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Robust Movable-Antenna Position Optimization with Imperfect CSI for MISO Systems

Movable antenna (MA) technology has emerged as a promising solution for reconfiguring wireless channel conditions through local antenna movement within confined regions. Unlike previous works assuming perfect channel state information…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Haifeng Ma , Weidong Mei , Xin Wei , Boyu Ning , Zhi Chen

CIRPASS: description, performance and astronomical results

The Cambridge Infra-red Panoramic Survey Spectrograph (CIRPASS) is described. This near-infrared (NIR) spectrograph has been used on the 8m Gemini-South Telescope, the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and the 4.2m William Herschel…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ian Parry , Andrew Bunker , Andrew Dean , Michelle Doherty , Anthony Horton , David King , Marie Lemoine-Busserole , Craig Mackay , Richard McMahon , Steve Medlen , Rob Sharp , Joanna Smith

Euclid preparation: The NISP spectroscopy channel, on ground performance and calibration

ESA's Euclid cosmology mission relies on the very sensitive and accurately calibrated spectroscopy channel of the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP). With three operational grisms in two wavelength intervals, NISP provides…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-18 Euclid Collaboration , W. Gillard , T. Maciaszek , E. Prieto , F. Grupp , A. Costille , K. Jahnke , J. Clemens , S. Dusini , M. Carle , C. Sirignano , E. Medinaceli , S. Ligori , E. Franceschi , M. Trifoglio , W. Bon , R. Barbier , S. Ferriol , A. Secroun , N. Auricchio , P. Battaglia , C. Bonoli , L. Corcione , F. Hormuth , D. Le Mignant , G. Morgante , C. Padilla , R. Toledo-Moreo , L. Valenziano , R. Bender , F. J. Castander , P. B. Lilje , A. Balestra , J. -J. C. Barriere , M. Berthe , C. Boderndorf , A. Bonnefoi , V. Capobianco , R. Casas , H. Cho , F. Ducret , J. -L. Gimenez , W. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , M. Jhabvala , E. Jullo , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , R. Laureijs , I. Lloro , C. Macabiau , Y. Mellier , G. Polenta , G. D. Racca , A. Renzi , M. Schirmer , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , G. Sirri , G. Smadja , L. Stanco , S. Wachter , H. Aussel , T. Auphan , B. R. Granett , R. Chary , Y. Copin , P. Hudelot , V. Le Brun , F. Torradeflot , P. N. Appleton , P. Casenove , P. -Y. Chabaud , M. Frailis , M. Fumana , L. Guzzo , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , M. Moresco , W. J. Percival , R. Scaramella , M. Scodeggio , N. R. Stickley , D. Vibert , Y. Wang , J. Zoubian , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Biviano , A. Bonchi , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , J. -G. Cuby , A. Da Silva , R. da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , H. Dole , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , X. Dupac , S. Escoffier , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , P. Franzetti , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , I. M. Hook , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , Q. Le Boulc'h , A. M. C. Le Brun , P. Liebing , V. Lindholm , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , J. A. Schewtschenko , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , E. Sefusatti , P. Simon , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , S. Toft , I. Tutusaus , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , I. A. Zinchenko , E. Zucca , V. Allevato , M. Ballardini , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , L. Gabarra , W. G. Hartley , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , Y. Charles , F. Cogato , S. Conseil , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. M. N. Ferguson , A. G. Ferrari , A. Finoguenov , A. Franco , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , S. Hemmati , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , L. Leuzzi , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , M. Magliocchetti , C. Mancini , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , A. Montoro , C. Moretti , S. Nadathur , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , D. Potter , S. Quai , M. Radovich , P. -F. Rocci , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , N. A. Walton , L. Zalesky

Spectro Capture: A Software System for Automated Small-Observatory Spectroscopy

Spectro Capture is a Python-based software system developed to automate small- observatory fibre-fed spectroscopy. The system integrates target selection, telescope slewing, guide star acquisition, fibre position restoration, calibration…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Paul Luckas

UBC-NASA Multi-Narrowband Survey. I. Description and Photometric Properties of the Survey

Observations, analysis techniques and photometric properties of a multi-narrowband survey of a 20 square-degree area of sky at +33 degrees declination are described. The survey is conducted with the 3-meter liquid-mirror telescope of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul Hickson , Mark K. Mulrooney

Few-mode fibers and AO-assisted high resolution spectroscopy: coupling efficiency and modal noise mitigation

NIRPS (Near Infra-Red Planet Searcher) is an AO-assisted and fiber-fed spectrograph for high precision radial velocity measurements that will operate in the YJH-bands. While using an AO system in such instrument is generally considered to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-03 N. Blind , U. Conod , F. Wildi

Forecasts on Anisotropic Cosmic Birefringence Constraints for CMB Experiment in the Northern Hemisphere

The study of cosmic birefringence through Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments is a key research area in cosmology and particle physics, providing a critical test for Lorentz and CPT symmetries. This paper focuses on an upcoming…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-18 Yiwei Zhong , Hongbo Cai , Si-Yu Li , Yang Liu , Mingzhe Li , Wenjuan Fang

Filters for NIR astronomical photometry: comparison of commercial IRWG filters and designs using OpenFilters

The photometric accuracy in the near-infrared (NIR) wavelength range (0.9 -2.6 microns) is strongly affected by the variability of atmospheric transmission. The Infrared Working Group (IRWG) has recommended filters that help alleviate this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-30 Anwesh Kumar Mishra , U. S. Kamath

Euclid preparation. Spectroscopy of active galactic nuclei with NISP

The statistical distribution and evolution of key properties (e.g. accretion rate, mass, or spin) of active galactic nuclei (AGN), remain an open debate in astrophysics. The ESA Euclid space mission, launched on July 1st 2023, promises a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-17 Euclid Collaboration , E. Lusso , S. Fotopoulou , M. Selwood , V. Allevato , G. Calderone , C. Mancini , M. Mignoli , M. Scodeggio , L. Bisigello , A. Feltre , F. Ricci , F. La Franca , D. Vergani , L. Gabarra , V. Le Brun , E. Maiorano , E. Palazzi , M. Moresco , G. Zamorani , G. Cresci , K. Jahnke , A. Humphrey , H. Landt , F. Mannucci , A. Marconi , L. Pozzetti , P. Salucci , M. Salvato , F. Shankar , L. Spinoglio , D. Stern , S. Serjeant , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , T. Auphan , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , R. Bender , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , J. Dinis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , M. Farina , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , P. Franzetti , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , I. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , M. Kümmel , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , C. Surace , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , A. Veropalumbo , D. Vibert , Y. Wang , J. Weller , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , C. Colodro-Conde , D. Di Ferdinando , J. Graciá-Carpio , G. Mainetti , N. Mauri , C. Neissner , Z. Sakr , V. Scottez , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , S. Anselmi , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , M. Bethermin , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , G. Castignani , T. Castro , G. Cañas-Herrera , K. C. Chambers , A. R. Cooray , J. Coupon , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , G. De Lucia , G. Desprez , S. Di Domizio , H. Dole , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. A. Escartin Vigo , S. Escoffier , I. Ferrero , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , F. Giacomini , G. Gozaliasl , D. Guinet , A. Hall , H. Hildebrandt , A. Jiminez Muñoz , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , C. C. Kirkpatrick , L. Legrand , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , M. Magliocchetti , R. Maoli , M. Martinelli , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , M. Maturi , L. Maurin , R. B. Metcalf , M. Migliaccio , P. Monaco , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , L. Patrizii , A. Pezzotta , V. Popa , C. Porciani , D. Potter , M. Pöntinen , P. -F. Rocci , A. G. Sánchez , A. Schneider , E. Sefusatti , M. Sereno , A. Shulevski , P. Simon , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Stadel , S. A. Stanford , J. Steinwagner , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Toft , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , J. Valiviita , I. A. Zinchenko

Scintillation arcs in low-frequency observations of the timing-array millisecond pulsar J0437-4715

Low-frequency observations of pulsars provide a powerful means for probing the microstructure in the turbulent interstellar medium (ISM). Here we report on high-resolution dynamic spectral analysis of our observations of the timing-array…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 N. D. R. Bhat , S. M. Ord , S. E. Tremblay , S. J. McSweeney , S. J. Tingay

Performance Analysis of Near-Field Sensing in Wideband MIMO Systems

The performance of near-field sensing (NISE) in a legacy wideband multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system is analyzed. The maximum likelihood estimates (MLE) for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu

Maximising the sensitivity of next generation multi-object spectroscopy: system budget development and design optimizations for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer

MSE is an 11.25m telescope with a 1.5 sq.deg. field of view. It can simultaneously obtain 3249 spectra at R=3000 from 360-1800nm, and 1083 spectra at R=40000 in the optical. Absolutely critical to the scientific success of MSE is to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-24 Alan W. McConnachie , Nicolas Flagey , Kei Seto , Shan Mignon , Alexis Hill , Pat Hall

Improving science yield for NASA Swift with automated planning technologies

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer is a uniquely capable mission, with three on-board instruments and rapid slewing capabilities. It serves as a fast-response satellite observatory for everything from gravitational-wave counterpart searches…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-22 Aaron Tohuvavohu

Design and Performance of the Upgraded Mid-InfraRed Spectrometer and Imager (MIRSI) on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

We describe the new design and current performance of the Mid-InfraRed Spectrometer and Imager (MIRSI) on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). The system has been converted from a liquid nitrogen/liquid helium cryogen system to one…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-06 Joseph L. Hora , David E. Trilling , Andy J. Lopez-Oquendo , Howard A. Smith , Michael Mommert , Nicholas Moskovitz , Chris Foster , Michael S. Connelley , Charles Lockhart , John T. Rayner , Schelte J. Bus , Darryl Watanabe , Lars Bergknut , Morgan Bonnet , Alan Tokunaga

The Future of Stellar Populations with the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE)

The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) ia a massively multiplexed spectroscopic survey facility that is proposed to replace the Canada-France-Hawai'i-Telescope in the 2040s. Since 2019, due to the uncertainty for new facilities on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-21 Peter Frinchaboy , Andy Sheinis , Sam Barden , Viraja Khatu

Nested mirror optics for neutron extraction, transport, and focusing

Neutron scattering is a well-established tool for the investigation of the static and dynamic properties of condensed matter systems over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Many studies of high interest, however, can only be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-10 Christoph Herb , Oliver Zimmer , Robert Georgii , Peter Böni

Monitoring Observations of SMC X-1's Excursions (MOOSE) I: Program Description and Initial High-State Spectral Results

SMC X-1 has exhibited three super-orbital period excursions since the onset of X-ray monitoring beginning with RXTE's launch in 1995. NICER has recently probed a fourth observed excursion beginning in 2021 with our program Monitoring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-22 Kristen C. Dage , McKinley Brumback , Joey Neilsen , Chin-Ping Hu , Diego Altamirano , Arash Bahramian , Philip A. Charles , William I. Clarkson , Daryl Haggard , Ryan C. Hickox , Jamie Kennea

Fault-Tolerant Nanosatellite Computing on a Budget

Micro- and nanosatellites have become popular platforms for a variety of commercial and scientific applications, but today are considered suitable mainly for short and low-priority space missions due to their low reliability. In part, this…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2019-03-22 Christian M. Fuchs , Nadia Murillo , Aske Plaat , Erik Van der Kouwe , Daniel Harsono , Todor Stefanov

A NICER View of PSR J0030+0451: Updated Constraints from Six Years of NICER Observations

Pulse-profile modeling of rotation-powered millisecond pulsars targeted by NICER has enabled mass--radius constraints of several neutron star sources, with implications for the dense-matter equation of state. For the bright isolated pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-02 Yves Kini , Lucien Mauviard , Tuomo Salmi , Anna L. Watts , Sebastien Guillot , Bas Dorsman , Devarshi Choudhury , Denis González-Caniulef , Mariska Hoogkamer , Daniela Huppenkothen , Christine Kazantsev , Matthew Kerr , Samaya Nissanke , Paul S. Ray , Pierre Stammler , Serena Vinciguerra

A new view on the ISM of galaxies: far-infrared and submillimetre spectroscopy with Herschel

The FIR/submm window is amongst the least explored spectral regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is, however, a key to study the general properties of the interstellar medium of galaxies, as it contains important spectral line…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-12 Maarten Baes , Suzanne C. Madden , Christine D. Wilson , Andreas A. Lundgren , Carlos De Breuck