Penn Array Receiver

1. Scope

The Penn Array Receiver is a 64-pixel continuum imaging system for the 3mm band. The project is a collaboration of the University of Pennsylvania, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center and the NRAO. The project is being funded through NRAO’s university-built instrumentation program. The project was formally initiated in the first quarter of 2002 with the signing of a memorandum of agreement between NRAO and Upenn. The NRAO is providing instrument machining services, control software and the interface to GBT systems, and data analysis software. The Penn Array Receiver will be designed as a facility instrument, accessible to all GBT Users. The Critical Design Review is expected to be held in Fall 2003, and scheduled delivery is in early 2005. More details on the PAR are available from Brian Mason’s GBT High Frequency Instrumentation Development web page. The PAR is being funded through NRAO’s university-built instrumentation program.

2. Strategic Value

The Penn Array receiver will be the first major new mm wave capability on the GBT, and will have significant scientific impacts on a wide range of fields such as the study of high redshift galaxies, the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect, and star formation in our Galaxy.

3. Personnel

The following refers to GBT contact staff, not actual instrument builders.

Project Manager: BrianMason
Project Engineer: RogerNorrod
Project Scientist: BrianMason
Project Team: ?

6. Resource Requests for Cycle 1 2006

Elec Request
Mech Request?
Sci Request
SDD Request
Antenna Request?
Comm Request?
Misc Request
Request Summary?

7. Project Artifacts

Previous Cycle Requests
- Cycle 7 2003 (August 18 2003 - October 1 2003) Summary
- Cycle 8 2003 (Oct 1 2003 - 15 Nov 2003) Summary
- Cycle 9 2003 (Nov 15 2003 - Dec 31 2003) Summary
- Cycle 1 2004 (Jan 01 2004 - Feb 13 2004) Summary
- Cycle 2 2004 (Feb 16 2004 - Mar 31 2004) Summary
- Cycle 3 2004 (Apr 1 2004 - May 14 2004) Summary
- Cycle 4 2004 (May 15 004 - Jul 1 2004) Summary
- Cycle 5 2004 (Jul 1 2004 - Aug 15 2004) Summary
- Cycle 6 2004 (Aug 15 2004 - Sep 30 2004) Summary
- Cycle 7 2004 (Oct 1 2004 - Nov 15 2004) Summary
- Cycle 8 2004? (nov 15 - eoy)

Quarterly Reports
- Q1 2003
- Q2 2003
- Q3 2003
- now at QuarterlyReportQ32004 etcetera

8. Random Notes, Links &c.

We need to work out a plan to incorporate GB engineering personnel into lab testing (at Penn & GB) meaningfully, and otherwise start transferring expertise needed for maintenance.
Links
- Brian's Project page (http://wwwlocal/~bmason/gbt-dev/)
- Penn's Project page (http://chile1.physics.upenn.edu/gbt/) (username=telescope acronym, pwd=our fair city; all lowercase no spaces)
- Penn's public web page (http://chile1.physics.upenn.edu/gbtpublic/)

-- BrianMason - 26 Sep 2003

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