Precise radio astrometry and new developments for the next generation of instruments

MJ Rioja, R Dodson - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2020 - Springer
We present a technique-led review of the progression of precise radio astrometry, from the
first demonstrations, half a century ago, until to date and into the future. We cover the …

The NANOGrav program for gravitational waves and fundamental physics

A Brazier, S Chatterjee, T Cohen, JM Cordes… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
arxiv:1908.05356v2 [astro-ph.IM] 16 Aug 2019 Page 1 Astro2020 Project White Paper The
NANOGrav Program for Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics The North American …

Ultrawideband conical log-spiral circularly polarized feed for radio astronomy

KA Abdalmalak, GS Botello… - … on Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to meet the requirements of the new generation of radio telescopes, we have
developed a new topology called DYQSA, which stands for DYson Quad-Spiral Array. The …

Dielectrically loaded quad-ridge flared horn for beamwidth control over decade bandwidth—Optimization, manufacture, and measurement

J Flygare, M Pantaleev - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design, manufacture, and measured performance of a dielectrically loaded
quad-ridge flared horn (QRFH) feed for decade bandwidth radio astronomy application. The …

Longitudinally miniaturized H-plane horn antenna with− 30 dB sidelobes realized by simple blocks redistributing the aperture field

JY Deng, RQ Luo, W Lin, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A longitudinally miniaturized H-plane horn antenna with suppressed sidelobes by
redistributing the field on the radiating aperture is proposed by loading a few rectangular …

Beyond-decade ultrawideband quad-ridge flared horn with dielectric load from 1 to 20 GHz

J Flygare, J Yang, AW Pollak… - … on Antennas and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a novel dielectrically loaded quad-ridge flared horn (QRFH) as a
reflector feed with beyond-decade ultrawideband performance. The dielectric is machined in …

Octave bandwidth receiver technology for radio and millimetre-wave telescopes

D Henke, F Jiang, SS Hesari… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In radio astronomy instrumentation, the benefit of increased spectral grasp must be
evaluated against a decrease in overall system performance (eg, system noise, stability, and …

An ultrawideband nested coaxial waveguide feed antenna for radio astronomy

X Du, T Johnson, T Landecker… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe a new type of ultrawideband feed antenna based on nested coaxial
waveguides. The feed is for radio astronomy applications and covers two closely spaced …

Elimination of anomalous resonances in coaxial-fed LPDA and its array with integrated Φ-shaped balun

H Qi - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this communication, the concept of common-mode (CM) resonance is introduced to
analyze radiation anomalies caused by unbalanced coaxial feeding. To address this issue …

BRAND: Ultra-Wideband Feed Development for the European VLBI Network-A Dielectrically Loaded Decade Bandwidth Quad-Ridge Flared Horn

J Flygare, M Pantaleev, S Olvhammar - 12th European Conference on Antennas …, 2018 - IET
We present the design of an ultra-wideband dielectrically loaded Quad-Ridge Flared Horn
(QRFH) feed for the European Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (EVN) developed …