4 papers
The Murchison Widefield Array Phase III upgrade: Sensitivity Doubled, Number of Baselines Quadrupled, Flexibility Enhanced, and EoR Observations Optimised
S. J. Tingay, M. Johnston-Hollitt, R. B. Wayth +32
We describe the latest iteration of upgrades (designated Phase III) to the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), in the fourth paper in a series that covers the evolution of the telesco…
Strong ionospheric activity at the MWA site associated with plasma bubble measured by GNSS
Shintaro Yoshiura, Yuichi Otsuka, Cathryn M. Trott +6
The Earth's ionosphere refracts radio signals, shifting the apparent position of radio sources. Wide-field measurements with a radio interferometer can measure the ionospheric dist…
Square Kilometre Array Science Data Challenge 3a: foreground removal for an EoR experiment
A. Bonaldi, P. Hartley, R. Braun +179
We present and analyse the results of the Science data challenge 3a (SDC3a, https://sdc3.skao.int/challenges/foregrounds), an EoR foreground-removal community-wide exercise organis…
Verifying the Australian MWA EoR pipeline II: fundamental limits of the AusEoRPipe and the impact of instrumental effects
J. L. B. Line, C. M. Trott, N. Barry +2
Detection of the weak cosmological signal from high-redshift hydrogen demands careful data analysis and an understanding of the full instrument signal chain. Here we use the WODEN…