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The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor

The Murchison Widefield Array is a low frequency (80 - 300 MHz) SKA Precursor, comprising 128 aperture array elements (known as tiles) distributed over an area of 3 km diameter. The MWA is located at the extraordinarily radio quiet…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 S. J. Tingay , D. Oberoi , I. Cairns , A. Donea , R. Duffin , W. Arcus , G. Bernardi , J. D. Bowman , F. Briggs , J. D. Bunton , R. J. Cappallo , B. E. Corey , A. Deshpande , L. deSouza , D. Emrich , B. M. Gaensler , R. Goeke , L. J. Greenhill , B. J. Hazelton , D. Herne , J. N. Hewitt , M. Johnston-Hollitt , D. L. Kaplan , J. C. Kasper , J. A. Kennewell , B. B. Kincaid , R. Koenig , E. Kratzenberg , C. J. Lonsdale , M. J. Lynch , S. R. McWhirter , D. A. Mitchell , M. F. Morales , E. Morgan , S. M. Ord , J. Pathikulangara , T. Prabu , R. A Remillard , A. E. E. Rogers , A. Roshi , J. E. Salah , R. J. Sault , N. Udaya-Shankar , K. S. Srivani , J. Stevens , R. Subrahmanyan , M. Waterson , R. B. Wayth , R. L. Webster , A. R. Whitney , A. Williams , C. L. Williams , J. S. B. Wyithe

Science with the Murchison Widefield Array: Phase I Results and Phase II Opportunities

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is an open access telescope dedicated to studying the low frequency (80$-$300 MHz) southern sky. Since beginning operations in mid 2013, the MWA has opened a new observational window in the southern…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 A. P. Beardsley , M. Johnston-Hollitt , C. M. Trott , J. C. Pober , J. Morgan , D. Oberoi , D. L. Kaplan , C. R. Lynch , G. E. Anderson , P. I. McCauley , S. Croft , C. W. James , O. I. Wong , C. D. Tremblay , R. P. Norris , I. H. Cairns , C. J. Lonsdale , P. J. Hancock , B. M. Gaensler , N. D. R. Bhat , W. Li , N. Hurley-Walker , J. R. Callingham , N. Seymour , S. Yoshiura , R. C. Joseph , K. Takahashi , M. Sokolowski , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , J. V. Chauhan , I. Bojičić , M. D. Filipović , D. Leahy , H. Su , W. W. Tian , S. J. McSweeney , B. W. Meyers , S. Kitaeff , T. Vernstrom , G. Gürkan , G. Heald , M. Xue , C. J. Riseley , S. W. Duchesne , J. D. Bowman , D. C. Jacobs , B. Crosse , D. Emrich , T. M. O. Franzen , L. Horsley , D. Kenney , M. F. Morales , D. Pallot , K. Steele , S. J. Tingay , M. Walker , R. B. Wayth , A. Williams , C. Wu

Realisation of a low frequency SKA Precursor: The Murchison Widefield Array

The Murchison Widefield Array is a low frequency (80 - 300 MHz) SKA Precursor, comprising 128 aperture array elements distributed over an area of 3 km diameter. The MWA is located at the extraordinarily radio quiet Murchison Radioastronomy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-07 S. J. Tingay , R. Goeke , J. N. Hewitt , E. Morgan , R. A Remillard , C. L. Williams , J. D. Bowman , D. Emrich , S. M. Ord , T. Booler , B. Crosse , D. Pallot , W. Arcus , T. Colegate , P. J. Hall , D. Herne , M. J. Lynch , F. Schlagenhaufer , S. Tremblay , R. B. Wayth , M. Waterson , D. A. Mitchell , R. J. Sault , R. L. Webster , J. S. B. Wyithe , M. F. Morales , B. J. Hazelton , A. Wicenec , A. Williams , D. Barnes , G. Bernardi , L. J. Greenhill , J. C. Kasper , F. Briggs , B. McKinley , J. D. Bunton , L. deSouza , R. Koenig , J. Pathikulangara , J. Stevens , R. J. Cappallo , B. E. Corey , B. B. Kincaid , E. Kratzenberg , C. J. Lonsdale , S. R. McWhirter , A. E. E. Rogers , J. E. Salah , A. R. Whitney , A. Deshpande , T. Prabu , A. Roshi , N. Udaya-Shankar , K. S. Srivani , R. Subrahmanyan , B. M. Gaensler , M. Johnston-Hollitt , D. L. Kaplan , D. Oberoi

The Murchison Widefield Array: the Square Kilometre Array Precursor at low radio frequencies

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is one of three Square Kilometre Array Precursor telescopes and is located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in the Murchison Shire of the mid-west of Western Australia, a location chosen for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 S. J. Tingay , R. Goeke , J. D. Bowman , D. Emrich , S. M. Ord , D. A. Mitchell , M. F. Morales , T. Booler , B. Crosse , D. Pallot , A. Wicenec , W. Arcus , D. Barnes , G. Bernardi , F. Briggs , S. Burns , J. D. Bunton , R. J. Cappallo , T. Colegate , B. E. Corey , A. Deshpande , L. deSouza , B. M. Gaensler , L. J. Greenhill , J. Hall , B. J. Hazelton , D. Herne , J. N. Hewitt , M. Johnston-Hollitt , D. L. Kaplan , J. C. Kasper , B. B. Kincaid , R. Koenig , E. Kratzenberg , C. J. Lonsdale , M. J. Lynch , B. McKinley , S. R. McWhirter , E. Morgan , D. Oberoi , J. Pathikulangara , T. Prabu , R. A. Remillard , A. E. E. Rogers , A. Roshi , J. E. Salah , R. J. Sault , N. Udaya-Shankar , F. Schlagenhaufer , K. S. Srivani , J. Stevens , R. Subrahmanyan , S. Tremblay , R. B. Wayth , M. Waterson , R. L. Webster , A. R. Whitney , A. Williams , C. L. Williams , J. S. B. Wyithe

The Murchison Widefield Array: Design Overview

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a dipole-based aperture array synthesis telescope designed to operate in the 80-300 MHz frequency range. It is capable of a wide range of science investigations, but is initially focused on three key…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Colin J. Lonsdale , Roger J. Cappallo , Miguel F. Morales , Frank H. Briggs , Leonid Benkevitch , Judd D. Bowman , John D. Bunton , Steven Burns , Brian E. Corey , Ludi deSouza , Sheperd S. Doeleman , Mark Derome , Avinash Deshpande , M. R. Gopalakrishna , Lincoln J. Greenhill , David Herne , Jacqueline N. Hewitt , P. A. Kamini , Justin C. Kasper , Barton B. Kincaid , Jonathan Kocz , Errol Kowald , Eric Kratzenberg , Deepak Kumar , Mervyn J. Lynch , S. Madhavi , Michael Matejek , Daniel Mitchell , Edward Morgan , Divya Oberoi , Steven Ord , Joseph Pathikulangara , T. Prabu , Alan E. E. Rogers , Anish Roshi , Joseph E. Salah , Robert J. Sault , N. Udaya Shankar , K. S. Srivani , Jamie Stevens , Steven Tingay , Annino Vaccarella , Mark Waterson , Randall B. Wayth , Rachel L. Webster , Alan R. Whitney , Andrew Williams , Christopher Williams

Science With The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder

The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries that will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio facility. Most of the key science…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Simon Johnston

The Murchison Widefield Array Enters Adolescence: A Personal Review of the Early Years of Operations

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a low frequency radio interferometer designed and developed by an international consortium, operated on behalf of the consortium by Curtin University. The MWA is a Precursor for the low frequency…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-11 Steven J. Tingay

Science with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)

The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries that will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio facility. Most of the key science…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-25 Simon Johnston , Ilana J. Feain , Neeraj Gupta

Low Frequency Imaging of Fields at High Galactic Latitude with the Murchison Widefield Array 32-Element Prototype

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new low-frequency, wide field-of-view radio interferometer under development at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. We have used a 32-element MWA prototype…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Christopher L. Williams , Jacqueline N. Hewitt , Alan M. Levine , Angelica de Oliveira-Costa , Judd D. Bowman , Frank H. Briggs , B. M. Gaensler , Lars L. Hernquist , Daniel A. Mitchell , Miguel F. Morales , Shiv K. Sethi , Ravi Subrahmanyan , Elaine M. Sadler , Wayne Arcus , David G. Barnes , Gianni Bernardi , John D. Bunton , Roger C. Cappallo , Brian W. Crosse , Brian E. Corey , Avinash Deshpande , Ludi deSouza , David Emrich , Robert F. Goeke , Lincoln J. Greenhill , Bryna J. Hazelton , David Herne , David L. Kaplan , Justin C. Kasper , Barton B. Kincaid , Ronald Koenig , Eric Kratzenberg , Colin J. Lonsdale , Mervyn J. Lynch , S. Russell McWhirter , %Daniel A. Mitchell , %Miguel F. Morales , Edward H. Morgan , Divya Oberoi , Stephen M. Ord , Joseph Pathikulangara , Thiagaraj Prabu , Ronald A. Remillard , Alan E. E. Rogers , Anish A. Roshi , Joseph E. Salah , Robert J. Sault , N. Udaya Shankar , K. S. Srivani , Jamie B. Stevens , Steven J. Tingay , Randall B. Wayth , Mark Waterson , Rachel L. Webster , Alan R. Whitney , Andrew J. Williams , J. Stuart B. Wyithe

On the detection and tracking of space debris using the Murchison Widefield Array. I. Simulations and test observations demonstrate feasibility

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new low frequency interferomeric radio telescope. The MWA is the low frequency precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and is the first of three SKA precursors to be operational, supporting a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 S. J. Tingay , D. L. Kaplan , B. McKinley , F. Briggs , R. B. Wayth , N. Hurley-Walker , J. Kennewell , C. Smith , K. Zhang , W. Arcus , R. Bhat , D. Emrich , D. Herne , N. Kudryavtseva , M. Lynch , S. M. Ord , M. Waterson , D. G. Barnes , M. Bell , B. M. Gaensler , E. Lenc , G. Bernardi , L. J. Greenhill , J. C. Kasper , J. D. Bowman , D. Jacobs , J. D. Bunton , L. deSouza , R. Koenig , J. Pathikulangara , J. Stevens , R. J. Cappallo , B. E. Corey , B. B. Kincaid , E. Kratzenberg , C. J. Lonsdale , S. R. McWhirter , A. E. E. Rogers , J. E. Salah , A. R. Whitney , A. Deshpande , T. Prabu , N. Udaya Shankar , K. S. Srivani , R. Subrahmanyan , A. Ewall-Wice , L. Feng , R. Goeke , E. Morgan , R. A. Remillard , C. L. Williams , B. J. Hazelton , M. F. Morales , M. Johnston-Hollitt , D. A. Mitchell , P. Procopio , J. Riding , R. L. Webster , J. S. B. Wyithe , D. Oberoi , A. Roshi , R. J. Sault , A. Williams

Science with ASKAP - the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder

[ABRIDGED VERSION] The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries. The SKA will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio facility. A…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-10 S. Johnston , R. Taylor , M. Bailes , N. Bartel , C. Baugh , M. Bietenholz , C. Blake , R. Braun , J. Brown , S. Chatterjee , J. Darling , A. Deller , R. Dodson , P. Edwards , R. Ekers , S. Ellingsen , I. Feain , B. Gaensler , M. Haverkorn , G. Hobbs , A. Hopkins , C. Jackson , C. James , G. Joncas , V. Kaspi , V. Kilborn , B. Koribalski , R. Kothes , T. Landecker , A. Lenc , J. Lovell , J. -P. Macquart , R. Manchester , D. Matthews , N. McClure-Griffiths , R. Norris , U. -L. Pen , C. Phillips , C. Power , R. Protheroe , E. Sadler , B. Schmidt , I. Stairs , L. Staveley-Smith , J. Stil , S. Tingay , A. Tzioumis , M. Walker , J. Wall , M. Wolleben

Establishing the Capabilities of the Murchison Widefield Array as a Passive Radar for the Surveillance of Space

This paper describes the use of the Murchison Widefield Array, a low-frequency radio telescope at a radio-quiet Western Australian site, as a radar receiver forming part of a continent-spanning multistatic radar network for the surveillance…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-07 Brendan Hennessy , Robert Young , Steven Tingay , Ashley Summers , Daniel Gustainis , Brian Crosse , Marcin Sokolowski

Interferometric imaging with the 32 element Murchison Wide-field Array

The Murchison Wide-field Array (MWA) is a low frequency radio telescope, currently under construction, intended to search for the spectral signature of the epoch of re-ionisation (EOR) and to probe the structure of the solar corona. Sited…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 S. M. Ord , D. A. Mitchell , R. B. Wayth , L. J. Greenhill , G. Bernardi , S. Gleadow , R. G. Edgar , M. A. Clark , G. Allen , W. Arcus , L. Benkevitch , J. D. Bowman , F. H. Briggs , J. D. Bunton , S. Burns , R. J. Cappallo , W. A. Coles , B. E. Corey , L. deSouza , S. S. Doeleman , M. Derome , A. Deshpande , D. Emrich , R. Goeke , M. R. Gopalakrishna , D. Herne , J. N. Hewitt , P. A. Kamini , D. L. Kaplan , J. C. Kasper , B. B. Kincaid , J. Kocz , E. Kowald , E. Kratzenberg , D. Kumar , C. J. Lonsdale , M. J. Lynch , S. R. McWhirter , S. Madhavi , M. Matejek , M. F. Morales , E. Morgan , D. Oberoi , J. Pathikulangara , T. Prabu , A. E. E. Rogers , A. Roshi , J. E. Salah , A. Schinkel , N. Udaya Shankar , K. S. Srivani , J. Stevens , S. J. Tingay , A. Vaccarella , M. Waterson , R. L. Webster , A. R. Whitney , A. Williams , C. Williams

The low-frequency environment of the Murchison Widefield Array: radio-frequency interference analysis and mitigation

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new low-frequency interferometric radio telescope built in Western Australia at one of the locations of the future Square Kilometre Array (SKA). We describe the automated radio-frequency interference…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-12 A. R. Offringa , R. B. Wayth , N. Hurley-Walker , D. L. Kaplan , N. Barry , A. P. Beardsley , M. E. Bell , G. Bernardi , J. D. Bowman , F. Briggs , J. R. Callingham , R. J. Cappallo , P. Carroll , A. A. Deshpande , J. S. Dillon , K. S. Dwarakanath , A. Ewall-Wice , L. Feng , B. -Q. For , B. M. Gaensler , L. J. Greenhill , P. Hancock , B. J. Hazelton , J. N. Hewitt , L. Hindson , D. C. Jacobs , M. Johnston-Hollitt , A. D. Kapińska , H. -S. Kim , P. Kittiwisit , E. Lenc , J. Line , A. Loeb , C. J. Lonsdale , B. McKinley , S. R. McWhirter , D. A. Mitchell , M. F. Morales , E. Morgan , J. Morgan , A. R. Neben , D. Oberoi , S. M. Ord , S. Paul , B. Pindor , J. C. Pober , T. Prabu , P. Procopio , J. Riding , N. Udaya Shankar , S. Sethi , K. S. Srivani , L. Staveley-Smith , R. Subrahmanyan , I. S. Sullivan , M. Tegmark , N. Thyagarajan , S. J. Tingay , C. M. Trott , R. L. Webster , A. Williams , C. L. Williams , C. Wu , J. S. Wyithe , Q. Zheng

Science with the next generation of radio surveys from LOFAR to the SKA

Over the next few years the new radio telescopes, such as the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) will greatly enhance our knowledge of the active history of the Universe. Large-area surveys with these new telescopes will no longer be dominated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matt J. Jarvis

Radio Continuum Surveys with Square Kilometre Array Pathfinders

In the lead-up to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, several next-generation radio telescopes and upgrades are already being built around the world. These include APERTIF (The Netherlands), ASKAP (Australia), eMERLIN (UK), VLA (USA),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ray P. Norris , J. Afonso , D. Bacon , Rainer Beck , Martin Bell , R. J. Beswick , Philip Best , Sanjay Bhatnagar , Annalisa Bonafede , Gianfranco Brunetti , Tamas Budavari , Rossella Cassano , J. J. Condo , Catherine Cress , Arwa Dabbech , I. Feain , Rob Fender , Chiara Ferrari , B. M. Gaensler , G. Giovannini , Marijke Haverkorn , George Heald , Kurt van der Heyden , A. M. Hopkins , M. Jarvis , Melanie Johnston-Hollitt , Roland Kothes , Huib van Langevelde , Joseph Lazio , Minnie Y. Mao , Alejo Martınez-Sansigre , David Mary , Kim McAlpine , E. Middelberg , Eric Murphy , P. Padovani , Zsolt Paragi , I. Prandoni , A. Raccanelli , Emma Rigby , I. G. Roseboom , H. Rottgering , Jose Sabater , Mara Salvato , Anna M. M. Scaife , Richard Schilizzi , N. Seymour , Dan J. B. Smith , Grazia Umana , G. -B. Zhao , Peter-Christian Zinn

The High Time and Frequency Resolution Capabilities of the Murchison Widefield Array

The science cases for incorporating high time resolution capabilities into modern radio telescopes are as numerous as they are compelling. Science targets range from exotic sources such as pulsars, to our Sun, to recently detected possible…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 S. E. Tremblay , S. M. Ord , N. D. R. Bhat , S. J. Tingay , B. Crosse , D. Pallot , S. I. Oronsaye , G. Bernardi , J. D. Bowman , F. Briggs , R. J. Cappallo , B. E. Corey , A. A. Deshpande , D. Emrich , R. Goeke , L. J. Greenhill , B. J. Hazelton , M. Johnston-Hollitt , D. L. Kaplan , J. C. Kasper , E. Kratzenberg , C. J. Lonsdale , M. J. Lynch , S. R. McWhirter , D. A. Mitchell , M. F. Morales , E. Morgan , D. Oberoi , T. Prabu , A. E. E. Rogers , A. Roshi , N. Udaya Shankar , K. S. Srivani , R. Subrahmanyan , M. Waterson , R. B. Wayth , R. L. Webster , A. R. Whitney , A. Williams , C. L. Williams

First Spectroscopic Imaging Observations of the Sun at Low Radio Frequencies with the Murchison Widefield Array Prototype

We present the first spectroscopic images of solar radio transients from the prototype for the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), observed on 2010 March 27. Our observations span the instantaneous frequency band 170.9-201.6 MHz. Though our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Divya Oberoi , Lynn D. Matthews , Iver H. Cairns , David Emrich , Vasili Lobzin , Colin J. Lonsdale , Edward H. Morgan , T. Prabu , Harish Vedantham , Randall B. Wayth , Andrew Williams , Christopher Williams , Stephen M. White , G. Allen , Wayne Arcus , David Barnes , Leonid Benkevitch , Gianni Bernardi , Judd D. Bowman , Frank H. Briggs , John D. Bunton , Steve Burns , Roger C. Cappallo , M. A. Clark , Brian E. Corey , M. Dawson , David DeBoer , A. De Gans , Ludi deSouza , Mark Derome , R. G. Edgar , T. Elton , Robert Goeke , M. R. Gopalakrishna , Lincoln J. Greenhill , Bryna Hazelton , David Herne , Jacqueline N. Hewitt , P. A. Kamini , David L. Kaplan , Justin C. Kasper , Rachel Kennedy , Barton B. Kincaid , Jonathan Kocz , R. Koeing , Errol Kowald , Mervyn J. Lynch , S. Madhavi , Stephen R. McWhirter , Daniel A. Mitchell , Miguel F. Morales , A. Ng , Stephen M. Ord , Joseph Pathikulangara , Alan E. E. Rogers , Anish Roshi , Joseph E. Salah , Robert J. Sault , Antony Schinckel , N. Udaya Shankar , K. S. Srivani , Jamie Stevens , Ravi Subrahmanyan , D. Thakkar , Steven J. Tingay , J. Tuthill , Annino Vaccarella , Mark Waterson , Rachel L. Webster , Alan R. Whitney

The challenges of low-frequency radio polarimetry: lessons from the Murchison Widefield Array

We present techniques developed to calibrate and correct Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) low frequency (72-300 MHz) radio observations for polarimetry. The extremely wide field-of-view, excellent instantaneous (u, v)-coverage and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 Emil Lenc , C. S. Anderson , N. Barry , J. D. Bowman , I. H. Cairns , J. S. Farnes , B. M. Gaensler , G. Heald , M. Johnston-Hollitt , D. L. Kaplan , C. R. Lynch , P. I. McCauley , D. A. Mitchell , J. Morgan , M. F. Morales , T. Murphy , A. R. Offringa , S. M. Ord , B. Pindor , C. Riseley , E. M. Sadler , C. Sobey , M. Sokolowski , I. S. Sullivan , S. P. O'Sullivan , X. H. Sun , S. E. Tremblay , C. M. Trott , R. B. Wayth

MWA Tied-Array Processing I: Calibration and Beamformation

The Murchison Widefield Array is a low-frequency Square Kilometre Array precursor located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia. Primarily designed as an imaging telescope, but with a flexible signal path, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 S. M. Ord , S. E. Tremblay , S. J. McSweeney , N. D. R. Bhat , C. Sobey , D. A. Mitchell , P. J. Hancock , F. Kirsten