The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array
We describe the performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array, the prototype for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope. Boolardy Engineering Test Array is the first aperture synthesis radio telescope to use phased array feed technology, giving it the ability to electronical...
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| author | McConnell, D Allison, JR Bannister, K Bell, ME Bignall, HE Chippendale, AP Edwards, PG Harvey-Smith, L Hegarty, S Heywood, I Hotan, AW Indermuehle, BT Lenc, E Marvil, J Popping, A Raja, W Reynolds, JE Sault, RJ Serra, P Voronkov, MA Whiting, M Amy, SW Axtens, P Ball, L Bateman, TJ Bock, DC-J Bolton, R Brodrick, D Brothers, M Brown, AJ Bunton, JD Cheng, W Cornwell, T DeBoer, D Feain, I Gough, R Gupta, N Guzman, JC Hampson, GA Hay, S Hayman, DB Hoyle, S Humphreys, B Jacka, C Jackson, CA Jackson, S Jeganathan, K Joseph, J Koribalski, BS Leach, M |
| author_facet | McConnell, D Allison, JR Bannister, K Bell, ME Bignall, HE Chippendale, AP Edwards, PG Harvey-Smith, L Hegarty, S Heywood, I Hotan, AW Indermuehle, BT Lenc, E Marvil, J Popping, A Raja, W Reynolds, JE Sault, RJ Serra, P Voronkov, MA Whiting, M Amy, SW Axtens, P Ball, L Bateman, TJ Bock, DC-J Bolton, R Brodrick, D Brothers, M Brown, AJ Bunton, JD Cheng, W Cornwell, T DeBoer, D Feain, I Gough, R Gupta, N Guzman, JC Hampson, GA Hay, S Hayman, DB Hoyle, S Humphreys, B Jacka, C Jackson, CA Jackson, S Jeganathan, K Joseph, J Koribalski, BS Leach, M |
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| description | We describe the performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array, the prototype for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope. Boolardy Engineering Test Array is the first aperture synthesis radio telescope to use phased array feed technology, giving it the ability to electronically form up to nine dual-polarisation beams. We report the methods developed for forming and measuring the beams, and the adaptations that have been made to the traditional calibration and imaging procedures in order to allow BETA to function as a multi-beam aperture synthesis telescope. We describe the commissioning of the instrument and present details of Boolardy Engineering Test Array’s performance: sensitivity, beam characteristics, polarimetric properties, and image quality. We summarise the astronomical science that it has produced and draw lessons from operating Boolardy Engineering Test Array that will be relevant to the commissioning and operation of the final Australian Square Kilometre Array Path telescope.
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:094734d0-c3fc-4603-a293-00915eae07282022-03-26T09:17:35ZThe Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test ArrayJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:094734d0-c3fc-4603-a293-00915eae0728EnglishSymplectic ElementsCambridge University Press2016McConnell, DAllison, JRBannister, KBell, MEBignall, HEChippendale, APEdwards, PGHarvey-Smith, LHegarty, SHeywood, IHotan, AWIndermuehle, BTLenc, EMarvil, JPopping, ARaja, WReynolds, JESault, RJSerra, PVoronkov, MAWhiting, MAmy, SWAxtens, PBall, LBateman, TJBock, DC-JBolton, RBrodrick, DBrothers, MBrown, AJBunton, JDCheng, WCornwell, TDeBoer, DFeain, IGough, RGupta, NGuzman, JCHampson, GAHay, SHayman, DBHoyle, SHumphreys, BJacka, CJackson, CAJackson, SJeganathan, KJoseph, JKoribalski, BSLeach, MWe describe the performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array, the prototype for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope. Boolardy Engineering Test Array is the first aperture synthesis radio telescope to use phased array feed technology, giving it the ability to electronically form up to nine dual-polarisation beams. We report the methods developed for forming and measuring the beams, and the adaptations that have been made to the traditional calibration and imaging procedures in order to allow BETA to function as a multi-beam aperture synthesis telescope. We describe the commissioning of the instrument and present details of Boolardy Engineering Test Array’s performance: sensitivity, beam characteristics, polarimetric properties, and image quality. We summarise the astronomical science that it has produced and draw lessons from operating Boolardy Engineering Test Array that will be relevant to the commissioning and operation of the final Australian Square Kilometre Array Path telescope. |
| spellingShingle | McConnell, D Allison, JR Bannister, K Bell, ME Bignall, HE Chippendale, AP Edwards, PG Harvey-Smith, L Hegarty, S Heywood, I Hotan, AW Indermuehle, BT Lenc, E Marvil, J Popping, A Raja, W Reynolds, JE Sault, RJ Serra, P Voronkov, MA Whiting, M Amy, SW Axtens, P Ball, L Bateman, TJ Bock, DC-J Bolton, R Brodrick, D Brothers, M Brown, AJ Bunton, JD Cheng, W Cornwell, T DeBoer, D Feain, I Gough, R Gupta, N Guzman, JC Hampson, GA Hay, S Hayman, DB Hoyle, S Humphreys, B Jacka, C Jackson, CA Jackson, S Jeganathan, K Joseph, J Koribalski, BS Leach, M The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array |
| title | The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array |
| title_full | The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array |
| title_fullStr | The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array |
| title_short | The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array |
| title_sort | australian square kilometre array pathfinder performance of the boolardy engineering test array |
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