Long-Wavelength Astronomy on the Moon

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Aug 2006

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Long Wavelength Astrophysics, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 12, 21 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic, JD12, #62

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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There have been a variety of proposals for a long-wavelength radio astronomical telescope on the Moon since soon after the first human landings. We highlight two aspects of the Moon that make it particularly appealing for long-wavelength radio astronomy. 1. There are locations on the Moon that can be shielded completely from terrestrial emissions and at least partially from solar emissions, the most notable of these being the far side. Eliminating anthropogenic signals would remove a significant foreground for many kinds of experiments, but particularly for efforts to detect the highly redshifted hydrogen line emission from the epoch of reionization (EoR). 2. Without an ionosphere, longer wavelength emissions can be observed. Perhaps the most notable targets for such observations would be the magnetospheric emissions from extrasolar planets, i.e., the analog of Jovian decametric radiation. We summarise these science goals for a long-wavelength lunar telescope as well as illustrate how such an instrument might be constructed and how it can take advantage of ground-based long-wavelength telescopes currently under construction. Basic research in radio astronomy at the NRL is supported by the Office of Naval Research.

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