arxiv: 1606.03533 · v1 · pith:E74ZAEWCnew · submitted 2016-06-11 · 🌌 astro-ph.IM

Testing a modified ASKAP Mark II phased array feed on the 64 m Parkes radio telescope

A. P. Chippendale , R. J. Beresford , X. Deng , M. Leach , J. E. Reynolds , M. Kramer , T. Tzioumis This is my paper

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We present the first installation and characterization of a phased array feed (PAF) on the 64 m Parkes radio telescope. The combined system operates best between 0.8 GHz and 1.74 GHz where the beamformed noise temperature is between 45 K and 60 K, the aperture efficiency ranges from 70% to 80%, and the effective field of view is 1.4 deg$^2$ at 1310 MHz. After a 6-month trial observing program at Parkes, the PAF will be installed on the 100 m antenna at Effelsberg. This is the first time a PAF has been installed on a large single-antenna radio telescope and made available to astronomers.

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Testing a modified ASKAP Mark II phased array feed on the 64 m Parkes radio telescope

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