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A revolution in radio receiving technology is underway with the development of densely packed phased arrays for radio astronomy. This technology can provide an exceptionally large field of view, while at the same time sampling the sky with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-03 S. A. Torchinsky , A. O. H. Olofsson , B. Censier , A. Karastergiou , M. Serylak , P. Renaud , C. Taffoureau

With the high sensitivity and wide-field coverage of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), large samples of explosive transients are expected to be discovered. Radio wavelengths, especially in commensal survey mode, are particularly well suited…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-23 Poonam Chandra , G. C. Anupama , K. G. Arun , Shabnam Iyyani , Kuntal Misra , D. Narasimha , Alak Ray , L. Resmi , Subhashis Roy , Firoza Sutaria

LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array, is a new radio telescope under construction in the Netherlands, designed to operate between 30 and 240 MHz. The Transients Key Project is one of the four Key Science Projects which comprise the core LOFAR…

Real-time detections of transients and rapid multi-wavelength follow-up are at the core of modern multi-messenger astrophysics. MeerTRAP is one such instrument that has been deployed on the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa to search…

We report characterization results for an engineering prototype of a next-generation low-frequency radio astronomy array. This prototype, which we refer to as the Aperture Array Verification System 0.5 (AAVS0.5), is a sparse pseudo-random…

The "Square Kilometre Array" (SKA) is a large international radio telescope project characterised, as suggested by its name, by a total collecting area of approximately one square kilometre, and consisting of several interferometric arrays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-29 F. Acero , J. -T. Acquaviva , R. Adam , N. Aghanim , M. Allen , M. Alves , R. Ammanouil , R. Ansari , A. Araudo , E. Armengaud , B. Ascaso , E. Athanassoula , D. Aubert , S. Babak , A. Bacmann , A. Banday , K. Barriere , F. Bellossi , J. -P. Bernard , M. G. Bernardini , M. Béthermin , E. Blanc , L. Blanchet , J. Bobin , S. Boissier , C. Boisson , A. Boselli , A. Bosma , S. Bosse , S. Bottinelli , F. Boulanger , R. Boyer , A. Bracco , C. Briand , M. Bucher , V. Buat , L. Cambresy , M. Caillat , J. -M. Casandjian , E. Caux , S. Célestin , M. Cerruti , P. Charlot , E. Chassande-Mottin , S. Chaty , N. Christensen , L. Ciesla , N. Clerc , J. Cohen-Tanugi , I. Cognard , F. Combes , B. Comis , S. Corbel , B. Cordier , M. Coriat , R. Courtin , H. Courtois , B. Da Silva , E. Daddi , R. Dallier , E. Dartois , K. Demyk , J. -M. Denis , L. Denis , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. -F. Donati , M. Douspis , W. van Driel , M. N. El Korso , E. Falgarone , A. Fantina , T. Farges , A. Ferrari , C. Ferrari , K. Ferrière , R. Flamary , N. Gac , S. Gauffre , F. Genova , J. Girard , I. Grenier , J. -M. Griessmeier , P. Guillard , L. Guillemot , F. Gulminelli , A. Gusdorf , E. Habart , F. Hammer , P. Hennebelle , F. Herpin , O. Hervet , A. Hughes , O. Ilbert , M. Janvier , E. Josselin , A. Julier , C. Lachaud , G. Lagache , R. Lallement , S. Lambert , L. Lamy , M. Langer , P. Larzabal , G. Lavaux , T. Le Bertre , O. Le Fèvre , A. Le Tiec , B. Lefloch , M. Lehnert , M. Lemoine-Goumard , F. Levrier , M. Limousin , D. Lis , A. López-Sepulcre , J. Macias-Perez , C. Magneville , A. Marcowith , J. Margueron , G. Marquette , D. Marshall , L. Martin , D. Mary , S. Masson , S. Maurogordato , C. Mazauric , Y. Mellier , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , L. Montier , F. Mottez , D. Mourard , N. Nesvadba , J. -F. Nezan , P. Noterdaeme , J. Novak , P. Ocvirk , M. Oertel , X. Olive , V. Ollier , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , M. Pandey-Pommier , Y. Pennec , M. Pérault , C. Peroux , P. Petit , J. Pétri , A. Petiteau , J. Pety , G. W. Pratt , M. Puech , B. Quertier , E. Raffin , S. Rakotozafy Harison , S. Rawson , M. Renaud , B. Revenu , C. Richard , J. Richard , F. Rincon , I. Ristorcelli , J. Rodriguez , M. Schultheis , C. Schimd , B. Semelin , H. Sol , J. -L. Starck , M. Tagger , C. Tasse , G. Theureau , S. Torchinsky , C. Vastel , S. D. Vergani , L. Verstraete , X. Vigouroux , N. Vilmer , J. -P. Vilotte , N. Webb , N. Ysard , P. Zarka

Backed by advances in digital electronics, signal processing, computation, and storage technologies, aperture arrays, which had strongly influenced the design of telescopes in the early years of radio astronomy, have made a comeback. Amid…

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 describe the parameters of a low-frequency all-sky survey of compact radio sources using Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS), undertaken with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). While this survey gives important complementary information…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-08 J. S. Morgan , J-P. Macquart , R. Chhetri , R. D. Ekers , S. J. Tingay , E. M. Sadler

In this work, we report on systematic Monte Carlo (MC) studies for the FRACAS apparatus, a large acceptance mass spectrometer that will be used to measure the fragmentation cross sections of $^{12}$C ions for hadrontherapy. The apparatus…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-24 Edgar Barlerin , Samuel Salvador , Marc Labalme

The ambitious scientific goals of the SKA require a matching capability for calibration of atmospheric propagation errors, which contaminate the observed signals. We demonstrate a scheme for correcting the direction-dependent ionospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Maria Rioja , Richard Dodson , Thomas Franzen

The low frequency component of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA1-Low) will be an aperture phased array located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) site in Western Australia. It will be composed of 512 stations, each of them…

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a proposed next generation radio telescope. Between now and 2005 this project is in a technology development and prototyping phase, with construction likely to begin in $\sim 2010$. This paper describes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. F. Bell

This chapter provides an overview of the possibilities for transient and variable-source astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array. While subsequent chapters focus on the astrophysics of individual events, we focus on the broader…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-06 Rob Fender , Adam Stewart , Jean-Pierre Macquart , Immacolata Donnarumma , Tara Murphy , Adam Deller , Zsolt Paragi , Shami Chatterjee

We discuss the ground-breaking science that will be possible with a wide area survey, using the MeerKAT telescope, known as MeerKLASS (MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey). The current specifications of MeerKAT make it a great fit for…

The Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) is a next generation radio telescope currently under construction in Western Australia. The fast survey speed and wide field of view make it an ideal instrument for blind transients searches. The ASKAP…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-17 Jay Banyer , Tara Murphy , the VAST Collaboration

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), with the aim of achieving a collecting area of one square kilometre, will be the world's largest radio telescope. A scientific collaboration between 12 countries (with more to join), it will consist of one…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-21 Cristina García-Miró , Antonio Chrysostomou , Zsolt Paragi , Ilse van Bemmel

MATISSE (Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment) is the next generation spectro-interferometer at the European Southern Observatory VLTI operating in the spectral bands L, M and N, and combining four beams from the unit and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 A. Matter , S. Lagarde , R. G. Petrov , P. Berio , S. Robbe-Dubois , B. Lopez , P. Antonelli , F. Allouche , P. Cruzalebes , F. Millour , G. Bazin , L. Bourgès

Submillimeter cameras now have up to $10^4$ pixels (SCUBA 2). The proposed CCAT 25-meter submillimeter telescope will feature a 1 degree field-of-view. Populating the focal plane at 350 microns would require more than $10^6$ photon-noise…