Calibration of ALMA as a Phased Array. ALMA Observations During the 2017 VLBI Campaign

C. Goddi; I. Martí-Vidal; H. Messias; G. B. Crew; R. Herrero-Illana; V. Impellizzeri; H. Rottmann; J. Wagner; E. Fomalont; L. D. Matthews; D. Petry; N. Phillips; R. Tilanus; E. Villard; L. Blackburn; M. Janssen; M. Wielgus

doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ab136a

Calibration of ALMA as a Phased Array. ALMA Observations During the 2017 VLBI Campaign

C. Goddi
, I. Martí-Vidal
, H. Messias
, G. B. Crew
, R. Herrero-Illana
, V. Impellizzeri
, H. Rottmann
, J. Wagner
, E. Fomalont
, L. D. Matthews
, D. Petry
, N. Phillips
, R. Tilanus
, E. Villard
, L. Blackburn
, M. Janssen
, M. Wielgus

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Abstract

We present a detailed description of the special procedures for calibration and quality assurance of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) mode. These procedures are required to turn the phased ALMA array into a fully calibrated VLBI station. As an illustration of these methodologies, we present full-polarization observations carried out with ALMA as a phased array at 3mm (Band 3) and 1.3mm (Band 6) as part of Cycle-4. These are the first VLBI science observations conducted with ALMA and were obtained during a 2017 VLBI campaign in concert with other telescopes worldwide as part of the Global mm-VLBI Array (GMVA, April 1–3) and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT, April 5–11) in ALMA Bands 3 and 6, respectively.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	075003
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	131
Issue number	1001
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab136a
State	Published - Jul 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

(galaxies:) quasars: general
astronomical databases: miscellaneous
instrumentation: interferometers
methods: data analysis
methods: observational
submillimeter: galaxies
submillimeter: general
surveys
techniques: high angular resolution
techniques: interferometric

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Goddi, C., Martí-Vidal, I., Messias, H., Crew, G. B., Herrero-Illana, R., Impellizzeri, V., Rottmann, H., Wagner, J., Fomalont, E., Matthews, L. D., Petry, D., Phillips, N., Tilanus, R., Villard, E., Blackburn, L., Janssen, M., & Wielgus, M. (2019). Calibration of ALMA as a Phased Array. ALMA Observations During the 2017 VLBI Campaign. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 131(1001), Article 075003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab136a

Goddi, C, Martí-Vidal, I, Messias, H, Crew, GB, Herrero-Illana, R, Impellizzeri, V, Rottmann, H, Wagner, J, Fomalont, E, Matthews, LD, Petry, D, Phillips, N, Tilanus, R, Villard, E, Blackburn, L, Janssen, M & Wielgus, M 2019, 'Calibration of ALMA as a Phased Array. ALMA Observations During the 2017 VLBI Campaign', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 131, no. 1001, 075003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab136a

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