Call for Proposals for Long Wavelength Array, Cycle 6
Gregory Taylor University of New Mexico
We invite applications for observing time with the Long Wavelength Array (LWA1) Radio Observatory and invite interested people to attend the Low Frequency Science Meeting, 2-4 December 2015, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
At this call the first station of the Long Wavelength Array (LWA1) offers up to four independently steerable wide-band beams and two all-dipole modes (denoted transient buffer wide, TBW, and transient buffer narrow, TBN). Each beam supports two independent tunings over the LWA1 frequency range from 10 to 88 MHz with a full-width, half-maximum (FWHM) ranging from 15° to 2°. We expect to schedule approximately 1,500 beam-hours and 200 TB-hours between 15 December 2015 and 15 September 2016.
The deadline for applications is midnight MDT on 4 September 2015. The complete call for proposals, including a cover page, can be found on the LWA website, along with more information about the capabilities of the LWA1. An introduction to using the LWA1 is also available. We invite proposals from all communities wishing to use this instrument.
Support for operations and continuing development of the LWA1 is provided by the National Science Foundation under grants AST-1139974 and AST-1139963 of the University Radio Observatory program.
For questions regarding this call for proposals, please email [email protected].
The LWA Users Meeting, "Science at Low Frequencies II," will be held 2-4 December on the University of New Mexico campus. No registration fee is required, but please send an email to Greg Taylor to hold a space as attendance is limited. All LWA users and potential users are encouraged to attend.