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Source-noise in radio synthesis images

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

K.R. Anantharamaiah ,
A.A. Deshpande ,
V. Radhakrishnan ,
R.D. Ekers ,
T.J. Cornwell  and
W.M. Goss
K.R. Anantharamaiah
Affiliation:
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 560 080, India
A.A. Deshpande
Affiliation:
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 560 080, India
V. Radhakrishnan
Affiliation:
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 560 080, India
R.D. Ekers
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope, P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
T.J. Cornwell
Affiliation:
NRAO, Very Large Array, P.O. Box 0, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
W.M. Goss
Affiliation:
NRAO, Very Large Array, P.O. Box 0, Socorro, NM 87801, USA

Abstract

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We discuss the distribution of source- and receiver- noise in radio synthesis images and show that the source-noise is maximum at the position of the source but also appears in the off-source region because of the sidelobes. Analytical expressions are derived for the rms noise at any location of both “total-power” and “correlation” images. We show that under certain conditions, deconvolution can remove the source noise from the off-source region in snap-shot images. Some of the results are verified experimentally.

Type
Theory of Interferometery
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 131: Radio Interferometry: Theory, Techniques, and Applications , 1991 , pp. 6 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991

References

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