Data reduction strategy of the Effelsberg-Bonn HI Survey (EBHIS)

Details Data reduction strategy of the Effelsberg-Bonn HI Survey (EBHIS) Data reduction strategy of the Effelsberg-Bonn HI Survey (EBHIS)

2009-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/0909.2795v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

6 pages, 4 figures, in proceedings of "Panoramic Radio Astronomy: Wide-field 1-2 GHz research on galaxy evolution - PRA2009"

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Since autumn 2008 a new L-band 7-Feed-Array receiver is used for an HI 21-cm line survey performed with the 100-m Effelsberg telescope. The survey will cover the whole northern hemisphere comprising both, the galactic and extragalactic sky in parallel. Using state-of-the-art FPGA based digital Fast Fourier Transform spectrometers, superior in dynamic range and temporal resolution, allows to apply sophisticated radio frequency interferences (RFI) mitigation schemes to the survey data. The EBHIS data reduction software includes the RFI mitigation, gain-curve correction, intensity calibration, stray-radiation correction, gridding, and source detection. We discuss the severe degradation of radio astronomical HI data by RFI signals and the gain in scientific yield when applying modern RFI mitigation schemes. For this aim simulations of the galaxy distribution within the local volume (z<0.07) with and without RFI degradation were performed. These simulations, allow us to investigate potential biases and selection effects introduced by the data reduction software and the applied source parametrization methods.

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