Main Beam Modeling for Large Irregular Arrays: The SKA1-LOW telescope case

Ha Bui-Van, Christophe Craeye, Eloy de Lera Acedo

Large radio telescopes in the 21st century such as the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) or the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) make use of phased aperture arrays of antennas to achieve…