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This paper describes a 50 MHz system being developed for GMRT to provide imaging capability in the frequency range 30-90MHz. Due to its larger collecting area and higher antenna efficiency, the low frequency GMRT system will be several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-12 N. Udaya Shankar , K. S. Dwarakanath , Shahram Amiri , R. Somashekar , B. S. Girish , Wences Laus , Arvind Nayak

The recent 230 GHz observations by the Event Horizon Telescope have resolved the innermost structure of the M87 galaxy, revealing a ring-like feature consistent with thermal synchrotron emission from a magnetized torus surrounding a…

We introduce the Michigan Infrared Test Thermal ELT N-band (MITTEN) Cryostat, a new facility for testing infrared detectors with a focus on mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths (8-13 microns). New generations of large format, deep well, fast…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 R. Bowens , E. Viges , M. R. Meyer , D. Atkinson , J. Monnier , M. Morgenstern , J. Leisenring , W. Hoffmann

We present an underground long baseline atom interferometer to study gravity at large scale. The hybrid atom-laser antenna will use several atom interferometers simultaneously interrogated by the resonant mode of an optical cavity. The…

We summarise the mathematical foundation of the holographic method of measuring the reflector profile of an antenna or radio telescope. In particular, we treat the case, where the signal source is located at a finite distance from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-18 J. W. M. Baars , R. Lucas , J. G. Mangum , J. A. Lopez-Perez

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a project to assemble a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) network of mm wavelength dishes that can resolve strong field General Relativistic signatures near a supermassive black hole. As planned,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Ru-Sen Lu , Avery E. Broderick , Fabien Baron , John D. Monnier , Vincent L. Fish , Sheperd S. Doeleman , Victor Pankratius

The recent 230 GHz observations of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) are able to image the innermost structure of the M87 and show a ring-like structure which is in agreement with thermal synchrotron emission generated in a torus…

LOFT is a satellite mission currently in Assessment Phase for the ESA M3 selection. The payload is composed of the Large Area Detector (LAD), with 2-50 keV energy band, a peak effective area of about 10 m2 and an energy resolution better…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 L. Amati , E. Del Monte , V. D'Elia , B. Gendre , R. Salvaterra , G. Stratta

We present results from the first 22 GHz space very-long-baseline interferometric (VLBI) imaging observations of M87 by RadioAstron. As a part of the Nearby AGN Key Science Program, the source was observed in Feb 2014 at 22 GHz with 21…

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) array that comprises millimeter- and submillimeter-wavelength telescopes separated by distances comparable to the diameter of the Earth. At a nominal operating…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-08 The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present a graphical interface designed to demonstrate the techniques of radio interferometry used by telescopes like ALMA, e-Merlin, the JVLA and SKA, in a manner accessible to the general public. Interferometry is an observational tech-…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-02 Adam Avison , Samuel J George

We present full-polarization observations at $\lambda = 0.87$ mm (345 GHz) conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) toward Messier 87 (M87) and seven other radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). We determine…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-23 Ciriaco Goddi , Douglas F. Carlos

The AION project has built a tabletop prototype of a single-photon long-baseline atom interferometer using the 87Sr clock transition - a type of quantum sensor designed to search for dark matter and gravitational waves. Our prototype…

The Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope (EXIST) is a proposed next generation multi-wavelength survey mission. The primary instrument is a High Energy telescope (HET) that conducts the deepest survey for Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs),…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. Hong , J. E. Grindlay , B. Allen , S. D. Barthelmy , G. K. Skinner , N. Gehrels , the EXIST HET Working Group

We present measurements of radio transmission in the $\sim$100 MHz range through a $\sim100$ m deep region below the surface of the ice at Summit Station, Greenland, called the firn. In the firn, the index of refraction changes due to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 C. Deaconu , A. G. Vieregg , S. A. Wissel , J. Bowen , S. Chipman , A. Gupta , C. Miki , R. J. Nichol , D. Saltzberg

The Matter-wave laser Interferometric Gravitation Antenna (MIGA) is an underground instrument using cold-atom interferometry to perform precision measurements of gravity gradients and strains. Following its installation at the low noise…

In 2017, the first image of the center of the M87 galaxy was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). It revealed a ring morphology and a size consistent with theoretical expectations for the light pattern around a weakly accreting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-22 Giacomo Principe , Matteo Lucchini

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment located in the Atacama Desert in Chile that will make precise temperature and polarization measurements over six spectral bands ranging from 27 to 285 GHz. Three…