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The antenna element Ravi ATNF, Narrabri. The role of the antenna in a Fourier synthesis radio telescope 2.The Compact array antenna. SIW 2003. The radio source s in the sky foreground, background, discrete, extended -> E lectromagnetic field on the ground - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SIW 2003
The antenna element
Ravi
ATNF, Narrabri
1. The role of the antenna in a Fourier synthesis radio telescope
2. The Compact array antenna.
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The radio sources in the sky
foreground, background, discrete, extended
-> Electromagnetic field on the ground
that rushes past us at the speed of light.
Sources on the sky cause an EM field on the ground.
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Sources appear to have different angular sizes
Different sources have different radio spectra:
continuum & line ()
Radio source
EM field on the ground has 3D spatial “structure”
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c
c/()
c/()
EM field on the ground
Radio sources on the sky
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Examining the similarity (coherence) properties of the EM field on the ground tells us the structure and spectra of sources in the sky
The time variations of the electric field are the same at nearby points in 3D space
And different far away
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1. The antenna measures the EM field at its location on the ground and converts it into a voltage waveform in a cable.
2. The receivers magnify the voltage signal.
3. The correlator compares these field voltages at the different antenna locations and at different times
and computes the degree of similarity => visibilities.
4.4. MiriadMiriad works out the radio brightness distribution & spectrum
How the telescope works:
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A parabolic reflector
adds all the fields from a surface = aperture
at a focal point.
Parabolic reflector:
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Hyperbolic reflector:
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B
appears to come from point B
.
A
Light from the point A
reflecting off the hyperbola
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Hyperbolic reflector:
B
Light converging towards B
A
converges at A
reflecting off the hyperbola
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Parabolic reflector
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Hyperbolic reflector
Parabolic reflector
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Parabolic primary & Hyperbolic secondary:
‘Cassegrain’ antenna
Newton’s comments on the Cassegrain design:
“….You see therefore, that the advantages of this design are none; but the disadvantages so great and unavoidable that I fear it will never be put in practice with good effect”
Phil. Trans. Royal. Soc. London. 7, 4056 (1672)
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AT antenna:
•Cassegrain configuration
•22-m diameter primary main reflector
•2.75-m secondary reflector
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Signal path:
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The antenna collects the E-field over the aperture at the focus
The focus is a fixed spot at all frequencies.
The reflector antenna is achromatic.
the feed horn at the focus adds the fields andgives the sum to the receiver as a voltage.
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Feed horns: at the focus located in the vertex room of the antenna
• 4.4-9.2 GHz = C & X bands
• 1.25-2.5 GHz = L & S bands
• 16-25 GHz = K band
• 85-115 GHz = W bands
MNRF upgrade:
The feeds are mounted on a rotating turret.
X
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Feeds are ‘compact’ and ‘corrugated’ horns
The inner profile is curved
The inner surface has grooves
Cross-section of a horn
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Sub-reflector
main-reflector
Feed horn
28O
‘optical axis’
The feed horn adds all the rays that come from the 28 deg. wide sub-reflector.
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The feed down-weights rays that come off-axis.
Rays 9 deg. off-axis are down-weighted by factor 2.
Rays 14 deg. off-axis are down-weighted by factor 6.
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The feed down-weights rays that come off-axis.
Therefore the main and sub-reflectors have been SHAPED
(the surfaces are not exactly parabolic/hyperbolic)
1. more numbers of rays are gathered from the edge of the sub-reflector=edge of the main reflector.
2. the ray paths all have equal length and the rays from the aperture surface arrive at the focus ‘in-phase’
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The shaped reflectors gather more rays fromthe edge
This compensates for the lower weight that the feed gives to off axis rays.
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Resulting sensitivity of the antenna across the aperture
0
|2
|4
|6
|8
|10
|12
|2
|4
|6
|8
|10
|12
Radial distance (m)
3.6 m
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Instead of measuring the similarity (coherence) between the EM fields at two points in space,
in practice,
the interferometer measures the coherence between the EM fields averaged over
two regions of space = antenna apertures.
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V1(t) E( r1 )V2(t) E( r2 )
The interferometer measures the summation of the coherence between every element of aperture 1with every element of aperture 2.
V1 x V2 ( E( r1 ) ) x ( E( r2 ) ) ( E( r1 ) x E( r2 ) )
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The measurement of the coherence between one pair of aperture elements
=>
a single point measurement on the u,v - plane
visibility plane spatial_frequency plane.
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The measurement of the coherence between every pair of aperture elements
=>
an average measurement over a region
of the u,v - plane
visibility plane
spatial_frequency plane.
The shape of the region = the cross-correlation of the voltage weighting patterns in the two apertures.
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For a source offset from the antenna pointing centreby angle
(d) radians
The phase of the complex coherence function winds through 2 radians across the sampled region in the visibility plane.
And the interferometer will give zero measurement.
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The amount of cancellation depends on the •Antenna optics and •Distance of a source from the antenna pointing centre.
@ 30 GHz
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Ideally, the antenna sums the EM field vectors over the aperture in phase.
But if
1. the optics is out of focus2. the feed or SR is off axis3. the MR is deformed (elevation dependent gravity
deformation)4. the reflector surfaces have small scale irregularities
The EM fields will not be in phase when they propagate from the aperture plane to the feed.
The cancellation will result in a loss of signal.The loss might depend on the position of the source.
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‘Holography’
Antenna scanning satellite
Reference antenna tracking satellite
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Surface deviation map:
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Panel adjustments
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After adjustments:
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Before
After
=0.62 mm
=0.17 mm
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Loss in antenna sensitivity due to surface irregularities:
Kg = cos2 (
Twice the reflector surface rms in wavelengths
=0.17 mm
Kg 3 cm band 4 deg.0.99612 mm band 8 deg.
0.983 mm band 40 deg. 0.57
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Gravity deformation of the antenna:
Measured using photogrammetry
Correction proposed using tilts to the SR
90o
75o
30o
15o