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多矩无线电瞬态检测

Multimoment Radio Transient Detection

Laura Spitler, Jim Cordes, Shami Chatterjee, Julia Stone

摘要:

我们提出了一种多矩技术的信号分类和应用它来检测快速无线电瞬态非相干解色散数据。具体来说,我们定义了一个光谱调制指数在整个光谱的强度的分数变化。其强度在整个频带上均匀分布的信号具有比在单个通道中具有相同强度的光谱低得多的调制指数。我们感兴趣的是宽带脉冲,并使用调制指数切除窄带射频干扰(RFI),通过应用调制指数阈值以上的候选事件被删除。该技术是测试与模拟和使用已知的无线电脉冲源(RRAT J1928+15和巨型脉冲从蟹状星云脉冲星)的数据。我们发现,我们的技术是有效的,不仅消除窄带RFI,但也从明亮的,真实的脉冲,在不正确的色散措施去色散杂散信号。该方法被推广到相干去色散,图像立方体,和天体物理窄带信号是稳定的时间。我们建议,调制指数,以及其他统计使用高阶矩,应纳入信号检测管道的特征和分类信号。

英文摘要:

We present a multimoment technique for signal classification and apply it to the detection of fast radio transients in incoherently dedispersed data. Specifically, we define a spectral modulation index in terms of the fractional variation in intensity across a spectrum. A signal whose intensity is distributed evenly across the entire band has a much lower modulation index than a spectrum with the same intensity localized in a single channel. We are interested in broadband pulses and use the modulation index to excise narrowband radio frequency interference (RFI) by applying a modulation index threshold above which candidate events are removed. The technique is tested both with simulations and using data from sources of known radio pulses (RRAT J1928+15 and giant pulses from the Crab pulsar). We find that our technique is effective at eliminating not only narrowband RFI but also spurious signals from bright, real pulses that are dedispersed at incorrect dispersion measures. The method is generalized to coherent dedispersion, image cubes, and astrophysical narrowband signals that are steady in time. We suggest that the modulation index, along with other statistics using higher-order moments, should be incorporated into signal detection pipelines to characterize and classify signals.

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