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Energy and Flux Measurements of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Observed During the First ANITA Flight
The first flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA)
experiment recorded 16 radio signals that were emitted by cosmic-ray induced
air showers. For 14 of these events, this radiation was reflected from the ice.
The dominant contribution to the radiation from the deflection of positrons and
electrons in the geomagnetic field, which is beamed in the direction of motion
of the air shower. This radiation is reflected from the ice and subsequently
detected by the ANITA experiment at a flight altitude of 36km. In this paper,
we estimate the energy of the 14 individual events and find that the mean
energy of the cosmic-ray sample is 2.9 EeV. By simulating the ANITA flight, we
calculate its exposure for ultra-high energy cosmic rays. We estimate for the
first time the cosmic-ray flux derived only from radio observations. In
addition, we find that the Monte Carlo simulation of the ANITA data set is in
agreement with the total number of observed events and with the properties of
those events.Comment: Added more explanation of the experimental setup and textual
improvement
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An Architecture for High Data Rate Very Low Frequency Communication
Very low frequency (VLF) communication is used for long range shore-to-ship broadcasting applications. This paper proposes an architecture for high data rate VLF communication using Gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK) modulation and low delay parity check (LDPC) channel coding. Non-data aided techniques are designed and used for carrier phase synchronization, symbol timing recovery, and LDPC code frame synchronization. These require the estimation of the operative Eb/N0 for which a kurtosis based algorithm is used. Also, a method for modeling the probability density function of the received signal under the bit condition is presented in this regard. The modeling of atmospheric radio noise (ARN) that corrupts VLF signals is described and an algorithm for signal enhancement in the presence of ARN in given. The BER performance of the communication system is evaluated for bit rates of 400 bps, 600 bps, and 800 bps for communication bandwidth of ~200 Hz.Defence Science Journal, 2013, 63(1), pp.25-33, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.63.376
Pengetahuan dan minat terhadap kerjaya keushawanan : satu tinjauan di kalangan pelajar-pelajar bumiputera aliran kemahiran
Kajian ini adalah berkaitan dengan keIjaya keusahawanan di kalangan
pelajar-pelajar bumiputera aliran kemahiran. Tujuan kajian ini diadakan adalah untuk
melihat sarna ada pelajar-pelajar ini mempunyai pengetahuan dan minat terhadap
keIjaya keusahawanan, atau tidak. Soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada 48 orang
responden, dan kursus Teknologi Kejuruteraan A\\'am (Bangunan) di Institut
Kemahiran Mara (l1Ovf), Manjung, Perak Darul Ridzuan. Data yang diperolehi
dianalisis menggunakan pensian Srarv,·rical Package For Social Science (SPSS).
Hasil analisis menunjukkan nilai skor min untuk kesemua item berada pad a tahap
yang memuaskan. Ini membuktikan bahawa pelajar-pelajar bumiputera aliran
kemahiran sememangnya mempunyai pengetahuan dan minat terhadap keIjaya
keusahawanan. \Valaupun mempunyai pengetahuan dan minat terhadap keIjaya
keusahawanan, mereka masih kekurangan maklumat berkenaan prosedur memulakan
pemiagaan serta badan atau organisasi yang memberi kemudahan dana kewangan.
Oleh yang demikian, 'Panduall Ringkas Mellceburi Bidang Keusahawanall'
dihasilkan untuk memben maklumat ten tang langkah-langkah yang perlu dilakukan
untuk memulakan sesuatu pemiagaan serta badan atau organisasi yang memben
kemudahan dana kewangan, kepada para pelajar
A Survey for Transient Astronomical Radio Emission at 611 MHz
We have constructed and operated the Survey for Transient Astronomical Radio
Emission (STARE) to detect transient astronomical radio emission at 611 MHz
originating from the sky over the northeastern United States. The system is
sensitive to transient events on timescales of 0.125 s to a few minutes, with a
typical zenith flux density detection threshold of approximately 27 kJy. During
18 months of around-the-clock observing with three geographically separated
instruments, we detected a total of 4,318,486 radio bursts. 99.9% of these
events were rejected as locally generated interference, determined by requiring
the simultaneous observation of an event at all three sites for it to be
identified as having an astronomical origin. The remaining 3,898 events have
been found to be associated with 99 solar radio bursts. These results
demonstrate the remarkably effective RFI rejection achieved by a coincidence
technique using precision timing (such as GPS clocks) at geographically
separated sites. The non-detection of extra-solar bursting or flaring radio
sources has improved the flux density sensitivity and timescale sensitivity
limits set by several similar experiments in the 1970s. We discuss the
consequences of these limits for the immediate solar neighborhood and the
discovery of previously unknown classes of sources. We also discuss other
possible uses for the large collection of 611 MHz monitoring data assembled by
STARE.Comment: 24 pages, 6 figures; to appear in PAS
Quantitative characterization of the x-ray imaging capability of rotating modulation collimators with laser light
We developed a method for making quantitative characterizations of bi-grid rotating modulation collimators (RMC ’s) that are used in a Fourier transform x-ray imager. With appropriate choices of the collimator spacings, this technique can be implemented with a beam-expanded He -Ne laser to simulate the plane wave produced by a point source at infinity even though the RMC ’s are diffraction limited at the He -Ne wavelength of 632.8 nm. The expanded beam passes through the grid pairs at a small angle with respect to their axis of rotation, and the modulated transmission through the grids as the RMC ’s rotate is detected with a photomultiplier tube. In addition to providing a quantitative characterization of the RMC ’s, the method also produces a measured point response function and provides an end-to-end check of the imaging system. We applied our method to the RMC ’s on the high-energy imaging device (HEIDI) balloon payload in its preflight configuration. We computed the harmonic ratios of the modulation time profile from the laser measurements and compared them with theoretical calculations, including the diffraction effects on irregular grids. Our results indicate the 25-in. (64-cm) x-ray imaging optics on HEIDI are capable of achieving images near the theoretical limit and are not seriously compromised by imperfections in the grids
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