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Optimizing performance per watt on GPUs in High Performance Computing:...

The magnitude of the real-time digital signal processing challenge attached to large radio astronomical antenna arrays motivates use of high performance computing (HPC) systems. The need for high power...

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Interferometric Monitoring of Gamma-ray Bright Active Galactic Nuclei II:...

The Interferometric Monitoring of Gamma-ray Bright Active galactic nuclei (iMOGABA) program provides not only simultaneous multifrequency observations of bright gamma-ray detected active galactic...

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Low-Temperature Scintillation Properties of CaWO4 Crystals for Rare-Event...

In prospect of its application in cryogenic rare-event searches, we have investigated the low-temperature scintillation properties of CaWO4 crystals down to 3.4 K under {\alpha} and {\gamma}...

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Atmospheric Cherenkov Gamma-ray Telescopes

The stereoscopic imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique, developed in the 1980s and 1990s, is now used by a number of existing and planned gamma-ray observatories around the world. It provides the...

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On the universality of interstellar filaments: theory meets simulations and...

Filaments are ubiquitous in the universe. They are seen in cosmological structures, in the Milky Way centre and in dense interstellar gas. Recent observations have revealed that stars and star clusters...

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Tensor calculus in polar coordinates using Jacobi polynomials [Replacement]

Spectral methods are an efficient way to solve partial differential equations on domains possessing certain symmetries. The utility of a method depends strongly on the choice of spectral basis. In this...

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Test of the gravitational redshift with stable clocks in eccentric orbits:...

The Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) is one of the foundations of the theory of General Relativity and several alternative theories of gravitation predict violations of the EEP. Experimental...

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Incorporating Ambipolar and Ohmic Diffusion in the AMR MHD code RAMSES...

We have implemented non-ideal Magneto-Hydrodynamics (MHD) effects in the Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) code RAMSES, namely ambipolar diffusion and Ohmic dissipation, as additional source terms in the...

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Detection and Characterization of Micrometeoroids with LISA Pathfinder

The Solar System contains a population of dust and small particles originating from asteroids, comets, and other bodies. These particles have been studied using a number of techniques ranging from...

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K-Stacker, a new way of detecting and characterizing exoplanets with high...

This year, a second generation of coronagraphs dedicated to high-contrast direct imaging of exoplanets is starting operations. Among them, SPHERE, installed at the focus of the UT3 Very Large...

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Recent Progress with the KWISP Force Sensor [Cross-Listing]

The KWISP opto-mechanical force sensor has been built and calibrated in the INFN Trieste optics laboratory and is now under off-beam commissioning at CAST. It is designed to detect the pressure exerted...

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IAU 2015 Resolution B2 on Recommended Zero Points for the Absolute and...

The XXIXth IAU General Assembly in Honolulu adopted IAU 2015 Resolution B2 on recommended zero points for the absolute and apparent bolometric magnitude scales. The resolution was proposed by the IAU...

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Giant Planet Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope

This white paper examines the benefit of the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope for studies of the Solar System's four giant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. JWST's superior sensitivity,...

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Recent Progress with the KWISP Force Sensor [Cross-Listing]

The KWISP opto-mechanical force sensor has been built and calibrated in the INFN Trieste optics laboratory and is now under off-beam commissioning at CAST. It is designed to detect the pressure exerted...

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Photon noise from chaotic and coherent millimeter-wave sources measured with...

We report photon-noise limited performance of horn-coupled, aluminum lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors at millimeter wavelengths. The detectors are illuminated by a millimeter-wave source...

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Cross Calibration of Telescope Optical Throughput Efficiencies using...

For reliable event reconstruction of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), calibration of the optical throughput efficiency is required. Within current facilities, this is achieved through...

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Next Generation Very Large Array Memo No. 6, Science Working Group 1: The...

This paper discusses compelling science cases for a future long-baseline interferometer operating at millimeter and centimeter wavelengths, like the proposed Next Generation Vary Large Array (ngVLA)....

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Next Generation Very Large Array Memo No. 5: Science Working Groups — Project...

We summarize the design, capabilities, and some of the priority science goals of a next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). The ngVLA is an interferometric array with 10x larger effective collecting...

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Optimizing StackSlide setup and data selection for...

The search for continuous gravitational waves in a wide parameter space at fixed computing cost is most efficiently done with semicoherent methods, e.g. StackSlide, due to the prohibitive computing...

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The Palomar Kernel Phase Experiment: Testing Kernel Phase Interferometry for...

At present, the principal limitation on the resolution and contrast of astronomical imaging instruments comes from aberrations in the optical path, which may be imposed by the Earth's turbulent...

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