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.
9:40 J05.1 STATUS UPDATE ON APERTIF, PHASED ARRAY FEEDS FOR THE WESTERBORK RADIO TELESCOPE
W. A. van Cappellen, J. G. Bij de Vaate
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
10:00 J05.2 NEW GENERATION RADIO ASTRONOMY WITH LOFAR
M. W. Wise
ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy), Dwingeloo, Netherlands
10:20 J05.3 THE UPGRADED GMRT : CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PLANS
Y. Gupta
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
10:40 J05.4 THE RADIOASTRON SPACE VLBI PROJECT
K. I. Kellermann1, Y. Y. Kovalev2, N. S. Kardasehv2, P. G. Edwards3
1NRAO, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
2Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
3Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO, Sydney, NSW, Australia
11:00 J05.5 THE VERY LARGE ARRAY AFTER THE UPGRADE
G. A. van Moorsel
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM, United States
11:20 J05.6 THE ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER / SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY
P. R. Jewell
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, United States
J. L. Jonas
Physics and Electronics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa