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Initial On-Sky Performance testing of the Single-Photon Imager for Nanosecond Astrophysics (SPINA) system
Albert Wai Kit Lau, Nurzhan Shaimoldin, Zhanat Maksut +4
This work presents an initial on-sky performance measurement of the Single-Photon Imager for Nanosecond Astrophysics (SPINA) system, part of our Ultra-Fast Astronomy (UFA) program.…
Performance of a convolutional autoencoder designed to remove electronic noise from p-type point contact germanium detector signals
Mark R. Anderson, Vasundhara Basu, Ryan D. Martin +4
We present a convolutional autoencoder to denoise pulses from a p-type point contact high-purity germanium detector similar to those used in several rare event searches. While we f…
A SiPM photon-counting readout system for Ultra-Fast Astronomy
Albert Wai Kit Lau, Yan Yan Chan, Mehdi Shafiee +2
Very little work has been done searching for astrophysical transient optical emission in the millisecond to nanosecond regime with significant sensitivity. We call this regime "Ult…
Constraining HeII Reionization Detection Uncertainties via Fast Radio Bursts
Albert Wai Kit Lau, Ayan Mitra, Mehdi Shafiee +1
Context. The increased detection rate of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) makes it likely to get samples of sizes to in the near future. Because of…
On-sky silicon photomultiplier detector performance measurements for millisecond to sub-microsecond optical source variability studies
Albert Wai Kit Lau, Mehdi Shafiee, George F. Smoot +3
In our Ultra-Fast Astronomy (UFA) program, we aim to improve measurements of variability of astronomical targets on millisecond and shorter time scales. In this work, we present in…
Program objectives and specifications for the Ultra-Fast Astronomy observatory
Siyang Li, George F. Smoot, Bruce Grossan +4
We present program objectives and specifications for the first generation Ultra-Fast Astronomy (UFA) observatory which will explore a new astrophysical phase space by characterizin…