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This paper investigates an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided millimeter-wave integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system. Specifically, based on the passive beam scanning in the downlink, the IRS finds the optimal beam for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Renwang Li , Xiaodan Shao , Shu Sun , Meixia Tao , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are envisioned to provide reconfigurable wireless environments for future communication networks. In this paper, both downlink and uplink IRS-aided non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and orthogonal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-05 Yanyu Cheng , Kwok Hung Li , Yuanwei Liu , Kah Chan Teh , H. Vincent Poor

We present new data processing techniques that allow to correct the main instrumental effects that degrade the images obtained by ISOCAM, the camera on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). Our techniques take advantage of the fact…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. -A. Miville-Deschenes , F. Boulanger , A. Abergel , J. -P. Bernard

To maximise data output from single-shot astronomical images, the rejection of cosmic rays is important. We present the results of a benchmark trial comparing various cosmic ray rejection algorithms. The procedures assess relative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Catherine L. Farage , Kevin A. Pimbblet

We have developed a two-beam waveguide-type dual-polarization sideband-separating SIS receiver system in the 100-GHz band for {\it z}-machine on the 45-m radio telescope at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory. The receiver is intended for…

Photometric surveys have provided incredible amounts of astronomical information in the form of images. However, astronomical images often contain artifacts that can critically hinder scientific analysis by misrepresenting intensities or…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-03 Suchetha Cooray , Tsutomu T. Takeuchi , Moe Yoda , Kazuo Sorai

In order to take full advantage of the U.S. Department of Energy's billion-dollar investments into the next-generation research infrastructure (e.g., exascale, light sources, colliders), advances are required not only in detector technology…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-24 Antonino Miceli , Kazutomo Yoshii , Ian T. Foster

Large intelligent surface (LIS) has recently emerged as a potential enabling technology for 6G networks, offering extended coverage and enhanced energy and spectral efficiency. In this work, motivated by its promising potentials, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-21 Lina Bariah , Sami Muhaidat , Paschalis C. Sofotasios , Faissal El Bouanani , Octavia A. Dobre , Walaa Hamouda

The upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will carry out a wide-area survey in the near infrared. A key science objective is the measurement of cosmic structure via weak gravitational lensing. Roman data will be undersampled, which…

One challenge for applying current weak lensing analysis tools to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is that individual images will be undersampled. Our companion paper presented an initial application of Imcom - an algorithm that builds…

For weak gravitational lensing cosmology with the forthcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, image coaddition, or construction of oversampled images from undersampled ones, is a critical step in the image processing pipeline. In the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-19 Kaili Cao , Christopher M. Hirata , Katherine Laliotis , Masaya Yamamoto , Emily Macbeth , M. A. Troxel

The paper introduces a new lossless, highly robust compression algorithm that similar with LZW algorithm, yet the algorithm discards dictionary processing and uses irregular sequences with massive, random information instead. Then the paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-24 Rui Zhu

Systematic effects arising from cosmic rays have been shown to be a significant threat to space telescopes using high-sensitivity bolometers. The LiteBIRD space mission aims to measure the polarised Cosmic Microwave Background with…

Intelligent reflective surface (IRS) technology is emerging as a promising performance enhancement technique for next-generation wireless networks. Hence, we investigate the physical layer security of the downlink in IRS-aided…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-09 Zhiqing Tang , Tianwei Hou , Yuanwei Liu , Jiankang Zhang , Lajos Hanzo

In this letter, we consider the fundamental problem of jointly designing the transmit beamformers and the phase-shifts of the intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) / reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to minimize the transmit power,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-22 Vaibhav Kumar , Rui Zhang , Marco Di Renzo , Le-Nam Tran

Infrared and nebular lines provide some of our best probes of the physics regulating the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) at high-redshift. However, interpreting the physical conditions of high-redshift galaxies directly from…

Measurements of the upper atmosphere at ~100 km are important to investigate climate change, space weather forecasting, and the interaction between the Sun and the Earth. Atmospheric occultations of cosmic X-ray sources are an effective…

The upper atmosphere at the altitude of 60-110 km, the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT), has the least observational data of all atmospheres due to the difficulties of in-situ observations. Previous studies demonstrated that…

How cosmic rays sample the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) in starburst galaxies has important implications for many science goals, including evaluating the cosmic ray calorimeter model for these systems, predicting their neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-11-22 Erin Boettcher , Ellen G. Zweibel , Tova M. Yoast-Hull , J. S. Gallagher