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The Very Small Array (VSA) is a fourteen-element interferometer designed to study the cosmic microwave background on angular scales of 2.4 to 0.2 degrees (angular multipoles l = 150 to 1800). It operates at frequencies between 26 and 36…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 Angela C. Taylor

We present the performance of the upGREAT heterodyne array receivers on the SOFIA telescope after several years of operations. This instrument is a multi-pixel high resolution (R > 10^7) spectrometer for the Stratospheric Observatory for…

The Atacama Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) remains unparalleled in sensitivity at radio frequencies above 35 GHz. In this paper, we explore ALMA's potential for narrowband technosignature detection, considering factors such as the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-02 Louisa A Mason , Michael A Garrett , Kelvin Wandia , Andrew P V Siemion

Radio interferometers are phased arrays producing high-resolution images from the covariance matrix of measurements. Calibration of such instruments is necessary and is a critical task. This is how the estimation of instrumental errors is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-26 Yassine Mhiri , Mohammed Nabil El Korso , Arnaud Breloy , Pascal Larzabal

We have developed a wideband receiver system for simultaneous observations in CO lines of J = 2-1 and J = 3-2 transitions using the Osaka 1.85-m mm-submm telescope. As a frequency separation system, we developed multiplexers that connect…

We describe the design and performance of the digital servo and motion control system for the 6-meter diameter parabolic antennas of the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The system is divided into three nested layers…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-30 T. R. Hunter , R. W. Wilson , R. Kimberk , P. S. Leiker , N. A. Patel , R. Blundell , R. D. Christensen , A. R. Diven , J. Maute , R. J. Plante , P. Riddle , K. H. Young

Radio interferometry most commonly involves antennas or antenna arrays of identical design. The identical antenna assumption leads to a convenient and useful mathematical simplification resulting in a scalar problem. An interesting variant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Adrian T. Sutinjo , Daniel Ung , Tim M. Colegate , Randall B. Wayth , Peter J. Hall , Eloy de Lera Acedo

A new method of angle estimation of multiple targets using a distributed interferometric antenna array and wideband space-time modulation is presented in this work. Interferometric array measurements of angle of arrival are generally…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-24 Stavros Vakalis , Jeffrey A. Nanzer

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission aims to detect gravitational waves by interferometrically measuring the change of separation between free-falling test masses (TMs). LISA's interferometers must deliver pm/rtHz…

Improvements to dual-comb interferometers will benefit precision spectroscopy and sensing, distance metrology, tomography, telecommunications etc. A specific requirement of such interferometers is to enforce mutual coherence between the two…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-10 Zaijun Chen , Ming Yan , Theodor W. Hänsch , Nathalie Picqué

In this work, a microwave photonic prototype for concurrent radar detection and spectrum sensing is proposed, designed, built, and investigated. A direct digital synthesizer and an analog electronic circuit are integrated to generate an…

Next-generation radio arrays, including the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and its pathfinders, will open up new avenues for exciting transient science at radio wavelengths. Their innovative designs, comprising a large number of small…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 N. D. R. Bhat , J. N. Chengalur , P. J. Cox , Y. Gupta , J. Prasad , J. Roy , M. Bailes , S. Burke-Spolaor , S. S. Kudale , W. van Straten

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a two-element interferometer working in the millimeter wave band (39.5 GHz - 40 GHz) for observing solar radio emissions through nulling interference. The system is composed of two…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Yonglin Yu , Shuo Xu , Lei Zhang , Ziqian Shang , Chenglong Qiao , Shuqi Li , Zhao Wu , Yanrui Su , Hongqiang Song , Yao Chen , Fabao Yan

This paper describes a new Heterodyne Array Receiver Programme (HARP) and Auto-Correlation Spectral Imaging System (ACSIS) that have recently been installed and commissioned on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). The 16-element…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array(ALMA) Band 1 receiver covers the 35-50 GHz frequency band. Development of prototype receivers, including the key components and subsystems has been completed and two sets of prototype…

Phase closure at 682 GHz and 691 GHz was first achieved using three antennas of the Submillimeter Array (SMA) interferometer located on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Initially, phase closure was demonstrated at 682.5 GHz on Sept. 19, 2002 using an…

We present multi-epoch observations from the Submillimeter Array (SMA) for a sample of 171 bright blazars, 43 of which were detected by Fermi during the first three months of observations. We explore the correlation between their gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-07 Allison L. Strom , Aneta Siemiginowska , Mark A. Gurwell , Brandon C. Kelly

We present the design, fabrication and measured performance of a hierarchical sinuous-antenna phased array coupled to transition-edge-sensor (TES) bolometers for measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). To efficiently cover a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 Ari Cukierman , Adrian T. Lee , Christopher Raum , Aritoki Suzuki , Benjamin Westbrook

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world's most sensitive radio telescope operating in the 50 MHz to 14 GHz frequency range. Construction of the SKA is divided into phases, with the first phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-31 Sascha Schediwy , David Gozzard