EMBRACE (Electronic MultiBeam Radio Astronomy ConcEpt) is a prototype radio telescope for phase two of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. It's the first dense phased array for radioastronomy in the GHz frequency range (initially planned for covering the 0.5-1.5 GHz, mid-frequency band of SKA). It is composed of two sites, one at the Nançay radio telescope station in France, and one near the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope antennas in Netherlands.

EMBRACE
Part ofSquare Kilometre Array Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s)France, Netherlands, France, Netherlands Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope styleradio telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Websitesatorchi.net/skads/embrace64.php Edit this at Wikidata

References

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  • Torchinsky, S. A.; Olofsson, A. O. H.; Censier, B.; Karastergiou, A.; Serylak, M.; Picard, P.; Renaud, P.; Taffoureau, C. (2016), "Characterization of a dense aperture array for radio astronomy", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 589: A77, arXiv:1602.07976, Bibcode:2016A&A...589A..77T, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526706, S2CID 73565537
  • Torchinsky, S.A.; et al. (2013). "Characterization and Initial Results with EMBRACE". In L. Cambrésy; F. Martins; E. Nuss; A. Palacios (eds.). Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (PDF). p. 439. Bibcode:2013sf2a.conf..439T.
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