Deuterium Array
Summary
MIT Haystack Observatory developed an electronically steerable, multibeam array optimized for the 327 MHz line of deuterium. The project involved the development of digital receivers and interference rejection techniques which may benefit future arrays like Square Killometer Array (SKA) and Low Frequency Array (LOFAR). The project which is being jointly funded by the National Science Foundation under the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program with matching funds from MIT. The array was operated from June 2004 through June 2006. In July 2006 the array was taken apart and the electronics stored for possible future use in New Zealand.
- Major Publications
Observations of the 327 MHz Deuterium Hyperfine Transition (Astronomical Journal 2007)
Deuterium Abundance in the Interstellar Gas of the Galactic Anticenter from the 327 MHz Line (Astrophysical Journal 2005)
Radio Frequency Interference Shielding and Mitigation Techniques for a Sensitive Search for the 327 MHz Line of Deuterium (Radio Science, 2005)
Calibration of Active Antenna Arrays Using A Sky Brightness Model (Radio Science 2004)
RFI Shielding and Mitigation Techniques
Presented at the Workshop on Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference in Radio Astronomy'' (RFI2004) held at DRAO (Penticton, BC, Canada) July 16-18, 2004. - D1 Memo Series
- Pictures
- RFI Memo Series
- Interference temperature measurements from 70 to 1500 MHz in
the suburban and rural environments of the Northeast
- Rogers, A.E.E.;Salah, J.E.;Smythe, D.L.;Pratap, P.;Carter, J.C.;Derome, M. IEEE conference on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, 2005. Dyspan 2005
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