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The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will enable direct observations of low-frequency gravitational waves, offering unprecedented insight into astrophysical and cosmological phenomena. LISA's heterodyne interferometric measurement…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-26 Gerhard Heinzel , Javier Álvarez-Vizoso , Miguel Dovale-Álvarez

We present the science enabled by cross-correlations of the SKA1-LOW 21-cm EoR surveys with other line mapping programs. In particular, we identify and investigate potential synergies with planned programs, such as the line intensity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Tzu-Ching Chang , Yan Gong , Mario Santos , Marta Silva , James Aguirre , Olivier Doré , Jonathan Pritchard

The Long Wavelength Array (LWA) will be a new multi-purpose radio telescope operating in the frequency range 10-88 MHz. Upon completion, LWA will consist of 53 phased array "stations" distributed over a region about 400 km in diameter in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-06 Patricia Henning , Steven W. Ellingson , Gregory B. Taylor , Joseph Craig , Ylva Pihlström , Lee J Rickard , Tracy E. Clarke , Namir E. Kassim , Aaron Cohen

We describe an "active" antenna system for HF/VHF (long wavelength) radio astronomy that has been successfully deployed 256-fold as the first station (LWA1) of the planned Long Wavelength Array. The antenna system, consisting of crossed…

Most of the pulsar science case with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) depends on long-term precision pulsar timing of a large number of pulsars, as well as astrometric measurements of these using very long baseline interferometry (VLBI).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-19 E. F. Keane , V. Graber , L. Levin , C. M. Tan , O. A. Johnson , C. Ng , C. Pardo-Araujo , M. Ronchi , D. Vohl , M. Xue , The SKA Pulsar Science Working Group

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will operate one of the world's largest continuous scientific data systems, sustaining petascale imaging under strict power envelopes. Current radio-interferometric pipelines typically achieve only 4-14% of…

The aimed high sensitivities and large fields of view of the new generation of interferometers impose to reach high dynamic range of order $\sim$1:$10^6$ to 1:$10^8$ in the case of the Square Kilometer Array. The main problem is the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 C. Tasse , B. van der Tol , J. van Zwieten , Ger van Diepen , S. Bhatnagar

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will make ground breaking discoveries in pulsar science. In this chapter we outline the SKA surveys for new pulsars, as well as how we will perform the necessary follow-up timing observations. The SKA's wide…

New observations of Sgr A have been carried out with the VLA using the broadband (2 GHz) continuum mode at 5.5 GHz, covering the central 30 pc region of the RBZ at the Galactic center. Using the MS-MFS algorithms in CASA, we have imaged Sgr…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Jun-Hui Zhao , Mark R. Morris , W. M. Goss

The cosmological case for a next generation radio observatory, the Square Kilometer Array, is discussed and reviewed. An instrument like the SKA would be able to measure galaxy redshifts of normal late-type galaxies, via the 21 cm line of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rien van de Weygaert , Tjeerd S. van Albada

The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT), currently in an assessment phase in the framework the ESA M3 Cosmic Vision programme, is an innovative medium-class mission specifically designed to answer fundamental questions about the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-03 R. Campana , M. Feroci , E. Del Monte , T. Mineo , N. Lund , G. W. Fraser

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be both the largest radio telescope ever constructed and the largest Big Data project in the known Universe. The first phase of the project will generate on the order of 5 zettabytes of data per year. A…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-21 Jamie Farnes , Ben Mort , Fred Dulwich , Stef Salvini , Wes Armour

The Engineering Development Array (EDA) is a single test station for Square Kilometre Array (SKA) precursor technology. We have used the EDA to detect low-frequency radio recombination lines (RRLs) from the Galactic Centre region.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-17 J. B. R. Oonk , E. L. Alexander , J. W. Broderick , M. Sokolowski , R. Wayth

We report on multi-bands VLBA polarimetric observations of NRAO 530 in February 1997. Total intensity, EVPA distributions at all these frequencies are presented. Model fitting has been performed, from which the fitted southmost component A…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Y. J. Chen , Z. -Q. Shen , S. -W. Feng

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the premier instrument to study radiation at centimetre and metre wavelengths from the cosmos, and in particular hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe. The SKA will probe the dawn of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-19 Minh Huynh , Joseph Lazio

A number of new and planned radio telescopes will consist of large arrays of low-gain antennas operating at frequencies below 300 MHz. In this frequency regime, Galactic noise can be a significant or dominant contribution to the total…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-23 Steven W. Ellingson

The J-PARC linac was consist of 324MHz low-{\beta} section and 972MHz high-{\beta} section. There is a total of 48 stations. And each station was equipped with an independent LLRF (Low-Level Radio Frequency) system to realize an…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 S. Li , K. Futatsukawa , Y. Fukui , Z. Fang , S. Shinozaki , Y. Sato , S. Mizobata

Modern radio telescopes strongly rely on accurate computational electromagnetic tools for "beam" models. Especially for densely-packed aperture array radio telescopes, the only feasible way to produce accurate models of the individual…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-13 Pietro Bolli , David Davidson , Maria Grazia Labate , Stefan J. Wijnholds

[ABRIDGED VERSION] The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries. The SKA will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio facility. A…

Stacking polarized radio emission in SKA surveys provides statistical information on large samples that is not accessible otherwise due to limitations in sensitivity, source statistics in small fields, and averaging over frequency…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-05 J. M. Stil , B. W. Keller