Driftscan Surveys in the 21cm Line with the Arecibo and Nancay Telescopes

Details Driftscan Surveys in the 21cm Line with the Arecibo and Nancay Telescopes Driftscan Surveys in the 21cm Line with the Arecibo and Nancay Telescopes

1997-01-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9701182v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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7 pages; Latex; 1 encapsulated postscript figure; 4 jpeg images; 1 gif image. Presented at the workshop `HI in the Local Unive

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Driftscan methods are highly efficient, stable techniques for conducting extragalactic surveys in the 21cm line of neutral hydrogen. Holding the telescope still while the beam scans the sky at the sidereal rate produces exceptionally stable spectral baselines, increased stability for RFI signals, and excellent diagnostic information about system performance. Data can be processed naturally and efficiently by grouping long sequences of spectra into an image format, thereby allowing thousands of individual spectra to be calibrated, inspected and manipulated as a single data structure with standard tools that already exist in astronomical software. The behavior of spectral standing waves (multi-path effects) can be appraised and excised in this environment, making observations possible while the Sun is up. The method is illustrated with survey data from Arecibo and Nancay.

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