Few galaxies have been found between the redshift ranges z < ∼ 1 probed by magnitude-limited surveys and z > ∼ 3 probed by Lyman-break surveys. Comparison of galaxy samples at lower and higher redshift suggests that large numbers of stars were born and the Hubble sequence began to take shape at the intermediate redshifts 1 < z < 3, but observational challenges have prevented us from observing t...

Time-interleaved ∆Σ (TIDSM) DACs have the potential for a wideband operation. The performance of a twochannel interleaved ∆Σ DAC is very sensitive to the duty-cycle of the half-rate clock. This paper presents a closed-form expression for the SNDR loss of such DACs due to duty cycle error for modulators with a noise transfer function of (1 − z−1). Adding a low-order FIR filter after the modulato...

We consider the case of a quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) in which a static magnetic field is applied axially in the z-direction along the length of the mass filter. The theoretical approach assumed in the model is that the QMS contains hyperbolic rods as electrodes and that the magnetic field acts over the full length of the mass filter assembly. Initial experimental results with argon and ...

A new approach to the design of M-channel pseudoquadrature-mirror-filter (QMF) banks is presented. In this approach, the prototype filter is obtained as a spectral factor of a 2Mth band filter. This completely eliminates the need for optimization whereas in conventional pseudo-QMF designs, the main computational effort is in optimization of the prototype. As in the conventional approach, the al...

We present both the observations and the data reduction procedures of the Subaru COSMOS 20 project that is an optical imaging survey of the HST COSMOS field, carried out by using Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope with the following 20 optical filters: 6 broad-band (B, g, V , r, i, and z), 2 narrow-band (NB711 and NB816), and 12 intermediate-band filters (IA427, IA464, IA484, IA505, IA527, IA5...

An estimation problem is considered for a stochastic parabolic equation with an unknown random coefficient. The additional randomness in the coefficient generalizes a popular estimation problem that has been extensively studied in recent years. The filter estimate of the coefficient is constructed from a finite-dimensional projection of the solution of the equation. Under certain conditions thi...

We consider three different versions of the Zak transform (ZT) for discrete-time signals, namely, the discretetime ZT, the polyphase transform, and a cyclic discrete ZT. In particular, we show that the extension of the discrete-time ZT to the complex z-plane results in the polyphase transform, an important and well-known concept in multirate signal processing and filter bank theory. We discuss ...

Based on the concept of losslessness in digital filter structures, this paper derives a general class of maximally decimated Mchannel quadrature mirror filter hanks that lead to perfect reconstrnction. The perfect-reconstruction property guarantees that the reconstructed signal f ( a ) is a delayed version of the input signal x (n), i.e., 2 ( n ) = n ( n a,,). It is shown that such a property c...

This Project deals with an Embedded Z-source inverter to control the three phase induction motor. The Z-source inverters are recent topological options for buck–boost energy conversion with a number of possible voltage and current-type circuitries. The common advantage of Z-source inverter and Embedded Z-source inverter is the inclusion of an LC impedance network, placed between the dc input so...

N/Z Equilibration in Deep Inelastic Collisions and the Fragmentation of the Resulting Quasiprojectiles. (May 2007) August Lawrence Keksis, B.S., Northern Arizona University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Sherry J. Yennello When target and projectile nuclei have a difference in neutron to proton ratio (N/Z), the quasiprojectiles formed in a deep inelastic collision (DIC) should have a mean N/Z...