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LOFAR Acquisition Capabilities in Interferometry mode

Last modified on Oct 11th, 2023, 17:30 UTC

Description

Individually sampled quadrature components of received voltage in each channel of the array are cross-corellated between separate stations.

Capabilities (1)

Name: ReceiverVoltage
Observed Property: EM-Wave_ElectricFieldStrength
Dimensionality Instance: 1D
Dimensionality Timeline: 2DTimeseriesStacked
Cadence: Every 5.12e-06 seconds
Units: count

Instrument Mode Pair

Instrument: Instrument_LOFAR_station
Mode: Instrument_LOFAR_station#beamforming

Input Parameters

BeamDirection: In its Interferometry mode, LOFAR still controls the beam direction, but it is unrelated to the radio source.
FrequencyChannels: TODO
TimeResolution: TODO
StationSelection: TODO

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Editor	Astron
Version	1
Created	Wednesday 11th Oct. 2023, 17:30
Last Modified	Wednesday 11th Oct. 2023, 17:30