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Title: | Implementation of a direct-imaging and FX correlator for the BEST-2 array |
Authors: | Foster, G. Hickish, Jack Magro, Alessio Price, D. Zarb Adami, Kristian |
Keywords: | Astronautical instruments -- Design and construction Interferometry Radio control |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
Citation: | Foster, G., Hickish, J., Magro, A., Price, D., & Zarb Adami, K. (2014). Implementation of a direct-imaging and FX correlator for the BEST-2 array. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(3), 3180-3188. |
Abstract: | Anewdigital backend has been developed for the Basic Element for SKATraining II (BEST-2) array at Radiotelescopi di Medicina, INAF-IRA, Italy, which allows concurrent operation of an FX correlator, and a direct-imaging correlator and beamformer. This backend serves as a platform for testing some of the spatial Fourier transform concepts which have been proposed for use in computing correlations on regularly gridded arrays. While spatial Fourier transformbased beamformers have been implemented previously, this is, to our knowledge, the first time a direct-imaging correlator has been deployed on a radio astronomy array. Concurrent observations with the FX and direct-imaging correlator allow for direct comparison between the two architectures. Additionally, we show the potential of the direct-imaging correlator for time-domain astronomy, by passing a subset of beams though a pulsar and transient detection pipeline. These results provide a timely verification for spatial Fourier transformbased instruments that are currently in commissioning. These instruments aim to detect highly redshifted hydrogen from the epoch of reionization and/or to perform wide-field surveys for time-domain studies of the radio sky. We experimentally show the direct-imaging correlator architecture to be a viable solution for correlation and beamforming. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/41215 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - InsSSA |
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