The Astronomical Low Frequency Array: A Proposed Explorer Mission for Radio Astronomy

Jones, D.; Allen, R.; Basart, J.; Bastian, T.; Blume, W.; Bougeret, J.-L.; Dennison, B.; Desch, M.; Dwarakanath, K.; Erickson, W.; Finley, D.; Gopalswamy, N.; Howard, R.; Kaiser, M.; Kassim, N.; Kuiper, T.; MacDowall, R.; Mahoney, M.; Perley, R.; Preston, R.; Reiner, M.; Rodriguez, P.; Stone, R.; Unwin, S.; Weiler, K.; Woan, G.; Woo, R.
Bibliographical reference

Radio Astronomy at Long Wavelengths, Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 119, ed. by R. G. Stone, K. W. Weiler, M. L. Goldstein, and J.-L. Bougeret (American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC), pp. 339-349

Advertised on:
0
2000
Number of authors
27
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
0
Refereed citations
0
Description
A radio interferometer array in space providing high dynamic range images with unprecedented angular resolution over the broad frequency range from 0.03 - 30 MHz will open new vistas in solar, terrestrial, galactic, and extragalactic astrophysics. The ALFA interferometer will image and track transient disturbances in the solar corona and interplanetary medium - a new capability which is crucial for understanding many aspects of solar-terrestrial interaction and space weather. ALFA will also produce the first sensitive, high-angular-resolution radio surveys of the entire sky at low frequencies. The radio sky will look entirely different below about 30 MHz. As a result, ALFA will provide a fundamentally new view of the universe and an extraordinarily large and varied science return.