J05: New Generation Radio Telescopes (2)

Tuesday, August 19  09:40-12:00,  Room #12

There are currently a large number of new and upgraded radio astronomy facilities being designed, built, commissioned and operated. These instruments span the entire radio spectrum, and they all push boundaries in observation parameter space. An incomplete list is: SKA, ALMA, LOFAR, JVLA, MeerKAT, ASKAP, MWA, PAPER, LWA, CHIME, Spektr-R. Many of these instruments are pathfinders and precursors for the SKA. This session will highlight the technical and scientific accomplishments of these new facilities.

9:40  J05.1   STATUS UPDATE ON APERTIF, PHASED ARRAY FEEDS FOR THE WESTERBORK RADIO TELESCOPE

W. A. van Cappellen, J. G. Bij de Vaate

ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands

10:00  J05.2   NEW GENERATION RADIO ASTRONOMY WITH LOFAR

M. W. Wise

ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy), Dwingeloo, Netherlands

10:20  J05.3   THE UPGRADED GMRT : CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PLANS

Y. Gupta

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India

10:40  J05.4   THE RADIOASTRON SPACE VLBI PROJECT

K. I. Kellermann¹, Y. Y. Kovalev², N. S. Kardasehv², P. G. Edwards³

¹NRAO, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
²Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
³Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO, Sydney, NSW, Australia

11:00  J05.5   THE VERY LARGE ARRAY AFTER THE UPGRADE

G. A. van Moorsel

National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM, United States

11:20  J05.6  THE ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER / SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY

P. R. Jewell

National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, United States

11:40  J05.7   MEERKAT

J. L. Jonas

Physics and Electronics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa