Session Chair: | Phil Diamond |
There are currently a large number of new and upgraded radio astronomy facilities being designed, built, commissioned and operated. These instruments span the entire radio spectrum, and they all push boundaries in observation parameter space. An incomplete list is: SKA, ALMA, LOFAR, JVLA, MeerKAT, ASKAP, MWA, PAPER, LWA, CHIME, Spektr-R. Many of these instruments are pathfinders and precursors for the SKA. This session will highlight the technical and scientific accomplishments of these new facilities.
8:00 J04.1 POLISH LOFAR - A LOW FREQUENCY RADIO INTERFEROMETER - POLISH LOFAR CONSORTIUM (POLFAR)
K. K. Otmianowska-Mazur
Astronomical Obserwatory Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
8:20 J04.2 THE CONCEPT of SPACE ULTRA LONG WAVELENGTH ARRAY
L. Chen1,2, M. Zhang2, Y. Yan1,2, M. Huang2
1Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
8:40 J04.3 SKA MID FREQUENCY APERTURE ARRAYS: TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ULTIMATE SURVEY MACHINE
J. G. Bij de Vaate1, S. A. Torchinsky2, A. J. Faulkner3, D. Zhang4, A. W. Gunst1, P. Benthem1, I. M. van Bemmel1, G. Kenfack2
1R&D, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
2Station de radioastronomie, Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
3Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
4School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
9:00 J04.4 THE SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY COMPUTING CHALLENGES AND THE DOME RESEARCH APPROACH: INTERMEDIATE RESULTS
A. J. Boonstra1, T. Engbersen2
1R&D, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
2IBM Research Laboratory, IBM, Zurich, Switzerland