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The potential 1-20 m imaging and spectroscopic sensitivity of a cooled 8m NGST in space is compared to that of a 8m ground-based telescope. For 2.5 m an 8m NGST may achieve a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) advantage in the range 100 to 1000 for both imaging observations and for spectroscopic observations up to R=1000. In the 1 to 2.5 m regime an 8m NGST may achieve a SNR advantage for imaging of 1...

The performance of an energy detector over κ− μ shadowed fading is evaluated using the moment generating function of the received instantaneous signal to noise ratio. The study is then extended to be included various diversity reception schemes over independent and identically (i.i.d) κ− μ shadowed fading channels. To this end, both the average detection probability and the average area under t...

We perform a comprehensive comparison between terahertz ~THz! time-domain spectroscopy and conventional far-infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, including radiation source, detector, signal to noise ratio, bandwidth, availability, applications, and their own uniqueness. In terms of signal to noise ratio, THz time-domain spectroscopy is advantageous at low frequencies under 3 THz, while Four...

In the next decade, high energy physicists will use very sophisticated equipment to record unprecedented amounts of data in the hope of making major advances in our understanding of particle phenomena. Some of the signals of new physics will be small, and the use of advanced analysis techniques will be crucial for optimizing signal to noise ratio. I will discuss new directions in data analysis ...

This paper deals with the derivation and comparison of some promising TDMA and OFDM/CDMA receiver structures for communication over the return path channel of the cable TV (CATV) network. Regarding TDMA, it is shown that the performance substantially improves by using equalization. Given the slowly varying, frequency selective nature of the ingress noise, OFDM seems an interesting possible acce...

A new method for measuring gravitational lensing with high redshift type Ia supernovae is investigated. The method utilizes correlations between foreground galaxies and supernova brightnesses to substantially reduce possible systematic errors and increase the signal to noise ratio. It is shown that this lensing signal can be related to the mass, size and substructure of galaxy halos and galaxy ...

Ship noise observation is of great significance to marine environment research and national defense security. Acoustic stealth technology makes a variety ship significantly reduced, which new challenge for monitoring. However, there are few high spatial gain detection methods low-noise Therefore, Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) MEMS listener developed in this paper. The achieves considerable by sup...