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The sensitivity of radio astronomical stations is often limited by man-made radio frequency interference (RFI) due to a variety of terrestrial activities. An RFI mitigation subsystem (RFIMS) based on real-time digital signalprocessing is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 P. A. Fridman , W. A. Baan , R. P. Millenaar

We investigate characteristics of radio frequency interference (RFI) signals that can affect the excision potential of some interference mitigation algorithms. The techniques considered are those that modify signals from auxiliary reference…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-01 D. A. Mitchell , J. G. Robertson

Detection and mitigation of radio frequency interference (RFI) is the first and also the key step for data processing in radio observations, especially for ongoing low frequency radio experiments towards the detection of the cosmic dawn and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-02 Yan Huang , Xiang-Ping Wu , Qian Zheng , Jun-Hua Gu , Haiguang Xu

Increasing levels of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) are a problem for research in radio astronomy. Various techniques to suppress RFI and extract astronomical signals from data affected by interference are being tried out. However,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Jeeva Priya , D. Anish Roshi

Ground-based 21-cm experiments targeting the global signal from the periods of Cosmic Dawn (CD) and Epoch of Reionization (EoR) are susceptible to adverse effects presented by i) the ionosphere ii) antenna chromaticity induced by objects in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-08 Sonia Ghosh , Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , Saurabh Singh

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is emitted from various sources, terrestrial or orbital, and create a nuisance for ground-based 21cm experiments. In particular, single-dish 21cm intensity mapping experiments will be highly susceptible to…

Impulsive radio-frequency signals from astronomical sources are dispersed by the frequency dependent index of refraction of the interstellar media and so appear as chirped signals when they reach earth. Searches for dispersed impulses have…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 John Hogden , Scott Vander Wiel , Geoffrey C. Bower , Sarah Michalak , Andrew Siemion , Daniel Werthimer

Radio frequency interference (RFI) already limits the sensitivity of existing radio telescopes in several frequency bands and may prove to be an even greater obstacle for future generation instruments to overcome. I aim to create a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 P. A. Fridman

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) increasingly contaminates the radio astronomy spectrum, often exceeding astronomical signal amplitudes by 50-70 dB. Reliable detection and mitigation are therefore essential for studies of faint transient…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-08 Natalia A. Schmid , Sasanka Katreddi , Yechan Kweon

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) corrupts astronomical measurements, thus affecting the performance of radio telescopes. To address this problem, supervised segmentation models have been proposed as candidate solutions to RFI detection.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Michael Mesarcik , Albert-Jan Boonstra , Elena Ranguelova , Rob V. van Nieuwpoort

With the installation of next-generation phased array feed (PAF) receivers on radio telescopes, there is an urgent need to develop effective and computationally efficient radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation methods for large-scale…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 Juntao Bai , Shi Dai , Na Wang , Stefan Osłowski , Shuangqiang Wang , George Hobbs , Jianping Yuan , Wenming Yan , Qijun Zhi , Lunhua Shang , Xin Xu , Shijun Dang , De Zhao

Contemporary real-time RFI mitigation is carried out at different stages primarily using regulatory and technical approaches. Regulatory approaches include spectrum management, radio quiet zones, and ensuring protection from self-generated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-08 Kaushal D. Buch , Ruta Kale , Kishor D. Naik , Ajithkumar B. , Thushara Gunaratne , N. Habana , Gregory Hellbourg , Jane Kaczmarek , L. Petrov , Cedric Viou , Benjamin Winkel

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is a growing concern in the radio astronomy community. Single-dish telescopes are particularly susceptible to RFI. Several methods have been developed to cope with RF-polluted environments, based on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 R. Finger , F. Curotto , R. Fuentes , R. Duan , L. Bronfman , D. Li

Radio spectroscopy provides a unique inspection perspective for solar and space weather research, which can reveal the plasma and energetic electron information in the solar corona and inner heliosphere. However, Radio-Frequency…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-22 Peijin Zhang , André R. Offringa , Pietro Zucca , Kamen Kozarev , Mattia Mancini

As radio telescopes become sensitive, radio frequency interference (RFI) is more and more serious for interesting signals of radio astronomy. There exist demands for developing an automatic, accurate and efficient RFI mitigation method.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-27 Qingguo Zeng , Xue Chen , Xiangru Li , J. L. Han , Chen Wang , D. J. Zhou , Tao Wang

We propose a novel approach for mitigating radio frequency interference (RFI) signals in radio data using the latest advances in deep learning. We employ a special type of Convolutional Neural Network, the U-Net, that enables the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-16 Joel Akeret , Chihway Chang , Aurelien Lucchi , Alexandre Refregier

We present two algorithms to identify and flag radio frequency interference (RFI) in radio interferometric imaging data. The first algorithm utilizes the redundancy of visibilities inside a UV cell in the visibility plane to identify…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Srikrishna Sekhar , Ramana Athreya

Electromagnetic radiation from human activities, known as man-made Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), adversely affects radio astronomy observations. In the vicinity of the Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) array, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Kaushal D. Buch , Ruta Kale , Kishor D. Naik , Rahul Aragade , Mekhala Muley , Sanjay Kudale , Ajith Kumar B

With the ongoing growth in radio communications, there is an increased contamination of radio astronomical source data, which hinders the study of celestial radio sources. In many cases, fast mitigation of strong radio frequency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-08 Zaid Bin Tariq , Teviet Creighton , Louis P. Dartez , Naofal Al-Dhahir , Murat Torlak

Pulsar detection and timing experiments are applications where adaptive filters seem eminently suitable tools for radio-frequency-interference (RFI) mitigation. We describe a novel variant which works well in field trials of pulsar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Kesteven , G. Hobbs , R. Clement , B. Dawson , R. Manchester , T. Uppal