ALMA : Fourier phase analysis made possible

Details ALMA : Fourier phase analysis made possible ALMA : Fourier phase analysis made possible

2007-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/0704.2286v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Presented as a poster at the conference "Science with ALMA : A new era for Astrophysics", 4 pages, to be published in a specia

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Fourier phases contain a vast amount of information about structure in direct space, that most statistical tools never tap into. We address ALMA's ability to detect and recover this information, using the probability distribution function (PDF) of phase increments, and the related concepts of phase entropy and phase structure quantity. We show that ALMA, with its high dynamical range, is definitely needed to achieve significant detection of phase structure, and that it will do so even in the presence of a fair amount of atmospheric phase noise. We also show that ALMA should be able to recover the actual "amount" of phase structure in the noise-free case, if multiple configurations are used.

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