- Related Links
- VEGAS Project Book Reference material for the project --- provides technical information and science case
- VEGAS Wiki Page Development status/summary with ongoing discussion notes and meetings
- Memos and technical reports related to VEGAS development work
- CASPER VEGAS webpage
- Background Info
- Team
VEGAS: Versatile GBT Astronomical Spectrometer
Latest Status Update
NRAO in collaboration with the Center for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER) at the University of California, Berkeley (CICADA collaboration) is building an advanced multi-beam spectrometer for the GBT. The National Science Foundation Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (NSF-ATI) program is funding the new spectrometer project1. The new backend will replace capabilities of the existing spectrometers and will support data processing from focal plane array systems. Thus the capabilities of the spectrometer will be synergetic with the multi-pixel camera development program for the GBT. In the present design, the spectrometer will be capable of processing up to 1.25 GHz bandwidth from 8 dual polarized beams or a bandwidth up to 10 GHz from a dual polarized beam.
- Science Themes
- VEGAS Specification
- VEGAS Block diagram
- VEGAS Modes
- Information for the proposer
- VEGAS Project Book
- First Light results Dec 2011 (see also NRAO eNews Feb 1, 2012)
- Mode 1 First Light March 2012 (see also NRAO eNews May 3, 2012)
1NSF-ATI Project Title: Advanced Multibeam Spectrometer for the GBT
PI: Dan Werthimer
Awardee: University of California-Berkeley
Award Number: 1006509
