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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 present the first dedicated observations of Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). We have developed a synthesis imaging technique, tailored to the properties of modern "large-N" low-frequency radio…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-12 J . S. Morgan , J-P. Macquart , R. Ekers , R. Chhetri , M. Tokumaru , P. K. Manoharan , S. Tremblay , M. M. Bisi , B. V. Jackson

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

We present observations of high-amplitude rapid (2 s) variability toward two bright, compact extragalactic radio sources out of several hundred of the brightest radio sources in one of the 30x30 deg MWA Epoch of Reionization fields using…

We use Murchison Widefield Array observations of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) to determine the source counts of point ($<$0.3 arcsecond extent) sources and of all sources with some subarcsecond structure, at 162 MHz. We have developed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-11 R. Chhetri , R. D. Ekers , J. Morgan , J. -P. Macquart , T. M. O. Franzen

We present a catalogue of over 7000 sources from the GLEAM survey which have significant structure on sub-arcsecond scales at 162MHz. The compact nature of these sources was detected and quantified via their Interplanetary Scintillation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-04 John Morgan , Rajan Chhetri , Ron Ekers

Interplanetary scintillation (IPS) provides an approach for identifying the presence of sub-arcsec structures in radio sources, and very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) technique can help verify whether the IPS sources have fine…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-27 Sumit Jaiswal , Tao An , Ailing Wang , Steven Tingay

Observation of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) beyond Earth-orbit can be challenging due to the necessity to use low radio frequencies at which scintillation due to the ionosphere could confuse the interplanetary contribution. A recent…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 R. A. Fallows , M. M. Bisi , B. Forte , Th. Ulich , A. A. Konovalenko , G. Mann , C. Vocks

We have conducted a comprehensive comparison of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) observations taken by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) with several heliospheric transient event catalogues, over a time period of 7 months during solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-11 A. Waszewski , J. S. Morgan , M. C. M. Cheung , R. Ekers , E. Samara , S. Majumdar , R. Chhetri , N. D. R. Bhat , M. Johnston-Hollitt

We have shown previously that the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), can detect hundreds of Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) sources simultaneously across a field of view $\sim30^\circ$ in extent. To test if we can use this capability to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-15 J. Morgan , P. I. McCauley , A. Waszewski , R. Ekers , R. Chhetri

The search for compact components of strong ($S_{int} \ge 5$ Jy at 102.5 MHz) discrete radio sources from the Pushchino catalogue was carried out using the method of interplanetary scintillation. A total of 3620 sources were examined, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-18 S. A. Tyul'bashev , I. V. Chashei , I. A. Subaev , M. A. Kitaeva

Low-frequency observations of pulsars provide a powerful means for probing the microstructure in the turbulent interstellar medium (ISM). Here we report on high-resolution dynamic spectral analysis of our observations of the timing-array…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 N. D. R. Bhat , S. M. Ord , S. E. Tremblay , S. J. McSweeney , S. J. Tingay

We determine the small-scale structure for a large sample of Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) and Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum (GPS) sources and a sample of larger radio sources at 327 MHz using the technique of Inter-Planetary Scintillation (IPS)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Jeyakumar , D. J. Saikia , A. Pramesh Rao , V. Balasubramanian

Interplanetary scintillation observations of 48 of the 55 Augusto et al. (1998) flat spectrum radio sources were carried out at 111 MHz using the interplanetary scintillation method on the Large Phased Array (LPA) in Russia. Due to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. A. Tyul'bashev , A. Pedro

The 4.9 GHz Micro-Arcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability (MASIV) Survey detected a drop in Interstellar Scintillation (ISS) for sources at redshifts z > 2, indicating an apparent increase in angular diameter or a decrease in flux…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-09 J. Y Koay , J. -P. Macquart , B. J. Rickett , H. E. Bignall , J. E. J. Lovell , C. Reynolds , D. L. Jauncey , T. Pursimo , L. Kedziora-Chudczer , R. Ojha

We report on the variability of 443 flat spectrum, compact radio sources monitored using the VLA for 3 days in 4 epochs at ~ 4 month intervals at 5 GHz as part of the Micro-Arcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability (MASIV) survey. Over…

From 1979--1996 the Green Bank Interferometer was used by the Naval Research Laboratory to monitor the flux density from 146 compact radio sources at frequencies near 2 and 8 GHz. We filter the ``light curves'' to separate intrinsic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Rickett , T. J. W. Lazio , F. D. Ghigo

Pulsars are the only cosmic radio sources known to be sufficiently compact to show diffractive interstellar scintillations. Images of the variance of radio signals in both time and frequency can be used to detect pulsars in large-scale…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 S. Dai , S. Johnston , M. E. Bell , W. A. Coles , G. Hobbs , R. D. Ekers , E. Lenc
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