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Status and strategies of current LUNASKA lunar Cherenkov observations with the Parkes radio telescope

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Bray, J.
Ekers, Ronald
Roberts, P.
Reynolds, J.
James, C.
Phillips, C.
McFadden, R.
Protheroe, R.
Aartsen, M.
Alvarez-Muniz, J.
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2012
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Bray, J.D. and Ekers, R.D. and Roberts, P. and Reynolds, J.E. and James, C.W. and Phillips, C.J. and McFadden, R.A. and Protheroe, R. and Aartsen, M. and Alvarez-Muniz, J. 2012. Status and strategies of current LUNASKA lunar Cherenkov observations with the Parkes radio telescope. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 662 (1): pp. S95-S98.
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
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LUNASKA (Lunar UHE Neutrino Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array) is an ongoing project conducting lunar Cherenkov observations in order to develop techniques for detecting neutrinos with the next generation of radio telescopes. Our current observing campaign is with the 64-metre Parkes radio telescope, using a multibeam receiver with 300 MHz of bandwidth from 1.2 to 1.5 GHz. Here we provide an overview of the various factors that must be considered in the signal processing for such an experiment. We also briefly describe the flux limits which we expect to set with our current observations, including a directional limit for Centaurus A.