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The Multipurpose Interferometer Array Pathfinder (MIA), developed from the Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy (IAR), is a radio astronomical instrument based on interferometry techniques, designed for the detection of radio emission…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-29 J. M. Gonzalez , H. Command , G. Valdez

As the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) approaches operational status, its complex digital architecture introduces new instrumental challenges. To explore relevant observational and data processing strategies, we have upgraded the 21CMA…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 Jun-Hua Gu , Quan Guo , Liang Dong , Yu-Kai Zhou , Kuan-Jun Li , Yan Huang , Jing-Ying Wang , Wei-Wei Zhu , You-Ling Yue , Rui Cao , Guo-Liang Peng , Xiao-Hui Tao , Li-Hui Jiang , Ya-Jun Wu

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…

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is intended as the next-generation radio telescope and will address fundamental questions in astrophysics, physics, and astrobiology. The international science community has developed a set of Key Science…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-06 Joseph Lazio

At the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a Surface Array Enhancement is planned, consisting of 32 hybrid stations, placed within the current IceTop footprint. This surface enhancement will considerably increase the detection sensitivity to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-22 Marie Oehler , Roxanne Turcotte-Tardif

This paper summarizes the design process and metrics for the latest antenna design for 2 radio telescopes, SKALA4 for the SKA1-LOW instrument and the V-feed for the HERA telescope. In the paper we briefly describe the main features of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 Eloy de Lera Acedo , Hardie Pienaar , Nicolas Fagnoni

Detection of the redshifted 21-cm signal of neutral hydrogen from the Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionization is one of the final frontiers of modern observational cosmology. The inherently faint signal makes it susceptible to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 Aishrila Mazumder , Abhirup Datta , Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , Arnab Chakraborty , Saurabh Singh , Anshuman Tripathi , Madhurima Choudhury

The Submillimeter Array (SMA) was conceived at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1984 as a six element interferometer to operate in the major atmospheric windows from about 200 to 900 GHz. In 1996, the Academica Sinica Institute…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Blundell

Radio interferometry most commonly involves antennas or antenna arrays of identical design. The identical antenna assumption leads to a convenient and useful mathematical simplification resulting in a scalar problem. An interesting variant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Adrian T. Sutinjo , Daniel Ung , Tim M. Colegate , Randall B. Wayth , Peter J. Hall , Eloy de Lera Acedo

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world s largest radio telescope, enabling science with unprecedented detail and survey speed. The project spans over a decade and is now at a mature stage,…

A concept of an axi-symmetric dish as antenna reflector for the next generation radio telescope - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - is presented. The reflector is based on the use of novel thermoplastic composite material (reinforced with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-30 M. V. Ivashina , R. Bakker , J. G. bij de Vaate , O. A. Iupikov , M. Arts , J. Dekker , A. van Ardenne

We develop a two-dimensional (2D) Superconducting Quantum Interference Filter (SQIF) array based on recently introduced high-linearity tri-junction bi-SQUIDs. Our bi-SQUID SQIF array design is based on a tight integration of individual bi-…

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the largest radio telescope ever built, aiming to provide collecting area larger than 1 km$^2$. The SKA will have two independent instruments, SKA-LOW comprising of dipoles organized as aperture…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 A. Nindos , E. P. Kontar , D. Oberoi

The SKA at mid and low frequencies will be constructed in two distinct phases, the first being a subset of the second. This document defines the main scientific goals and baseline technical concept for the SKA Phase 1 (SKA_1). The major…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-18 M. A. Garrett , J. M. Cordes , D. R. Deboer , J. L. Jonas , S. Rawlings , R. T. Schilizzi

With the first phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA1) entering into its final pre-construction phase, we investigate how best to maximise its scientific return. Specifically, we focus on the statistical measurement of the 21 cm power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-14 Bradley Greig , Andrei Mesinger , Léon V. E. Koopmans

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will have a low frequency component (SKA-low) which has as one of its main science goals the study of the redshifted 21cm line from the earliest phases of star and galaxy formation in the Universe. This 21cm…

In this paper we present the electromagnetic modeling and beam pattern measurements of a 16-elements ultra wideband sparse random test array for the low frequency instrument of the Square Kilometer Array telescope. We discuss the importance…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 E. de Lera Acedo , P. Bolli , F. Paonessa , G. Virone , E. Colin-Beltran , N. Razavi-Ghods , I. Aicardi , A. Lingua , P. Maschio , J. Monari , G. Naldi , M. Piras , G. Pupillo

We construct a pipeline for simulating weak lensing cosmology surveys with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), taking as inputs telescope sensitivity curves; correlated source flux, size and redshift distributions; a simple ionospheric model;…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Anna Bonaldi , Ian Harrison , Stefano Camera , Michael L. Brown

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

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