The Next-Generation 21CMA Telescope: Design, Commissioning, and Instrumental Effects in an SKA-LFAA-Like System
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| author | Gu, Jun-Hua Guo, Quan Dong, Liang Zhou, Yu-Kai Li, Kuan-Jun Huang, Yan Wang, Jing-Ying Zhu, Wei-Wei Yue, You-Ling Cao, Rui Peng, Guo-Liang Tao, Xiao-Hui Jiang, Li-Hui Wu, Ya-Jun |
| author_facet | Gu, Jun-Hua Guo, Quan Dong, Liang Zhou, Yu-Kai Li, Kuan-Jun Huang, Yan Wang, Jing-Ying Zhu, Wei-Wei Yue, You-Ling Cao, Rui Peng, Guo-Liang Tao, Xiao-Hui Jiang, Li-Hui Wu, Ya-Jun |
| contents | As the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) approaches operational status, its complex digital architecture introduces new instrumental challenges. To explore relevant observational and data processing strategies, we have upgraded the 21CMA telescope to the Next-Generation 21CMA (Ng21CMA). This paper presents the design and commissioning of the Ng21CMA system, featuring a digital backend capable of real-time beamforming. We demonstrate its performance through interferometric observations and high-time-resolution pulsar measurements, validating the system's sensitivity and operational stability. As a representative example of instrumental effects accessible with this platform, we investigate the impact of the two-stage channelization strategy used in SKA-LFAA-like systems. We show that it introduces a sawtooth-like spectral structure (SLOSS), characterized using both simulations and observational data. These results provide useful references for understanding instrument-induced spectral features and for guiding system design and calibration in future large-scale aperture arrays. |
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| spellingShingle | The Next-Generation 21CMA Telescope: Design, Commissioning, and Instrumental Effects in an SKA-LFAA-Like System Gu, Jun-Hua Guo, Quan Dong, Liang Zhou, Yu-Kai Li, Kuan-Jun Huang, Yan Wang, Jing-Ying Zhu, Wei-Wei Yue, You-Ling Cao, Rui Peng, Guo-Liang Tao, Xiao-Hui Jiang, Li-Hui Wu, Ya-Jun Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics As the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) approaches operational status, its complex digital architecture introduces new instrumental challenges. To explore relevant observational and data processing strategies, we have upgraded the 21CMA telescope to the Next-Generation 21CMA (Ng21CMA). This paper presents the design and commissioning of the Ng21CMA system, featuring a digital backend capable of real-time beamforming. We demonstrate its performance through interferometric observations and high-time-resolution pulsar measurements, validating the system's sensitivity and operational stability. As a representative example of instrumental effects accessible with this platform, we investigate the impact of the two-stage channelization strategy used in SKA-LFAA-like systems. We show that it introduces a sawtooth-like spectral structure (SLOSS), characterized using both simulations and observational data. These results provide useful references for understanding instrument-induced spectral features and for guiding system design and calibration in future large-scale aperture arrays. |
| title | The Next-Generation 21CMA Telescope: Design, Commissioning, and Instrumental Effects in an SKA-LFAA-Like System |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.04789 |