Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: This White Paper summarises potential key science topics to be achieved with Thai National Radio Telescope (TNRT). The commissioning phase has started in mid 2022. The key science topics consist of "Pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)", "Star Forming Regions (SFRs)", "Galaxy and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs)", "Evolved Stars", "Radio Emission of Chemically Peculiar (CP) Stars", and "Geodesy", covering a wide range of observing frequencies in L/C/X/Ku/K/Q/W-bands (1-115 GHz). As a single-dish instrument, TNRT is a perfect tool to explore time domain astronomy with its agile observing systems and flexible operation. Due to its ideal geographical location, TNRT will significantly enhance Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) arrays, such as East Asian VLBI Network (EAVN), Australia Long Baseline Array (LBA), European VLBI Network (EVN), in particular via providing a unique coverage of the sky resulting in a better complete "uv" coverage, improving synthesized-beam and imaging quality with reducing side-lobes. This document highlights key science topics achievable with TNRT in single-dish mode and in collaboration with VLBI arrays.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Jaroenjittichai, Phrudth, Sugiyama, Koichiro, Kramer, Busaba H., Soonthornthum, Boonrucksar, Akahori, Takuya, Asanok, Kitiyanee, Baan, Willem, Bran, Sherin Hassan, Breen, Shari L., Cho, Se-Hyung, Chanapote, Thanapol, Dodson, Richard, Ellingsen, Simon P., Etoka, Sandra, Gray, Malcolm D., Green, James A., Hada, Kazuhiro, Halson, Marcus, Hirota, Tomoya, Honma, Mareki, Imai, Hiroshi, Johnston, Simon, Kim, Kee-Tae, Kramer, Michael, Li, Di, Macatangay, Ronald, Menten, Karl M., Minh, Young Chol, Mkrtichian, David, Pimpanuwat, Bannawit, Richards, Anita M. S., Rioja, Maria, Rujopakarn, Wiphu, Sakai, Daisuke, Sakai, Nobuyuki, Samanso, Nattida, Sanpa-arsa, Siraprapa, Semenko, Eugene, Sunada, Kazuyoshi, Surapipith, Vanisa, Thoonsaengngam, Nattaporn, Voronkov, Maxim A., Wongphecauxson, Jompoj, Yadav, Ram Kesh, Zhang, Bo, Zheng, Xing Wu, Poshyachinda, Saran
Institutions: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, SKA Observatory, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, The University of Western Australia, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Iwate Prefectural Mizusawa Agricultural High School, Kagoshima University, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia Telescope National Facility, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Geographic Society, Kagoshima University, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Australian Government, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Heiwa Nakajima Foundation, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, University of Tokyo, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Thailand, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Awards: G105846430, G5352619090
OpenAlex ID: W4305004994