Science with the Murchison Widefield Array: Phase I Results and Phase II Opportunities

Understand

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is an open access telescope dedicated to studying the low frequency (80$-$300 MHz) southern sky.

• Since beginning operations in mid 2013, the MWA has opened a new observational window in the southern hemisphere enabling many science areas.
• The driving science objectives of the original design were to observe 21\,cm radiation from the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR), explore the radio time domain, perform Galactic and extragalactic surveys, and monitor solar, heliospheric, and ionospheric phenomena.
• All together 60$+$ programs recorded 20,000 hours producing 146 papers to date.