Lecture - Technical realization: Current and Upcoming Radio Interferometers
| Website: | WueCampus |
| Kurs: | vhb : Radio-Astronomical Interferometry (DEMO) |
| Buch: | Lecture - Technical realization: Current and Upcoming Radio Interferometers |
| Gedruckt von: | Gast |
| Datum: | Dienstag, 18. Juni 2024, 13:15 |
1. Low-frequency arrays
In this chapter, some important low-frequency arrays are introduced, namely: the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT), the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), the Long Wavelength Array (LWA) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). All these arrays and the locations of their telescopes are shown on Fig. 4.1. In the following sections some important information on these arrays are given.
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| Fig. 4.1 Global map of important low-frequency radio interferometer arrays presented in this course. |
2. Centimeter-Band Arrays
In this chapter some important centimeter-band arrays are introduced, namely the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA), the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (e-MERLIN), the Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), the Karoo Array Telescope (MeerKAT), which is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA; see Chapt. 4 Sect. 4), the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), the European VLBI Network (EVN), the Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA), the Japanese VLBI Network (JVN), the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astronomy array (VERA), the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) and the African VLBI Network (AVN). All these arrays and the locations of their telescopes are shown on Fig. XX. In the following some important information on these centimeter-band arrays are given based on the telescope websites.
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| Fig. 4.2 Global map of important centimeter-band radio interferometer arrays presented in this course. |
3. (Sub-) Millimeter Arrays
In this chapter some important (sub-) millimeter arrays are introduced, namely the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), the Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA), the Global mm-VLBI Array (GMVA) and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). All these arrays and the locations of their telescopes are shown on Fig. XX. In the following some important information on these arrays are given.
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| Fig. 4.3 Global map of important (sub-)millimeter radio interferometer arrays presented in this course. |
4. Upcoming arrays
In this chapter the upcoming radio interferometers ngVLA and the SKA are presented with their planned capabilities and possibilities in the scope of science contributions.