English
Related papers

Related papers: Imaging sensitivity of a linear interferometer arr…

200 papers

We have made observations of 98 low-Galactic-latitude pulsars to measure pulse broadening caused by multipath propagation through the interstellar medium. Data were collected with the 305-m Arecibo telescope at four radio frequencies…

Low frequency radio waves, while challenging to observe, are a rich source of information about pulsars. The LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) is a new radio interferometer operating in the lowest 4 octaves of the ionospheric "radio window":…

Radio interferometers observe the Fourier space of the sky, at locations determined by the array geometry. Before a real space image is constructed by a Fourier transform, the data is weighted to improve the quality of reconstruction. Two…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Sarod Yatawatta

The short-spacing problem describes the inherent inability of radio-interferometric arrays to measure the integrated flux and structure of diffuse emission associated with extended sources. New interferometric arrays, such as SKA, require…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 S. Faridani , F. Bigiel , L. Floeer , J. Kerp , S. Stanimirovic

Utilizing the complementary strengths of wavelength-specific range or depth sensors is crucial for robust computer-assisted tasks such as autonomous driving. Despite this, there is still little research done at the intersection of optical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Vanessa Wirth , Johanna Bräunig , Nikolai Hofmann , Martin Vossiek , Tim Weyrich , Marc Stamminger

The low-frequency sky below $\sim$15 MHz (20 m) is obscured by the Earth's ionosphere, the layer of charged particles above the neutral atmosphere. Single spacecraft have made measurements in this band, but cannot achieve high or even…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-15 Mary Knapp , Lenny Paritsky , Ekaterina Kononov , Melodie M. Kao

Recent proposals have been advanced to apply imaging air Cherenkov telescope arrays to stellar intensity interferometry (SII). Of particular interest is the possibility of model-independent image recovery afforded by the good (u, v)-plane…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Paul D. Nunez , Richard Holmes , David Kieda , Janvida Rou , Stephan LeBohec

Many deep wide-band wide-field radio interferometric surveys are being designed to accurately measure intensities, spectral indices and polarization properties of faint source populations. In this paper we compare various wideband imaging…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Urvashi Rau , Sanjay Bhatnagar , Frazer N. Owen

The resolution limits of classical spectroscopy can be surpassed by quantum-inspired methods leveraging the information contained in the phase of the complex electromagnetic field. Their counterpart in spatial imaging has been widely…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-02 Michał Lipka , Michał Parniak

A long-standing and profound problem in astronomy is the difficulty in obtaining deep near-infrared observations due to the extreme brightness and variability of the night sky at these wavelengths. A solution to this problem is crucial if…

We present a survey of the radio sky accessible from the first station of the Long Wavelength Array (LWA1). Images are presented at nine frequencies between 35 and 80 MHz with spatial resolutions ranging from $4.7^\circ$ to $2.0^\circ$,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-20 Jayce Dowell , Gregory B. Taylor , Frank K. Schinzel , Namir E. Kassim , Kevin Stovall

Optical interferometers provide multiple wavelength measurements. In order to fully exploit the spectral and spatial resolution of these instruments, new algorithms for image reconstruction have to be developed. Early attempts to deal with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Éric Thiébaut , Ferréol Soulez , Loïc Denis

The Submillimeter Array (SMA) was conceived at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1984 as a six element interferometer to operate in the major atmospheric windows from about 200 to 900 GHz. In 1996, the Academica Sinica Institute…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Blundell

The space astrometry mission GAIA will construct a dense optical QSO-based celestial reference frame. For consistency between the optical and radio positions, it will be important to align the GAIA frame and the International Celestial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Geraldine Bourda , Patrick Charlot , Richard Porcas , Simon Garrington

Nulling interferometry is a technique providing high angular resolution which is the core of the space missions Darwin and the Terrestrail Planet Finder. The first objective is to reach a deep degree of starlight cancelation in the range 6…

The observation and imaging of hundreds or thousands of radio sources with the technique of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a computationally intensive task. However, these surveys allow us to conduct statistical investigations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-28 Kristóf Rozgonyi , Sándor Frey

[Abridged] A specialized data mining algorithm has been developed using wide-field photometry catalogues, enabling systematic and efficient searches for resolved, extremely low surface brightness satellite galaxies in the halo of the Milky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shane Walsh , Beth Willman , Helmut Jerjen

In recent years, intensity interferometry has seen renewed interest and successful application at Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope arrays. These measurements are usually performed during bright moon periods while the instruments'…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-19 Christopher Ingenhütt , Pedro Batista , Gisela Anton , Alison Mitchell , Naomi Vogel , Adrian Zink , Andreas Zmija , Stefan Funk

For microlensing case angular distances between images or typical astrometric shifts due to microlensing are about $10^{-5}-10^{-6} \mu as$. Such an angular resolution will be reached with the space space--ground interferometer Radioastron.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander F. Zakharov

We report development of a simple and affordable radio interferometer suitable as an educational laboratory experiment. With the increasing importance of interferometry in astronomy, the lack of educational interferometers is an obstacle to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Jin Koda , James Barrett , Tetsuo Hasegawa , Masahiko Hayashi , Gene Shafto , Jeff Slechta , Stanimir Metchev
‹ Prev 1 8 9 10 Next ›