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For radio astronomers, man made radio transmissions present an enormous challenge as these signals are much much stronger than the very faint \u2018radio\u2019 signals from celestial objects. There are some frequency bands that are protected for radio astronomy research purposes, but astronomers would of course love to observe at frequency ranges outside these allocated bands. This is especially true in frequency bands where interesting spectral lines from astronomical sources are present. In order to achieve this goal, new, advanced \u2018noise canceling\u2019 technologies need to be developed.<\/p>\n

Initial project focus will be in two frequency ranges 30-40 MHz and 1.4 to 3.4 GHz. Carbon recombination lines from interstellar medium can be detected in the 30-40 MHz range, while spectral lines of OH and CH molecules from the so-called CO dark molecular clouds are expected to be detected in the 1.4 to 3.4 GHz frequency range.<\/p>\n

Students working on this project will have the opportunity to build cutting-edge systems using field programmable gate arrays, 100Gb Ethernet and sensitive analog devices. 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