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Hardware considerations for high-dynamic-range imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D.S. Bagri  and
A.R. Thompson
D.S. Bagri
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, New Mexico
A.R. Thompson
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia

Abstract

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The dynamic range of an image obtained using an interferometer array depends on the (interferometer) gain closure errors. This paper discusses hardware imperfections which cause closure errors and how these errors can be minimised.

Type
Hardware for Interferometry
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 131: Radio Interferometry: Theory, Techniques, and Applications , 1991 , pp. 47 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991

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