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Single Dish Polarisation Calibration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Simon Johnston
Simon Johnston*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; simonj@physics.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

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Using the formalism of Hamaker, Bregman & Sault (1996), I derive a method for the polarisation calibration of observations made with a single radio telescope. This method is particularly appropriate for observations of pulsars, where the sign and magnitude of the circular polarisation are useful for understanding the emission processes at work. I apply the method to observations of PSR J1359–6038 made using the multibeam receiver on the Parkes radio telescope.

Keywords

polarisationtechniques: polarimetricpulsars: general
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , 2002 , pp. 277 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2002

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