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most citedSardinia Radio Telescope: General Description, Technical Commissioning and First Light

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astro-ph.IM2026

Status of the COSmological Microwave Observations CALibrator

L. Mousset, J. Aumont, S. Berta +33

As the sensitivity of CMB telescopes increases, the need for precise calibration becomes critical. Started in 2022, the COSMOCal project aims to place an artificial polarized sourc…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

Correlation between active regions' spectra at high radio frequencies and solar flare occurrences

Sara Mulas, Alberto Pellizzoni, Marco Marongiu +31

High radio frequencies observations with the Italian network of large single-dish radio telescopes resulted in ~450 solar images between 2018 and 2023 in K-band frequency range (18…

astro-ph.HE2024

The First High Frequency Technosignature Search Survey with the Sardinia Radio Telescope

Lorenzo Manunza, Alice Vendrame, Luca Pizzuto +30

The quest for radio signals from technologically-advanced extraterrestrial intelligence has traditionally concentrated on the vicinity of 1.4 GHz. In this paper, we extend the sear…

astro-ph.SR2024

Study of solar brightness profiles in the 18-26 GHz frequency range with INAF radio telescopes II. Evidence for coronal emission

M. Marongiu, A. Pellizzoni, S. Righini +43

One of the most important objectives of solar physics is the physical understanding of the solar atmosphere, the structure of which is also described in terms of the density (N) an…

astro-ph.SR2024

Study of solar brightness profiles in the 18-26 GHz frequency range with INAF radio telescopes I: solar radius

M. Marongiu, A. Pellizzoni, S. Mulas +32

The Sun is an extraordinary workbench, from which several fundamental astronomical parameters can be measured with high precision. Among these parameters, the solar radius $R_{\odo…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 1 cited

Observing galaxy clusters and the cosmic web through the Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect with MISTRAL

E. S. Battistelli, E. Barbavara, P. de Bernardis +33

Galaxy clusters and surrounding medium, can be studied using X-ray bremsstrahlung emission and Sunyaev Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. Both astrophysical probes, sample the same environmen…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 11 cited

Solar observations with single-dish INAF radio telescopes: continuum imaging in the 18-26 GHz range

A. Pellizzoni, S. Righini, M. N. Iacolina +28

We present a new solar radio imaging system implemented through the upgrade of the large single-dish telescopes of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), not origi…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

High angular resolution Sunyaev Zel'dovich observations: the case of MISTRAL

E. S. Battistelli, E. Barbavara, P. de Bernardis +25

The MIllimeter Sardinia radio Telescope Receiver based on Array of Lumped elements kids, MISTRAL, is a millimetric () multipixel camera being built for the Sardinia R…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 15 cited

An International Survey of Front-End Receivers and Observing Performance of Telescopes for Radio Astronomy

P. Bolli, A. Orfei, A. Zanichelli +18

This paper presents a survey of microwave front-end receivers installed at radio telescopes throughout the World. This unprecedented analysis was conducted as part of a review of f…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 34 cited

Imaging of SNR IC443 and W44 with the Sardinia Radio Telescope at 1.5 GHz and 7 GHz

E. Egron, A. Pellizzoni, M. N. Iacolina +33

Observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) are a powerful tool for investigating the later stages of stellar evolution, the properties of the ambient interstellar medium, and the ph…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 82 cited

The Sardinia Radio Telescope: From a Technological Project to a Radio Observatory

I. Prandoni, M. Murgia, A. Tarchi +43

[Abridged] The Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) is the new 64-m dish operated by INAF (Italy). Its active surface will allow us to observe at frequencies of up to 116 GHz. At the mom…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 32 cited

Sardinia Radio Telescope wide-band spectral-polarimetric observations of the galaxy cluster 3C 129

M. Murgia, F. Govoni, E. Carretti +27

We present new observations of the galaxy cluster 3C 129 obtained with the Sardinia Radio Telescope in the frequency range 6000-7200 MHz, with the aim to image the large-angular-sc…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 109 cited

Sardinia Radio Telescope: General Description, Technical Commissioning and First Light

P. Bolli, A. Orlati, L. Stringhetti +35

In the period 2012 June - 2013 October, the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) went through the technical commissioning phase. The characterization involved three first-light receivers…

astro-ph2004

How to improve the High Frequency capabilities of SRT

T. Pisanu, M. Morsiani, C. Pernechele +2

The SRT (Sardinia Radio Telescope) is a general purpose, fully steerable, active surface equipped, 64 meters antenna, which is in an advanced construction state near Cagliari (Sard…