Source Detection with Interferometric Datasets

The detection of sources in interferometric radio data typically relies on extracting information from images, formed by Fourier transform of the underlying visibility dataset, and CLEANed of contaminating sidelobes through iterative deconvolution. Variable and transient radio sources span a large r...

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Main Authors: Trott, Cathryn, Wayth, Randall, Macquart, Jean-Pierre, Tingay, Steven
Other Authors: R E M Griffiths
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Cambridge University Press 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43774
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author Trott, Cathryn
Wayth, Randall
Macquart, Jean-Pierre
Tingay, Steven
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Trott, Cathryn
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Tingay, Steven
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description The detection of sources in interferometric radio data typically relies on extracting information from images, formed by Fourier transform of the underlying visibility dataset, and CLEANed of contaminating sidelobes through iterative deconvolution. Variable and transient radio sources span a large range of variability timescales, and their study has the potential to enhance our knowledge of the dynamic universe. Their detection and classification involve large data rates and non-stationary PSFs, commensal observing programs and ambitious science goals, and will demand a paradigm shift in the deployment of next-generation instruments. Optimal source detection and classification in real time requires efficient and automated algorithms. On short time-scales variability can be probed with an optimal matched filter detector applied directly to the visibility dataset. This paper shows the design of such a detector, and some preliminary detection performance results.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-437742023-02-07T08:01:21Z Source Detection with Interferometric Datasets Trott, Cathryn Wayth, Randall Macquart, Jean-Pierre Tingay, Steven R E M Griffiths R J Hanisch R Seaman methods interferometric radio continuum techniques general statistical The detection of sources in interferometric radio data typically relies on extracting information from images, formed by Fourier transform of the underlying visibility dataset, and CLEANed of contaminating sidelobes through iterative deconvolution. Variable and transient radio sources span a large range of variability timescales, and their study has the potential to enhance our knowledge of the dynamic universe. Their detection and classification involve large data rates and non-stationary PSFs, commensal observing programs and ambitious science goals, and will demand a paradigm shift in the deployment of next-generation instruments. Optimal source detection and classification in real time requires efficient and automated algorithms. On short time-scales variability can be probed with an optimal matched filter detector applied directly to the visibility dataset. This paper shows the design of such a detector, and some preliminary detection performance results. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43774 10.1017/S1743921312001263 Cambridge University Press unknown
spellingShingle methods
interferometric
radio continuum
techniques
general
statistical
Trott, Cathryn
Wayth, Randall
Macquart, Jean-Pierre
Tingay, Steven
Source Detection with Interferometric Datasets
title Source Detection with Interferometric Datasets
title_full Source Detection with Interferometric Datasets
title_fullStr Source Detection with Interferometric Datasets
title_full_unstemmed Source Detection with Interferometric Datasets
title_short Source Detection with Interferometric Datasets
title_sort source detection with interferometric datasets
topic methods
interferometric
radio continuum
techniques
general
statistical
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43774