Background and Overview

The Long Wavelength Array (LWA) will be a low-frequency radio telescope designed to produce high-sensitivity, high-resolution images in the frequency range of 10-88 MHz, thus opening a new astronomical window on one of the most poorly explored regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

This will be accomplished with large collecting area (approaching 1 square kilometer at its lowest frequencies) spread over an interferometric array with baselines up to at least 400 km.

The documents and presentations linked below contain more background information.

The Long Wavelength Array:
Background and Overview
Namir E. Kassim, T. Joseph W. Lazio, & William C. Erickson

Introduction to the LWA
Bill Junor, Los Alamos National Laboratories

The Legacy of Clark Lake
Namir Kassim, Naval Research Laboratory

LWA Basic Specifications
A Short List