Comparing NEO Search Telescopes [Replacement]
Multiple terrestrial and space-based telescopes have been proposed for detecting and tracking near-Earth objects (NEOs). Detailed simulations of the search performance of these systems have used...
View ArticleA Subluminal Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Scheme with ADER-WENO...
The relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) set of equations has recently seen increased use in astrophysical computations. Even so, RMHD codes remain fragile. The reconstruction can sometimes yield...
View ArticleAugmented kludge waveforms and Gaussian process regression for EMRI data...
Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) will be an important type of astrophysical source for future space-based gravitational-wave detectors. There is a trade-off between accuracy and computational speed...
View ArticleAll-sky coherent search for continuous gravitational waves in 6-7 Hz band...
A torsion-bar antenna (TOBA) is a low-frequency terrestrial gravitational wave (GW) antenna which consists of two orthogonal bar-shaped test masses. We upgraded the prototype TOBA and achieved the...
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 ArticlegSeaGen: a GENIE-based code for neutrino telescopes
The gSeaGen code is a GENIE based application to generate neutrino-induced events in an underwater neutrino detector. The gSeaGen code is able to generate events induced by all neutrino flavours,...
View ArticleA Subluminal Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Scheme with ADER-WENO...
The relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) set of equations has recently seen increased use in astrophysical computations. Even so, RMHD codes remain fragile. The reconstruction can sometimes yield...
View ArticleAugmented kludge waveforms and Gaussian process regression for EMRI data...
Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) will be an important type of astrophysical source for future space-based gravitational-wave detectors. There is a trade-off between accuracy and computational speed...
View ArticleTransition radiation at radio frequencies from ultra-high energy...
Coherent radiation at radio frequencies from high-energy showers fully contained in a dense radio-transparent medium - like ice, salt or regolith - has been extensively investigated as a promising...
View ArticleCalibration scheme for large Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays based on...
Microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) provides a way to build large ground based sub-mm instruments such as NIKA and A-MKID. For such instruments, therefore, it is important to understand and...
View ArticleRecent Developments in Measuring Signal and Noise in Phased Array Feeds at CSIRO
We describe recent developments in measuring both signal and noise in phased array feeds for radio astronomy at CSIRO. A number of new techniques are introduced and illustrated with a selection of...
View ArticleStudy of the atmospheric conditions at Cerro Armazones using astronomical data
Aims: We studied the precipitable water vapour (PWV) content near Cerro Armazones and discuss the potential use of our technique of modelling the telluric absorbtion lines for the investigation of...
View ArticleConcomitant Hamiltonian and topological structures of extended...
The paper describes the unique geometric properties of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), and demonstrates how such features are inherited by extended MHD models, which incorporate two-fluid effects....
View ArticleA Gibbs Sampler for Multivariate Linear Regression [Replacement]
Kelly (2007, hereafter K07) described an efficient algorithm, using Gibbs sampling, for performing linear regression in the fairly general case where non-zero measurement errors exist for both the...
View ArticleQuantum Telescopes: feasibility and constrains [Replacement]
Quantum Telescope is a recent idea aimed at beating the diffraction limit of spaceborne telescopes and possibly also other distant target imaging systems. There is no agreement yet on the best setup of...
View ArticleHerschel Footprint Database and Service
We created the Herschel Footprint Database and web services for the Herschel Space Observatory imaging data. For this database we set up a unified data model for the PACS and SPIRE Herschel...
View ArticleA Search for Brief Optical Flashes Associated with the SETI Target KIC 846285
The F-type star KIC~8462852 has recently been identified as an exceptional target for SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) observations. We describe an analysis methodology for optical SETI,...
View ArticleGTOC8: Results and Methods of ESA Advanced Concepts Team and JAXA-ISAS...
We consider the interplanetary trajectory design problem posed by the 8th edition of the Global Trajectory Optimization Competition and present the end-to-end strategy developed by the team ACT-ISAS (a...
View ArticleThe Giant Impact Simulations with Density Independent Smoothed Particle...
At present, the giant impact (GI) is the most widely accepted model for the origin of the Moon. Most of the numerical simulations of GI have been carried out with the smoothed particle hydrodynamics...
View ArticleOptical Observing Conditions at Delingha Station
SONG is a global ground based network of 1 meter telescopes for stellar time-domain science, an international collaboration involving many countries across the world. In order to enable a favourable...
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