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SKA Aperture Array Verification System: Electromagnetic modeling and beam pattern measurements using a micro UAV

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March 5, 2017
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E. de Lera Acedo, P. Bolli, F. Paonessa, G. Virone, E. Colin-Beltran, N. Razavi-Ghods, I. Aicardi, A. Lingua, P. Maschio, J. Monari, G. Naldi, M. Piras, G. Pupillo
(Submitted on 1 Mar 2017)

In this paper we present the electromagnetic modeling and beam pattern measurements of a 16-elements ultra wideband sparse random test array for the low frequency instrument of the Square Kilometer Array telescope. We discuss the importance of a small array test platform for the development of technologies and techniques towards the final telescope, highlighting the most relevant aspects of its design. We also describe the electromagnetic simulations and modeling work as well as the embedded- element and array pattern measurements using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system. The latter are helpful both for the validation of the models and the design as well as for the future calibration of the telescope. At this stage of the design, these measurements have shown a general agreement between experimental results and numerical data and have revealed the localized effect of un- calibrated cable lengths in the inner side-lobes of the array pattern.

Comments:    18 pages, 17 figures. Submitted to Experimental Astronomy
Subjects:    Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Cite as:    arXiv:1703.00537 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:1703.00537v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
Submission history
From: Eloy de Lera Acedo
[v1] Wed, 1 Mar 2017 22:35:23 GMT (1377kb)
https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00537

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