Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2012
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #145.09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Galactic ALFA Continuum Transit Survey (GALFACTS) is an all-Arecibo sky, full-Stokes survey from 1225 to 1525 MHz using the multibeam Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFA). Using data from survey field N1, the first field covered by GALFACTS, we are searching for compact sources that vary in intensity and/or polarization. The multistep procedure for reducing the data includes radio frequency interference (RFI) removal, source detection, Gaussian fitting in multiple dimensions, polarization leakage calibration, and gain calibration. We have developed code to analyze and calculate the calibration parameters from the N1 calibration sources, and apply these to the data of the main run. For detected compact sources, our goal is to compare results from multiple passes over a source to search for rapid variability, as well as to compare our flux densities with those from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) to search for longer time-scale variations.
Barenfeld Scott
Ghosh Tamal
Salter Chris
Wenger Trey
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