The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor
The Murchison Widefield Array is a low frequency (80 – 300 MHz) SKA Precursor, comprising 128 aperture array elements (known as tiles) distributed over an area of 3 km diameter. The MWA is located at the extraordinarily radio quiet Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory in the mid-west of Western Aust...
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| author | Tingay, Steven Oberoi, D. Cairns, I. Donea, A. Duffin, R. Arcus, Wayne Bernardi, G. Bowman, J. Briggs, F. Bunton, J. Cappallo, R. Corey, B. Deshpande, A. deSouza, L. Emrich, David Gaensler, B. Goeke, R. Greenhill, L. Hazelton, B. Herne, David Hewitt, J. Johnston-Hollitt, M. Kaplan, D. Kasper, J. Kennewell, J. Kincaid, B. Koenig, R. Kratzenberg, E. Lonsdale, C. Lynch, Mervyn McWhirter, S. Mitchell, D. Morales, M. Morgan, E. Ord, S. Pathikulangara, J. Prabu, T. Remillard, R. Rogers, A. Roshi, A. Salah, J. Udaya-Shankar, N. Srivani, K. Stevens, J. Subrahmanyan, R. Waterson, Mark Wayth, Randall Webster, R. Whitney, A. Williams, A. Williams, C. Wyithe, J. |
| author_facet | Tingay, Steven Oberoi, D. Cairns, I. Donea, A. Duffin, R. Arcus, Wayne Bernardi, G. Bowman, J. Briggs, F. Bunton, J. Cappallo, R. Corey, B. Deshpande, A. deSouza, L. Emrich, David Gaensler, B. Goeke, R. Greenhill, L. Hazelton, B. Herne, David Hewitt, J. Johnston-Hollitt, M. Kaplan, D. Kasper, J. Kennewell, J. Kincaid, B. Koenig, R. Kratzenberg, E. Lonsdale, C. Lynch, Mervyn McWhirter, S. Mitchell, D. Morales, M. Morgan, E. Ord, S. Pathikulangara, J. Prabu, T. Remillard, R. Rogers, A. Roshi, A. Salah, J. Udaya-Shankar, N. Srivani, K. Stevens, J. Subrahmanyan, R. Waterson, Mark Wayth, Randall Webster, R. Whitney, A. Williams, A. Williams, C. Wyithe, J. |
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| description | The Murchison Widefield Array is a low frequency (80 – 300 MHz) SKA Precursor, comprising 128 aperture array elements (known as tiles) distributed over an area of 3 km diameter. The MWA is located at the extraordinarily radio quiet Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory in the mid-west of Western Australia, the selected home for the Phase 1 and Phase 2 SKA low frequency arrays. The MWA science goals include: 1) detection of fluctuations in the brightness temperature of the diffuse redshifted 21 cm line of neutral hydrogen from the epoch of reionisation; 2) studies of Galactic and extragalactic processes based on deep, confusion-limited surveys of the full sky visible to the array; 3) time domain astrophysics through exploration of the variable radio sky; and 4) solar imaging and characterisation of the heliosphere and ionosphere via propagation effects on background radio source emission. This paper concentrates on the capabilities of the MWA for solar science and summarises some of the solar science results to date, in advance of the initial operation of the final instrument in 2013. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-358842017-09-13T15:36:22Z The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor Tingay, Steven Oberoi, D. Cairns, I. Donea, A. Duffin, R. Arcus, Wayne Bernardi, G. Bowman, J. Briggs, F. Bunton, J. Cappallo, R. Corey, B. Deshpande, A. deSouza, L. Emrich, David Gaensler, B. Goeke, R. Greenhill, L. Hazelton, B. Herne, David Hewitt, J. Johnston-Hollitt, M. Kaplan, D. Kasper, J. Kennewell, J. Kincaid, B. Koenig, R. Kratzenberg, E. Lonsdale, C. Lynch, Mervyn McWhirter, S. Mitchell, D. Morales, M. Morgan, E. Ord, S. Pathikulangara, J. Prabu, T. Remillard, R. Rogers, A. Roshi, A. Salah, J. Udaya-Shankar, N. Srivani, K. Stevens, J. Subrahmanyan, R. Waterson, Mark Wayth, Randall Webster, R. Whitney, A. Williams, A. Williams, C. Wyithe, J. Neutral hydrogen Low frequency arrays Initial operation Aperture arrays Brightness temperatures Propagation effect Western Australia Radio sources The Murchison Widefield Array is a low frequency (80 – 300 MHz) SKA Precursor, comprising 128 aperture array elements (known as tiles) distributed over an area of 3 km diameter. The MWA is located at the extraordinarily radio quiet Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory in the mid-west of Western Australia, the selected home for the Phase 1 and Phase 2 SKA low frequency arrays. The MWA science goals include: 1) detection of fluctuations in the brightness temperature of the diffuse redshifted 21 cm line of neutral hydrogen from the epoch of reionisation; 2) studies of Galactic and extragalactic processes based on deep, confusion-limited surveys of the full sky visible to the array; 3) time domain astrophysics through exploration of the variable radio sky; and 4) solar imaging and characterisation of the heliosphere and ionosphere via propagation effects on background radio source emission. This paper concentrates on the capabilities of the MWA for solar science and summarises some of the solar science results to date, in advance of the initial operation of the final instrument in 2013. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35884 10.1088/1742-6596/440/1/012033 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Neutral hydrogen Low frequency arrays Initial operation Aperture arrays Brightness temperatures Propagation effect Western Australia Radio sources Tingay, Steven Oberoi, D. Cairns, I. Donea, A. Duffin, R. Arcus, Wayne Bernardi, G. Bowman, J. Briggs, F. Bunton, J. Cappallo, R. Corey, B. Deshpande, A. deSouza, L. Emrich, David Gaensler, B. Goeke, R. Greenhill, L. Hazelton, B. Herne, David Hewitt, J. Johnston-Hollitt, M. Kaplan, D. Kasper, J. Kennewell, J. Kincaid, B. Koenig, R. Kratzenberg, E. Lonsdale, C. Lynch, Mervyn McWhirter, S. Mitchell, D. Morales, M. Morgan, E. Ord, S. Pathikulangara, J. Prabu, T. Remillard, R. Rogers, A. Roshi, A. Salah, J. Udaya-Shankar, N. Srivani, K. Stevens, J. Subrahmanyan, R. Waterson, Mark Wayth, Randall Webster, R. Whitney, A. Williams, A. Williams, C. Wyithe, J. The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor |
| title | The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor |
| title_full | The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor |
| title_fullStr | The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor |
| title_short | The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor |
| title_sort | murchison widefield array: solar science with the low frequency ska precursor |
| topic | Neutral hydrogen Low frequency arrays Initial operation Aperture arrays Brightness temperatures Propagation effect Western Australia Radio sources |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35884 |