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The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a low-frequency aperture array capable of high-time and frequency resolution astronomy applications such as pulsar studies. The large field-of-view of the MWA (hundreds of square degrees) can also be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 N. A. Swainston , N. D. R. Bhat , I. S. Morrison , S. J. McSweeney , S. M. Ord , S. E. Tremblay , M. Sokolowski

The Murchison Widefield Array is a low-frequency Square Kilometre Array precursor located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia. Primarily designed as an imaging telescope, but with a flexible signal path, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 S. M. Ord , S. E. Tremblay , S. J. McSweeney , N. D. R. Bhat , C. Sobey , D. A. Mitchell , P. J. Hancock , F. Kirsten

A new high time resolution observing mode for the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is described, enabling full polarimetric observations with up to 30.72 MHz of bandwidth and a time resolution of ~0.8 $\mu$s. This mode makes use of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 S. J. McSweeney , S. M. Ord , N. D. R. Bhat , B. W. Meyers , S. E. Tremblay , J. Jones , B. Crosse , K. R. Smith

Pulsars have proven instrumental in exploring a wide variety of physics. Pulsars at low radio frequencies is crucial to further our understanding of spectral properties and emission mechanisms.The Murchison Widefield Array Voltage Capture…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-11 S. Sett , N. D. R. Bhat , M. Sokolowski , E. Lenc

Polarimetric studies of pulsars at low radio frequencies provide important observational insights into the pulsar emission mechanism and beam models, and probe the properties of the magneto-ionic interstellar medium (ISM). Aperture arrays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 Mengyao Xue , S. M. Ord , S. E. Tremblay , N. D. R. Bhat , C. Sobey , B. W. Meyers , S. J. McSweeney , N. A. Swainston

We present and evaluate several strategies to search for prompt, low-frequency radio emission associated with gravitational wave transients using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). As we are able to repoint the MWA on timescales of tens…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 D. L. Kaplan , T. Murphy , A. Rowlinson , S. D. Croft , R. B. Wayth , C. M. Trott

We present techniques developed to calibrate and correct Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) low frequency (72-300 MHz) radio observations for polarimetry. The extremely wide field-of-view, excellent instantaneous (u, v)-coverage and…

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), and its recently-developed Voltage Capture System (VCS), facilitates extending the low-frequency range of pulsar observations at high-time and -frequency resolution in the Southern Hemisphere, providing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-23 Mengyao Xue , N. D. R. Bhat , S. E. Tremblay , S. M. Ord , C. Sobey , N. A. Swainston , D. L. Kaplan , Simon Johnston , B. W. Meyers , S. J. McSweeney

The wide adoption of low-frequency radio interferometers as a tool for deeper and higher resolution astronomical observations has revolutionised radio astronomy. Despite their construction from static, relatively simple dipoles, the sheer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-02 A. Chokshi , J. L. B. Line , N. Barry , D. Ung , D. Kenney , A. McPhail , A. Williams , R. L. Webster

Multi-element interferometers such as MeerKAT, which observe with high time resolution and have a wide field-of-view, provide an ideal opportunity to perform real-time, untargeted transient and pulsar searches. However, because of data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-21 M. C. Bezuidenhout , C. J. Clark , R. P. Breton , B. W. Stappers , E. D. Barr , M. Caleb , W. Chen , F. Jankowski , M. Kramer , K. Rajwade , M. Surnis

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is an electronically steered low frequency ($<300$\,MHz) radio interferometer, with a `slew' time less than 8seconds. Low frequency ($\sim 100$\,MHz) radio telescopes are ideally suited for rapid-response…

The interferometric technique known as peeling addresses many of the challenges faced when observing with low-frequency radio arrays, and is a promising tool for the associated calibration systems. We investigate a real-time peeling…

The science cases for incorporating high time resolution capabilities into modern radio telescopes are as numerous as they are compelling. Science targets range from exotic sources such as pulsars, to our Sun, to recently detected possible…

We report the discovery of the first new pulsar with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), PSR J0036$-$1033, a long-period (0.9 s) nonrecycled pulsar with a dispersion measure (DM) of 23.1 ${\rm pc\,cm^{-3}}$. It was found after processing…

We have developed a multi-pixel beamformer technique, which can be used for enhancing the capabilities for studying pulsars using an interferometric array. Using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), we illustrate the application of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jayanta Roy , Bhaswati Bhattacharyya , Yashwant Gupta

The radio-wavelength detection of extensive air showers (EAS) initiated by cosmic-ray interactions in the Earth's atmosphere is a promising technique for investigating the origin of these particles and the physics of their interactions. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-29 A. Williamson , C. W. James , S. J. Tingay , S. J. McSweeney , S. M. Ord

We present an automated search method for radio transients on the minute timescale focused on the emerging long period transients (LPTs) in image-plane radio data. The method is tuned for use with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-07 Csanád Horváth , Natasha Hurley-Walker , Samuel J. McSweeney , Timothy J. Galvin , John Morgan
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