Understanding radio polarimetry. IV. The full-coherency analogue of scalar self-calibration: Self-alignment, dynamic range and polarimetric fidelity

Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 515-534

  Hamaker, J P ^a  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Instrumentation: interferometers; Instrumentation: polarimeters; Methods: analytical; Methods: observational; Techniques: interferometric; Techniques: polarimetric

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746058382     PISSN: 03650138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/aas:2000337     Document Type: Article

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