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This section collects scientific and technical publications using data from the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) and papers describing the instrumentation, capabilities, and performance of the facility. These peer‑reviewed articles emphasize the scientific impact and engineering developments enabled by the SRT, highlighting its contribution to radio astronomy.

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SArdinia Roach2-based Digital Architecture for Radio Astronomy (SARDARA)

Authors: A. Melis, R. Concu, A. Trois, A. Possenti, A. Bocchinu, P. Bolli, M. Burgay, E. Carretti, P. Castangia, S. Casu, C. Cecchi Pestellini, A. Corongiu, N. D’Amico, E. Egron, F. Govoni, M. N. Iacolina, M. Murgia, A. Pellizzoni, D. Perrodin, M. Pilia, T. Pisanu, A. Poddighe, S. Poppi, I. Porceddu, A. Tarchi, V. Vacca, G. Aresu, M. Bachetti, M. Barbaro, A. Casula, A. Ladu, S. Leurini, F. Loi, S. Loru, P. Marongiu, P. Maxia, G. Mazzarella, C. Migoni, G. Montisci, G. Valente, G. Vargiu
Astronomy

In order to improve the scientific capability and cover all the requirements for an advanced single-dish radio telescope, we developed the SArdinia Roach2-based Digital Architecture for Radio Astronomy (SARDARA), a wide-band, multi-feed, general-purpose, and reconfigurable digital platform, whose preliminary setup was used in the early science program of the SRT in 2016. In this paper, we describe the backend both in terms of its scientific motivation and technical design, how it has been interfaced with the telescope environment during its development and, finally, its scientific commissioning in different observing modes with single-feed receivers.

Published in Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, Volume 7, Issue 1, id. 1850004