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We describe system verification tests and early science results from the pulsar processor (PTUSE) developed for the newly-commissioned 64-dish SARAO MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. MeerKAT is a high-gain (~2.8 K/Jy) low-system…

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is an international effort to build the world's largest radio telescope, with one square kilometer collecting area. Besides its ambitious scientific objectives, such as probing the cosmic dawn and cradle of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-04-23 B. Wang , X. Zhu , C. Gao , Y. Bai , J. W. Dong , L. J. Wang

We describe a scalable distributed imaging algorithm framework for next-generation radio telescopes, managing the Fourier transform from apertures to sky (or vice versa) with a focus on minimising memory load, data transfers, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 Peter Wortmann , James Kent , Bojan Nikolic

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) represents the next major, and natural, step in radio astronomical facilities, providing two orders of magnitude increase in collecting area over existing telescopes. In a series of meetings, starting in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 C. Carilli , S. Rawlings

The GMRT Online Archive now houses over 120 terabytes of interferometric observations obtained with the GMRT since the observatory began operating as a facility in 2002. The utility of this vast data archive, likely the largest of any…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-11 Shubhankar Deshpande , Yogesh Wadadekar , Huib Intema , B. Ratnakumar , Lijo George , Rathin Desai , Archit Sakhadeo , Shadab Shaikh , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , Divya Oberoi

We review the current status of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) by outlining the science drivers for its Phase-1 (SKA1) and setting out the timeline for the key decisions and milestones on the way to the planned start of its construction…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-31 Steve Rawlings , Richard Schilizzi

The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) is perhaps the most ambitious radio telescope envisaged yet. It will enable unprecedented studies of the Sun, the corona and the heliosphere and help to answer many of the outstanding questions…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-10 Divya Oberoi , Susanta Kumar Bisoi , K. Sasikumar Raja , Devojyoti Kansabanik , Atul Mohan , Surajit Mondal , Rohit Sharma

The new generation of radio telescopes, such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), requires dramatic advances in computer hardware and software, in order to process the large amounts of produced data efficiently. In this document, we explore…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-15 Matthias Petschow

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), currently under design, will be a transformational facility for studying the Universe at centimetre and metre wavelengths in the next decade and beyond. This paper provides the current best estimate of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-01 Robert Braun , Anna Bonaldi , Tyler Bourke , Evan Keane , Jeff Wagg

In order to deliver the full science potential of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope, several SKA Regional Centres (SRCs) will be required to be constructed in different SKA member countries around the world. These SRCs will provide…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Yogesh Wadadekar , Dipankar Bhattacharya , Abhirup Datta , Surajit Paul , Divya Oberoi

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned large radio interferometer designed to operate over a wide range of frequencies, and with an order of magnitude greater sensitivity and survey speed than any current radio telescope. The SKA…

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) has historically plagued radio astronomy, worsening with the rapid spread of electronics and increasing telescope sensitivity. We present a multi-dimensional probabilistic framework for characterising the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-25 Isaac Sihlangu , Nadeem Oozeer , Bruce A. Bassett

The previous generation of astronomical instruments tended to consist of single receivers in the focal point of one or more physical reflectors. Because of this, most astronomical data sets were small enough that the raw data could easily…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-30 Yan Guillaume Grange , Kevin Vinsen , Juan Carlos Guzman , José Alfredo Parra , Jan David Mol , Rosly Renil , Christoper Schollar

I present spherical (https://github.com/m-samland/spherical), a software package and database designed for the ESO VLT/SPHERE high-contrast imager. SPHERE has produced the world's largest archive of direct imaging observations of exoplanets…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-11 Matthias Samland

MeerTRAP is a real-time untargeted search project using the MeerKAT telescope to find single pulses from fast radio transients and pulsars. It is performed commensally with the MeerKAT large survey projects (LSPs), using data from up to 64…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-14 M. C. Bezuidenhout , E. Barr , M. Caleb , L. N. Driessen , F. Jankowski , M. Kramer , M. Malenta , V. Morello , K. Rajwade , S. Sanidas , B. W. Stappers , M. Surnis

Next-generation radio arrays, including the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and its pathfinders, will open up new avenues for exciting transient science at radio wavelengths. Their innovative designs, comprising a large number of small…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 N. D. R. Bhat , J. N. Chengalur , P. J. Cox , Y. Gupta , J. Prasad , J. Roy , M. Bailes , S. Burke-Spolaor , S. S. Kudale , W. van Straten

Radio interferometers composed of a large array of small antennas posses large fields of view, coupled with high sensitivities. For example, the Karoo Array Telescope (MeerKAT), achieves a gain of up to 2.8 K/Jy across its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-26 Yunpeng Men , Ewan Barr

The Square Kilometer Array will initiate a new era of radio astronomy by allowing 3D imaging of the Universe during Cosmic Dawn and Reionization. Modern machine learning is crucial to analyse the highly structured and complex signal.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-15 Ayodele Ore , Caroline Heneka , Tilman Plehn