Fabrication 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 ArticleQuasars can be used to verify the parallax zero-point of the Tycho-Gaia...
Context. The Gaia project will determine positions, proper motions, and parallaxes for more than one billion stars in our Galaxy. It is known that Gaia's two telescopes are affected by a small but...
View ArticlePlanck 2015 results. V. LFI calibration [Replacement]
We present a description of the pipeline used to calibrate the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) timelines into thermodynamic temperatures for the Planck 2015 data release, covering four years of...
View ArticleSimple, Fast and Accurate Photometric Estimation of Specific Star Formation Rate
Large-scale surveys make huge amounts of photometric data available. Because of the sheer amount of objects, spectral data cannot be obtained for all of them. Therefore it is important to devise...
View ArticleFrequentist tests for Bayesian models [Replacement]
Analogues of the frequentist chi-square and F tests are proposed for testing goodness-of-fit and consistency for Bayesian models. Simple examples exhibit these tests' detection of inconsistency between...
View ArticleThe SDSS-III APOGEE Spectral Line List for H-band Spectroscopy [Replacement]
We present the $H$-band spectral line lists adopted by the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE). The APOGEE line lists comprise astrophysical, theoretical, and laboratory...
View ArticleSecond-Generation Curvelets on the Sphere [Cross-Listing]
Curvelets are efficient to represent highly anisotropic signal content, such as local linear and curvilinear structure. First-generation curvelets on the sphere, however, suffered from blocking...
View ArticleAre we there yet? Time to detection of nanohertz gravitational waves based on...
Decade-long timing observations of arrays of millisecond pulsars have placed highly constraining upper limits on the amplitude of the nanohertz gravitational-wave stochastic signal from the mergers of...
View ArticleAn information-theoretic approach to the gravitational-wave burst detection...
The advanced era of gravitational-wave astronomy, with data collected in part by the LIGO gravitational-wave interferometers, has begun as of fall 2015. One potential type of detectable gravitational...
View ArticleDevelopment of superconducting Klystron cavity for the Mario Schenberg...
Superconducting reentrant cavities can be used in parametric transducers for Gravitational Wave antennas. The Mario Schenberg detector, which is being built by the GRAVITON group at Instituto Nacional...
View ArticleImportance of the completeness of the configuration interaction and close...
We have carried-out two intermediate coupling frame transformation (ICFT) R-matrix calculations for the electron-impact excitation of C-like Fe $^{20+}$, both of which use the same expansions for their...
View ArticleOptimal CCD readout by digital correlated double sampling
Digital correlated double sampling (DCDS), a readout technique for charge-coupled devices (CCD), is gaining popularity in astronomical applications. By using an oversampling ADC and a digital filter, a...
View ArticleWFIRST-AFTA Coronagraphic Operations: Lessons Learned from the Hubble Space...
The coronagraphic instrument currently proposed for the WFIRST-AFTA mission will be the first example of a space-based coronagraph optimized for extremely high contrasts that are required for the...
View ArticleAccuracy of atmospheric parameters of FGK dwarfs determined by spectrum fitting
We performed extensive tests of the accuracy of atmospheric parameter determination for FGK stars based on the spectrum fitting procedure Spectroscopy Made Easy (SME). Our stellar sample consists of 13...
View ArticleA passive THz video camera based on lumped element kinetic inductance...
We have developed a passive 350 GHz (850 {\mu}m) video-camera to demonstrate lumped element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) -- designed originally for far-infrared astronomy -- as an option for...
View ArticleMethod for detection and reconstruction of gravitational wave transients with...
We present a method for detection and reconstruction of the gravitational wave (GW) transients with the networks of advanced detectors. Originally designed to search for the transients with the initial...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Astronomy Research with Google Sky [Replacement]
For nearly four years, NASA's Kepler space telescope searched for planets like Earth around more than 150,000 stars similar to the Sun. In 2008 with in-kind support from several technology companies,...
View ArticleMachine Learning Classification of SDSS Transient Survey Images [Replacement]
We show that multiple machine learning algorithms can match human performance in classifying transient imaging data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) supernova survey into real objects and...
View ArticleLEAP: the large European array for pulsars
The Large European Array for Pulsars (LEAP) is an experiment that harvests the collective power of Europe's largest radio telescopes in order to increase the sensitivity of high-precision pulsar...
View ArticleSeismometer Detection of Dust Devil Vortices by Ground Tilt
We report seismic signals on a desert playa caused by convective vortices and dust devils. The long-period (10-100s) signatures, with tilts of ~10$^{-7}$ radians, are correlated with the presence of...
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