Title :
A Waveform Receiver for Continuous Registration of Fast Processes in Pulsar Radio Emission
Author :
Zakharenko, V.V. ; Nikolaenko, V.S. ; Ulyanov, O.M. ; Motiyenko, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Astron., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov
Abstract :
This paper presents the investigation of fast processes in radio emission of pulsars, magnetars, RRATs, etc. demands a long continuous recording with high time resolution. Now pulse radio emissions from magnetosphere of different kind of neutron stars are observed in the range from decameter wave length up to 40 GHz. In the lowest one - decameter wave range it´s very difficult to achieve high time resolution due to effects of scattering and dispersive delay of the pulse propagation in the interstellar medium (ISM) which lead to the broadening of pulse signal in the receiving band. In spectral receivers, real time digital receivers with fast Fourier transform (FFT) or in the filter bank analyzers time resolution is determined by the pulse broadening in the frequency band of a single digital channel. The analogue part of the receiver - amplifiers and mixers for the work under high level of interference have been worked off long ago in the equipment developed in the RINAN of Ukraine for the radio telescopes UTR-2 and URAN.
Keywords :
electromagnetic pulse; electromagnetic wave scattering; fast Fourier transforms; radio receivers; amplifiers; decameter wave; dispersive delay; fast Fourier transform; interstellar medium; magnetars; magnetosphere; mixer; pulsar radio emission; pulse propagation; radio telescopes; single digital channel; spectral receivers; waveform receiver; Delay effects; Dispersion; Fast Fourier transforms; Magnetosphere; Neutrons; Propagation delay; Pulse amplifiers; Receivers; Scattering; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Workshop on Terahertz Technologies, 2007. MSMW '07. The Sixth International Kharkov Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1237-4
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.2007.4294800