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In this paper, a real-time 105-channel data acquisition platform based on FPGA for imaging will be implemented for mm-wave imaging systems. PC platform is also realized for imaging results monitoring purpose. Mm-wave imaging expands our…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2017-02-09 Chengkai Guo , Jason Y. Du

The radio-wavelength detection of extensive air showers (EAS) initiated by cosmic-ray interactions in the Earth's atmosphere is a promising technique for investigating the origin of these particles and the physics of their interactions. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-29 A. Williamson , C. W. James , S. J. Tingay , S. J. McSweeney , S. M. Ord

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

We forecast the sensitivity with which the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) can measure the 21 cm power spectrum of cosmic hydrogen, using radiative transfer simulations to model reionization and the 21 cm signal. The MWA is sensitive to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Adam Lidz , Oliver Zahn , Matthew McQuinn , Matias Zaldarriaga , Lars Hernquist

We report the design and functionality of the Murchison Widefield Array Particle Detector Array (MWA PDA), an array of eight particle scintillation detectors deployed to Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory…

Interferometric localisation of transients and pulsars via tied-array beam processing is challenging and can be limited by the native spatial resolution achievable by the instrument, especially at low frequencies and for compact…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 Bradley W. Meyers , Arash Bahramian

Imaging the low-frequency radio Sun is an intrinsically challenging problem. Meter-wavelength solar emission spans angular scales from a few arcminutes to a few degrees. These emissions show temporal and spectral variability on a sub-second…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-22 Devojyoti Kansabanik

We describe the design and performance of the Engineering Development Array (EDA), which is a low frequency radio telescope comprising 256 dual-polarisation dipole antennas working as a phased-array. The EDA was conceived of, developed, and…

We present low-frequency spectral energy distributions of 60 known radio pulsars observed with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope. We searched the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA (GLEAM) survey images for 200-MHz continuum…

We report on the development of W-band (75-110 GHz) heterodyne receiver technology for large-format astronomical arrays. The receiver system is designed to be both mass-producible, so that the designs could be scaled to thousands of…

An FPGA based digital signal processing (DSP) system for biasing and reading out multiplexed bolometric detectors for mm-wavelength telescopes is presented. This readout system is being deployed for balloon-borne and ground based cosmology…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-05-13 Matt Dobbs , Eric Bissonnette , Helmuth Spieler

Experiments were performed with prototype antenna tiles for the Mileura Widefield Array--Low Frequency Demonstrator (MWA-LFD) to better understand the widefield, wideband properties of their design and to characterize the radio frequency…

The Submillimeter Array (SMA), a collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Academica Sinica Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of Taiwan, is an eight-element radio-interferometer designed to operate…

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

Our previously reported survey of the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) environment using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) detected over 70 unique Resident Space Objects (RSOs) over multiple passes, from 20 hours of observations in passive radar…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Steve Prabu , Paul J Hancock , Xiang Zhang , Steven J Tingay , Torrance Hodgson , Brian Crosse , Melanie Johnston-Hollitt

We present a broadband map of polarized diffuse emission at 167-198 MHz developed from data from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). The map is designed to improve visibility simulation and precision calibration for 21 cm Epoch of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-17 Ruby Byrne , Miguel F. Morales , Bryna Hazelton , Ian Sullivan , Nichole Barry , Christene Lynch , Jack L. B. Line , Daniel C. Jacobs

We present and evaluate several strategies to search for prompt, low-frequency radio emission associated with gravitational wave transients using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). As we are able to repoint the MWA on timescales of tens…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 D. L. Kaplan , T. Murphy , A. Rowlinson , S. D. Croft , R. B. Wayth , C. M. Trott

The number of active and non active satellites in Earth orbit has dramatically increased in recent decades, requiring the development of novel surveillance techniques to monitor and track them. In this paper, we build upon previous…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-01 Steve Prabu , Paul J Hancock , Xiang Zhang , Steven J Tingay

This paper presents the design and validation of a digital receiver system developed for the next-generation radio interferometer projects. The receiver supports 8 analog inputs with 12-bit, 4GHz sampling and performs real-time signal…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-03 Donghao Qu , Jiajun Zhang , Yajun Wu , Zhang Zhao , Yanbin Yang , Zixuan Liu

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