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Numerical Experiments with Low SNR data in Radio Interferometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

P.N. Wilkinson  and
P. Woodall
P.N. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, United Kingdom
P. Woodall
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, United Kingdom

Abstract

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We outline the results of numerical experiments on low SNR interferometer data. We confirm several theoretical analyses of the effect of averaging on visibility amplitude and closure phase data. However the triple product method for estimating the closure phase, which is useful in optical interferometry, does not provide a significant improvement over existing practice in radio interferometry. We introduce a way of using the triple product to estimate visibility amplitudes from arrays dominated by a single large telescope.

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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 131: Radio Interferometry: Theory, Techniques, and Applications , 1991 , pp. 272 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991

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