The Square Kilometre Array: An Engineering Perspective

1. Introduction

2. The Square Kilometre Array: An International Engineering Perspective
P. J. Hall

3. The Allen Telescope Array
David Deboer, Rob Ackermann, Leo Blitz, Douglas Bock, Geoffrey Bower, Michael Davis, John Dreher, Greg Engargiola, Matt Fleming, Girmay-Keleta, Gerry Harp, John Lugten, Jill Tarter, Doug Thornton, Niklas Wadefalk, Sander Weinreb, William J. Welch

4. Sky Noise Limited Snapshot Imaging in the Presence of RFI with LOFAR’s Initial Test Station
Stefan J. Wijnholds, Jaap D. Bregman, Albert-Jan Boonstra

5. The LOFAR Central Processing Facility Architecture
Kjeld Schaaf, Chris Broekema, Ger Diepen, Ellen Meijeren

6. Hemispheric Imaging of Galactic Neutral Hydrogen with a Phased Array Antenna System
Stefan J. Wijnholds, A. Ger Bruyn, Jaap D. Bregman, Jan-Geralt Vaate

7. Electronic Multi-Beam Radio Astronomy Concept: Embrace a Demonstrator for the European SKA Program
A. Ardenne, P. N. Wilkinson, P. D. Patel, J. G. Vaate

8. The Australian SKA New Technology Demonstrator Program
Ray Norris

9. Low Noise Performance Perspectives of Wideband Aperture Phased Arrays
E. E. M. Woestenburg, J. C. Kuenen

10. Effective Sensitivity of a Non-Uniform Phased Array of Short Dipoles
W. A. Cappellen, J. D. Bregman, M. J. Arts

11. Low Frequency End Performance of a Symmetrical Configuration Antenna for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
Germán Cortés-Medellín

12. Radio Astronomy Antennas by the Thousands
Roger Schultz

13. A Spherical Lens for the SKA
John S. Kot, Richard Donelson, Nasiha Nikolic, Doug Hayman, Mike O’shea, Gary Peeters

14. Efficiency Analysis of Focal Plane Arrays in Deep Dishes
Marianna V. Ivashina, Jan Simons, Jan Geralt Vaate

15. Model Validation and Performance Evaluation for the Multi-Tethered Aerostat Subsystem of the Large Adaptive Reflector
Meyer Nahon, Casey Lambert, Dean Chalmers, Wen Bo

16. Modeling of a Feed Support System for Fast
Wenbai Zhu, Rendong Nan, Gexue Ren

17. Cylindrical Reflectors
John D. Bunton

18. Local Oscillator Distribution Using a Geostationary Satellite
J. Bardin, S. Weinreb, D. Bagri

19. RF Design of a Wideband CMOS Integrated Receiver for Phased Array Applications
Suzy A. Jackson

20. Fiber Optic Network Technology for Distributed Long Baseline Radio Telescopes
D.H.P. Maat, G.W. Kant

21. ALMA and e-MERLIN Data Transmission Systems: Lessons for SKA
Ralph Spencer, Roshene McCool, Bryan Anderson, Dave Brown, Mike Bentley

22. Array Signal Processing for Radio Astronomy
Alle-Jan Veen, Amir Leshem, Albert-Jan Boonstra

23. Ska Correlator Advances
John D. Bunton

24. RFI Mitigation and the SKA
Steven W. Ellingson

25. A 256 MHz Bandwidth Baseband Receiver/Spectrometer
R. H. Ferris, S. J. Saunders

26. The Square Kilometre Array Molonglo Prototype (SKAMP) Correlator
Timothy J. Adams, John D. Bunton, Michael J. Kesteven

27. COTS Correlator Platform
Kjeld Schaaf, Ruud Overeem

28. DSN Deep-Space Array-Based Network Beamformer
John D. Bunton, Robert Navarro

29. Software Development for the Square Kilometre Array
T. J. Cornwell, B. E. Glendenning

30. A Simple Model of Software Costs for the Square Kilometre Array
A. J. Kemball, T. J. Cornwell

31. SKA and EVLA Computing Costs for Wide Field Imaging
T. J. Cornwell

32. Efficient Imaging Strategies for Next-Generation Radio Arrays
Colin J. Lonsdale, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Divya Oberoi

33. System Optimisation of Multi-Beam Aperture Synthesis Arrays for Survey Performance
Jaap D. Bregman

34. SKA Cost Model for Wide Field-of-View Options
John D. Bunton, Stuart G. Hay

35. Cost Effective Frequency Ranges for Multi-Beam Dishes, Cylinders, Aperture Arrays, and Hybrids
Jaap D. Bregman

36. Cylinder — Small Dish Hybrid for the SKA
John D. Bunton, T. Joseph, W. Lazio

37. RFI Test Observations at a Candidate SKA Site in China
B. Peng, J. M. Sun, H. Y. Zhang, T. Y. Piao, J. Q. Li, L. Lei, T. Luo, D. H. Li, Y. J. Zheng, R. Nan

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