The SFXC software correlator for very long baseline interferometry: algorithms and implementation
Journal article, 2015

In this paper a description is given of the SFXC software correlator, developed and maintained at the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE). The software is designed to run on generic Linux-based computing clusters. The correlation algorithm is explained in detail, as are some of the novel modes that software correlation has enabled, such as wide-field VLBI imaging through the use of multiple phase centres and pulsar gating and binning. This is followed by an overview of the software architecture. Finally, the performance of the correlator as a function of number of CPU cores, telescopes and spectral channels is shown.

VLBI

Radio astronomy

Software correlation

Author

A. Keimpema

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

M. M. Kettenis

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

Sergei Pogrebenko

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

R.M. Campbell

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

G. Cimó

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

Dmitry Duev

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

B. Eldering

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

N. Kruithof

Cruden B.V.

H.J. van Langevelde

Leiden University

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

D. Marchal

University of Lille

G. M. Calves

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

H. Ozdemir

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)

Z. Paragi

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

Y. Pidopryhora

University of Tasmania

A Szomoru

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

Jun Yang

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Onsala Space Observatory

Experimental Astronomy

0922-6435 (ISSN) 1572-9508 (eISSN)

Vol. 39 2 259-279

Novel EXplorations Pushing Robust e-VLBI Services (NEXPReS)

European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/261525), 2010-07-01 -- 2013-06-30.

Subject Categories

Computer Engineering

DOI

10.1007/s10686-015-9446-1

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