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astro-ph.IM2021★ 17 cited

Calibration of the Air Shower Energy Scale of the Water and Air Cherenkov Techniques in the LHAASO experiment

F. Aharonian, Q. An, Axikegu +246

The Wide Field-of-View Cherenkov Telescope Array (WFCTA) and the Water Cherenkov Detector Arrays (WCDA) of LHAASO are designed to work in combination for measuring the energy spect…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 77 cited

The on-orbit calibration of DArk Matter Particle Explorer

G. Ambrosi, Q. An, R. Asfandiyarov +155

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), a satellite-based cosmic ray and gamma-ray detector, was launched on December 17, 2015, and began its on-orbit operation on December 24,…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 57 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 322 cited

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer mission

J. Chang, G. Ambrosi, Q. An +160

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), one of the four scientific space science missions within the framework of the Strategic Pioneer Program on Space Science of the Chinese A…

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★ 76 cited

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…

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.IM2016★ 123 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 72 cited

Characterization of a Low-Frequency Radio Astronomy Prototype Array in Western Australia

A. T. Sutinjo, T. M. Colegate, R. B. Wayth +12

We report characterization results for an engineering prototype of a next-generation low-frequency radio astronomy array. This prototype, which we refer to as the Aperture Array Ve…

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★ 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★ 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★ 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.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…