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MERLIN — A Phase-Stable ‘VLBI’ Array

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

T.W.B. Muxlow
T.W.B. Muxlow*
Affiliation:
N.R.A.L., Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, U.K.

Abstract

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The recent upgrading of MERLIN has resulted in a much improved array with both increased sensitivity and higher angular resolution. At L-band and higher frequencies the array is now operated in a manner similar to the VLA with routine phase calibration every few minutes using a nearby compact source. An automatic data analysis “pipeline” has been developed using AIPS software. This enables MERLIN data to be routinely processed to produce images in all Stokes parameters and with positional accuracy much better than the size of the restoring beam.

Keywords

MERLINPhase-stable ArrayAutomated Data Processing
Type
Radio Array Instruments
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 158: Very High Angular Resolution Imaging , 1994 , pp. 128 - 130
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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