A new neutrino source for the study of the solar neutrino physics in the...
Production of a neutrino source through proton induced reaction is studied by using the particle transport code, GEANT4. Unstable isotope such as $^{27}$Si can be produced when $^{27}$Al target is...
View ArticleSystematic errors in estimation of gravitational-wave candidate significance
We investigate the issue in determining the significance of candidate transient gravitational-wave events in a ground-based interferometer network. Given the presence of non-Gaussian noise artefacts in...
View ArticleInitial Performance of BICEP3: A Degree Angular Scale 95 GHz Band Polarimeter
BICEP3 is a $550~mm$ aperture telescope with cold, on-axis, refractive optics designed to observe at the $95~GHz$ band from the South Pole. It is the newest member of the BICEP/Keck family of...
View ArticleAssessment of Systematic Chromatic Errors that Impact Sub-1% Photometric...
Meeting the science goals for many current and future ground-based optical large-area sky surveys requires that the calibrated broadband photometry is stable in time and uniform over the sky to 1%...
View ArticleImplementation of Tidbinbilla 70-m On-The-Fly mapping and Hydrogen radio...
On-the-fly mapping of cm-wave spectral lines has been implemented at the the Tidbinbilla 70-m radio antenna. We describe the implementation and data reduction procedure and present new H92$\alpha$...
View ArticlePoint Source Detection Software in the SKA Era
The generation of a sky model for calibration of Square Kilometre Array observations requires a fast method of automatic point source detection and characterisation. In recent years, point source...
View ArticleVISION: A Six-Telescope Fiber-Fed Visible Light Beam Combiner for the Navy...
Visible-light long baseline interferometry holds the promise of advancing a number of important applications in fundamental astronomy, including the direct measurement of the angular diameters and...
View ArticleRandomized Aperture Imaging
Speckled images of a binary broad band light source (600-670 nm), generated by randomized reflections or transmissions, were used to reconstruct a binary image by use of multi-frame blind deconvolution...
View ArticleExoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) Report to Paul Hertz...
This is a joint summary of the reports from the three Astrophysics Program Analysis Groups (PAGs) in response to the "Planning for the 2020 Decadal Survey" charge given by the Astrophysics Division...
View ArticleK2 Variable Catalogue II: Machine Learning Classification of Variable Stars...
We are entering an era of unprecedented quantities of data from current and planned survey telescopes. To maximise the potential of such surveys, automated data analysis techniques are required. Here...
View ArticleThe NANOGrav Nine-year Data Set: Observations, Arrival Time Measurements, and...
We present high-precision timing observations spanning up to nine years for 37 millisecond pulsars monitored with the Green Bank and Arecibo radio telescopes as part of the North American Nanohertz...
View ArticleDESAlert: Enabling Real-Time Transient Follow-Up with Dark Energy Survey Data...
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is currently undertaking an observational program imaging $1/4$ of the southern hemisphere sky with unprecedented photometric accuracy. In the process of observing millions...
View ArticleX-Ray Polarimetry [Replacement]
We review the basic principles of X-ray polarimetry and current detector technologies based on the photoelectric effect, Bragg reflection, and Compton scattering. Recent technological advances in...
View ArticleThe field of view of a scintillator pair for cosmic rays
Particles in an extended air shower (EAS), initiated by a cosmic ray primary, lead to two nearly simultaneous detections in a scintillator pair. The angle of the EAS and the axis through both...
View ArticleA Trans-dimensional Bayesian Approach to Pulsar Timing Noise Analysis
The modeling of intrinsic noise in pulsar timing residual data is of crucial importance for Gravitational Wave (GW) detection and pulsar timing (astro)physics in general. The noise budget in pulsars is...
View ArticleSystematic errors in estimation of gravitational-wave candidate significance...
We investigate the issue in determining the significance of candidate transient gravitational-wave events in a ground-based interferometer network. Given the presence of non-Gaussian noise artefacts in...
View ArticleMiniature lightweight x-ray optics (MiXO) for surface elemental composition...
The compositions of diverse planetary bodies are of fundamental interest to planetary science, providing clues to the formation and evolutionary history of the target bodies and the Solar system as a...
View ArticleDetection of Periodicity Based on Independence Tests – II. Improved Serial...
We introduce an improvement to a periodicity metric we have introduced in a previous paper.We improve on the Hoeffding-test periodicity metric, using the Blum-Kiefer-Rosenblatt (BKR) test. Besides a...
View ArticleThe ANAIS Dark Matter Project: Status and Prospects
The ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment aims at the confirmation of the DAMA/LIBRA positive annual modulation signal using the same target and technique at the Canfranc...
View ArticleReal-Time Dedispersion for Fast Radio Transient Surveys, using Auto Tuning on...
Dedispersion, the removal of deleterious smearing of impulsive signals by the interstellar matter, is one of the most intensive processing steps in any radio survey for pulsars and fast transients. We...
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