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We follow up on a report by Vacca et al. (2018) of 28 candidate large-scale diffuse synchrotron sources in an 8{\deg}$\times$8{\deg} area of the sky (centred at RA 5h0m0s Dec 5{\deg}48'0''). These sources were originally observed at 1.4 GHz…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-27 Torrance Hodgson , Melanie Johnston-Hollitt , Benajmin McKinley , Tessa Vernstrom , Valentina Vacca

Interferometric arrays seeking to measure the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization must contend with overwhelmingly bright emission from foreground sources. Accurate recovery of the 21 cm signal will require precise calibration of…

We present a search for prompt radio emission associated with the short-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) 150424A using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) at frequencies from 80-133 MHz. Our observations span delays of 23 s-30 min after the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-02 D. L. Kaplan , A. Rowlinson , K. W. Bannister , M. E. Bell , S. D. Croft , T. Murphy , S. J. Tingay , R. B. Wayth , A. Williams

A Spectral Correlator is the main component of the real time signal processing for a Radio Telescope array. The correlation of signals received at each element with every other element of the array is a classic case of an application…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-02 Peeyush Prasad , C. R. Subrahmanya

We present a targeted search for low-frequency (144--215\,MHz) FRB emission from five repeating FRBs using 23.3\,hr of archival data taken with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) Voltage Capture System (VCS) between 2014 September and 2020…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 J. Tian , G. E. Anderson , P. J. Hancock , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , M. Sokolowski , C. W. James , N. D. R. Bhat , N. A. Swainston , D. Ung , B. W. Meyers

LWA1 is a new large radio telescope array operating in the frequency range 10-88 MHz, located in central New Mexico. The telescope consists of 260 pairs of dipole-type antennas whose outputs are individually digitized and formed into beams.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 S. W. Ellingson , J. Craig , J. Dowell , G. B. Taylor , J. F. Helmboldt

Coronal magnetic fields are well known to be one of the crucial parameters defining coronal physics and space weather. However, measuring the global coronal magnetic fields remains challenging. The polarization properties of coronal radio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-01 Devojyoti Kansabanik , Divya Oberoi , Surajit Mondal

The legacy Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) is being reconfigured as a 264-element synthesis telescope, called the Ooty Wide Field Array (OWFA). Its antenna elements are the contiguous 1.92 m sections of the parabolic cylinder. It will operate in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 C. R. Subrahmanya , P. Prasad , B. S. Girish , R. Somashekar , P. K. Manoharan , A. K. Mittal

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

The Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is one of the major components of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). In the WCDA, 3600 Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs) and the Front End Electronics (FEEs) are scattered over a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-09 Shaoping Chu , Lei Zhao , Zouyi Jiang , Cong Ma , Xingshun Gao , Yunfan Yang , Shubin Liu , Qi An

The digital correlator is one of the most crucial data processing components of a radio telescope array. With the scale of radio interferometeric array growing, many efforts have been devoted to developing a cost-effective and scalable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-28 Zhao Wang , Ji-Xia Li , Ke Zhang , 1 Feng-Quan Wu , Hai-Jun Tian , Chen-Hui Niu , Ju-Yong Zhang , Zhi-Ping Chen , Dong-Jin Yu , Xue-Lei Chen

The digital correlator is a crucial element in a modern radio telescope. In this paper we describe a scalable design of the correlator system for the Tianlai pathfinder array, which is an experiment dedicated to test the key technologies…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-24 Chenhui Niu , Qunxiong Wang , David MacMahon , Fengquan Wu , Xuelei Chen , Jixia Li , Haijun Tian , Guillaume Shippee , Dan Werthimer , Xiaoping Zheng

The first station of the Long Wavelength Array (LWA1) was completed in April 2011 and is currently performing observations resulting from its first call for proposals in addition to a continuing program of commissioning and characterization…

We report the first astrophysical application of the technique of wide-field Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). This powerful technique allows us to identify and measure sub-arcsecond compact…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-10 R. Chhetri , J. Morgan , R. D. Ekers , J-P Macquart , E. M. Sadler , M. Giroletti , J. R. Callingham , S. J. Tingay

We characterize the low frequency radio-frequency interference (RFI) environment at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO), the location selected for the low-frequency component of the Square Kilometre Array. Data were collected…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Marcin Sokolowski , Randall B. Wayth , Morgan Lewis

The Submillimeter Array (SMA) is an array of 8 antennas operating at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths on Maunakea, Hawaii, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and…

A Radio interferometer comprises several antennas, spared over a large area. Say ALMA(Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array), VLA(very large array), VLBA(Very Long Baseline Array), GMRT(Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope), MWA(…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-09 Akash Kulkarni

We examine data from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in the frequency range 72 -- 102 MHz for a field-of-view that serendipitously contained the interstellar object 'Oumuamua on 2017 November 28. Observations took place with time…

The CHARA Array is a six 1-m telescope optical/IR interferometric array located on Mount Wilson California, designed and built by the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy of Georgia State University. In this paper we describe the…