Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-07-30
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. Volume 2, Issue 5, pages 670 - 684, October, 2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Special issue on Signal Processing for Astronomy and space
Scientific paper
10.1109/JSTSP.2008.2005318
The increased sensitivity of future radio telescopes will result in requirements for higher dynamic range within the image as well as better resolution and immunity to interference. In this paper we propose a new matrix formulation of the imaging equation in the cases of non co-planar arrays and polarimetric measurements. Then we improve our parametric imaging techniques in terms of resolution and estimation accuracy. This is done by enhancing both the MVDR parametric imaging, introducing alternative dirty images and by introducing better power estimates based on least squares, with positive semi-definite constraints. We also discuss the use of robust Capon beamforming and semi-definite programming for solving the self-calibration problem. Additionally we provide statistical analysis of the bias of the MVDR beamformer for the case of moving array, which serves as a first step in analyzing iterative approaches such as CLEAN and the techniques proposed in this paper. Finally we demonstrate a full deconvolution process based on the parametric imaging techniques and show its improved resolution and sensitivity compared to the CLEAN method.
Ben-David Chen
Leshem Amir
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