Seminari
Wednesday 14/05/2025 @ 14:30, Online (https://www.youtube.com/live/Sux_J-0MUZk)
Matt Dobbs (McGill University), "CHORD – a next-generation transit telescope dedicated to transient searches and precision mapping"
CHORD is a transit telescope purpose-built for precision measurements of fast radio transients, 21cm line intensity mapping, and pulsar searches. The core array, consisting of 512 precision composite 6-meter dishes operating from 300-1500 GHz, is under construction now near Penticton in Canada by an international collaboration including Canada, Italy, and the United States. Two outrigger VLBI stations will be located thousands of kilometers away, providing precision localization of transients. I will provide an overview of the CHORD project with an emphasis on features and innovations which enable CHORD’s primary science goals and set it apart from other instruments.