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TARA (Telescope Array Radar) is a cosmic ray radar detection experiment colocated with Telescope Array, the conventional surface scintillation detector (SD) and fluorescence telescope detector (FD) near Delta, Utah, U.S.A. The TARA detector…
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This paper, for the first time, presents a low-complexity peak-power-assisted data-aided channel estimation (DACE) scheme for both single-input single-output (SISO) and multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division…
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The globally increased demand for helium-3 along with the limited availability of this gas calls for the development of alternative technologies for the large ESS instrumentation pool. We report on the CASCADE Project - a novel detection…
Gamma-Ray Infrastructure For Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei, GRIFFIN, is a new experimental facility for radioactive decay studies at the TRIUMF-ISAC laboratory. This article describes the details of the custom designed GRIFFIN…
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To collect data for the study of charm particle decays, we built a high speed data acquisition system for use with the E791 magnetic spectrometer at Fermilab. The DA system read out 24000 channels in 50 uS. Events were accepted at the rate…
Quantum sensing technologies have experienced rapid progresses since entering the `second quantum revolution'. Among various candidates, schemes relying on Rydberg atoms exhibit compelling advantages for detecting radio frequency signals.…