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First Season MWA EoR Power Spectrum Results at Redshift 7
A. P. Beardsley, B. J. Hazelton, I. S. Sullivan +63
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has collected hundreds of hours of Epoch of Reionization (EoR) data and now faces the challenge of overcoming foreground and systematic contamin…
A High Reliability Survey of Discrete Epoch of Reionization Foreground Sources in the MWA EoR0 Field
P. A. Carroll, J. Line, M. F. Morales +61
Detection of the Epoch of Reionization HI signal requires a precise understanding of the intervening galaxies and AGN, both for instrumental calibration and foreground removal. We…
The Murchison Widefield Array 21 cm Power Spectrum Analysis Methodology
Daniel C. Jacobs, B. J. Hazelton, C. M. Trott +61
We present the 21 cm power spectrum analysis approach of the Murchison Widefield Array Epoch of Reionization project. In this paper, we compare the outputs of multiple pipelines fo…
The 154 MHz radio sky observed by the Murchison Widefield Array: noise, confusion and first source count analyses
T. M. O. Franzen, C. A. Jackson, A. R. Offringa +30
We analyse a 154 MHz image made from a 12 h observation with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) to determine the noise contribution and behaviour of the source counts down to 30 m…
Beamforming Errors in Murchison Widefield Array Phased Array Antennas and their effects on Epoch of Reionization Science
A. R. Neben, J. N. Hewitt, R. F. Bradley +28
Accurate antenna beam models are critical for radio observations aiming to isolate the redshifted 21cm spectral line emission from the Dark Ages and the Epoch of Reionization and u…
The Importance of Wide-field Foreground Removal for 21 cm Cosmology: A Demonstration With Early MWA Epoch of Reionization Observations
J. C. Pober, B. J. Hazelton, A. P. Beardsley +66
In this paper we present observations, simulations, and analysis demonstrating the direct connection between the location of foreground emission on the sky and its location in cosm…
CHIPS: The Cosmological HI Power Spectrum Estimator
Cathryn M. Trott, Bart Pindor, Pietro Procopio +49
Detection of the cosmological neutral hydrogen signal from the Epoch of Reionization, and estimation of its basic physical parameters, is the principal scientific aim of many curre…
Quantifying ionospheric effects on time-domain astrophysics with the Murchison Widefield Array
Shyeh Tjing Loi, Tara Murphy, Martin E. Bell +39
Refraction and diffraction of incoming radio waves by the ionosphere induce time variability in the angular positions, peak amplitudes and shapes of radio sources, potentially comp…
Murchison Widefield Array Observations of Anomalous Variability: A Serendipitous Night-time Detection of Interplanetary Scintillation
D. L. Kaplan, S. J. Tingay, P. K. Manoharan +33
We present observations of high-amplitude rapid (2 s) variability toward two bright, compact extragalactic radio sources out of several hundred of the brightest radio sources in on…
Ionospheric modelling using GPS to calibrate the MWA. 1: Comparison of first order ionospheric effects between GPS models and MWA observations
B. S. Arora, J. Morgan, S. M. Ord +56
We compare first order (refractive) ionospheric effects seen by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) with the ionosphere as inferred from Global Positioning System (GPS) data. The f…
GLEAM: The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey
R. B. Wayth, E. Lenc, M. E. Bell +52
GLEAM, the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey, is a survey of the entire radio sky south of declination +25 deg at frequencies between 72 and 231 MHz, made with the Murc…
Foregrounds in Wide-Field Redshifted 21 cm Power Spectra
Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, Daniel C. Jacobs, Judd D. Bowman +61
Detection of 21~cm emission of HI from the epoch of reionization, at redshifts z>6, is limited primarily by foreground emission. We investigate the signatures of wide-field measure…
The Murchison Widefield Array Correlator
S. M. Ord, B. Crosse, D. Emrich +64
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Precursor. The telescope is located at the Murchison Radio--astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia (…
The High Time and Frequency Resolution Capabilities of the Murchison Widefield Array
S. E. Tremblay, S. M. Ord, N. D. R. Bhat +37
The science cases for incorporating high time resolution capabilities into modern radio telescopes are as numerous as they are compelling. Science targets range from exotic sources…
The low-frequency environment of the Murchison Widefield Array: radio-frequency interference analysis and mitigation
A. R. Offringa, R. B. Wayth, N. Hurley-Walker +62
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new low-frequency interferometric radio telescope built in Western Australia at one of the locations of the future Square Kilometre Array (…
Study of Redshifted HI from the Epoch of Reionization with Drift scan
Sourabh Paul, Shiv K. Sethi, Ravi Subrahmanyan +37
The detection of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) in the redshifted 21-cm line is a challenging task. Here we formulate the detection of the EoR signal using the drift scan strategy…
WSClean: an implementation of a fast, generic wide-field imager for radio astronomy
A. R. Offringa, B. McKinley, N. Hurley-Walker +50
Astronomical widefield imaging of interferometric radio data is computationally expensive, especially for the large data volumes created by modern non-coplanar many-element arrays.…
On the detection and tracking of space debris using the Murchison Widefield Array. I. Simulations and test observations demonstrate feasibility
S. J. Tingay, D. L. Kaplan, B. McKinley +60
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new low frequency interferomeric radio telescope. The MWA is the low frequency precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and is the fir…
The Murchison Widefield Array: solar science with the low frequency SKA Precursor
S. J. Tingay, D. Oberoi, I. Cairns +50
The Murchison Widefield Array is a low frequency (80 - 300 MHz) SKA Precursor, comprising 128 aperture array elements (known as tiles) distributed over an area of 3 km diameter. Th…
Realisation of a low frequency SKA Precursor: The Murchison Widefield Array
S. J. Tingay, R. Goeke, J. N. Hewitt +56
The Murchison Widefield Array is a low frequency (80 - 300 MHz) SKA Precursor, comprising 128 aperture array elements distributed over an area of 3 km diameter. The MWA is located…
Fast Holographic Deconvolution: a new technique for precision radio interferometry
Ian Sullivan, Miguel Morales, Bryna Hazelton +48
We introduce the Fast Holographic Deconvolution method for analyzing interferometric radio data. Our new method is an extension of A-projection/software-holography/forward modeling…
The Murchison Widefield Array: the Square Kilometre Array Precursor at low radio frequencies
S. J. Tingay, R. Goeke, J. D. Bowman +57
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is one of three Square Kilometre Array Precursor telescopes and is located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in the Murchison Shire o…
The EoR Sensitivity of the Murchison Widefield Array
A. P. Beardsley, B. J. Hazelton, M. F. Morales +48
Using the final 128 antenna locations of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), we calculate its sensitivity to the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) power spectrum of red- shifted 21 cm e…
A new layout optimization technique for interferometric arrays, applied to the MWA
A. P. Beardsley, B. J. Hazelton, M. F. Morales +46
Antenna layout is an important design consideration for radio interferometers because it determines the quality of the snapshot point spread function (PSF, or array beam). This is…