Speaker
Justin Bray
(University of Manchester)
Description
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a low-frequency (70-300 MHz) aperture-array radio telescope that has the potential to study geomagnetic radio emission from cosmic-ray air showers commensally with its regular astronomical observations. This mode of operation has proven highly effective with the LOFAR telescope, and its implementation with the MWA is a vital step towards its future use with the Square Kilometre Array at the same site. Preparatory work has been carried out for this application of the MWA, including radio-triggered engineering tests, and the development of a particle-detector system for particle-triggered observations in the near future.
Primary authors
Justin Bray
(University of Manchester)
Ralph Spencer
(Univerity of Manchester)
Clancy James
(University of Erlangen-Nuernberg)
Dr
Marcin Sokolowski
(Curtin University)
