Next-Generation Interferometric Image Reconstruction, from SKA to ngEHT
This special issue is devoted to new developments in image reconstruction techniques for aperture synthesis by interferometry in astronomy. The new generation of radio telescope arrays, such as the upcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and its existing pathfinders MeerKAT and ASKAP at radio frequencies, but also the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at millimeter and optical/near-infrared frequencies, are set to observe the sky at an extreme regime of sensitivity and resolution, revealing complex emission of major astrophysical interest, and across frequencies and scales. Many algorithmic and data processing challenges arise in our quest to endow these instruments with their expected acute vision.
This special issue starts to build an archive of papers on new algorithms and software, and work addressing modern scientific computing challenges (incl. software development technologies, reproducibility, data challenges) related to image formation with current and future interferometric arrays. It will remain open to future published papers to act as a resource to those working in the field.
Guidelines are available at the main journal webpage and submissions should be made to the RASTI ScholarOne portal as normal. Authors should be sure to select the special issue title during the submission process. All papers will go through the usual RASTI review process, except that they may be handled by a special editorial board assembled for this special issue.
Special Editors:
Dr. Kazunori Akiyama, MIT Haystack Observatory (guest editor)
Prof. Anna Scaife, Manchester University & SKAO (RASTI editor)
Prof. Oleg Smirnov, Rhodes University & SARAO (guest editor)
Prof. Yves Wiaux, Heriot-Watt Edinburgh (RASTI editor and main contact [email protected])
Image Credit: SKA Observatory CC-BY 3.0 licence
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