Science with the Murchison Widefield Array

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 angula...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cappallo, Roger J. (Contributor), Corey, Brian E. (Contributor), Coster, Anthea J. (Contributor), Erickson, Philip J. (Contributor), Goeke, Robert F. (Contributor), Hewitt, Jacqueline N. (Contributor), Kincaid, Barton B. (Contributor), Kratzenberg, Eric W. (Contributor), Lonsdale, Colin John (Contributor), Matthews, Lynn D. (Contributor), McWhirter, Stephen R. (Contributor), Morgan, Edward H. (Contributor), Remillard, Ronald Alan (Contributor), Rogers, Alan E. E. (Contributor), Salah, Joseph E. (Contributor), Whitney, Alan R. (Contributor), Williams, Christopher Leigh (Contributor)
Other Authors: Haystack Observatory (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CSIRO Publishing, 2014-07-22T13:21:02Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
LEADER 03535 am a22006493u 4500
001 88454
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Cappallo, Roger J.  |e author 
100 1 0 |a Haystack Observatory  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Cappallo, Roger J.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Corey, Brian E.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Coster, Anthea J.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Erickson, Philip J.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Goeke, Robert F.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Hewitt, Jacqueline N.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Kincaid, Barton B.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Kratzenberg, Eric W.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Lonsdale, Colin John  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Matthews, Lynn D.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a McWhirter, Stephen R.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Morgan, Edward H.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Remillard, Ronald Alan  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Rogers, Alan E. E.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Salah, Joseph E.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Whitney, Alan R.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Williams, Christopher Leigh  |e contributor 
700 1 0 |a Corey, Brian E.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Coster, Anthea J.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Erickson, Philip J.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Goeke, Robert F.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Hewitt, Jacqueline N.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Kincaid, Barton B.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Kratzenberg, Eric W.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Lonsdale, Colin John  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Matthews, Lynn D.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a McWhirter, Stephen R.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Morgan, Edward H.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Remillard, Ronald Alan  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Rogers, Alan E. E.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Salah, Joseph E.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Whitney, Alan R.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Williams, Christopher Leigh  |e author 
245 0 0 |a Science with the Murchison Widefield Array 
260 |b CSIRO Publishing,   |c 2014-07-22T13:21:02Z. 
856 |z Get fulltext  |u http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88454 
520 |a 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. 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant AST-0457585) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-0835713) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant CAREER-0847753) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant AST-0908884) 
520 |a United States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Grant FA9550-0510247) 
520 |a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 
520 |a MIT School of Science 
546 |a en_US 
655 7 |a Article 
773 |t Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia