Novel reconfigurable wide-beam radio interferometer for space physics instrumentation

George Dekoulis; Farideh Honary

doi:10.1117/12.790703

28 July 2008 Novel reconfigurable wide-beam radio interferometer for space physics instrumentation

George Dekoulis, Farideh Honary

Proceedings Volume 7013, Optical and Infrared Interferometry; 701358 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790703
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

This paper describes the instrumentation design of a novel wide-beam interferometer system for radio astronomy studies. The system measures the Earth's or another planet's atmospheric layers attenuation of the highly energetic galactic electron emissions superimposed on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and other last scattering surface galactic and extragalactic radio astronomical background emissions. Right ascension coordinates are surveyed in a unique manner in terms of digital signal processing flexibility, compared to existing wide-beam instrumentations, allowing higher resolution analysis of the captured Space Physics events. The system provides a prototyping platform for other Space Physics projects, since a modular software and hardware design approach has been followed. The system is reconfigurable to meet a variety of testing scenarios.

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George Dekoulis and Farideh Honary "Novel reconfigurable wide-beam radio interferometer for space physics instrumentation", Proc. SPIE 7013, Optical and Infrared Interferometry, 701358 (28 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790703

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