From 86b5d9c89fd11bd7c8d3c3724f3299ffd927458a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Teunis de Boone Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:09:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Initial README and TeX file --- .gitignore | 6 ++++++ README.md | 3 +++ topic.tex | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .gitignore create mode 100644 README.md create mode 100644 topic.tex diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fbb43f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +*.aux +*.log +*.out +*.toc +*.fmt +*.pdf diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6204d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# (Planned) Thesis Topic and Description + +A description of the planned research of my internship (max 1 A4). diff --git a/topic.tex b/topic.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..795c725 --- /dev/null +++ b/topic.tex @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +\documentclass{article} + +\title{Timing enhancement in Airshower Radio Detectors} +\date{2021-11-22} +\author{ + Eric Teunis de Boone\\ + { \small Supervisors: }\\ + Harm Schoorlemmer \\ +} + +\begin{document} +\maketitle{} +\hrule +\begin{abstract} +\end{abstract} +\end{document} From db48cd57f035c29f5562de67c8e9a1d5941d0216 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Teunis de Boone Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:09:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Setup GitLab CI --- .gitlab-ci.yml | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .gitlab-ci.yml diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c57a11 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +image: registry.gitlab.com/islandoftex/images/texlive:latest + +build: + script: + - pdflatex topic.tex + after_script: + - cat topic.log + artifacts: + paths: + - topic.pdf From b456708dc39f97eda29b7298ef5fa962bfbd73a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Teunis de Boone Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:52:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Add Katherine Mulrey as second reader --- topic.tex | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/topic.tex b/topic.tex index 795c725..fa573d1 100644 --- a/topic.tex +++ b/topic.tex @@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ \date{2021-11-22} \author{ Eric Teunis de Boone\\ - { \small Supervisors: }\\ + { \small Supervisor: }\\ Harm Schoorlemmer \\ + { \small Second Reader: }\\ + Katherine Mulrey } \begin{document} From 23e0f7dbb6117ab30613d90feea027ca70fb5679 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Teunis de Boone Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:12:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] First version of topic written --- topic.tex | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/topic.tex b/topic.tex index fa573d1..f8a228d 100644 --- a/topic.tex +++ b/topic.tex @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ \documentclass{article} +\usepackage[margin=1.5in]{geometry} -\title{Timing enhancement in Airshower Radio Detectors} +\title{ \Large Enhancing Timing Accuracy in Airshower Radio Detectors} \date{2021-11-22} \author{ Eric Teunis de Boone\\ @@ -12,7 +13,37 @@ \begin{document} \maketitle{} +\vspace{-1em} \hrule -\begin{abstract} -\end{abstract} +\vspace{1em} +%\begin{abstract} + Radio Detectors have been succesfully applied for detecting airshowers, which are caused by a cosmic ray impinging on the Earth's atmosphere. + In such an airshower, successive interactions will create charged particles which in turn cause a specific electromagnetic signal. + Measuring the development over time of such a signal will give a better insight in the energy content of the shower, and, in turn, allow for better resolution of the initial cosmic ray's properties. +\\ + + A difficulty for radio detectors is that, because of their extent, the stations need to communicate wirelessly. + But an accurate timing is needed to follow this signal. + Advanced analyses require a timing accuracy on the order of $1$~nanosecond, while current detectors reach a timing accuracy up to around $10$-nanoseconds. +\\ + + Various mechanisms are employed to increase the timing accuracy, overall and per station. + Since radio detectors only have a horizontal extent, keeping to horizontal showers allows for using the spatial distance as an additional timing mechanism. + + Another important mechanism involves GPS chips. + Such a chip tracks satellites around the Earth. + These satellites sent out signals which can be used to triangulate the position (and time) of the chip. + + Beacons are another example. + Sending out a specific signal allows to track this signal across individual stations. + By introducing characteristics into the signal such as beating, the stations then have a time calibration system setup. +\\ + + This internship concerns itself with increasing the timing accuracy by investigating the various mechanisms (and their issues) used as timing calibration. + + For example, since the spatial extent of the radio detectors is large, it might happen that a station on one side might track more or different satellites than a station on the other side of the detector. + This might introduce a timing difference for GPS chips, decreasing the total timing accuracy attained by the detector. + + +%\end{abstract} \end{document} From 8b8b9f9da196b0131e9f14e8ab46a2dda60feff8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Teunis de Boone Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:20:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] fixup: slight rewording --- topic.tex | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/topic.tex b/topic.tex index f8a228d..214a47d 100644 --- a/topic.tex +++ b/topic.tex @@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ \vspace{-1em} \hrule \vspace{1em} -%\begin{abstract} Radio Detectors have been succesfully applied for detecting airshowers, which are caused by a cosmic ray impinging on the Earth's atmosphere. In such an airshower, successive interactions will create charged particles which in turn cause a specific electromagnetic signal. Measuring the development over time of such a signal will give a better insight in the energy content of the shower, and, in turn, allow for better resolution of the initial cosmic ray's properties. \\ - A difficulty for radio detectors is that, because of their extent, the stations need to communicate wirelessly. - But an accurate timing is needed to follow this signal. + A difficulty for radio detectors is that, because of their extent, the stations need to communicate wirelessly, + but an accurate timing is needed to follow this signal. Advanced analyses require a timing accuracy on the order of $1$~nanosecond, while current detectors reach a timing accuracy up to around $10$-nanoseconds. \\ @@ -43,7 +42,4 @@ For example, since the spatial extent of the radio detectors is large, it might happen that a station on one side might track more or different satellites than a station on the other side of the detector. This might introduce a timing difference for GPS chips, decreasing the total timing accuracy attained by the detector. - - -%\end{abstract} \end{document} From 6a6970351148b1837d0a2100868738fdc064f6ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Teunis de Boone Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:42:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Feedback incorporated --- topic.tex | 22 ++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/topic.tex b/topic.tex index 214a47d..93ba2bf 100644 --- a/topic.tex +++ b/topic.tex @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ \documentclass{article} -\usepackage[margin=1.5in]{geometry} -\title{ \Large Enhancing Timing Accuracy in Airshower Radio Detectors} +\title{ \Large Enhancing Timing Accuracy in Air Shower Radio Detectors} \date{2021-11-22} \author{ Eric Teunis de Boone\\ @@ -16,30 +15,29 @@ \vspace{-1em} \hrule \vspace{1em} - Radio Detectors have been succesfully applied for detecting airshowers, which are caused by a cosmic ray impinging on the Earth's atmosphere. + Radio Detectors have been succesfully applied for detecting air showers, which are caused by a cosmic ray impinging on the Earth's atmosphere. In such an airshower, successive interactions will create charged particles which in turn cause a specific electromagnetic signal. Measuring the development over time of such a signal will give a better insight in the energy content of the shower, and, in turn, allow for better resolution of the initial cosmic ray's properties. \\ A difficulty for radio detectors is that, because of their extent, the stations need to communicate wirelessly, - but an accurate timing is needed to follow this signal. - Advanced analyses require a timing accuracy on the order of $1$~nanosecond, while current detectors reach a timing accuracy up to around $10$-nanoseconds. + but an accurate timing is needed to follow a signal. + Advanced analyses require a timing accuracy on the order of $1$~nanosecond, while current detectors reach a timing accuracy up to around $10$~nanoseconds. \\ - Various mechanisms are employed to increase the timing accuracy, overall and per station. - Since radio detectors only have a horizontal extent, keeping to horizontal showers allows for using the spatial distance as an additional timing mechanism. + Various mechanisms are employed to assign time, overall and per station, in radio detectors. - Another important mechanism involves GPS chips. + An important mechanism involves GPS chips. Such a chip tracks satellites around the Earth. - These satellites sent out signals which can be used to triangulate the position (and time) of the chip. + These satellites send out signals which can be used to triangulate the position (and time) of the chip. - Beacons are another example. + Another example is the use of beacons. Sending out a specific signal allows to track this signal across individual stations. By introducing characteristics into the signal such as beating, the stations then have a time calibration system setup. \\ This internship concerns itself with increasing the timing accuracy by investigating the various mechanisms (and their issues) used as timing calibration. - For example, since the spatial extent of the radio detectors is large, it might happen that a station on one side might track more or different satellites than a station on the other side of the detector. - This might introduce a timing difference for GPS chips, decreasing the total timing accuracy attained by the detector. +% For example, since the spatial extent of the radio detectors is large, it might happen that a station on one side might track more or different satellites than a station on the other side of the detector. +% This might introduce a timing difference for GPS chips, decreasing the total timing accuracy attained by the detector. \end{document} From d889df3443cb4b33814bc9220b0eebd3d7476c0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Teunis de Boone Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:29:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Move topic+abstract into subdirectory This allows for setting up a repository containing documents, presentations and stuff --- .gitignore => documents/topic+abstract/.gitignore | 0 .gitlab-ci.yml => documents/topic+abstract/.gitlab-ci.yml | 0 README.md => documents/topic+abstract/README.md | 0 topic.tex => documents/topic+abstract/topic.tex | 0 4 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename .gitignore => documents/topic+abstract/.gitignore (100%) rename .gitlab-ci.yml => documents/topic+abstract/.gitlab-ci.yml (100%) rename README.md => documents/topic+abstract/README.md (100%) rename topic.tex => documents/topic+abstract/topic.tex (100%) diff --git a/.gitignore b/documents/topic+abstract/.gitignore similarity index 100% rename from .gitignore rename to documents/topic+abstract/.gitignore diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/documents/topic+abstract/.gitlab-ci.yml similarity index 100% rename from .gitlab-ci.yml rename to documents/topic+abstract/.gitlab-ci.yml diff --git a/README.md b/documents/topic+abstract/README.md similarity index 100% rename from README.md rename to documents/topic+abstract/README.md diff --git a/topic.tex b/documents/topic+abstract/topic.tex similarity index 100% rename from topic.tex rename to documents/topic+abstract/topic.tex