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	Thesis: near final version for radio_measurement and beacon_disciplining
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		|  | @ -75,7 +75,7 @@ If the time of emitting the signal at the transmitter $\tTrueEmit$ is known, thi | |||
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| \end{equation}%>>> | ||||
| where $(\tTrueArriv)_i$ and $(\tMeasArriv)_i$ are respectively the true and measured arrival time of the signal at antenna $A_i$. | ||||
| The difference between these two terms gives the clock deviation term $(\tClock)_i$.\Todo{different symbols math} | ||||
| The difference between these two terms gives the clock deviation term $(\tClock)_i$. | ||||
| \\ | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| % relative timing; synchronising without t0 information | ||||
|  | @ -373,7 +373,6 @@ It shows that, as long as the pulse is (much) stronger than the noise ($\mathrm{ | |||
| 	\caption{ | ||||
| 		Pulse timing accuracy obtained by matching $N=500$ waveforms, sampled at $2\ns$, to a templated pulse, sampled at $\Delta t = 0.5\ns$ (blue), $0.1\ns$ (orange) and $0.01\ns$ (green). | ||||
| 		Dashed lines indicate the asymptotic best time accuracy ($\Delta t/\sqrt{12}$) per template sampling rate. | ||||
| 		\protect\Todo{points in legend} | ||||
| 		} | ||||
| 	\label{fig:pulse:snr_time_resolution} | ||||
| \end{figure} | ||||
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|  | @ -189,7 +189,7 @@ This is limited by the so-called Cherenkov angle. | |||
| \bigskip | ||||
| At the very highest energy, the flux is in the order of one particle per square kilometer per century (see Figure~\ref{fig:cr_flux}). | ||||
| Observatories therefore have to span huge areas to gather decent statistics at these highest energies on a practical timescale. | ||||
| In recent and upcoming experiments, such as \gls{Auger}, \gls{GRAND} or \gls{LOFAR}, the approach is typically to instrument an area with a sparse grid of detectors to detect the generated air shower. | ||||
| In recent and upcoming experiments, such as \gls{Auger} (and its upgrade \gls{AugerPrime}), \gls{GRAND} or \gls{LOFAR}, the approach is typically to instrument an area with a (sparse) grid of detectors to detect the generated air shower.\Todo{cite experiments here} | ||||
| With distances up to $1.5\;\mathrm{km}$ (\gls{Auger}), the detectors therefore have to operate in a self-sufficient manner\Todo{word} with only wireless communication channels. | ||||
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| Radio antennas are sensitive to changes in their surrounding electric fields. | ||||
| The polarisation of the electric field that a single antenna can record is dependent on the geometry of this antenna. | ||||
| Therefore, in experiments such as \gls{Auger} or \gls{GRAND}, multiple antennas (called channels) are incorporated into a single unit to obtain complementary polarisation recordings. | ||||
| Therefore, in experiments such as \gls{Auger} or \gls{GRAND}, multiple antennas are incorporated into a single unit to obtain complementary polarisation recordings. | ||||
| Additionally, the shape and size of antennas affect how well the antenna responds to certain frequency ranges, resulting in different designs meeting different criteria. | ||||
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|  | @ -36,13 +36,12 @@ To prevent such aliases, these frequencies must be removed by a filter before sa | |||
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| For air shower radio detection, very low frequencies are also not of interest. | ||||
| Therefore, this filter is generally a bandpass filter. | ||||
| For example, in \gls{AERA} and AugerPrime's RD\Todo{RD name} the filter attenuates all of the signal except for the frequency interval between $30 \text{--} 80\MHz$.\Todo{citation?} | ||||
| For example, in the \gls{AERA} and in AugerPrime's radio detector \cite{Huege:2023pfb}, the filter attenuates all of the signal except for the frequency interval between $30 \text{--} 80\MHz$. | ||||
| \\ | ||||
| In addition to a bandpass filter, more complex filter setups are used to remove unwanted components or introduce attenuation at specific frequencies. | ||||
| For example, in \gls{GRAND}, the total frequency band ranges from $20\MHz$ to $200\MHz$ | ||||
| For example, in \gls{GRAND} \cite{GRAND:2018iaj}, the total frequency band ranges from $20\MHz$ to $200\MHz$. | ||||
| such that the FM broadcasting band ($87.5\MHz \text{--} 108\MHz$) falls within this range. | ||||
| Therefore, notch filters have been introduced to suppress signals in this band. | ||||
| \Todo{citation?} | ||||
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 | ||||
| % Filter and Antenna response | ||||
|  | @ -127,7 +126,6 @@ Implementing the above decomposition of $t[n]$, \eqref{eq:fourier:dtft} can be r | |||
| The direct computation of this transform takes $2N$ complex multiplications and $2(N-1)$ complex additions for a single frequency $k$. | ||||
| When computing this transform for all integer $0 \leq k < N$, this amounts to $\mathcal{O}(N^2)$ complex computations. | ||||
| \acrlong{FFT}s (\acrshort{FFT}s) are efficient algorithms that derive all $X( 0 \leq k < N)$ in $\mathcal{O}( N \log N)$ calculations. | ||||
| \Todo{citation?} | ||||
| %For integer $0 \leq k < N $, efficient algorithms exist that derive all $X( 0 \leq k < N )$ in $\mathcal{O}( N \log N )$ calculations instead of $\mathcal{O}(kcalled \acrlong{FFT}s, sampling a subset of the frequencies.\Todo{citation?} | ||||
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| \begin{figure} | ||||
|  | @ -290,6 +288,7 @@ This allows to approximate an analog time delay between two waveforms when one w | |||
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 | ||||
| % >>> | ||||
| \section{Hilbert Transform}% <<<< | ||||
| \Todo{remove section?} | ||||
| The analytic signal $s_a(t)$ of a waveform $x(t)$ can be obtained using the Hilbert Transform through | ||||
| \begin{equation} | ||||
| 	\label{eq:analytic_signal} | ||||
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