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astro-ph.IM2019★ 1.1k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. Array and Instrumentation

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) array that comprises millimeter- and submillimeter-wavelength telescopes separated by distances comp…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 170 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 34 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 72 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 59 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 18 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 93 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 25 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 20 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 18 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 38 cited

Power spectrum analysis of ionospheric fluctuations with the Murchison Widefield Array

Shyeh Tjing Loi, Cathryn M. Trott, Tara Murphy +45

Low-frequency, wide field-of-view (FoV) radio telescopes such as the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) enable the ionosphere to be sampled at high spatial completeness. We present th…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 55 cited

Measuring Phased-Array Antenna Beampatterns with High Dynamic Range for the Murchison Widefield Array using 137 MHz ORBCOMM Satellites

A. R. Neben, R. F. Bradley, J. N. Hewitt +26

Detection of the fluctuations in 21 cm line emission from neutral hydrogen during the Epoch of Reionization in thousand hour integrations poses stringent requirements on calibratio…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 304 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 161 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 42 cited

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 (…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 61 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 164 cited

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 (…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 10 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 937 cited

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.…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 2 cited

Observing the Sun with the Murchison Widefield Array

D. Oberoi, R. Sharma, S. Bhatnagar +42

The Sun has remained a difficult source to image for radio telescopes, especially at the low radio frequencies. Its morphologically complex emission features span a large range of…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 52 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 24 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2012

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…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 321 cited

Science with the Murchison Widefield Array

Judd D. Bowman, Iver Cairns, David L. Kaplan +58

Significant new opportunities for astrophysics and cosmology have been identified at low radio frequencies. The Murchison Widefield Array is the first telescope in the Southern Hem…