A multisource calibration method for phased array radio telescopes

2006 IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop Proceedings, SAM 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 200-204

  Wijnholds, Stefan J ^a   Boonstra, Albert Jan ^a  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CALIBRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LOW FREQUENCY ARRAYS (LOFAR); MULTISOURCE CALIBRATION; PRIMEVAL STRUCTURE TELESCOPES; WIDE FIELD ARRAYS (MWA);

RADIO TELESCOPES;

EID: 34250705656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SAM.2006.1677187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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