Table 2
Fiducial parameters for our simulated radio observations.
Array | Configuration/strategy | Frequency | Resolution | Min. baseline | Sensitivity | Detection threshold |
[MHz] | [arcsec] | [m] | [mJy/beam] | [μJy/arcsec2] | ||
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VLA | VLSSr | 74 | 80 | 35 | 100.0 | 42.365 |
VLA | NVSS | 1400 | 45 | 35 | 0.45 | 0.588 |
Westerbork | WENSS | 330 | 54 | 36 | 3.6 | 3.268 |
GMRT | TGSS | 150 | 20 | 100 | 5.0 | 33.098 |
Molonglo | SUMSS | 840 | 43 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.307 |
LOFAR-HBA | Large Survey 1 | 120 | 25 | 40 | 0.25 | 1.059 |
LOFAR-LBA | Large Survey | 40 | 25 | 40 | 2.0 | 8.473 |
LOFAR-HBA | Large Survey 2 | 120 | 5 | 40 | 0.1 | 10.591 |
MWA | Broadband Survey | 150 | 120 | 7.7 | 10 | 1.838 |
SKA1-LOW | Cont. Survey | 120 | 10 | 45 | 0.02 | 0.17 |
SKA1-MID | Band2 Wide Survey | 1000 | 0.5 | 15 | 0.001 | 10.591 |
SKA1-MID | Band2 Deep Survey | 1000 | 0.5 | 15 | 0.0002 | 2.118 |
ASKAP | EMU | 1400 | 10 | 12 | 0.01 | 0.264 |
Notes. The quoted frequencies are reference values for each instrument. The last column gives the full resolution sensitivity we adopted in surface brightness, which is 3σ of the assumed thermal noise per beam (this is the confusion noise for SKA1-LOW). See Sect. 2.3.3 for details.
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