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most citedAustralian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: I. System Description

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astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

The CRAFT Coherent (CRACO) upgrade I: System Description and Results of the 110-ms Radio Transient Pilot Survey

Z. Wang, K. W. Bannister, V. Gupta +40

We present the first results from a new backend on the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, the Commensal Realtime ASKAP Fast Transient COherent (CRACO) upgrade. CRACO rec…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 4 cited

The ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) Pilot Survey

Tara Murphy, David L. Kaplan, Adam J. Stewart +52

The Variables and Slow Transients Survey (VAST) on the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is designed to detect highly variable and transient radio sources on tim…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 293 cited

Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: I. System Description

A. W. Hotan, J. D. Bunton, A. P. Chippendale +63

In this paper we describe the system design and capabilities of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope at the conclusion of its construction proje…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 165 cited

The detection of an extremely bright fast radio burst in a phased array feed survey

Keith Bannister, Ryan Shannon, Jean-Pierre Macquart +53

We report the detection of an ultra-bright fast radio burst (FRB) from a modest, 3.4-day pilot survey with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. The survey was conducte…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 91 cited

The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array

D. McConnell, J. R. Allison, K. Bannister +71

We describe the performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array (BETA), the prototype for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope ASKAP. BETA is the first ape…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 29 cited

Wide-field broadband radio imaging with phased array feeds: a pilot multi-epoch continuum survey with ASKAP-BETA

I. Heywood, K. W. Bannister, J. Marvil +45

The Boolardy Engineering Test Array is a 6 x 12 m dish interferometer and the prototype of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), equipped with the first generat…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 25 cited

A pilot ASKAP survey of radio transient events in the region around the intermittent pulsar PSR J1107-5907

G. Hobbs, I. Heywood, M. E. Bell +75

We use observations from the Boolardy Engineering Test Array (BETA) of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope to search for transient radio sources in t…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 59 cited

ASKAP HI imaging of the galaxy group IC 1459

P. Serra, B. Koribalski, V. Kilborn +76

We present HI imaging of the galaxy group IC 1459 carried out with six antennas of the Australian SKA Pathfinder equipped with phased-array feeds. We detect and resolve HI in eleve…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 69 cited

Discovery of HI gas in a young radio galaxy at using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder

J. R. Allison, E. M. Sadler, V. A. Moss +100

We report the discovery of a new 21-cm HI absorption system using commissioning data from the Boolardy Engineering Test Array of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (A…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 107 cited

The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: System Architecture and Specifications of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array

A. W. Hotan, J. D. Bunton, L. Harvey-Smith +98

This paper describes the system architecture of a newly constructed radio telescope - the Boolardy Engineering Test Array, which is a prototype of the Australian Square Kilometre A…