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Title
Science With the Murchison Widefield Array
Description

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 hemisphere designed specifically to explore the low-frequency astronomical sky between 80 and 300 MHz with arcminute angular resolution and high survey efficiency. The telescope will enable new advances along four key science themes, including searching for redshifted 21-cm emission from the EoR in the early Universe; Galactic and extragalactic all-sky southern hemisphere surveys; time-domain astrophysics; and solar, heliospheric, and ionospheric science and space weather. The Murchison Widefield Array is located in Western Australia at the site of the planned Square Kilometre Array (SKA) low-band telescope and is the only low-frequency SKA precursor facility. In this paper, we review the performance properties of the Murchison Widefield Array and describe its primary scientific objectives.

Date Created
2013-10-28
Contributors
Resource Type
Text
Extent
31 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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ASU Scholarship Showcase
Identifier
Digital object identifier: 10.1017/pas.2013.009
International standard serial number
1323-3580
International standard serial number
1448-6083
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Series
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18919
Preferred Citation

Judd D. Bowman, Iver Cairns, David L. Kaplan, Tara Murphy, Divya Oberoi, Lister Staveley-Smith, Wayne Arcus, David G. Barnes, Gianni Bernardi, Frank H. Briggs, Shea Brown, John D. Bunton, Adam J. Burgasser, Roger J. Cappallo, Shami Chatterjee, Brian E. Corey, Anthea Coster, Avinash Deshpande, Ludi deSouza, David Emrich, Philip Erickson, Robert F. Goeke, B. M. Gaensler, Lincoln J. Greenhill, Lisa Harvey-Smith, Bryna J. Hazelton, David Herne, Jacqueline N. Hewitt, Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, Justin C. Kasper, Barton B. Kincaid, Ronald Koenig, Eric Kratzenberg, Colin J. Lonsdale, Mervyn J. Lynch, Lynn D. Matthews, S. Russell McWhirter, Daniel A. Mitchell, Miguel F. Morales, Edward H. Morgan, Stephen M. Ord, Joseph Pathikulangara, Thiagaraj Prabu, Ronald A. Remillard, Timothy Robishaw, Alan E. E. Rogers, Anish A. Roshi, Joseph E. Salah, Robert J. Sault, N. Udaya Shankar, K. S. Srivani, Jamie B. Stevens, Ravi Subrahmanyan, Steven J. Tingay, Randall B. Wayth, Mark Waterson, Rachel L. Webster, Alan R. Whitney, Andrew J. Williams, Christopher L. Williams and J. Stuart B. Wyithe (2013). Science with the Murchison Widefield Array. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 30, e031 doi:10.1017/pas.2013.009.

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This is the authors' final accepted manuscript. The final version as published can be viewed at Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia / Volume 30 / January 2013, e031 Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2013 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pas.2013.009, Published online: 16 April 2013
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