Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics www.caastro.org MWA Project: Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophys Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophys www.caastro.org MWA Consortium: CurtinU, ANU, UMelbourne, SwinburneU, USydney, UWestern Australia, UTasmania, MIT, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, ASU, UW, Raman Research Institute, CSIRO
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Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysicswww.caastro.orgMWA Project:
Centre of Excellence for All-sky AstrophysicsCentre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysicswww.caastro.org
MWA Consortium:CurtinU, ANU, UMelbourne, SwinburneU,
USydney, UWestern Australia, UTasmania,
MIT, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, ASU, UW,
Raman Research Institute, CSIRO
MWA Project:
MWA:
Science Goal: EoR Hydrogen 21cm line @ Z=6-13 80 - 230 MHz … to 320 MHz Statistical Detection throughPower Spectrum: angular scales 4’ to 30’
MWA:
Instrument Strategy:
• Geographic Location
• Large N / Small D
(512/5m)
• Compact Array
• “Real-time System”
Gianni!
Science Goal: EoR Hydrogen 21cm line @ Z=6-13 80 - 230 MHz … to 320 MHz
Location of MWA
Australia’s SKA site
(infrastructure, etc)
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The Shire of Murchison is a large agricultural region in the central part of Western Australia, and is the only shire in Australia without a town.
Population: 114 (2009)Area: 41173 km² (15,897.0 sq mi)
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Strategy:• less RFI• lower power levels• fewer bits• lower bandwidths• less complexity• lower cost