Wijnholds, S.J. (2003) Evaluation and demonstration of THEP as a radio astronomical observing facility. Master's Thesis / Essay, Astronomy.
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Abstract
The Thousand Element Array (THEA) is a phased array system which was developed as a demonstrator in the framework of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) at ASTRON. After a thorough description of the THEA system, results from a number of evaluation and demonstration measurements using four tiles having a total 256 receiving elements will be presented. These measurements highlighted aspects such as array beam forming, multifrequency multibeaming, calibration on a celestial source, detection of galactic neutral hydrogen and solar fringes. Based on these measurements a first assessment of the quality of the system was made. Furthermore the results have shown that the THEA system is suitable for use as an educational tool.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's Thesis / Essay) |
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| Degree programme: | Astronomy |
| Thesis type: | Master's Thesis / Essay |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2018 07:28 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2018 07:28 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/8308 |
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