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Spectral-line results from a new cryogenic phased array feed (cryoPAF) on the Murriyang telescope at Parkes are presented. This array offers a significant improvement in field of view, aperture efficiency, bandwidth, chromaticity and survey…

The LOw Frequency Array, LOFAR, is a next generation radio telescope with its core in the Netherlands and elements distributed throughout Europe. It has exceptional collecting area and wide bandwidths at frequencies from 10 MHz up to 250…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Vladislav Kondratiev , Ben Stappers , the LOFAR Pulsar Working Group

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) passed national acceptance and is taking pilot cycle of 'Shared-Risk' observations. The 19-beam receiver covering 1.05-1.45 GHz was used for most of these observations. The…

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) was completed with its main structure installed on September 25, 2016, after which it entered the commissioning phase. This paper aims to introduce the commissioning progress…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-18 Peng Jiang , Youling Yue , Hengqian Gan , Rui Yao , Hui Li , Gaofeng Pan , Jinghai Sun , Dongjun Yu , Hongfei Liu , Ningyu Tang , Lei Qian , Jiguang Lu , Jun Yan , Bo Peng , Shuxin Zhang , Qiming Wang , Qi Li , Di Li

Phased arrays are crucial in various technologies, such as radar and wireless communications, due to their ability to precisely control and steer electromagnetic waves. This precise control improves signal processing and enhances imaging…

The GALFACTS project is using the L-band seven feed array receiver system on the Arecibo telescope to carry out an imaging spectro-polarimetric survey of the 30% of the sky visible from Arecibo. GALFACTS observations will create full-Stokes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-31 Russ Taylor , Chris Salter

Here we describe the Compact Array Broadband Backend (CABB) and present first results obtained with the upgraded Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The 16-fold increase in observing bandwidth, from 2 x 128 MHz to 2 x 2048 MHz, high…

In a few years, the second generation instruments of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) will routinely provide observations with 4 to 6 telescopes simultaneously. To reach their ultimate performance, they will need a fringe…

We describe the technological concept and the first-light results of a 1024-channel spectrometer based on field programmable gate array (FPGA) hardware. This spectrometer is the prototype for the seven beam L-band receiver to be installed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 S. Stanko , B. Klein , J. Kerp

This paper investigates a phased array ground station capable of tracking multiple sources, multi-beamforming, electronic steering, easy scaling, and low cost. The project will develop a 20-pair dual-polarized yagi-UHF/VHF phased array with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-15 Luis M. Bres , Luis A. Hernandez , Teviet D. Creighton

Timing observations are crucial for determining the basic parameters of newly discovered pulsars. Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) with the L-band 19-beam receiver covering the frequency range of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-12 W. Q. Su , J. L. Han , P. F. Wang , J. P. Yuan , Chen Wang , D. J. Zhou , Tao Wang , Yi Yan , W. C. Jing , Z. L. Yang , N. N. Cai , Xue Chen , Jun Xu , Lang Xie , H. G. Wang , R. X. Xu , X. P. You

We present the upGREAT THz heterodyne arrays for far-infrared astronomy. The Low Frequency Array (LFA) is designed to cover the 1.9-2.5 THz range using 2x7-pixel waveguide-based HEB mixer arrays in a dual polarization configuration. The…

This paper describes the system architecture of a newly constructed radio telescope - the Boolardy Engineering Test Array, which is a prototype of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope. Phased array feed technology is…

In recent years important progress in micropattern gaseous detectors has been achieved in the use of resistive material to build compact spark-protected devices. The novel idea presented here consists of the polarisation of WELL structures…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-19 Rui De Oliveira , Marcello Maggi , Archana Sharma

Since January 2017, the Commensal Real-time ASKAP Fast Transients survey (CRAFT) has been utilising commissioning antennas of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) to survey for fast radio bursts (FRBs) in fly's eye mode. This is the first…

Despite several decades of multi-wavelength and multi-messenger spectral observations, Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) remain one of the big mysteries of modern astrophysics. Polarization measurements are essential to gain a more clear and complete…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 N. De Angelis , J. M. Burgess , F. Cadoux , J. Greiner , J. Hulsman , M. Kole , H. C. Li , S. Mianowski , A. Pollo , N. Produit , D. Rybka , J. Stauffer , J. C. Sun , B. B. Wu , X. Wu , A. Zadrozny , S. N. Zhang

LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) is an innovative radio telescope optimized for the frequency range 30-240 MHz. The telescope is realized as a phased aperture array without any moving parts. Digital beam forming allows the telescope to point to…

We describe a comprehensive pulsar monitoring campaign for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the {\em Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope} (formerly GLAST). The detection and study of pulsars in gamma rays give insights into the populations of…

The third-generation South Pole Telescope camera is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background across three frequency bands (95, 150 and 220 GHz) with ~16,000 transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. Each multichroic pixel on a…

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is the most sensitive radio telescope for pulsar observations. We make polarimetric measurements of a large number of faint and distant pulsars using the FAST. We present the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-01 Jun Xu , Jinlin Han , Pengfei Wang , Yi Yan