Testing the ACA Phase Correction Scheme using the SMA

Details Testing the ACA Phase Correction Scheme using the SMA Testing the ACA Phase Correction Scheme using the SMA

2010-05-17

arxiv.org/abs/1005.3077v1

PASJ: 62(4), 1053-1062, Aug. 25, 2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

11 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in PASJ

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We conducted the observational tests of a phase correction scheme for the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) of the Atacama Large Millimeter and submillimeter Array (ALMA) using the Submillimeter Array (SMA). Interferometers at millimeter- and submillimeter-wave are highly affected by the refraction induced by water vapor in the troposphere, which results as phase fluctuations. The ACA is planning to compensate the atmospheric phase fluctuations using the phase information of the outermost antennas with interpolating to the inner antennas by creating a phase screen. The interpolation and extrapolation phase correction schemes using phase screens are tested with the SMA to study how effective these schemes are. We produce a plane of a wavefront (phase screen) from the phase information of three antennas for each integration, and this phase screen is used for the interpolation and extrapolation of the phases of inner and outer antennas, respectively. The interpolation scheme obtains apparently improved results, suggesting that the ACA phase correction scheme will work well. On the other hand, the extrapolation scheme often does not improve the results. After the extrapolation, unexpectedly large phase fluctuations show up to the antennas at the distance of ~140 m away from the center of the three reference antennas. These direction vectors are almost perpendicular to the wind direction, suggesting that the phase fluctuations can be well explained by the frozen phase screen.

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