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    The Low-Frequency Environment of the Murchison Widefield Array: Radio-Frequency Interference Analysis and Mitigation

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    Authors
    Offringa, A.
    Wayth, Randall
    Hurley-Walker, N.
    Kaplan, D.
    Barry, N.
    Beardsley, A.
    Bell, M.
    Bernardi, G.
    Bowman, J.
    Briggs, F.
    Callingham, J.
    Cappallo, R.
    Carroll, P.
    Deshpande, A.
    Dillon, J.
    Dwarakanath, K.
    Ewall-Wice, A.
    Feng, L.
    For, B.
    Gaensler, B.
    Greenhill, L.
    Hancock, P.
    Hazelton, B.
    Hewitt, J.
    Hindson, L.
    Jacobs, D.
    Johnston-Hollitt, M.
    Kapinska, A.
    Kim, H.
    Kittiwisit, P.
    Lenc, E.
    Line, J.
    Loeb, A.
    Lonsdale, C.
    McKinley, B.
    McWhirter, S.
    Mitchell, D.
    Morales, M.
    Morgan, E.
    Morgan, J.
    Neben, A.
    Oberoi, D.
    Ord, Stephen
    Paul, S.
    Pindor, B.
    Pober, J.
    Prabu, T.
    Procopio, P.
    Riding, J.
    Shankar, N.
    Sethi, S.
    Srivani, K.
    Staveley-Smith, L.
    Subrahmanyan, R.
    Sullivan, I.
    Tegmark, M.
    Thyagarajan, N.
    Tingay, Steven
    Trott, C.
    Webster, R.
    Williams, A.
    Williams, C.
    Wu, C.
    Wyithe, J.
    Zheng, Q.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Offringa, A. and Wayth, R. and Hurley-Walker, N. and Kaplan, D. and Barry, N. and Beardsley, A. and Bell, M. et al. 2015. The Low-Frequency Environment of the Murchison Widefield Array: Radio-Frequency Interference Analysis and Mitigation. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 32: Article ID e008.
    Source Title
    PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
    DOI
    10.1017/pasa.2015.7
    ISSN
    1323-3580
    School
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44191
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The Murchison Widefield Array is a new low-frequency interferometric radio telescope built in Western Australia at one of the locations of the future Square Kilometre Array. We describe the automated radio-frequency interference detection strategy implemented for the Murchison Widefield Array, which is based on the aoflagger platform, and present 72–231 MHz radio-frequency interference statistics from 10 observing nights. Radio-frequency interference detection removes 1.1% of the data. Radio-frequency interference from digital TV is observed 3% of the time due to occasional ionospheric or atmospheric propagation. After radio-frequency interference detection and excision, almost all data can be calibrated and imaged without further radio-frequency interference mitigation efforts, including observations within the FM and digital TV bands. The results are compared to a previously published Low-Frequency Array radio-frequency interference survey. The remote location of the Murchison Widefield Array results in a substantially cleaner radio-frequency interference environment compared to Low-Frequency Array’s radio environment, but adequate detection of radio-frequency interference is still required before data can be analysed. We include specific recommendations designed to make the Square Kilometre Array more robust to radio-frequency interference, including: the availability of sufficient computing power for radio-frequency interference detection; accounting for radio-frequency interference in the receiver design; a smooth band-pass response; and the capability of radio-frequency interference detection at high time and frequency resolution (second and kHz-scale respectively).

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