Title :
The SKA and the MeerKAT precursor — Extreme antenna engineering
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., Stellenbosch, South Africa
Abstract :
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is one of the most ambitious international mega-science projects currently in progress. This paper focusses on the antenna engineering required, looking in particular at the South African MeerKAT precursor telescope. The aperture arrays for SKA are also considered.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; telescopes; SKA precursor; South African MeerKAT precursor telescope; ambitious international megascience project; extreme antenna array engineering; square kilometre array precursor; Apertures; Arrays; Feeds; Telescopes; KAT-7; MeerKAT; SKA; aperture arrays; radio astronomy;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901994
