First Results on the Experimental Validation of the SKA-low Prototypes Deployed in Australia Using an Airborne Test Source

Paonessa F.Ciorba L.Virone G.BOLLI, PietroPietroBOLLIMagro A.McPhail A.Minchin D.Bhushan R.2022-02-102022-02-102020978946396800397817281569032642-4339http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31380As the Square Kilometre Array progresses toward the construction phase, the first prototypes of the low-frequency instrument have been deployed in Australia. To support such a crucial phase, a measurement campaign took place in the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory area in order to validate the electromagnetic models of the arrays by characterizing the embedded-element patterns and the array beams. A set of significant results is shown in this contribution.ELETTRONICOenFirst Results on the Experimental Validation of the SKA-low Prototypes Deployed in Australia Using an Airborne Test SourceConference paper10.23919/URSIGASS49373.2020.92321902-s2.0-85096825171https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9232190FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICAERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation::PE9_17 Instrumentation – telescopes, detectors and techniques