Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

, volume 37 , publication number e012

An ultra-wide bandwidth (704 to 4 032 MHz) receiver for the Parkes radio telescope

G. Hobbs ¹

Richard N. Manchester ¹

Alex Dunning ¹

Andrew Jameson ²

Paul Roberts ¹

Daniel George ¹

J. A. Green ³

John Tuthill ¹

Lawrence Toomey ¹

Jane F Kaczmarek ^{1, 4}

Stacy Mader ⁴

Malte Marquarding ¹

Azeem Ahmed ¹

Shaun W. Amy ¹

Matthew Bailes ^{2, 5}

Ron Beresford ¹

N. D. R. Bhat ⁶

Douglas C.‐J. Bock ¹

Michael Bourne ¹

Mark Bowen ¹

Michael Brothers ¹

Andrew D. Cameron ¹

Ettore Carretti ⁷

Nick Carter ¹

Santy Castillo ¹

Raji Chekkala ¹

Cheng Wan ¹

Yoon Chung ¹

Daniel A. Craig ¹

SHI DAI ¹

Joanne Dawson ⁸

James Dempsey ^{9, 10}

Paul Doherty ¹

Bin Dong ¹¹

Philip Edwards ¹

Tuohutinuer Ergesh ¹²

Xuyang Gao ¹¹

JinLin Han ¹¹

Douglas Hayman ¹

Balthasar Indermuehle ¹

Kanapathippillai Jeganathan ¹

Simon Johnston ¹

Henry Kanoniuk ¹

Michael Kesteven ¹

Michael Kramer ¹³

Mark Leach ¹

Vince McIntyre ¹

Vanessa Moss ^{1, 14, 15}

Stefan Osłowski ²

CHRIS PHILLIPS ¹

Nathan Pope ¹

Brett Preisig ⁴

Daniel Price ²

Ken Reeves ⁴

Les Reilly ¹

John Reynolds ¹

Tim Robishaw ¹⁶

Peter Roush ¹

Tim Ruckley ⁴

Elaine Sadler ^{1, 15}

John Sarkissian ⁴

Sean Severs ¹

Ryan Shannon ^{2, 5}

Ken Smart ¹

Malcolm Smith ⁴

Stephanie Smith ¹

Charlotte Sobey ³

Lister Staveley-Smith ¹⁷

Anastasios Tzioumis ¹

Willem van Straten ¹⁸

Nina Wang ¹²

Linqing Wen ¹⁹

Matthew Whiting ¹

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CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW1710, Australia |

Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia |

CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA6102, Australia |

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CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Parkes Observatory, P.O. Box 276, ParkesNSW2870, Australia |

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ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav)

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International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA6102, Australia |

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INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia, via Gobetti 101, 40129Bologna, Italy |

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Department of Physics and Astronomy and MQ Research Centre in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics, Macquarie University, NSW2109, Australia |

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CSIRO Information Management and Technology, GPO Box 1700 Canberra, ACT2601, Australia |

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Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT2611, Australia |

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National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China |

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Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 150 Science 1-Street, Urumqi, Xinjiang830011, China |

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Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121Bonn, Germany |

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ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, NL-7900AA Dwingeloo, the Netherlands |

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School of Physics, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, The University of Sydney, SydneyNSW2006, Australia |

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National Research Council Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Programs, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, PO Box 248, Penticton, BCV2A 6J9, Canada |

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International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA6009, Australia |

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Institute for Radio Astronomy & Space Research, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland1142, New Zealand |

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Department of Physics, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA6009, Australia |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-04-08

Cambridge University Press

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

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ISSN: 13233580, 14486083

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2020.2

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Abstract

We describe an ultra-wide-bandwidth, low-frequency receiver recently installed on the Parkes radio telescope. The receiver system provides continuous frequency coverage from 704 to 4032 MHz. For much of the band (${\sim}60\%$), the system temperature is approximately 22 K and the receiver system remains in a linear regime even in the presence of strong mobile phone transmissions. We discuss the scientific and technical aspects of the new receiver, including its astronomical objectives, as well as the feed, receiver, digitiser, and signal processor design. We describe the pipeline routines that form the archive-ready data products and how those data files can be accessed from the archives. The system performance is quantified, including the system noise and linearity, beam shape, antenna efficiency, polarisation calibration, and timing stability.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1017/pasa.2020.2

UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2020.2

TI - An ultra-wide bandwidth (704 to 4 032 MHz) receiver for the Parkes radio telescope

T2 - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

AU - Hobbs, G.

AU - Manchester, Richard N.

AU - Dunning, Alex

AU - Jameson, Andrew

AU - Roberts, Paul

AU - George, Daniel

AU - Green, J. A.

AU - Tuthill, John

AU - Toomey, Lawrence

AU - Kaczmarek, Jane F

AU - Mader, Stacy

AU - Marquarding, Malte

AU - Ahmed, Azeem

AU - Amy, Shaun W.

AU - Bailes, Matthew

AU - Beresford, Ron

AU - Bhat, N. D. R.

AU - Bock, Douglas C.‐J.

AU - Bourne, Michael

AU - Bowen, Mark

AU - Brothers, Michael

AU - Cameron, Andrew D.

AU - Carretti, Ettore

AU - Carter, Nick

AU - Castillo, Santy

AU - Chekkala, Raji

AU - Wan, Cheng

AU - Chung, Yoon

AU - Craig, Daniel A.

AU - DAI, SHI

AU - Dawson, Joanne

AU - Dempsey, James

AU - Doherty, Paul

AU - Dong, Bin

AU - Edwards, Philip

AU - Ergesh, Tuohutinuer

AU - Gao, Xuyang

AU - Han, JinLin

AU - Hayman, Douglas

AU - Indermuehle, Balthasar

AU - Jeganathan, Kanapathippillai

AU - Johnston, Simon

AU - Kanoniuk, Henry

AU - Kesteven, Michael

AU - Kramer, Michael

AU - Leach, Mark

AU - McIntyre, Vince

AU - Moss, Vanessa

AU - Osłowski, Stefan

AU - PHILLIPS, CHRIS

AU - Pope, Nathan

AU - Preisig, Brett

AU - Price, Daniel

AU - Reeves, Ken

AU - Reilly, Les

AU - Reynolds, John

AU - Robishaw, Tim

AU - Roush, Peter

AU - Ruckley, Tim

AU - Sadler, Elaine

AU - Sarkissian, John

AU - Severs, Sean

AU - Shannon, Ryan

AU - Smart, Ken

AU - Smith, Malcolm

AU - Smith, Stephanie

AU - Sobey, Charlotte

AU - Staveley-Smith, Lister

AU - Tzioumis, Anastasios

AU - van Straten, Willem

AU - Wang, Nina

AU - Wen, Linqing

AU - Whiting, Matthew

PY - 2020

DA - 2020/04/08

PB - Cambridge University Press

VL - 37

SN - 1323-3580

SN - 1448-6083

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@article{2020_Hobbs,

author = {G. Hobbs and Richard N. Manchester and Alex Dunning and Andrew Jameson and Paul Roberts and Daniel George and J. A. Green and John Tuthill and Lawrence Toomey and Jane F Kaczmarek and Stacy Mader and Malte Marquarding and Azeem Ahmed and Shaun W. Amy and Matthew Bailes and Ron Beresford and N. D. R. Bhat and Douglas C.‐J. Bock and Michael Bourne and Mark Bowen and Michael Brothers and Andrew D. Cameron and Ettore Carretti and Nick Carter and Santy Castillo and Raji Chekkala and Cheng Wan and Yoon Chung and Daniel A. Craig and SHI DAI and Joanne Dawson and James Dempsey and Paul Doherty and Bin Dong and Philip Edwards and Tuohutinuer Ergesh and Xuyang Gao and JinLin Han and Douglas Hayman and Balthasar Indermuehle and Kanapathippillai Jeganathan and Simon Johnston and Henry Kanoniuk and Michael Kesteven and Michael Kramer and Mark Leach and Vince McIntyre and Vanessa Moss and Stefan Osłowski and CHRIS PHILLIPS and others},

title = {An ultra-wide bandwidth (704 to 4 032 MHz) receiver for the Parkes radio telescope},

journal = {Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia},

year = {2020},

volume = {37},

publisher = {Cambridge University Press},

month = {apr},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2020.2},

pages = {e012},

doi = {10.1017/pasa.2020.2}

}

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Cambridge University Press

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

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1.885

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6.7

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4.6

ISSN

13233580 (Print)

14486083 (Electronic)