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Measuring the global 21-cm signal with the MWA-II: improved characterisation of lunar-reflected radio frequency interference
Himanshu Tiwari, Benjamin McKinley, Cathryn M. Trott +1
Radio interferometers can potentially detect the sky-averaged signal from the Cosmic Dawn (CD) and the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) by studying the Moon as a thermal block to the fo…
Singular spectrum analysis of time series data from low frequency radiometers, with an application to SITARA data
Jishnu N. Thekkeppattu, Cathryn M. Trott, Benjamin McKinley
Understanding the temporal characteristics of data from low frequency radio telescopes is of importance in devising suitable calibration strategies. Application of time series anal…
System design and calibration of SITARA -- a global 21 cm short spacing interferometer prototype
Jishnu N. Thekkeppattu, Benjamin McKinley, Cathryn M. Trott +2
Global 21-cm experiments require exquisitely precise calibration of the measurement systems in order to separate the weak 21-cm signal from Galactic and extragalactic foregrounds a…
The Aperture Array Verification System 1: System overview and early commissioning results
P. Benthem, R. Wayth, E. de Lera Acedo +51
The design and development process for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, the Low Frequency Aperture Array component, was progressed during the SKA pre-construction…
The Impact of Tandem Redundant/Sky-Based Calibration in MWA Phase II Data Analysis
Zheng Zhang, Jonathan C. Pober, Wenyang Li +26
Precise instrumental calibration is of crucial importance to 21-cm cosmology experiments. The Murchison Widefield Array's (MWA) Phase II compact configuration offers us opportuniti…
Design Equations for a Closely-Spaced Two-Element Interferometer Including Internal Noise Coupling
Adrian T. Sutinjo, Benjamin McKinley, Leonid Belostotski +2
We present design equations for a two-element closely-spaced interferometer for measuring the noise temperature of a uniform sky. Such an interferometer is useful for observing hig…
Modelling and peeling extended sources with shapelets: a Fornax A case study
J. L. B. Line, D. A. Mitchell, B. Pindor +6
To make a power spectrum (PS) detection of the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR), one must avoid/subtract bright foreground sources. Sources such as Fornax A presen…
Improving the Epoch of Reionization Power Spectrum Results from Murchison Widefield Array Season 1 Observations
N. Barry, M. Wilensky, C. M. Trott +27
Measurements of 21 cm Epoch of Reionization (EoR) structure are subject to systematics originating from both the analysis and the observation conditions. Using 2013 data from the M…
Discovering the Sky at the Longest Wavelengths with Small Satellite Constellations
Xuelei Chen, Jack Burns, Leon Koopmans +29
Due to ionosphere absorption and the interference by natural and artificial radio emissions, ground observation of the sky at the decameter or longer is very difficult. This unexpl…
Assessment of ionospheric activity tolerances for Epoch of Reionisation science with the Murchison Widefield Array
Cathryn M. Trott, C. H. Jordan, S. G. Murray +20
Structure imprinted in foreground extragalactic point sources by ionospheric refraction has the potential to contaminate Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) power spectra of the 21~cm emis…
In situ measurement of MWA primary beam variation using ORBCOMM
J. L. B. Line, B. McKinley, J. Rasti +21
We provide the first in situ measurements of antenna element (tile) beam shapes of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), a low radio-frequency interferometer and an SKA precursor. M…
Comparing Redundant and Sky Model Based Interferometric Calibration: A First Look with Phase II of the MWA
W. Li, J. C. Pober, B. J. Hazelton +53
Interferometric arrays seeking to measure the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization must contend with overwhelmingly bright emission from foreground sources. Accurate recover…
A Serendipitous MWA Search for Narrow-band and Broad-band Low Frequency Radio Transmissions from 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua
S. J. Tingay, D. L. Kaplan, E. Lenc +18
We examine data from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in the frequency range 72 -- 102 MHz for a field-of-view that serendipitously contained the interstellar object 'Oumuamua o…
Calibration and Stokes Imaging with Full Embedded Element Primary Beam Model for the Murchison Widefield Array
M. Sokolowski, T. Colegate, A. T. Sutinjo +22
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), located in Western Australia, is one of the low-frequency precursors of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. In addition to…
A high resolution foreground model for the MWA EoR1 field: model and implications for EoR power spectrum analysis
P. Procopio, R. B. Wayth, J. Line +23
The current generation of experiments aiming to detect the neutral hydrogen signal from the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) is likely to be limited by systematic effects associated wit…
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…
Ionospheric Modelling using GPS to Calibrate the MWA. II: Regional ionospheric modelling using GPS and GLONASS to estimate ionospheric gradients
B. S. Arora, J. Morgan, S. M. Ord +18
We estimate spatial gradients in the ionosphere using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and GLONASS (Russian global navigation system) observations, utilising data from multiple…
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…
Parametrising Epoch of Reionization foregrounds: A deep survey of low-frequency point-source spectra with the MWA
A. R. Offringa, C. M. Trott, N. Hurley-Walker +38
Experiments that pursue detection of signals from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) are relying on spectral smoothness of source spectra at low frequencies. This article empirically…
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…
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…