Eight-meter-wavelength Transient Array (ETA)



Overview: The Eight-meter-wavelength Transient Array (ETA) is a joint project of Virginia Tech Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics. ETA is a radio telescope array operating in the band 29-47 MHz that continuously monitors virtually the entire sky for transients from a variety of high-energy astrophysical phenomena including primordial black holes, gamma ray bursts, supernovae, and compact object mergers. It is supported through an NSF Advanced Techniques & Instrumentation (ATI) grant and was hosted at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) near Balsam Grove, NC from 2005 through 2008. A new mobile version of ETA is currently under construction. ETA people at VT currently include: Steve Ellingson (ECE), Cameron Patterson (ECE), John Simonetti (Physics), and students.

Quick Primer on ETA: Start with our URSI NRSM presentation "Searching for Low Frequency Radio Transients Using ETA" or Kshitija Deshpande's thesis for a description of the instrument and it's capabilities. Sean Cutchin's dissertation has the most recent results. Then check out Publications and Reports for more details on specific topics.

This page is http://www.ece.vt.edu/swe/eta/
Maintainer: Steve Ellingson
Last 5 Updates:
2012 Apr 12: Added Sean Cutchin's dissertation, updated personnel.
2010 Dec 21: Added link to LWA1-S60 report
2010 Dec 11: Added report.
2009 Nov 23: Added Deshpande thesis.
2009 Aug 07: Added report.


Table of Contents


Publications

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Reports

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Presentations

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Design Info

In no particular order... warning: becoming badly out of date.


ETA People

Currently active: Past Contributors:


Media Stories About ETA

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NSF Acknowledgment and Disclaimer

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. AST-0504677. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.