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ASKAP and DVP David DeBoer ASKAP Project Director 15 April 2010 Arlington, VA

High-dynamic range, wide field-of-view imaging Number of dishes36 (3-axis) Dish diameter 12 m Max baseline 6km Resolution30  Sensitivity65 m 2 /K Speed1.3x10 5 m 4 /K 2. deg 2 Observing frequency700 – 1800 MHz Field of View30 deg 2 Processed Bandwidth300 MHz Channels16k Focal Plane Phased Array 188 elements + Infrastructure for Murchison Radio Observatory (MRO) + Support of other projects (MWA, EDGES, +) ASKAP Design Goals

The Crew and Our Timeline BETA: Boolardy Engineering Test Array MATESBETA ASKAP

ASKAP Overview ASKAP is a scientific and technical precursor HI and continuum science – Science Survey Teams Science instrument on a candidate site operations/infrastructure/rfi-quiet/energy/… Phased array feeds – wide-field-of-view techniques Antenna systems Digital systems Data and signal transport Computing platforms and algorithms (heavily coupled) Calibration and imaging First light on deployed antenna CDR of all systems – ASKAP design is complete International collaboration to improve PAF performance BETA late this year Pawsey HPC Centre for SKA Science National Broadband Network (NBN)

ASKAP Overview ASKAP is a scientific and technical precursor HI and continuum science – Science Survey Teams Science instrument on a candidate site operations/infrastructure/rfi-quiet/energy/… Phased array feeds – wide-field-of-view techniques Antenna systems Digital systems Data and signal transport Computing platforms and algorithms (heavily coupled) Calibration and imaging First light on deployed antenna CDR of all systems – ASKAP design is complete International collaboration to improve PAF performance BETA late this year Pawsey HPC Centre for SKA Science National Broadband Network (NBN)

ASKAP SSPs WALLABY (Koribalski/Staveley-Smith) All sky HI survey to z~0.2 EMU (Norris) All sky continuum to 10 uJy rms GASKAP (Dickey) Galactic and Magellanic HI and OH VAST (Murphy/Chatterjee) Transients and variables (>5 sec) CRAFT (Dodson/Macquart) Fast transients (<5 sec) FLASH (Sadler) HI absorption to z~1 POSSUM (Gaensler/Landecker/Taylor) Polarization / RM grid DINGO (Meyer) Deep HI emission survey COAST (Stairs) Pulsar timing and searching VLBI (Tingay) ASKAP as part of the LBA CSIRO. ASKAP Computing CDR

Antenna

Phased Array Feed Testing at Parkes

PAF FoV

MRO Support Facility - Geraldton

ASKAP and DVP “Sky-mount” antennas testing PAFs could test WBSPFs PAFSKA Liaise with CETC54 Supply analog/digital sub-systems? Test and evaluation support Timelines March 2008 RFT November 2008 Contract signed December 2009 First antenna complete on-site

We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamatji people as the traditional owners of the Observatory site.