Science with the Murchison Widefield Array
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Arcus, Wayne
Emrich, David
Herne, David
Lynch, Mervyn
Ord, Stephen
Tingay, Steven
Wayth, Randall
Waterson, Mark
Bowman, Judd
Cairns, Iver
Kaplan, David
Murphy, Tara
Oberoi, Divya
Staveley-Smith, Lister
Barnes, David
Bernardi, Gianni
Briggs, Frank
Brown, Shea
Bunton, John
Burgasser, Adam
Cappallo, Roger
Chatterjee, Shami
Corey, Brian
Coster, Anthea
Deshpande, Avinash
DeSouza, Ludi
Erickson, Philip
Goeke, Robert
Gaensler, B.M.
Greenhill, Lincoln
Harvey-Smith, Lisa
Hazelton, Bryna
Hewitt, Jacqueline
Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie
Kasper, Justin
Kincaid, Barton
Koenig, Ronald
Kratzenberg, Eric
Lonsdale, Colin
Matthews, Lynn
McWhirter, S. Russell
Mitchell, Daniel
Morales, Miguel
Morgan, Edward
Pathikulangara, Joseph
Prabu, Thiagaraj
Remillard, Ronald
Robishaw, Timothy
Rogers, Alan
Roshi, Anish
Salah, Joseph
Sault, Robert
Udaya Shankar, N.
Srivani, K.S.
Stevens, Jamie
Subrahmanyan, Ravi
Webster, Rachel
Whitney, Alan
Williams, Andrew
Williams, Christopher
Wyithe, J. Stuart
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2013Type
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Bowman, Judd and Cairns, Iver and Kaplan, David and Murphy, Tara and Oberoi, Divya and Staveley-Smith, L and Arcus, Wayne and Barnes, David and Bernardi, Gianni and Briggs, Frank and Brown, Shea and Bunton, John and Burgasser, Adam and Cappallo, Roger and Chatterjee, Shami and Corey, Brian and Coster, Anthea and Deshpande, Avinash and DeSouza, Ludi and Emrich, David and Erickson, Philip and Goeke, Robert and Gaensler, B.M. and Greenhill, Lincoln and Harvey-Smith, Lisa and Hazelton, Bryna and Herne, David and Hewitt, Jacqueline and Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie and Kasper, Justin and Kincaid, Barton and Koenig, Ronald and Kratzenberg, Eric and Lonsdale, Colin and Lynch, Mervyn and Matthews, Lynn and McWhirter, S. Russell and Mitchell, Daniel and Morales, Miguel and Morgan, Edward and Ord, Stephen and Pathikulangara, Joseph and Prabu, Thiagaraj and Remillard, Ronald and Robishaw, Timothy and Rogers, Alan and Roshi, Anish and Salah, Joseph and Sault, Robert and Udaya Shankar, N. and Srivani, K.S. and Stevens, Jamie and Subrahmanyan, Ravi and Tingay, Steven and Wayth, Randall and Waterson, Mark and Webster, Rachel and Whitney, Alan and Williams, Andrew and Williams, Christopher and Wyithe, J. Stuart. 2013. Science with the Murchison Widefield Array. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 30: pp. e031.
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Significant new opportunities for astrophysics and cosmology have been identified at low radio frequencies. The Murchison Widefield Array is the first telescope in the southern hemisphere designed specifically to explore the low-frequency astronomical sky between 80 and 300 MHz with arcminute angular resolution and high survey efficiency. The telescope will enable new advances along four key science themes, including searching for redshifted 21-cm emission from the EoR in the early Universe; Galactic and extragalactic all-sky southern hemisphere surveys; time-domain astrophysics; and solar, heliospheric, and ionospheric science and space weather. The Murchison Widefield Array is located in Western Australia at the site of the planned Square Kilometre Array (SKA) low-band telescope and is the only low-frequency SKA precursor facility. In this paper, we review the performance properties of the Murchison Widefield Array and describe its primary scientific objectives.
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