Localization by narrow-band autoregressive sources by passive sensor arrays

If we make a set of measurements, such as narrow-band or multicolour photo-electric measurements, which are designed to improve a scheme of classification, and in particular if they are designed to extend the number of dimensions of classification, i.e. the number of classification parameters, then some important problems of analytical procedure arise. First, it is important not to reproduce the errors of the classification scheme which we are trying to improve. Second, when trying to extend the number of dimensions of classification we have little or nothing with which to test the validity of the new parameters.Problems similar to these have occurred in other areas of scientific research (notably psychology and education) and the branch of Statistics called Multivariate Analysis has been developed to deal with them. The techniques of this subject are largely unknown to astronomers, but, if carefully applied, they should at the very least ensure that the astronomer gets the maximum amount of information out of his data and does not waste his time looking for information which is not there. More optimistically, these techniques are potentially capable of indicating the number of classification parameters necessary and giving specific formulas for computing them, as well as pinpointing those particular measurements which are most crucial for determining the classification parameters.

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Photo-electric Hβ and uvby photometry

Symposium - International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s0074180900053407 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 170-180

Author(s):

D. L. Crawford

Keyword(s):

Narrow Band ◽

Line Strength ◽

Interference Filter ◽

B Stars ◽

Relative Line ◽

The Mean ◽

F Stars ◽

Two Parameters ◽

Filter Photometry ◽

The Continuum

Early in the 1950's Strömgren (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) introduced medium to narrow-band interference filter photometry at the McDonald Observatory. He used six interference filters to obtain two parameters of astrophysical interest. These parameters he calledlandc, for line and continuum hydrogen absorption. The first measured empirically the absorption line strength of Hβby means of a filter of half width 35Å centered on Hβand compared to the mean of two filters situated in the continuum near Hβ. The second index measured empirically the Balmer discontinuity by means of a filter situated below the Balmer discontinuity and two above it. He showed that these two indices could accurately predict the spectral type and luminosity of both B stars and A and F stars. He later derived (6) an indexmfrom the same filters. This index was a measure of the relative line blanketing near 4100Å compared to two filters above 4500Å. These three indices confirmed earlier work by many people, including Lindblad and Becker. References to this earlier work and to the systems discussed today can be found in Strömgren's article inBasic Astronomical Data(7).

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Southern Hemisphere Seti Survey: Five Years of Project Meta II

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100015153 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 161 ◽

pp. 611-621

Author(s):

Guillermo A. Lemarchand ◽

Fernando R. Colomb ◽

E. Eduardo Hurrell ◽

Juan Carlos Olalde

Keyword(s):

Southern Hemisphere ◽

Scattering Theory ◽

Galactic Plane ◽

Narrow Band ◽

Neutral Hydrogen ◽

Sky Survey ◽

Inertial Frames ◽

Interstellar Scattering ◽

Extraterrestrial Origin ◽

Spectral Channels

AbstractProject META II, a full sky survey for artificial narrow-band signals, has been conducted from one of the two 30-m radiotelescopes of the Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (IAR). The search was performed near the 1420 Mhz line of neutral hydrogen, using a 8.4 million channels Fourier spectrometer of 0.05 Hz resolution and 400 kHz instantaneous bandwidth. The observing frequency was corrected both for motions with respect to three astronomical inertial frames, and for the effect of Earths rotation, which provides a characteristic changing signature for narrow-band signals of extraterrestrial origin. Among the 2 × 1013spectral channels analyzed, 29 extra-statistical narrow-band events were found, exceeding the average threshold of 1.7 × 10−23Wm−2. The strongest signals that survive culling for terrestrial interference lie in or near the galactic plane. A description of the project META II observing scheme and results is made as well as the possible interpretation of the results using the Cordes-Lazio-Sagan model based in interstellar scattering theory.

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Infant Responses to Recorded Sounds

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jshr.1104.811 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 811-816 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Maurice I. Mendel

Keyword(s):

White Noise ◽

Narrow Band ◽

Limited Bandwidth ◽

Broadband Spectrum ◽

Continuous Band

Thirty infants, ranging in age from 4 to 11 months, were tested with five different recorded sounds that varied in bandwidth and temporal configuration: a continuous band of white noise, the same band of noise interrupted twice per second, the crinkling of onionskin paper, a narrow band of noise centered at 3000 Hz, and a warbled 3000 Hz tone. With loudness and duration of the stimuli held constant, more responses occurred to sounds composed of a broadband spectrum than to those of a limited bandwidth. Temporal configuration of the sound had no effect on the number of responses elicited.

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