DocumentCode
126630
Title
MeerKAT
Author
Jonas, Justin L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Electron., Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa
fYear
2014
fDate
16-23 Aug. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
The MeerKAT will be an array of 64 13.5-m projected diameter antennas with dual-reflector offset Gregorian optics. The array configuration is centrally concentrated within a 1 km core, and the longest baseline is 8 km. MeerKAT is a precursor instrument for the SKA-mid telescope, and as such it will demonstrate technical innovations that might be used by the SKA, as well as provide pathfinder science results. The technical innovations employed in MeerKAT will be described, the measured performance of various subsystems will be reported, and the applicability of MeerKAT subsystems to SKA-mid will be discussed [summary form only given].
Keywords
antenna arrays; telescopes; MeerKAT; SKA-mid telescope; antenna array; array configuration; dual-reflector offset Gregorian optics; pathfinder science; precursor instrument; technical innovations; Abstracts;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
Conference_Location
Beijing
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929996
Filename
6929996
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