On the solution of the polarisation gain terms for VLBI data collected with antennas having Nasmyth or E-W mounts

Details On the solution of the polarisation gain terms for VLBI data collected with antennas having Nasmyth or E-W mounts On the solution of the polarisation gain terms for VLBI data collected with antennas having Nasmyth or E-W mounts

2009-10-09

arxiv.org/abs/0910.1707v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Technical report on polarisation calibration for VLBI with Nasmyth and EW-mount types

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I report on the development of new code to support the Nasmyth and E-W antenna mount types in AIPS which will allow polarisation analysis of observations made using these uncommon antenna configurations. These mount types may become more widely spread as they have several advantages, particularly for geodetic observatories. Multi-band observations, with multiple receivers, can only be fitted into telescopes with Nasmyth feeds. These are the requirements for the new generation of geodetic arrays as discussed in IVS2010. Further more the next generation of antennae will also be required to have very high slew rates, and these can be achieved with the E-W mount. The mount type affects the differential phase between the left and the right hand circular polarisations (LHC and RHC) for different points on the sky. The target antennae for the project was the Yebes 40m telescope, but as that was still under construction the data used as a demonstration was from the Pico Veleta antenna as part of the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA). For the E-W mount type there are suitable data from the Australian LBA array. I demonstrate the effectiveness of the changes made and that the Nasmyth and E-W corrections can be applied.

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