‘Modal-noise’ in single-mode fibers: A cautionary note for high precision...
Exploring the use of single-mode fibers (SMFs) in high precision Doppler spectrometers has become increasingly attractive since the advent of diffraction-limited adaptive optics systems on...
View ArticleReport from the Multi-Messenger Working Group at UHECR-2014 Conference...
The IceCube, Pierre Auger and Telescope Array Collaborations have recently reported results on neutral particles (neutrons, photons and neutrinos) which complement the measurements on charged primary...
View ArticleMaximising the detection probability of kilonovae associated with...
Estimates of the source sky location for the first detected gravitational wave signals will likely be poor, typically spanning areas of hundreds of square degrees or more. It will be a great challenge...
View ArticleA Global Analysis of Light and Charge Yields in Liquid Xenon [Replacement]
We present an updated model of light and charge yields from nuclear recoils in liquid xenon with a simultaneously constrained parameter set. A global analysis is performed using measurements of...
View ArticleCosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Focal Plane Development
The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) will measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background to search for and characterize the polarized signature of inflation. CLASS will...
View ArticleAn all-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients with LIGO...
We present the results of a search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in two sets of data collected by the LIGO Hanford and LIGO Livingston detectors between November 5, 2005 and September...
View ArticleCorrecting for Interstellar Scattering Delay in High-precision Pulsar Timing:...
Light travel time changes due to gravitational waves may be detected within the next decade through precision timing of millisecond pulsars. Removal of frequency-dependent interstellar medium (ISM)...
View ArticleALFABURST: A realtime fast radio burst monitor for the Arecibo telescope
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) constitute an emerging class of fast radio transient whose origin continues to be a mystery. Realizing the importance of increasing coverage of the search parameter space, we...
View ArticleFirst light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE. III. New spectrophotometry and...
The planetary system discovered around the young A-type HR8799 provides a unique laboratory to: a) test planet formation theories, b) probe the diversity of system architectures at these separations,...
View ArticleRadiation-Induced Backgrounds in Astronomical Instruments: Considerations for...
Geo-Synchronous orbits are appealing for Solar or astrophysical observatories because they permit continuous data downlink at high rates. The radiation environment in these orbits presents unique...
View ArticleMaximising the detection probability of kilonovae associated with...
Estimates of the source sky location for the first detected gravitational wave signals will likely be poor, typically spanning areas of hundreds of square degrees or more. It will be a great challenge...
View ArticleGenerating Optimal Initial Conditions for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics...
We review existing SPH setup methods and outline their advantages, limitations and drawbacks. We present a new method for constructing initial conditions for smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)...
View ArticleObserving gas and dust in simulations of star formation with Monte Carlo...
Ionising feedback from massive stars dramatically affects the interstellar medium local to star forming regions. Numerical simulations are now starting to include enough complexity to produce...
View ArticleFabrication of Feedhorn-Coupled Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Measurement...
Characterization of the minute cosmic microwave background polarization signature requires multi-frequency, high-throughput precision instrument systems. We have previously described the detector...
View ArticleNewtorites in bar detectors of gravitational wave [Cross-Listing]
The detection of particles with only gravitational interactions (Newtorites) in gravitational bar detectors was studied in 1984 by Bernard, De Rujula and Lautrup. The negative results of dark matter...
View ArticleCharacterizing Atacama B-mode Search Detectors with a Half-Wave Plate
The Atacama B-Mode Search (ABS) instrument is a cryogenic ($\sim$10 K) crossed-Dragone telescope located at an elevation of 5190 m in the Atacama Desert in Chile that observed for three seasons between...
View ArticleModelling telluric line spectra in the optical and infrared with an...
Earth's atmosphere imprints a large number of telluric absorption and emission lines on astronomical spectra, especially in the near infrared, that need to be removed before analysing the affected...
View ArticleMachine Learning Search for Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows in Optical Surveys
Thanks to the advances in robotic telescopes, the time domain astronomy leads to a large number of transient events detected in images every night. Data mining and machine learning tools used for...
View ArticleA large-aperture telescope to map the CMB 10X faster
Current large-aperture cosmic microwave background (CMB) telescopes have nearly maximized the number of detectors that can be illuminated while maintaining diffraction-limited image quality. The...
View ArticleLow Noise Titanium Nitride KIDs for SuperSpec: A Millimeter-Wave On-Chip...
SuperSpec is a novel on-chip spectrometer we are developing for multi-object, moderate resolution (R = 100 - 500), large bandwidth (~1.65:1) submillimeter and millimeter survey spectroscopy of...
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