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Characterization of a dense aperture array for radio astronomy

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2016-04-20 v1
Authors: S. A. Torchinsky , A. O. H. Olofsson , B. Censier , A. Karastergiou , M. Serylak , P. Picard , P. Renaud , C. Taffoureau
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Abstract

EMBRACE@Nancay is a prototype instrument consisting of an array of 4608 densely packed antenna elements creating a fully sampled, unblocked aperture. This technology is proposed for the Square Kilometre Array and has the potential of providing an extremely large field of view making it the ideal survey instrument. We describe the system,calibration procedures, and results from the prototype.

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@article{arxiv.1602.07976,
  title  = {Characterization of a dense aperture array for radio astronomy},
  author = {S. A. Torchinsky and A. O. H. Olofsson and B. Censier and A. Karastergiou and M. Serylak and P. Picard and P. Renaud and C. Taffoureau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.07976},
  year   = {2016}
}

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17 pages, accepted for publication in A&A

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