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Review of Linked Array Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R.D. Ekers
R.D. Ekers*
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Epping, N.S.W. 2121, Australia

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At cm wavelengths aperture synthesis radio-telescopes (arrays of linked antennas which synthesize an image of the sky with high angular resolution) are now becoming the dominant astronomical research tool. Major new facilities such as the VLA are in full operation, others such as the Australia Telescope are nearing completion and a number of telescopes designed to form images in real time have been converted to operate in the aperture synthesis mode (e.g. MOST, Bologna Cross). See Napier et al. (1983) for a review of modern synthesis telescopes. The high resolution, sensitivity and freedom from confusion have led the aperture synthesis telescopes into very diverse astronomical applications.

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Joint Commission Meeting
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 8: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1988 , 1989 , pp. 551 - 552
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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