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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

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR), of energy >10 EeV, arrive at the Earth regularly, but their sources, acceleration mechanisms, details of propagation through the universe, and particle composition remain mysteries. In addition, their…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-10 Sijbrand de Jong

Following the results of our previous low frequency searches for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), directed toward the Galactic Centre and the Orion Molecular Cloud (Galactic Anticentre), we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-08 Chenoa D. Tremblay , Steven J. Tingay

The compact configuration of Phase II of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) consists of both a redundant subarray and pseudo-random baselines, offering unique opportunities to perform sky-model and redundant interferometric calibration.…

LOFAR is the only radio telescope that is presently capable of high-sensitivity, high-resolution (<1 mJy/b and <15") observations at ultra-low frequencies (<100 MHz). To utilise these capabilities, the LOFAR Surveys Key Science Project is…

We carry out a shape and weak lensing analysis of Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio sources and Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) optical sources within the European Large Area Infrared Space Observatory Survey-North 1 (ELAIS-N1) field. Using HSC…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Jinyi Liu , Reinout van Weeren , Huub Rottgering , Konrad Kuijken

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

Cosmic-ray particles impinging on the atmosphere induce high-energy particle cascades in air, an Extensive Air Shower (EAS), emitting coherent radio emission. This emission is affected by the presence of strong electric fields during…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-13 T. N. G. Trinh , O. Scholten , S. Buitink , K. D. de Vries , P. Mitra , T. Phong Nguyen , D. T. Si

An ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) colliding with the Earth's atmosphere gives rise to an Extensive Air Shower (EAS). Due to different charge separation mechanisms within the thin shower front coherent electromagnetic radiation will be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-01 Krijn D. de Vries , Olaf Scholten , Klaus Werner

The development of a system to detect the radio-frequency (RF) pulse associated with extensive air showers of cosmic rays is described. This work was performed at the CASA/MIA array in Utah, with the intention of designing equipment that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Kevin Green , Jonathan L. Rosner , Denis A. Suprun , J. F. Wilkerson

At relatively high frequencies, highly sensitive grating sidelobes occur in the primary beam patterns of low frequency aperture arrays (LFAA) such as the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). This occurs when the observing wavelength becomes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-05 J. H. Cook , N. Seymour , M. Sokolowski

Space-based experiments, either orbiting the Earth or from scientific balloon altitudes, measure high-energy cosmic rays by measuring from above the atmosphere the optical and radio signals generated by extensive air showers (EAS). These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-13 John F. Krizmanic

We conducted an all-sky imaging transient search with the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA) data collected during the Perseid meteor shower in 2018. The data collection during the meteor shower was motivated to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-12 S. S. Varghese , J. Dowell , K. S. Obenberger , G. B. Taylor , M. Anderson , G. Hallinan

Over the last decades, radio detection of air showers has been established as a promising detection technique for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos. Very large or dense antenna arrays are necessary to be proficient at collecting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 Anne Zilles , Olivier Martineau-Huynh , Kumiko Kotera , Matias Tueros , Krijn de Vries , Washington Carvalho , Valentin Niess

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays can be measured through the detection of radio-frequency radiation from air showers. The radio-frequency emission originates from deflections of the air-shower particles in the geomagnetic field and from a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-01 Christian Glaser , Sijbrand de Jong , Martin Erdmann , Jörg R. Hörandel

We present a detailed study of the cosmic star formation history over $90$ per cent of cosmic time ($0\lesssim z\lesssim4$), using deep, radio continuum observations that probe star formation activity independent of dust. The Low Frequency…

Radio detection is now an established technique for the study of ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic rays with energies above $\sim10^{17}$ eV. The next-generation of radio experiments aims to extend this technique to the observation of UHE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-14 Marion Guelfand , Valentin Decoene , Olivier Martineau-Huynh , Simon Prunet , Matías Tueros , Oscar Macias , Aurélien Benoit-Lévy

Around 10% of bright low-frequency radio sources observed with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) show strong Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) on timescales of a few seconds, implying that almost all their low-frequency radio emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-28 Elaine M. Sadler , Rajan Chhetri , John Morgan , Elizabeth K. Mahony , Thomas H. Jarrett , Steven Tingay