcke , C. Ferrari , J. -M. Grießmeier , M. J. Hardcastle , V. Heesen , J. W. T. Hessels , A. Horneffer , M. Iacobelli , P. Jonker , A. Karastergiou , G. Kokotanekov , V. I. Kondratiev , M. Kuniyoshi , C. J. Law , J. van Leeuwen , S. Markoff , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , D. Mulcahy , E. Orru , M. Pandey-Pommier , L. Pratley , E. Rol , H. J. A. Röttgering , A. M. M. Scaife , A. Shulevski , C. A. Sobey , B. W. Stappers , C. Tasse , A. J. van der Horst , S. van Velzen , R. J. van Weeren , R. A. M. J. Wijers , R. Wijnands , M. Wise , P. Zarka , A. Alexov , J. Anderson , A. Asgekar , I. M. Avruch , M. J. Bentum , G. Bernardi , P. Best , F. Breitling , M. Brüggen , H. R. Butcher , B. Ciardi , J. E. Conway , A. Corstanje , E. de Geus , A. Deller , S. Duscha , W. Frieswijk , M. A. Garrett , A. W. Gunst , M. P. van Haarlem , M. Hoeft , J. Hörandel , E. Juette , G. Kuper , M. Loose , P. Maat , R. McFadden , D. McKay-Bukowski , J. Moldon , H. Munk , M. J. Norden , H. Paas , A. G. Polatidis , D. Schwarz , J. Sluman , O. Smirnov , M. Steinmetz , S. Thoudam , M. C. Toribio , R. Vermeulen , C. Vocks , S. J. Wijnholds , O. Wucknitz , S. Yatawatta

Space-based gravitational wave (GW) observatories, such as the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), employ synthetic Time Delay Interferometry (TDI) to cancel the otherwise overwhelming laser frequency noise. The phase readouts…

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Space debris has been posing a serious threat to human space activities and is needed to be measured and cataloged. As a new technology of space target surveillance, the measurement accuracy of DRLR (Diffuse Reflection Laser Ranging) is…

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We use time-domain electromagnetic simulations to determine the spectral characteristics of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Arrays (HERA) antenna. These simulations are part of a multi-faceted campaign to determine the effectiveness of…

Time-Delay Interferometry (TDI) is the data processing technique that cancels the large laser phase fluctuations affecting the heterodyne Doppler measurements made by unequal-arm space-based gravitational wave interferometers. The space of…

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The development of sensitive large format imaging arrays for the infrared promises to provide revolutionary capabilities for space astronomy. For example, the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on SIRTF will use four 256 x 256 arrays to provide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 D. J. Fixsen , S. H. Moseley , R. G. Arendt

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

The Taiji mission for space-based gravitational wave (GW) detection employs laser interferometry to measure picometer-scale distance variations induced by GWs. The tilt-to-length (TTL) coupling noise in the inter-spacecraft interferometers,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-25 Qiong Deng , Leiqiao Ye , Ke An , Yidi Fan , Ruihong Gao , Ziren Luo , Minghui Du , Pengcheng Wang , Peng Xu

Space-based gravitational-wave observatories such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) use time-shifted and time-scaled linear combinations of differential laser-phase beat signals to cancel the otherwise overwhelming laser…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Shawn J. Mitryk , Josep Sanjuan , Guido Mueller

A radio interferometer indirectly measures the intensity distribution of the sky over the celestial sphere. Since measurements are made over an irregularly sampled Fourier plane, synthesising an intensity image from interferometric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-18 Daniel Muscat

Deep frequency modulation interferometry combines optical minimalism with multi-fringe readout. Precision however is key for applications such as optical gradiometers for satellite geodesy or as dimensional sensor for ground-based gravity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-18 Katharina-Sophie Isleif , Gerhard Heinzel , Moritz Mehmet , Oliver Gerberding

Forthcoming space-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors will employ second-generation time-delay interferometry (TDI) to suppress laser frequency noise and achieve the sensitivity required for GW detection. We introduce an inverse…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-04 Chunyu Zhang

Accurate measurement of pulsar distances via astrometry using very long baseline interferometry enables the improvement of Galactic electron density distribution models, improving distance estimates for the vast majority of pulsars for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. T. Deller , S. J. Tingay , M. Bailes , J. E. Reynolds

(abridged) Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations at 86$\,$GHz (wavelength, $\lambda = 3\,$mm) reach a resolution of about 50 $\mu$as, probing the collimation and acceleration regions of relativistic outflows in active…

Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation is mostly performed using specialized arrays that have carefully designed receiver spacing and layouts to match the operating frequency range. In contrast, radio interferometric arrays are designed to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-23 Sarod Yatawatta

Realizing the potential of 21 cm tomography to statistically probe the intergalactic medium before and during the Epoch of Reionization requires large telescopes and precise control of systematics. Next-generation telescopes are now being…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Joshua S. Dillon , Aaron R. Parsons

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) Core Array is a proposed extension of FAST, integrating 24 secondary 40-m antennas implanted within 5 km of the FAST site. This original array design will combine the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-26 Peng Jiang , Rurong Chen , Hengqian Gan , Jinghai Sun , Boqin Zhu , Hui Li , Weiwei Zhu , Jingwen Wu , Xuelei Chen , Haiyan Zhang , Tao An

The Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission is an intelligent constellation consisting of 126 micro-satellites in three types (A, B, and C), designed for X-ray observation with the objective of studying the…