The VORTEX coronagraphic test bench
In this paper, we present the infrared coronagraphic test bench of the University of Li\`ege named VODCA (Vortex Optical Demonstrator for Coronagraphic Applications). The goal of the bench is to assess...
View ArticleTheory of Thomson scattering in inhomogeneous media [Cross-Listing]
Thomson scattering of laser light is one of the most fundamental diagnostics of plasma density, temperature and magnetic fields. It relies on the assumption that the properties in the probed volume are...
View ArticleFast and Accurate Inference on Gravitational Waves from Precessing Compact...
Inferring astrophysical information from gravitational waves emitted by compact binaries is one of the key science goals of gravitational-wave astronomy. In order to reach the full scientific potential...
View ArticleFast and Accurate Inference on Gravitational Waves from Precessing Compact...
Inferring astrophysical information from gravitational waves emitted by compact binaries is one of the key science goals of gravitational-wave astronomy. In order to reach the full scientific potential...
View ArticleAutonomous Dome for Robotic Telescope [Replacement]
Physical Research Laboratory operates a 50cm robotic observatory at Mount Abu. This Automated Telescope for Variability Studies (ATVS) makes use of Remote Telescope System 2 (RTS2) for autonomous...
View ArticleClosed-loop focal plane wavefront control with the SCExAO instrument
This article describes the implementation of a focal plane based wavefront control loop on the high-contrast imaging instrument SCExAO (Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics). The sensor relies...
View ArticleDetecting components spectrally localized at astrophysical process...
Signal eigenvectors and components analyser (RF Utility model patent 116242) was used to explore the time-series of the electric field vertical component Ez in the Earth atmosphere boundary layer....
View ArticleSemi-implicit anisotropic cosmic ray transport on an unstructured moving mesh
In the interstellar medium of galaxies and the intracluster gas of galaxy clusters, the charged particles making up cosmic rays are moving almost exclusively along (but not across) magnetic field...
View ArticleCosmic Visions Dark Energy: Technology [Replacement]
A strong instrumentation and detector R&D program has enabled the current generation of cosmic frontier surveys. A small investment in R&D will continue to pay dividends and enable new probes...
View ArticleA Broadband Micro-machined Far-Infrared Absorber [Replacement]
The experimental investigation of a broadband far-infrared meta-material absorber is described. The observed absorptance is $>\,0.95$ from ${\rm 1-20\,THz}$ (${\rm 300-15\,\mu m}$) over a...
View ArticleDual differential polarimetry. A technique to recover polarimetric...
Current mm/submm interferometers, like the Atacama Large mm/submm Array (ALMA), use receivers that register the sky signal in a linear polarization basis. In the case of observations performed in...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing quality control for Dark Energy Survey images [Replacement]
We have developed a crowdsourcing web application for image quality control employed by the Dark Energy Survey. Dubbed the "DES exposure checker", it renders science-grade images directly to a web...
View ArticleThe Gaia-ESO Survey: the selection function of the Milky Way field stars
The Gaia-ESO Survey was designed to target all major Galactic components (i.e., bulge, thin and thick discs, halo and clusters), with the goal of constraining the chemical and dynamical evolution of...
View ArticleRecommended Thermal Rate Coefficients for the C + H$_3^+$ Reaction and Some...
We have incorporated our experimentally derived thermal rate coefficients for C + H$_3^+$ forming CH$^+$ and CH$_2^+$ into a commonly used astrochemical model. We find that the Arrhenius-Kooij equation...
View ArticleFirst Limits on the 21 cm Power Spectrum during the Epoch of X-ray heating
We present first results from radio observations with the Murchison Widefield Array seeking to constrain the power spectrum of 21 cm brightness temperature fluctuations between the redshifts of 11.6...
View ArticleSticking of molecules on non-porous amorphous water ice [Replacement]
Accurate modeling of physical and chemical processes in the interstellar medium requires detailed knowledge of how atoms and molecule adsorb on dust grains. However, the sticking coefficient, a number...
View ArticleThe effect of detector nonlinearity on WFIRST PSF profiles for weak...
Weak gravitational lensing (WL) is one of the most powerful techniques to learn about the dark sector of the universe. To extract the WL signal from astronomical observations, galaxy shapes must be...
View ArticleBuilding the analytical response in frequency domain of AC biased bolometers...
Context: Bolometers are high sensitivity detector commonly used in Infrared astronomy. The HFI instrument of the Planck satellite makes extensive use of them, but after the satellite launch two...
View ArticleAn Open Catalog for Supernova Data
We present the Open Supernova Catalog, an online collection of observations and metadata for presently 20,000+ supernovae and related candidates. The catalog is freely available on the web...
View ArticleConsiderations on the radio emission from extended air showers [Replacement]
The process of radio emission from extended air showers produced by high energy cosmic rays has reached a good level of comprehension and prediction. It has a coherent nature, so the emitted power...
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