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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Bingying Yue , Jianhao Li , Hao Shi , Yupei Wang , Honghu Zhong

SDSS-V will obtain 100,000s of medium-resolution, optical spectra of M dwarfs with the BOSS instrument. M dwarfs have complex atmospheres, and their spectra contain many wide and dense, overlapping molecular features, so determining…

We introduce EXOFIT, a Bayesian tool for estimating orbital parameters of extrasolar planets from radial velocity measurements. EXOFIT can search for either one or two planets at present. EXOFIT employs Markov Chain Monte Carlo method…

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The radial velocity method is a very productive technique used to detect and confirm extrasolar planets. The most recent spectrographs, such as ESPRESSO or EXPRES, have the potential to detect Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 J. -B. Delisle , N. Unger , N. C. Hara , D. Ségransan

A Cram\'er-Rao bound (CRB) optimization framework for near-field sensing (NISE) with continuous-aperture arrays (CAPAs) is proposed. In contrast to conventional spatially discrete arrays (SPDAs), CAPAs emit electromagnetic (EM) probing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-13 Hao Jiang , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu , Arumugam Nallanathan

The detection of small exoplanets with the radial velocity (RV) technique is limited by various poorly known noise sources of instrumental and stellar origin. As a consequence, current detection techniques often fail to provide reliable…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-16 S. Sulis , D. Mary , L. Bigot , M. Deleuil

We introduce a new method to infer the posterior distribution for planet occurrence rates from radial-velocity (RV) observations. The approach combines posterior samples from the analysis of individual RV datasets of several stars, using…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 J. P. Faria , J. -B. Delisle , D. Ségransan

Mass spectrometry (MS) plays a critical role in molecular identification, significantly advancing scientific discovery. However, structure elucidation from MS data remains challenging due to the scarcity of annotated spectra. While…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Yang Han , Pengyu Wang , Kai Yu , Xin Chen , Lu Chen

This work is part of an ongoing project which aims to detect terrestrial planets in our neighbouring star system $\alpha$ Centauri using the Doppler method. Owing to the small angular separation between the two components of the $\alpha$…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-22 Christoph Bergmann , Michael Endl , John B. Hearnshaw , Robert A. Wittenmyer , Duncan J. Wright

Context: The CARMENES survey is a high-precision radial velocity (RV) programme that aims to detect Earth-like planets orbiting low-mass stars. Aims: We develop least-squares fitting algorithms to derive the RVs and additional spectral…

Observations with ground-based telescopes are affected by differential atmospheric dispersion when seen at a zenith angle different from zero, a consequence of the wavelength-dependent index of refraction of the atmosphere. One of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-06 Bachar Wehbe , Alexandre Cabral , Pedro Figueira , Gerardo Avila

We obtain full information on the orbital parameters by combining radial velocity and astrometric measurements by means of Bayesian inference. We sample the parameter probability densities of orbital model parameters with a Markov chain…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Tuomi , S. Kotiranta , M. Kaasalainen

Due to their low mass and luminosity, M dwarfs are ideal targets if one hopes to find low-mass planets similar to Earth by using the radial velocity (RV) method. However, stellar magnetic cycles could add noise or even mimic the RV signal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. Gomes da Silva , N. C. Santos , X. Bonfils , X. Delfosse , T. Forveille , S. Udry , X. Dumusque , C. Lovis

The radial velocity (RV) detection of exoplanets is challenged by stellar spectroscopic variability that can mimic the presence of planets and by instrumental instability that can further obscure the detection. Both stellar and instrumental…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-24 Jinglin Zhao , Eric B. Ford , Chris G. Tinney

The cross correlation method (hereafter CC) is widely used to derive the radial velocity curve of Cepheids when the signal to noise of the spectra is low. However, if it is used with the wrong projection factor, it might introduce some…

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Non-recurrent traffic congestion (NRTC) usually brings unexpected delays to commuters. Hence, it is critical to accurately detect and recognize the NRTC in a real-time manner. The advancement of road traffic detectors and loop detectors…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-05-12 Qin Li , Huachun Tan , Xizhu Jiang , Yuankai Wu , Linhui Ye

The time-variable velocity fields of solar-type stars limit the precision of radial-velocity determinations of their planets' masses, obstructing detection of Earth twins. Since 2015 July we have been monitoring disc-integrated sunlight in…

We investigate the problem of recovering a structured sparse signal from a linear observation model with an uncertain dynamic grid in the sensing matrix. The state-of-the-art expectation maximization based compressed sensing (EM-CS)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-25 An Liu , Yufan Zhou , Wenkang Xu

To date, only 18 exoplanets with radial velocity (RV) semi-amplitudes $<2$ m/s have had their masses directly constrained. The biggest obstacle to RV detection of such exoplanets is variability intrinsic to stars themselves, e.g. nuisance…

The rapid growth of the low-altitude economy has resulted in a significant increase in the number of Low, slow, and small (LLS) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), raising critical challenges for secure airspace management and reliable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-13 Tianhao Liang , Mu Jia , Tingting Zhang , Junting Chen , Longyu Zhou , Tony Q. S. Quek , Pooi-Yuen Kam