scholarly journals How can the Fourier Transform be Used in Radio Astronomy to Perform Spectral Analysis of Pulsars

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranesh Kumar ◽  
Arthur Western
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Discrete Fourier Transform ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Radio Frequency Interference ◽  
Radio Waves ◽  
Folding Algorithm ◽  
Radio Signals ◽  
Multiple Characteristics ◽  
The Fourier Transform

The analysis of pulsars is a complicated procedure due to the influence of background radio waves. Special radio telescopes designed to detect pulsar signals have to employ many techniques to reconstruct interstellar signals and determine if they originated from a pulsating radio source. The Discrete Fourier Transform on its own has allowed astronomers to perform basic spectral analysis of potential pulsar signals. However, Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) makes the process of detecting and analyzing pulsars extremely difficult. This has forced astronomers to be creative in identifying and determining the specific characteristics of these unique rotating neutron stars. Astrophysicists have utilized algorithms such as the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to predict the spin period and harmonic frequencies of pulsars. However, FFT-based searches cannot be utilized alone because low-frequency pulsar signals go undetected in the presence of background radio noise. Astrophysicists must stack up pulses using the Fast Folding Algorithm (FFA) and utilize the coherent dedispersion technique to improve FFT sensitivity. The following research paper will discuss how the Discrete Fourier Transform is a useful technique for detecting radio signals and determining the pulsar frequency. It will also discuss how dedispersion and the pulsar frequency are critical for predicting multiple characteristics of pulsars and correcting the influence of the Interstellar Medium (ISM).

Fast Fourier Transform – Calculation and Interpretation

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 74-86
Author(s):  
Boris A. Knyazev ◽  
Valeriy S. Cherkasskij
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Fast Fourier Transform ◽  
Discrete Fourier Transform ◽  
Signal Theory ◽  
Correct Interpretation ◽  
The Fourier Transform ◽  
Application Programs ◽  
Physics Problems

The article is intended to the students, who make their first steps in the application of the Fourier transform to physics problems. We examine several elementary examples from the signal theory and classic optics to show relation between continuous and discrete Fourier transform. Recipes for correct interpretation of the results of FDFT (Fast Discrete Fourier Transform) obtained with the commonly used application programs (Matlab, Mathcad, Mathematica) are given.

scholarly journals Spectral Analysis of Traffic Functions in Urban Areas

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florin Nemtanu ◽  
Ilona Madalina Costea ◽  
Catalin Dumitrescu
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Fourier Analysis ◽  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
The Fourier Transform ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Time Scales

The paper is focused on the Fourier transform application in urban traffic analysis and the use of said transform in traffic decomposition. The traffic function is defined as traffic flow generated by different categories of traffic participants. A Fourier analysis was elaborated in terms of identifying the main traffic function components, called traffic sub-functions. This paper presents the results of the method being applied in a real case situation, that is, an intersection in the city of Bucharest where the effect of a bus line was analysed. The analysis was done using different time scales, while three different traffic functions were defined to demonstrate the theoretical effect of the proposed method of analysis. An extension of the method is proposed to be applied in urban areas, especially in the areas covered by predictive traffic control.

The Fourier transform and spectral analysis

1999 ◽  
pp. 240-277
Author(s):  
Bernard Mulgrew ◽  
Peter Grant ◽  
John Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
The Fourier Transform

Resonant behavior and frequency preferences of thalamic neurons

1994 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 575-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Puil ◽  
H. Meiri ◽  
Y. Yarom
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Frequency Response ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Inward Rectifier ◽  
Membrane Potentials ◽  
Resting Potential ◽  
Voltage Response ◽  
Current Input ◽  
The Fourier Transform

1. We studied the voltage responses of thalamocortical neurons to a periodic current input of variable frequency, in slices of mediodorsal thalamus (guinea pig). The ratio of the Fourier transform of the voltage response to the Fourier transform of the oscillatory current input was used to calculate the frequency response of the neurons at different resting and imposed membrane potentials. 2. Most neurons displayed a resonant hump in the frequency response curve. A narrow band of low-frequency (2-4 Hz) resonance occurred near the resting level [-66 +/- 8 mV (SD)] and at imposed membrane potentials in a range of -60 to -80 mV. An additional wide band (12-26 Hz) of peak resonant frequencies was observed at depolarized levels. 3. The low-frequency resonance was insensitive to tetrodotoxin (TTX) application in concentrations (0.5-1 microM) that blocked a depolarization activated inward rectifier and Na(+)-dependent action potentials. TTX, however, eliminated the wide-band resonant hump centered at 12-26 Hz that we observed at depolarized membrane potentials. 4. Application of Ni2+ (0.5-1 mM) reversibly blocked all slow spikes and greatly reduced the low-frequency resonant humps, without changing the resting potential. Octanol in concentrations of 50 microM had similar effects. 5. Application of Cs+ (3-5 mM), a blocker of the hyperpolarization activated inward rectifier, produced a 5- to 10-mV depolarization and completely blocked the rectification. Cs+ did not alter the low-frequency resonant hump or its dependence on membrane voltage.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

scholarly journals ESTIMASI KETEBALAN SEDIMEN DENGAN ANALISIS POWER SPECTRAL PADA DATA ANOMALI GAYABERAT

GEOMATIKA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mila Apriani ◽  
Admiral Musa Julius ◽  
Mahmud Yusuf ◽  
Damianus Tri Heryanto ◽  
Agus Marsono
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Gravity Anomaly ◽  
Spectral Method ◽  
Gravity Data ◽  
Sediment Thickness ◽  
Transform Method ◽  
Fourier Transform Method ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
The Fourier Transform

<p align="center"><strong>ABSTRAK</strong></p><p> </p><p>Penelitian dengan analisis <em>power spectral</em> data anomali gayaberat telah banyak dilakukan untuk estimasi ketebalan sedimen. Dalam studi ini penulis melakukan analisis spektral data anomali gayaberat wilayah DKI Jakarta untuk mengetahui kedalaman sumber anomali yang bersesuaian dengan ketebalan sedimen. Data yang digunakan berupa data gayaberat dari BMKG tahun 2014 dengan 197 lokasi titik pengukuran yang tersebar di koordinat 6,08º-6,36º LU dan 106,68º-106,97º BT. Studi ini menggunakan metode <em>power spectral</em>  dengan mentransformasikan data dari domain jarak ke dalam domain bilangan gelombang memanfaatkan transformasi <em>Fourier</em>. Hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan metode transformasi <em>Fourier  </em>menunjukkan bahwa ketebalan sedimen di Jakarta dari arah selatan ke utara semakin besar, di sekitar Babakan ketebalan diperkirakan 92 meter, sekitar Tongkol, Jakarta Utara diperkirakan 331 meter.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Kata kunci</strong>: <em>power spectral</em>, anomali gayaberat, ketebalan sedimen</p><p align="center"><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><em>ABSTRACT</em></strong></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Studies of spectral analysis of gravity anomaly data have been carried out to estimate the thickness of sediment. In this study the author did spectral analysis of gravity anomaly data of DKI Jakarta area to know the depth of anomaly source which corresponds to the thickness of sediment. The data used in the form of gravity data from BMKG 2014 with 197 locations of measurement points spread in coordinates 6.08º - 6.36º N and 106.68º - 106.97º E. This study used the power spectral method by transforming the data from the distance domain into the wavenumber domain utilizing the Fourier transform. The result of the research using Fourier transform method shows that the thickness of sediment in Jakarta from south to north is getting bigger, in Babakan the thickness of the sediment is around 92 meter, in Tongkol, North Jakarta is around 331 meter.</em></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em>: </em><em>power spectral, gravity anomaly, sediment thickness</em><em></em></p>

APPLICATION OF KOTELNIKOV’S THEOREM TO ANALYSIS OF RANDOM PROCESSES

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
O. V. Goriunov ◽  
S. V. Slovtsov
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Random Process ◽  
Spectral Characteristics ◽  
Random Processes ◽  
Statistical Characteristics ◽  
Signal Spectrum ◽  
The Fourier Transform ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Correlation And Spectral Analysis

Analysis of many dynamic tasks arising in engineering applications is associated with the construction of spectral characteristics. However, the application of spectral analysis to random oscillations, which in most cases describe real processes (technical, technological, etc.), has a number of features and limitations associated, in particular, with the anconvergence of the Fourier transform. The substantiated metrological evaluation of the spectra associated with the reliability of the applied results is complicated by the absence of a rigorous mathematical model of a random process. The above remarks were solved on the basis of application of Kotelnikov's theorem at decomposition of a random process on known eigenfunctions. The obtained decomposition allowed us to obtain a number of results in the field of correlation and spectral analysis of random processes: the stability of the ACF and the relationship with the statistical characteristics of the implementation is proved, the orthogonal decomposition of the random process in the form of a continuous function is presented, which allows us to consider the evaluation and analyze the characteristics of the realizations without the use of a fast Fourier transform; the natural relationship between ACF and spectral density for a time-limited signal is shown, and the symmetric form of recording the signal spectrum is justified.

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