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This paper describes the technical details and practical implementation of the Mid-Frequency Square Kilometre Array (SKA) phase synchronisation system. Over a four-year period, the system has been tested on metropolitan fibre-optic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Sascha Schediwy , David Gozzard , Charles Gravestock , Simon Stobie , Richard Whitaker , Jocias Malan , Paul Boven , Keith Grainge

Variability of millimetre wavelength continuum emission from Class II protoplanetary disks is extremely rare, and when detected it is usually interpreted as originating from non-thermal emission mechanisms that relate to the host star…

We present a pilot search for variable and transient sources at 1.4 GHz with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). The search was performed in a 30 deg$^{2}$ area centred on the NGC 7232 galaxy group over 8 epochs and…

The subject of micro-variability among Mira stars has received increased attention since DeLaverny et al. (1998) reported short-term brightness variations in 15 percent of the 250 Mira or Long Period Variable stars surveyed using the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. E. Mais , D. Richards , R. E. Stencel

Atmospheric turbulence is the one of the major limiting factors for ground-based astronomical observations. In this paper, the problem of short-term forecasting seeing is discussed. The real data that were obtained by atmospheric optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-26 Matwey V. Kornilov

At radio wavelengths, solar-type stars emit thermal free-free and gyroresonance, gyrosynchrotron, and impulsive coherent emission. Thermal free-free emission originates at layers where the optical depth is close to unit, while high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 C. Trigilio , G. Umana , F. Cavallaro , C. Agliozzo , P. Leto , C. S. Buemi , A. Ingallinera , F. Bufano , S. Riggi

We present extensive observations of the radio emission from the remnant of SN 1987A made with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), since the first detection of the remnant in 1990. The radio emission has evolved in time providing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 G. Zanardo , L. Staveley-Smith , Lewis Ball , B. M. Gaensler , M. J. Kesteven , R. N. Manchester , C. -Y. Ng , A. K. Tzioumis , T. M. Potter

During the past decade, a year-round observatory has been established at the geographic South Pole by the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA). CARA has fielded several millimeter- and submillimeter-wave instruments:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 Antony A. Stark

Based on archival Chandra observations, we present a systematic timing survey of several hundred X-ray sources in M31, M81, and Centaurus A, mostly low-mass X-ray binaries (LXMBs), focusing on searching and characterizing aperiodic and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-16 Jiachang Zhang , Zhiyuan Li , Ziqian Hua , Tong Bao

We used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to obtain 40 GHz and 95 GHz observations of a number of sources that were selected from the Australia Telescope Compact Array 20 GHz (AT20G) survey . The aim of the observations was to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Paul J. Hancock , Elaine M. Sadler , Elizabeth K. Mahony , Roberto Ricci

To support the selection of large optical/infrared telescope sites in western China, long-term monitoring of atmospheric conditions and astronomical seeing has been conducted at the Muztagh-Ata site on the Pamir Plateau since 2017. With the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-09 Wenbo Gu , Ali Esamdin , Cunhai Bai , Jicheng Zhang , Xuan Zhang , Guojie Feng , Letian Wang , Guangxin Pu , Xinliang Wang , Daiping Zhang

We present a multiwavelength study of the flat-spectrum radio quasar CTA 102 during 2013-2017. We use radio-to-optical data obtained by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope, 15 GHz data from the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, 91 and 103 GHz…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-12 F. D'Ammando , C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , J. A. Acosta-Pulido , I. Agudo , A. A. Arkharov , R. Bachev , G. V. Baida , E. Benitez , G. A. Borman , W. Boschin , V. Bozhilov , M. S. Butuzova , P. Calcidese , M. I. Carnerero , D. Carosati , C. Casadio , N. Castro-Segura , W. -P. Chen , G. Damljanovic , A. Di Paola , J. Echevarria , N. V. Efimova , Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev , C. Espinosa , A. Fuentes , A. Giunta , J. L. Gomez , T. S. Grishina , M. A. Gurwell , D. Hiriart , H. Jermak , B. Jordan , S. G. Jorstad , M. Joshi , G. N. Kimeridze , E. N. Kopatskaya , K. Kuratov , O. M. Kurtanidze , S. O. Kurtanidze , A. Lahteenmaki , V. M. Larionov , E. G. Larionova , L. V. Larionova , C. Lazaro , C. S. Lin , M. P. Malmrose , A. P. Marscher , K. Matsumoto , B. McBreen , R. Michel , B. Mihov , M. Minev , D. O. Mirzaqulov , S. N. Molina , J. W. Moody , D. A. Morozova , S. V. Nazarov , A. A. Nikiforova , M. G. Nikolashvili , J. M. Ohlert , N. Okhmat , E. Ovcharov , F. Pinna , T. A. Polakis , C. Protasio , T. Pursimo , F. J. Redondo-Lorenzo , N. Rizzi , G. Rodriguez-Coira , K. Sadakane , A. C. Sadun , M. R. Samal , S. S. Savchenko , E. Semkov , L. Sigua , B. A. Skiff , L. Slavcheva-Mihova , P. S. Smith , I. A. Steele , A. Strigachev , J. Tammi , C. Thum , M. Tornikoski , Yu. V. Troitskaya , I. S. Troitsky , A. A. Vasilyev , O. Vince , T. Hovatta , S. Kiehlmann , W. Max-Moerbeck , A. C. S. Readhead , R. Reeves , T. J. Pearson , T. Mufakharov , Yu. V. Sotnikova , M. G. Mingaliev

The standing waves existed in radio telescope data are primarily due to reflections among the instruments, which significantly impact the spectrum quality of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). Eliminating…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-09 Chen Xu , Jie Wang , Yingjie Jing , Fujia Li , Hengqian Gan , Ziming Liu , Tiantian Liang , Qingze Chen , Zerui Liu , Zhipeng Hou , Hao Hu , Huijie Hu , Shijie Huang , Peng Jiang , Chuan-Peng Zhang , Yan Zhu

Millimeter wave provides a very promising approach for meeting the ever-growing traffic demand in next generation wireless networks. To utilize this band, it is crucial to obtain the channel state information in order to perform beamforming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-22 Chuang Zhang , Dongning Guo , Pingyi Fan

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) project is described. This multi-institution collaboration aims to produce arcminute-resolution and micro-Kelvin sensitivity maps of the microwave background temperature over 200 square degrees of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Arthur Kosowsky

The Atacama Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) remains unparalleled in sensitivity at radio frequencies above 35 GHz. In this paper, we explore ALMA's potential for narrowband technosignature detection, considering factors such as the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-02 Louisa A Mason , Michael A Garrett , Kelvin Wandia , Andrew P V Siemion

We report on variations in the mean position angle of the 20 millisecond pulsars being observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project. It is found that the observed variations are dominated by changes in the Faraday…

We introduce the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) rapid-response mode by presenting the first successful trigger on the short-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) 181123B. Early-time radio observations of short GRBs may provide vital…

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are short timescale (<<1 s) astrophysical radio signals, presumed to be a signature of cataclysmic events of extragalactic origin. The discovery of six high-redshift events at ~1400 MHz from the Parkes radio…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Cathryn M. Trott , Steven J. Tingay , Randall B. Wayth