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SUMMARY:Space research capabilities of the next generation of radio telesc
 opes - Cleo Loi (DAMTP)
DTSTART:20151201T130000Z
DTEND:20151201T140000Z
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CONTACT:Jean Teyssandier
DESCRIPTION:In the lead-up to the construction of the Square Kilometre Arr
 ay (SKA)\, a pathfinder instrument called the Murchison Widefield Array (M
 WA) was built to serve as a technological testbed for the radically new de
 sign concepts planned for the SKA. With its powerful snapshot capabilities
  and enormous field of view\, the MWA has proven itself to be a highly ver
 satile instrument\, not just for studying the distant universe but also fo
 r the new window it has opened on the skies of planet Earth. In an extraor
 dinary demonstration of this new breed of technology\, the MWA has reveale
 d a population of high-altitude tubular plasma density structures aligned 
 along the geomagnetic field\, thought to be the first visualisation of pre
 viously elusive HF/VLF ducts. Its remarkable capabilities as a regional-sc
 ale monitoring tool promise to provide new insights into space weather and
  ionospheric dynamics\, at a level of detail and breadth not previously po
 ssible. This talk will introduce the next generation of radio telescopes a
 nd discuss the scientific potential of these instruments as quantitative p
 robes of the geospace environment.\n
LOCATION:MR14\,  Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Cam
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