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19 April 2024

» arxiv » 1606.2929

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Engineering and Science Highlights of the KAT-7 Radio Telescope
A. R. Foley ; T. Alberts ; R P. Armstrong ; A. Barta ; E. F. Bauermeister ; H. Bester ; S. Blose ; R. S. Booth ; D. H. Botha ; S. J. Buchner ; C. Carignan ; T. Cheetham ; K. Cloete ; G. Coreejes ; R. C. Crida ; S. D. Cross ; F. Curtolo ; A. Dikgale ; M. S. de Villiers ; L. J. du Toit ; S. W. P. Esterhuyse ; B. Fanaroff ; R. P. Fender ; M. Fijalkowski ; D. Fourie ; B. Frank ; D. George ; P. Gibbs ; S. Goedhart ; J. Grobbelaar ; S. C. Gumede ; P. Herselman ; K. M. Hess ; N. Hoek ; J. Horrell ; J. L. Jonas ; J. D. B. Jordaan ; R. Julie ; F. Kapp ; P. Kotzé ; T. Kusel ; A. Langman ; R. Lehmensiek ; D. Liebenberg ; I. J. V. Liebenberg ; A. Loots ; R. T. Lord ; D. M. Lucero ; J. Ludick ; P. Macfarlane ; M. Madlavana ; L. Magnus ; C. Magozore ; J. A. Malan ; J. R. Manley ; L. Marais ; N. Marais ; S. J. Marais ; M. Maree ; A. Martens ; O. Mokone ; V. Moss ; S. Mthembu ; W. New ; G. D. Nicholson ; P. C. van Niekerk ; N. Oozeer ; S. S. Passmoor ; A. Peens-Hough ; A. B. Pińska ; P. Prozesky ; S. Rajan ; S. Ratcliffe ; R. Renil ; L. L. Richter ; D. Rosekrans ; A. Rust ; A. C. Schröder ; L. C. Schwardt ; S. Seranyane ; M. Serylak ; D. S. Shepherd ; R. Siebrits ; L. Sofeya ; R. Spann ; R. Springbok ; P. S. Swart ; Venkatasubramani L. Thondikulam ; I. P. Theron ; A. Tiplady ; O. Toruvanda ; S. Tshongweni ; L. van den Heever ; C. van der Merwe ; R. van Rooyen ; S. Wakhaba ; A. L. Walker ; M. Welz ; L. Williams ; M. Wolleben ; P. A. Woudt ; N. J. Young ; J. T. L. Zwart ;
Date:	9 Jun 2016
Abstract:	The construction of the KAT-7 array in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape in South Africa was intended primarily as an engineering prototype for technologies and techniques applicable to the MeerKAT telescope. This paper looks at the main engineering and scien- tific highlights from this effort, and discusses their applicability to both MeerKAT and other next-generation radio telescopes. In particular we found that the composite dish surface works well, but it becomes complicated to fabricate for a dish lacking circular symmetry; the Stir- ling cycle cryogenic system with ion pump to achieve vacuum works but demands much higher maintenance than an equivalent Gifford-McMahon cycle system; the ROACH (Recon- figurable Open Architecture Computing Hardware)-based correlator with SPEAD (Stream- ing Protocol for Exchanging Astronomical Data) protocol data transfer works very well and KATCP (Karoo Array Telescope Control Protocol) control protocol has proven very flexible and convenient. KAT-7 has also been used for scientific observations where it has a niche in mapping low surface-brightness continuum sources, some extended HI halos and OH masers in star-forming regions. It can also be used to monitor continuum source variability, observe pulsars, and make VLBI observations
Source:	arXiv, 1606.2929
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