Toward a practical demonstration of physics-based beam calibration models - CBFPs and the LOFAR-LBA antenna array radio telescope
Paper in proceeding, 2014
We consider the application of the Characteristic Basis Function Pattern (CBFP) method to calibrate for direction-dependent gain effects of the LOFAR Low Band Antenna (LBA) array. The use of array-based calibration models, as opposed to element-based calibration models, is proposed in order to reduce the number of solvable beam model parameters.
Author
A. Young
Stellenbosch University
Tobia Carozzi
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Onsala Space Observatory
Rob Maaskant
Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Marianna Ivashina
Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
D. B. Davidson
Stellenbosch University
Proceedings - 2014 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2014
462-465
978-146735710-4 (ISBN)
Subject Categories
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/ICEAA.2014.6903898
ISBN
978-146735710-4