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EMBRACE@Nancay: an ultra wide field of view prototype for the SKA

Authors :
P. Renaud
C. Taffoureau
B. Censier
A. O. H. Olofsson
Steve Torchinsky
Aris Karastergiou
M. Serylak
Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC)
Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)
Onsala Space Observatory (OSO)
Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg]
Oxford Astrophysics
University of Oxford [Oxford]
Department of Physics and Astronomy [South Africa]
University of the Western Cape
Department of Physics-Electronics
Rhodes University, Grahamstown
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E)
Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES)
Source :
Journal of Instrumentation, 2nd International Summer School on Intelligent Signal Processing for Frontier Research and Industry (INFIERI 2014), 2nd International Summer School on Intelligent Signal Processing for Frontier Research and Industry (INFIERI 2014), Jul 2014, Paris, France. 17 p., ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/10/07/C07002⟩, Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2015, 10 (C07002), 16 p. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/10/07/C07002⟩
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2014.

Abstract

A revolution in radio receiving technology is underway with the development of densely packed phased arrays for radio astronomy. This technology can provide an exceptionally large field of view, while at the same time sampling the sky with high angular resolution. Such an instrument, with a field of view of over 100 square degrees, is ideal for performing fast, all-sky, surveys, such as the "intensity mapping" experiment to measure the signature of Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations in the HI mass distribution at cosmological redshifts. The SKA, built with this technology, will be able to do a billion galaxy survey. I will present a very brief introduction to radio interferometry, as well as an overview of the Square Kilometre Array project. This will be followed by a description of the EMBRACE prototype and a discussion of results and future plans.<br />Comment: to appear in proceedings of the INFIERI Summer School INtelligent Signal Processing for FrontIEr Research and Industry, Paris 2014

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17480221
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Instrumentation, 2nd International Summer School on Intelligent Signal Processing for Frontier Research and Industry (INFIERI 2014), 2nd International Summer School on Intelligent Signal Processing for Frontier Research and Industry (INFIERI 2014), Jul 2014, Paris, France. 17 p., ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/10/07/C07002⟩, Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2015, 10 (C07002), 16 p. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/10/07/C07002⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....eb7c6bf67836d87ce0d4d012c0b00ba5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/07/C07002⟩