EMBRACE (telescope)

EMBRACE (Electronic MultiBeam Radio Astronomy ConcEpt) is a prototype telescope for the phase 2 of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. It's the first dense phased array for radioastronomy in the GHz frequency range (initially planned for covering the 0.5-1.5 GHz, mid-frequency band of SKA). It is composed of two sites, one at the Nançay radio telescope station in France, and one near the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope antennas in Netherlands.

EMBRACE
Part ofSquare Kilometre Array 
Location(s)France, Netherlands, France, Netherlands
Telescope styleradio telescope 
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References

  • Torchinsky, S. A.; Olofsson, A. O. H.; Censier, B.; Karastergiou, A.; Serylak, M.; Picard, P.; Renaud, P.; Taffoureau, C. (2016), "Characterization of a dense aperture array for radio astronomy", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 589: A77, arXiv:1602.07976, Bibcode:2016A&A...589A..77T, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526706
  • Torchinsky, S.A.; et al. (2013), "Characterization and Initial Results with EMBRACE", in L. Cambrésy; F. Martins; E. Nuss; A. Palacios (eds.), Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (PDF), p. 439, Bibcode:2013sf2a.conf..439T


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