The Robustness of Least-Squares Frequency Switching (LSFS)

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2007-05-24

arxiv.org/abs/0705.3563v2

Astrophys.J.Suppl.173:166-176,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

17 pages, 21 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJS (November 2007, v173n1)

Scientific paper

10.1086/520050

Least-squares frequency switching (LSFS) is a new method to reconstruct signal and gain function (known as bandpass or baseline) from spectral line observations using the frequency switching method. LSFS utilizes not only two but a set of three or more local oscillator (LO) frequencies. The reconstruction is based on a least squares fitting scheme. Here we present a detailed investigation on the stability of the LSFS method in a statistical sense and test the robustness against radio frequency interference (RFI), receiver gain instabilities and continuum sources. It turns out, that the LSFS method is indeed a very powerful method and is robust against most of these problems. Nevertheless, LSFS fails in presence of RFI signals or strong line emission. We present solutions to overcome these limitations using a flagging mechanism or remapping of measured signals, respectively.

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