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The PANOSETI experiment is an all-sky, all-the-time visible search for nanosecond to millisecond time-scale transients. The experiment will deploy observatory domes at several sites, each dome containing ~45 telescopes and covering ~4,440…

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has imaging, four coronagraphs and both low and medium resolution spectroscopic modes . Being able to simulate MIRI observations will help commissioning of the…

This paper proposes a novel optimization framework for discrete phase shifts of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) using a coherent Ising machine (CIM). Unlike conventional methods based on iterative convex approximation or…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Yuto Hama , Daisuke Kitayama , Kensuke Inaba , Toshimori Honjo , Hiroki Takesue , Naoki Ishikawa , Hiroyuki Takahashi

We present numerical simulations for a possible synthesis imaging mode of the Space Interferometer Mission (SIM). We summarize the general techniques that SIM offers to perform imaging of high surface brightness sources, and discuss their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Boeker , R. J. Allen

Multidimensional Index Modulations (IM) are a novel alternative to conventional modulations which can bring considerable benefits for future wireless networks. Within this scope, in this paper we present a new scheme, named as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-09 Vasco Velez , Joao Pedro Pavia , Nuno Souto , Pedro Sebastiao , Americo Correia

The Space Telescope Imaging Product Simulator (STIPS) is a Python-based package that can be used to simulate scenes from the upcoming \textit{Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope} (\nancy). STIPS is able to generate post-pipeline astronomical…

Aiming to measure the difference in arrival times of two coincident gamma-photons with an accuracy in the order of 200 ps, time-of-flight positron emission tomography systems commonly employ silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-02-11 Vanessa Nadig , David Schug , Bjoern Weissler , Volkmar Schulz

In this paper, we review spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM), a common-path, phase-shifting interferometer, built onto a phase-contrast microscope, with white-light illumination. As one of the most sensitive quantitative phase…

Optics · Physics 2020-12-17 Xi Chen , Mikhail E. Kandel , Gabriel Popescu

The IBIS imager on board the INTEGRAL satellite, thanks to the large field of view and good sensitivity, gave us a unique opportunity to search for possible 511 keV point sources either previously unknown or associated to known objects such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-26 G. De Cesare , P. Ubertini , A. Bazzano

Over the last decade one of the most significant technological advances made in the field of radiation detectors for nuclear medicine was the development of Silicon Photomultipler (SiPM) sensors. At present a only small number of SiPM based…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-03 Jeremy M. C. Brown

Cosmic microwave background experiments have experienced an exponential increase in complexity, data size and sensitivity. One of the goals of current and future experiments is to characterize the B-mode power spectrum, which would be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-07 P. Fluxá , M. K. Brewer , R. Dünner

We present a catalogue with the properties of all the bursts detected and localized by the IBIS instrument onboard the INTEGRAL satellite from November 2002 to September 2008. The sample is composed of 56 bursts, corresponding to a rate of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Vianello , D. Götz , S. Mereghetti

The Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) was designed to study diffuse emission from hot gas in the local interstellar cavity in the wavelength range 90 - 265 A. Between launch in January 2003 and early 2004, the instrument…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Hurwitz , T. P. Sasseen , M. M. Sirk

Hyperspectral imaging is a powerful tool for Earth exploration, allowing for detailed analysis of spectral features. India has launched a dedicated hyperspectral Earth observation satellite capable of capturing data across a wide…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-15 Ankur Garg , Abhishek Patil , Meenakshi Sarkar , S. Manthira Moorthi , Debajyoti Dhar

We present a convenient, all-in-one framework for the scientific analysis of fully reduced, (integral-field) spectroscopic data. The GIST pipeline (Galaxy IFU Spectroscopy Tool) is entirely written in Python3 and conducts all steps from the…

We report on an educational pilot program for low-cost physics experimentation run in Ecuador, South Africa, and the United States. The program was developed after having needs-based discussions with African educators, researchers, and…

The PRIsm MUti-object Survey (PRIMUS) is a spectroscopic galaxy redshift survey to z~1 completed with a low-dispersion prism and slitmasks allowing for simultaneous observations of ~2,500 objects over 0.18 square degrees. The final PRIMUS…

The development program of the flight model imaging camera for the PACS instrument on-board the Herschel spacecraft is nearing completion. This camera has two channels covering the 60 to 210 microns wavelength range. The focal plane of the…

The LiteBIRD satellite mission aims at detecting Cosmic Microwave Background $B$ modes with unprecedented precision, targeting a total error on the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ of $\delta r \sim 0.001$. Operating from the L2 Lagrangian point…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-06 M. Bortolami , N. Raffuzzi , L. Pagano , G. Puglisi , A. Anand , A. J. Banday , P. Campeti , G. Galloni , A. I. Lonappan , M. Monelli , M. Tomasi , G. Weymann-Despres , D. Adak , E. Allys , J. Aumont , R. Aurvik , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , M. Bersanelli , A. Besnard , T. Brinckmann , E. Calabrese , E. Carinos , A. Carones , F. J. Casas , K. Cheung , M. Citran , L. Clermont , F. Columbro , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , F. Cuttaia , P. Dal Bo , P. de Bernardis , E. de la Hoz , M. De Lucia , S. Della Torre , P. Diego-Palazuelos , H. K. Eriksen , T. Essinger-Hileman , C. Franceschet , U. Fuskeland , M. Galloway , M. Gerbino , M. Gervasi , T. Ghigna , S. Giardiello , C. Gimeno-Amo , E. Gjerløw , A. Gruppuso , M. Hazumi , S. Henrot-Versillé , L. T. Hergt , E. Hivon , B. Jost , K. Kohri , L. Lamagna , T. Lari , M. Lattanzi , C. Leloup , F. Levrier , M. López-Caniego , G. Luzzi , J. Macias-Perez , B. Maffei , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , T. Matsumura , S. Micheli , L. Montier , G. Morgante , L. Mousset , R. Nagata , T. Namikawa , A. Novelli , F. Noviello , I. Obata , A. Occhiuzzi , A. Paiella , D. Paoletti , G. Pascual-Cisneros , F. Piacentini , M. Pinchera , G. Polenta , L. Porcelli , M. Remazeilles , A. Ritacco , A. Rizzieri , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , M. Ruiz-Granda , J. Sanghavi , V. Sauvage , M. Shiraishi , G. Signorelli , S. L. Stever , R. M. Sullivan , Y. Takase , K. Tassis , L. Terenzi , M. Tristram , L. Vacher , B. van Tent , P. Vielva , I. K. Wehus , M. Zannoni , Y. Zhou

A novel gaseous two-dimensional imaging detector "Micro Pixel Chamber (micro-PIC)" has been developed. This detector is based on double sided printed circuit board (PCB). We have developed large area (10cm x 10cm) micro-PICs with 65536…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 T. Nagayoshi , H. Kubo , K. Miuchi , A. Ochi , R. Orito , A. Takada , T. Tanimori , M. Ueno