Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1990
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Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics (ISSN 0367-8393), vol. 19, Oct.-Dec. 1990, p. 493-505.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Antenna Arrays, Design Analysis, Hydrogen, Radio Antennas, Radio Telescopes, Cosmology, Galactic Evolution, Gravitational Waves, Hydrogen Clouds, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Very Long Base Interferometry
Scientific paper
A description is presented of the giant meterwave radio telescope (GMRT) being set up in India about 80 km north of Pune. The telescope will serve as a frontline research facility for astronomy and astrophysics. One of the important aims of the telescope is to search for the highly redshifted 21-cm line radiation from primordial neutral hydrogen clouds in order to determine the epoch of galaxy formation in the universe. Pulsar research will be another major area for GMRT study. The GMRT consists of 30 fully steerable 45-m diameter parabolic dishes, twelve of which are placed in a compact central array about 1 km x 1 km in size. The remaining 18 antennas are placed along the three arms of a Y-shaped configuration, with each arm extending to about 14 km from the array center. The GMRT is being designed to operate in six frequency bands centered at 38, 153, 233, 327, 610, and 1420 MHz. The complex subsystems of the GMRT array are outlined, and a discussion is presented of the GMRT's main scientific objectives.
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