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We describe a method of plotting continuous spectra for radio sources on the basis of entries of various source catalogues in comparatively large error boxes around a given sky position. Sources from the UTR-2 catalogue (Braude et al.,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 O. V. Verkhodanov , H. Andernach , N. V. Verkhodanova

During its first 2 years of mission the Fermi-LAT instrument discovered more than 1,800 gamma-ray sources in the 100 MeV to 100 GeV range. Despite the application of advanced techniques to identify and associate the Fermi-LAT sources with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-02 David Salvetti

We present the AEGIS-X survey, a series of deep Chandra ACIS-I observations of the Extended Groth Strip. The survey comprises pointings at 8 separate positions, each with nominal exposure 200ks, covering a total area of approximately 0.67…

Various compositions of sparsely polarized antenna arrays are proposed in this paper to estimate the direction-of-arrivals (DOAs) and polarizations of multiple coherent sources. These polarized antenna arrays are composed of one of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-05-21 Xin Yuan

Astrometric measurements are significantly challenged by the relative motion between the point source and the telescope, primarily due to the difficulty in accurately determining the position of the point source at the mid-exposure moment.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-11 Linpeng Wu , Qingfeng Zhang , Valéry Lainey , Nick Cooper , Nicolas Rambaux , Weiheng Zhu

In this paper, we introduce a novel numerical method for reconstructing the trajectory within three-dimensional space, where both the emission moment and spatial location of the point source are unknown. Our approach relies solely on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Guanqiu Ma , Haonan Zhang , Hongxia Guo

The new generation of broad-band radio continuum surveys will provide large data sets with polarization information. New algorithms need to be developed to extract reliable catalogs of linearly polarized sources that can be used to…

Missions such as WMAP or Planck measure full-sky fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background and foregrounds, among which bright compact source emissions cover a significant fraction of the sky. To accurately estimate the diffuse…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 F. C. Sureau , J. -L. Starck , J. Bobin , P. Paykari , A. Rassat

Scanning devices often produce point clouds exhibiting highly uneven distributions of point samples across the surfaces being captured. Different point cloud subsampling techniques have been proposed to generate more evenly distributed…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-11-30 Marc Comino-Trinidad , Antonio Chica , Carlos andújar

In this paper we present a new robust sound source localization and tracking method using an array of eight microphones (US patent pending) . The method uses a steered beamformer based on the reliability-weighted phase transform (RWPHAT)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-04-07 Jean-Marc Valin , François Michaud , Jean Rouat

In this work we derive analytic expressions and numerical recipes for finding the effective observed position of sources close enough on sky that their Point Spread Functions (PSF), modelled as Gaussian profiles, overlap. In particularly we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Zephyr Penoyre

Point clouds have been a recent interest for ray tracing-based radio channel characterization, as sensors such as RGB-D cameras and laser scanners can be utilized to generate an accurate virtual copy of a physical environment. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-12 Niklas Vaara , Pekka Sangi , Miguel Bordallo López , Janne Heikkilä

The necessity of new spectrum for 6G has intensified global interest in radio propagation measurements across emerging frequency bands, use cases, and antenna types. These measurements are vital for understanding radio channel properties in…

We present the design, characterization, and testing of a laboratory prototype radiological search and localization system. The system, based on time-encoded imaging, uses the attenuation signature of neutrons in time, induced by the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-12-13 J. Brennan , E. Brubaker , M. Gerling , P. Marleau , M. Monterial , A. Nowack , P. Schuster , B. Sturm , M. Sweany

We present a new approach to tracking of radiation sources moving on smooth trajectories which can be approximated with piece-wise linear joins or piece-wise linear parabolas. We employ the use of cheap binary proximity sensors which only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-03 Henry E. Baidoo-Williams

The localization of multiple signal sources using sensor arrays has been a long-standing research challenge. While numerous solutions have been developed, signal space methods like MUSIC and ESPRIT have gained widespread popularity. As…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-22 Mehdi Haghshenas , Aamir Mahmood , Mikael Gidlund

This paper considers the problem of compact source detection on a Gaussian background in 1D. Two aspects of this problem are considered: the design of the detector and the filtering of the data. Our detection scheme is based on local maxima…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Lopez-Caniego , D. Herranz , R. B. Barreiro , J. L. Sanz

Accurate quantitative mapping of gamma-ray sources is critical for applications ranging from radiological emergency response and environmental monitoring to nuclear security and deep space exploration. Here, we show that integrating…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-03 David Breitenmoser , Alberto Stabilini , Malgorzata Magdalena Kasprzak , Sabine Mayer

The method of isolines (contours) is proposed to be used for deter- mination of core location of extensive air shower on the array plane. As variable z=f(x,y) are used flux densities of particles, registrated from ground detectors. Obtained…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. N. Kirov , J. N. Stamenov

Flash radiography of large hydrodynamic experiments driven by high explosives is a diagnostic method in use at many laboratories. A major contributor to the practical resolution obtained by this point-projection technique is the size of the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-12-13 Carl Ekdahl