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用于亚南极射电观测的长基线天线阵

The Array of Long Baseline Antennas for Taking Radio Observations from the Sub-Antarctic

H. C. Chiang, T. Dyson, E. Egan, S. Eyono, N. Ghazi, J. Hickish, J. M. Jauregui-Garcia, V. Manukha, T. Menard, T. Moso, J. Peterson, L. Philip, J. L. Sievers, S. Tartakovsky

摘要:

测量红移21厘米的中性氢在<30兆赫的发射有可能探测宇宙的“黑暗时代”,宇宙的历史时期,至今仍未观察到。由于明亮的银河前景、电离层污染和地面无线电频率干扰,在这些频率上进行观测是非常具有挑战性的。很少有低于30 MHz的天空图,大多数都有中等分辨率。我们介绍了从亚南极(ALBATROS),一个新的实验,目的是图像低频银河系发射的分辨率比现有数据的数量级的改进的无线电观测的长基线天线阵列。ALBATROS阵列将由自主运行的天线站组成,每个天线站记录基带数据,这些数据将离线进行干涉组合。该阵列将安装在马里恩岛,最终将包括10个台站,工作频率范围为1.2-125兆赫,最大基线长度约为20公里。我们介绍了ALBATROS仪器的设计,并讨论了2018-2019年在马里恩岛进行的探路者观测。

英文摘要:

Measurements of redshifted 21-cm emission of neutral hydrogen at <30 MHz have the potential to probe the cosmic "dark ages," a period of the universe's history that remains unobserved to date. Observations at these frequencies are exceptionally challenging because of bright Galactic foregrounds, ionospheric contamination, and terrestrial radio-frequency interference. Very few sky maps exist at <30 MHz, and most have modest resolution. We introduce the Array of Long Baseline Antennas for Taking Radio Observations from the Sub-Antarctic (ALBATROS), a new experiment that aims to image low-frequency Galactic emission with an order-of-magnitude improvement in resolution over existing data. The ALBATROS array will consist of antenna stations that operate autonomously, each recording baseband data that will be interferometrically combined offline. The array will be installed on Marion Island and will ultimately comprise 10 stations, with an operating frequency range of 1.2-125 MHz and maximum baseline lengths of ~20 km. We present the ALBATROS instrument design and discuss pathfinder observations that were taken from Marion Island during 2018-2019.

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