The Hydrogen Intensity Real-time Analysis eXperiment: Overview and Status Update
Paper i proceeding, 2024

The Hydrogen Intensity Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX) will be a large interferometric array of drift-scan radio telescopes designed to map the large-scale spatial fluctuations of neutral hydrogen in the Universe, in order to better understand the nature of dark energy. It will operate between 400-800 MHz, and is currently under construction in the Karoo desert of South Africa. It will also be a powerful tool for studying astronomical transients and the evolution of galaxies. Here we present an overview of the project, its anticipated deployment timelines, and highlight some of the characterisation and calibration efforts that are currently underway, or planned for the future.

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Författare

Anthony Walters

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Keshav Bechoo

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Shruti Bhatporia

University of Cape Town

H. Cynthia Chiang

McGill University

Devin Crichton

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)

Jacobus Diener

Botswana International University of Science and Technology

Sindhu Gaddam

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Kit Gerodias

McGill University

Austin Gumba

University of KwaZulu-Natal

N. Gupta

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Surajit Kalita

University of Cape Town

Emily Kuhn

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Martin Kunz

Université de Genève

K. Moodley

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Warren Naidoo

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Viraj Nistane

Université de Genève

Tasmiya Papiah

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Aditi Pattabhiraman

Flatiron Institute

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Stanford University

Aritha Pillay

Durban University of Technology

Alice Pisani

Princeton University

Flatiron Institute

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Isibabale Qhoboshiyane

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Alexandre Refregier

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)

E. Retana-Montenegro

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Benjamin R.B. Saliwanchik

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Ajith Sampath

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Tsepo Sekhoasha

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Mugundhan Vijayaraghavan

Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium

Amanda Weltman

University of Cape Town

18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2024


9788831299091 (ISBN)

18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2024
Glasgow, United Kingdom,

Ämneskategorier

Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

DOI

10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501639

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Senast uppdaterat

2024-09-20