The Tianlai Cylinder Pathfinder array: System functions and basic performance analysis

doi:10.1007/s11433-020-1594-8

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	The Tianlai Cylinder Pathfinder array: System functions and basic performance analysis
	Li, JiXia 1,2; Zuo, ShiFan 1,3,4; Wu, FengQuan 1; Wang, YouGang 1; Zhang, JuYong 5; Sun, ShiJie 1,2; Xu, YiDong 1; Yu, ZiJie 1,2; Ansari, Reza 6,7; Li, YiChao 8; Stebbins, Albert 9; Timbie, Peter 10; Cong, YanPing 1,2; Geng, JingChao 11; Hao, Jie12 ; Huang, QiZhi 1; Li, JianBin 1; Li, Rui13 ; Liu, DongHao 1; Liu, YingFeng 1,2; Liu, Tao 5; Marriner, John P.9; Niu, ChenHui 1; Pen, Ue-Li 14; Peterson, Jeffery B.15; Shi, HuLi 1; Shu, Lin12 ; Song, YaFang12 ; Tian, HaiJun 16; Wang, GuiSong 11; Wang, QunXiong 16; Wang, RongLi 5; Wang, WeiXia 13; Wang, Xin 17; Yu, KaiFeng 1,2; Zhang, Jiao 18; Zhu, BoQin 1; Zhu, JiaLu 5; Chen, XueLei 1,2,19
发表期刊	SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY
ISSN	1674-7348
	2020-09-10
卷号	63 期号:12 页码:27
通讯作者	Chen, XueLei(xuelei@cosmology.bao.ac.cn)
摘要	The Tianlai Cylinder Pathfinder is a radio interferometer array designed to test techniques for 21 cm intensity mapping in the post-reionization Universe, with the ultimate aim of mapping the large scale structure and measuring cosmological parameters such as the dark energy equation of state. Each of its three parallel cylinder reflectors is oriented in the north-south direction, and the array has a large field of view. As the Earth rotates, the northern sky is observed by drift scanning. The array is located in Hongliuxia, a radio-quiet site in Xinjiang, and saw its first light in September 2016. In this first data analysis paper for the Tianlai cylinder array, we discuss the sub-system qualification tests, and present basic system performance obtained from preliminary analysis of the commissioning observations during 2016-2018. We show typical interferometric visibility data, from which we derive the actual beam profile in the east-west direction and the frequency band-pass response. We describe also the calibration process to determine the complex gains for the array elements, either using bright astronomical point sources, or an artificial on site calibrator source, and discuss the instrument response stability, crucial for transit interferometry. Based on this analysis, we find a system temperature of about 90 K, and we also estimate the sensitivity of the array.
关键词	interferometer radio astronomy neutral hydrogen cosmology dark energy 95 55 Br 95 55 Jz 95 75 Kk 95 85 Bh
DOI	10.1007/s11433-020-1594-8
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Astronomical Technology Center of National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) ; Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)[2012AA121701] ; MOST[2016YFE0100300] ; MOST[2018YFE0120800] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11633004] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11473044] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11653003] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[QYZDJ-SSW-SLH017] ; NSFC-CAS Joint Fund of Astronomy[U1631118] ; National Key RD Program[2017YFA0402603] ; CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team[JCTD-2019-05] ; NSFC[U1501501] ; US National Science Foundation (NSF) Award[AST-1616554] ; US Department of Energy[DE-AC02-07CH11359] ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) via IN2P3 ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) via INSU ; Observatoire de Paris ; Irfu/CEA ; Australia-China Consortium for Astrophysical Research (ACAMAR) visiting fellowship
项目资助者	Astronomical Technology Center of National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) ; Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) ; MOST ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ; NSFC-CAS Joint Fund of Astronomy ; National Key RD Program ; CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team ; NSFC ; US National Science Foundation (NSF) Award ; US Department of Energy ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) via IN2P3 ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) via INSU ; Observatoire de Paris ; Irfu/CEA ; Australia-China Consortium for Astrophysical Research (ACAMAR) visiting fellowship
WOS研究方向	Physics
WOS类目	Physics, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000570129200001
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
七大方向——子方向分类	智能计算系统
引用统计	被引频次：33[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ia.ac.cn/handle/173211/41965
专题	国家专用集成电路设计工程技术研究中心_实感计算
通讯作者	Chen, XueLei
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Astron & Space Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Tsinghua Univ, Ctr Astrophys, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China 4.Tsinghua Univ, Dept Astron, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China 5.Hangzhou Dianzi Univ, Sch Mech Engn, Hangzhou 310018, Peoples R China 6.CNRS IN2P3, IJC Lab, F-91405 Orsay, France 7.Univ Paris Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France 8.Univ Western Cape, Dept Phys & Astron, ZA-7535 Bellville, South Africa 9.Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, POB 500, Batavia, IL 60510 USA 10.Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53703 USA 11.China Elect Technol Grp Corp, 54th Res Inst, Shijiazhuang 050051, Hebei, Peoples R China 12.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Automat, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 13.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Astron Observ, Urumqi 830001, Peoples R China 14.Univ Toronto, Canadian Inst Theoret Astrophys, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada 15.Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Phys, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA 16.China Three Gorges Univ, Ctr Astron & Space Sci, Yichang 443002, Peoples R China 17.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Guangzhou 510297, Peoples R China 18.Shanxi Univ, Coll Phys & Elect Engn, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China 19.Peking Univ, Ctr High Energy Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, JiXia,Zuo, ShiFan,Wu, FengQuan,et al. The Tianlai Cylinder Pathfinder array: System functions and basic performance analysis[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY,2020,63(12):27.
APA	Li, JiXia.,Zuo, ShiFan.,Wu, FengQuan.,Wang, YouGang.,Zhang, JuYong.,...&Chen, XueLei.(2020).The Tianlai Cylinder Pathfinder array: System functions and basic performance analysis.SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY,63(12),27.
MLA	Li, JiXia,et al."The Tianlai Cylinder Pathfinder array: System functions and basic performance analysis".SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY 63.12(2020):27.