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MeerKAT and its potential for Cosmic MASER Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Roy Booth ,
Sharmila Goedhart  and
Justin Jonas
Roy Booth
Affiliation:
SKA South Africa, The Park, Park Road, Pinelands, 7005, South Africa Rhodes University, P.O Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa email: [email protected]
Sharmila Goedhart
Affiliation:
SKA South Africa, The Park, Park Road, Pinelands, 7005, South Africa
Justin Jonas
Affiliation:
Rhodes University, P.O Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The MeerKAT radio telescope array is the South African precursor instrument for the proposed Square Kilometer Array's mid-band frequency range. It will be the most sensitive centimetre-wavelength telescope in the southern hemisphere until the SKA is built. It will cover a broad range of astronomical science from the evolution of galaxies to tests of Einstein's theory of General Relativity, using Pulsars. The chosen frequency bands will enable sensitive southern Galactic maser surveys in the main lines of hydroxyl, 12 GHz methanol and perhaps 14.5 GHz formaldehyde lines as well as searches for redshifted water masers from red-shifts greater than about 0.5. Proposals for Large Surveys using MeerKAT were solicited in late 2009 and resulted in some 20 proposals from teams comprising 500 scientists, world-wide. The successful proposals relevant to maser research will be discussed below.

Keywords

radio telescope designarrayssenstivitysurveysmasers
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S287: Cosmic Masers - from OH to H0 , January 2012 , pp. 483 - 487
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

References

Booth, R. S., de Blok, W. J. G., Jonas, J. L., & Fanaroff, B. 2009, arXiv 0910.2935BGoogle Scholar