Experimental set-up of the LUNASKA lunar Cherenkov observations at the ATCA

Details Experimental set-up of the LUNASKA lunar Cherenkov observations at the ATCA Experimental set-up of the LUNASKA lunar Cherenkov observations at the ATCA

2009-07-24

arxiv.org/abs/0907.4327v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Presented at 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz, Poland, 2009

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This contribution describes the experimental set-up implemented by the LUNASKA project at the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to enable the radio-telescope to be used to search for pulses of coherent Cherenkov radiation from UHE particle interactions in the Moon with an unprecedented bandwidth, and hence sensitivity. Our specialised hardware included analogue de-dispersion filters to coherently correct for the dispersion expected of a ~nanosecond pulse in the Earth's ionosphere over our wide (600 MHz) bandwidth, and FPGA-based digitising boards running at 2.048 GHz for pulse detection. The trigger algorithm is described, as are the methods used discriminate between terrestrial RFI and true lunar pulses. We also outline the next stage of hardware development expected to be used in our 2010 observations.

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