Decadal Plan UNSW, 17 Dec 2004 Australia Telescope Operated by CSIRO as a National Facility since 1990 As a National Facility, the Australia Telescope provides world-class observing facilities in radio astronomy for astronomers at Australian and overseas institutions.
Australia Telescope. Operated by CSIRO as a National Facility since 1990 As a National Facility, the Australia Telescope provides world-class observing facilities in radio astronomy for astronomers at Australian and overseas institutions. Facilities. Parkes 64m diameter single dish - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Decadal Plan UNSW, 17 Dec 2004
Australia Telescope
Operated by CSIRO as a National Facility since 1990As a National Facility, the Australia Telescope provides world-class observing facilities in radio astronomy for astronomers at Australian and overseas institutions.
Decadal Plan UNSW, 17 Dec 2004
Facilities
Parkes– 64m diameter single dish– Operates over many bands in 0.44 - 22 GHz– including the 13-beam 21cm receiver
Deep radio continuum– Hubble/Chandra deep fields– 20GHz ATCA survey
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Usage - ATCA
Long Baseline Array (LBA)
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Usage - Parkes
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User Profile
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Compact Array Parkes
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Publications
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Student training
ATNF-affiliated PhD students– Joint University-ATNF supervision– Free accommodation at observatories– Support for page charges and one overseas trip– Top-up scholarships available via CSIRO (~2 per year)
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Student training
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ATNF Developments
The Big FiveNew Technology Demonstrator (NTD)– Part of SKA Roadmap
Compact Array Broadband Backend (CABB)– 512MHz Digital Filter Bank (DFB) operational – 2GHz available @ Mopra by June 2005– 8GHz @ ATCA by Jun 07
» Priority of broadband L/S & C/X upgrade?
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ATNF Developments
The Big Five (continued)Parkes Methanol Multibeam 6 - 6.7 GHz (w/Jodrell Bank)– Preliminary mechanical design complete– Oct 2005 installation
ATCA 7mm system– Construction cost A$6.4M
» 50:50 cost sharing
– Commissioning Q4 2006 (w/CABB: Q2 2007)
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ATNF Developments
The Big Five (continued)eVLBI– All stations network-ready – 512MB/s achieved