J2  SKA Technical Development

Wednesday, January 6  13:20-17:40  Room 265

Session Chairs:  Eloy de Lera Acedo, Antony Schinckel

13:20  J2-1  THE MURCHISON WIDEFIELD ARRAY

Miguel F. Morales*

University of Washington, Seattle, WA


13:40  J2-2  HOLOGRAPHIC APERTURE ARRAY STATION CALIBRATION AT LOFAR

Michiel A. Brentjens*1, David Bordenave2

1Radio Observatory, Astron Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, NETHERLANDS
2Physics and Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA


14:00  J2-3  THE AUSTRALIAN SKA PATHFINDER - AN UPDATE

Antony E. T. Schinckel*, For The ASKAP Team

CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Epping, NSW, AUSTRALIA


14:20  J2-4  ASKAP'S PHASED ARRAY FEEDS FOR RADIO ASTRONOMY

Aaron P. Chippendale*, Aidan W. Hotan, For The ASKAP Team

Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA


14:40  J2-5  MERKAT AS AN SKA-MID PRECURSOR

Justin L. Jonas*

Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques & Technologies, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SOUTH AFRICA


15:20  J2-6  THE SKA LOW FREQUENCY APERTURE ARRAY

Eloy de Lera Acedo*1, Andrew J. Faulkner1, Jan Geralt bij de Vaate2

1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM
2ASTRON, Dwingeloo, NETHERLANDS


15:40  J2-7  SKA1 LOW CORRELATOR

John D. Bunton*

CASS, CSIRO, Epping, AUSTRALIA


16:00  J2-8  DATA TRANSPORT FOR THE SKA

Keith J. Grainge*

Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM


16:20  J2-9  LATEST PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF THE SINGLE PIXEL FEEDS FOR THE SKA1-MID ARRAY

Isak P. Theron*, Robert Lehmensiek

EMSS Antennas, Stellenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA


16:40  J2-10  WIDEBAND FEED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR SKA

Bhushan Billade*1, Magnus Dahlgren1, Jonas Flygare1, Jian Yang2, Bo Wastberg1, Miroslav Pantaleev1

1Earth and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SWEDEN
2Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SWEDEN


17:00  J2-11  MID-FREQUENCY APERTURE ARRAY FOR THE SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY

Andrew J. Faulkner*1, Eloy de LeraAcedo1, Kris Zarb-Adami2

1Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM
2University of Oxford, Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM


17:20  J2-12  LOW NOISE PHASED-ARRAY FEED WITH CMOS LNAS

Leonid Belostotski*1, Aaron J. Beaulieu1, Tom Burgess2, Bruce Veidt2, James W. Haslett1

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
2Herzberg, NRC, Penticton, BC, CANADA