Award Abstract #0618401
Development of a wideband digital spectrometer for the upgraded Haystack telescope

NSF Org:	AST Division of Astronomical Sciences
Initial Amendment Date:	July 7, 2006
Latest Amendment Date:	January 26, 2007
Award Number:	0618401
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Jeffrey R. Pier AST Division of Astronomical Sciences MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Start Date:	July 15, 2006
Expires:	June 30, 2009 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$372924
Investigator(s):	Alan Whitney awhitney@haystack.mit.edu (Principal Investigator) Joseph Salah (Former Principal Investigator) Joseph Carter (Co-Principal Investigator) Alan Rogers (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Northeast Radio Observatory Corp 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 617/692-4764
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 1207, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

AST-0618401/Salah, NEROC

A flexible and versatile wideband digital spectrometer to be used with the upgraded Haystack 37-m radio telescope will be developed and used for focused science projects and for educational research by graduate and undergraduate students. The Haystack 37-m radio telescope is currently undergoing a major upgrade involving the installation of a new antenna with 0.1 mm surface tolerance. As part of the upgrade, a new wideband low-noise radiometer operating in the band 85 - 115 GHz is being constructed using modern detector technology. In order to fully exploit the new antenna and radiometer capabilities, this work will cover the development of a backend system to process spectral line observations with multiple wideband line coverage.

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