ATCA publications

The following publications detail the work involved in the development of CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array.

Key publications : the 12 most highly cited Compact Array papers

Corbel S, Nowak MA, Fender RP, Tzioumis AK, Markoff S, 2003, ‘Radio/X-ray correlation in the low/hard state of GX 339-47′, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 400: 1007-1012.

Schwartz DA, Marshall HL, Lovell JEJ, Piner BG, Tingay SJ, Birkinshaw M, Chartas G, Elvis M, Feigelson ED, Ghosh KK, Harris DE, Hirabayashi H, Hooper EJ, Jauncey DL, Lanzetta KM, Mathur S, Preston RA, Tucker WH, Virani S, Wilkes B, Worrall DM, 2000, ‘Chandra Discovery of a 100 kiloparsec X-ray jet in PKS 0637-752′, Astrophysical Journal, 540: L69.

Harrison FA, Bloom JS, Frail DA, Sari R, Kulkarni SR, Djorgovski SG, Axelrod T, Mould J, Schmidt BP, Wieringa MH, Wark RM, Subrahmanyan R, McConnell D, McCarthy PJ, Schaefer BE, McMahon RG, Markze RO, Firth E, Soffitta P, Amati L, 1999, ‘Optical and radio observations of the afterglow from GRB 990510: evidence for a jet’, Astrophysical Journal, 523: L121.

Stanimirovic S, Staveley-Smith L, Dickey JM, Sault RJ, Snowden SL, 1999, ‘The large-scale HI structure of the small Magellanic cloud’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 302: 417-436.

Kulkarni SR, Frail DA, Wieringa MH, Ekers RD, Sadler EM, Wark RM, Higdon JL, Phinney ES, Bloom JS, 1998, ‘Radio emission from the unusual supernova 1998bw and its association with the γ-ray burst of 25 April 1998′, Nature, 395: 663-669.

Kim S, Staveley-Smith L, Dopita MA, Freeman KC, Sault RJ, Kesteven MJ, McConnell D, 1998, ‘An HI aperture synthesis mosaic of the large Magellanic cloud’, Astrophysical Journal, 503: 674.

Walsh AJ, Burton MG, Hyland AR, Robinson G, 1998, ‘Studies of ultracompact HII regions – II. High-resolution radio continuum and methanol maser survey’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 301: 640-698.

Kedziora-Chudczer L, Jauncey DL, Wieringa MH, Walker MA, Nicolson GD, Reynolds JE, Tzioumis AK, 1997, ‘PKS 0405-385: the smallest radio quasar?’, Astrophysical Journal, 490: L9.

Frail DA, Goss WM, Reynoso EM, Giacani EB, Green AJ, Otrupcek RA, 1996, ‘A survey for OH (1720 MHz) maser emission toward supernova remnants’, Astronomical Journal, 111: 1651-1659.

Tingay SJ, Jauncey DL, Preston RA, Reynolds JE, Meier DL, Murphy DW, Tzioumis AK, McKay DJ, Kesteven MJ, Lovell JEJ, Campbell-Wilson D, Ellingsen SP, Gough R, Hunstead RW, Jones DL, McCulloch PM, Migenes V, Quick J, Sinclair MW, Smits D, 1995, ‘Relativistic motion in a nearby bright X-ray source’, Nature, 374: 141-143.

Morganti R, Killeen, NEB, Tadhunter CN, 1993, ‘The radio structures of southern 2-Jy radio sources’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 263: 1023-1048.

Norris RP, Whiteoak JB, Caswell JL, Wieringa MH, Gough RG, 1993, ‘Synthesis images of 6.7 GHz methanol masers’, Astrophysical Masers, 412: 203-206.

Reviews

Sullivan WT III, 2009, Cosmic Noise: A History of Early Radio Astronomy, Cambridge University Press.

Sim H, 2008, ‘Twenty years of the Australia Telescope Compact Array’, _ATNF News, 65.

Collis B, 2002, Fields of Discovery: Australia’s CSIRO, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp.402-407.

First light for upgraded ATCA (CSIRO ATCA)

Bevege L, Tageza E, 1988, ‘The Australia telescope: balancing basic and commercial research’, In: Beyond Science – Managing Projects for Success, CSIRO Publishing.

History: ‘Building the Australia Telescope Compact Array’ (Australia Telescope Outreach and Education)

Original papers

Published in a special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Aust, June 1992, 12: 103-232.

Frater RH, Brooks JW, Whiteoak JB, 1992, ‘Overview’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 103-112.

Nelson GJ, 1992, ‘The Australia Telescope – system description’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 113-120.

Cooper DN, James GL, Parsons BF, Yabsley DE, 1992, ‘The antennas’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 121-136.

James GL, 1992, ‘The feed system’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 137-146.

Sinclair MW, Graves GR, Gough RG, Moorey GG, 1992, ‘The receiver systems’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 147-160.

Young A, McCulloch MG, Ables ST, Anderson MJ, Percival TM, 1992, ‘The local oscillator system’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 12: 161-173.

Wilson WE, Willing MW, 1992, ‘The sampling and data synchronization systems’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 173-176.

Young AC, Anderson MJ, Hayes MJW, Ticehurst RC, 1992, ‘The optical fibre system’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 177-182.

Wilson WE, Carter CN, 1992, ‘The delay system’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 183-186.

Wilson WE, Davis ER, Loone DG, Brown DR, 1992, ‘The correlator’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 187-198.

Kesteven MJ, McConnell D, Deane JF, 1992, ‘On-line computing for the compact array’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 199-204.

Norris RP, Kesteven MJ, Calabretta MR, 1992, ‘Data reduction and image processing’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 205-210.

Hall PJ, Kesteven MJ, Beresford RJ, Ferris RH, Loone DG, 1992, ‘Monitoring and protection strategies for the compact array’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 211-218.

Nelson GJ, Whiteoak JB, 1992, ‘Operations begin’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 219-224.

Ekers RD, Whiteoak JB, 1992, ‘The first radio astronomy: results and future developments’, In: Special issue on the Australia Telescope, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aust, 12: 225-232.

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