K-band Phased Array Feed

This wiki was co-opted from the previous KbandFPA project. To find those links, go to the Old Web Home

Overview

The intent of this web is to gather together resources related to a collaboration between West Virginia University (WVU) departments of astronomy and engineering, and the Green Bank Observatory (GBO) to develop an (IEEE) K-band (18-26.5 GHz) Phased Array Feed. The intent is to provide a system which will provide between 5-10x increase in survey speed compared to the existing seven pixel K-band Focal Plane (individual feed-horn) Array (KFPA).

Resources

• This wiki page, and pages linked from here.
• The KPAF mailing list
• The KPAF Sharelatex project (invite required).
• Various relevant publications

If you have any questions concerning any of the above, send mail to or call Richard Prestage (rprestag at nrao.edu, 304-456-2222).

Latest Developments

• KPAF Planning Document
• KPAF Science Case (empty template)
• KPAF Engineering Specifications
  • Engineering Wiki

Project Meetings

• Project Meetings

Useful KFPA Links

• The old KFPA wiki pages are somewhat disorganized, but some very useful pages and documentation are collected at Useful KFPA Links

Relevant Publications

• PHAMAS: An unpublished (so please treat it appropriately) paper by Neal Erickson: A 64 Element, 70-95 GHz Focal Plane Phased Array
• A very useful paper by Warnick and Jeffs: Efficiencies and System Temperature for a Beamforming Array
• The FLAG prototype on the 20m

-- RichardPrestage - 2016-06-11