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М ulti-frequency VLA observations of M87

М ulti-frequency VLA observations of M87. Observations’ parameters. Test VLA observations (configuration D) of M87 ( RA=12:28, Dec=12:40 ) took place on November 16 th , 2005. There were 22 antennas enabled.

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М ulti-frequency VLA observations of M87

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  1. Мulti-frequency VLA observations of M87

  2. Observations’ parameters Test VLA observations (configuration D) of M87 (RA=12:28, Dec=12:40)took place onNovember 16th, 2005. • There were 22 antennas enabled. • Frequency bands: K (K1=21300, K2=22200, K3=23000 , K4=23400 MHz) и U (U1=14700, U1=15200MHz)Total observation time were 3 hours. • Official participants:N. Kardashev, L. Kogan, S. Likhachev, V. Vasilkov,E. Fomalont, F. Owen, E. Greisen, K. Kellermann.

  3. Goals of the experiment • Multi-frequency synthesis (MFS) of a M87 map on the reference frequency (19 GHz) with bandwidth of 7 GHz by means of a new class of the multi-frequency imaging (MFI) algorithms developed at the ASC. • Multi-frequency analysis (MFA) of M87. Estimation of a spectral index maps of the source on the same reference frequency. • Comparison of the obtained results with the existing MFI-technologies at NRAO. • Investigations of the improvement of image fidelity by means of MFS.

  4. Tools • NRAO has used AIPS software (one can find the results of the data processing obtained by L. Kogan on the web site http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~lkogan/m87plots.ps • ASC has used ASL for Windows software (see below)

  5. Part 1 Multi-frequency synthesis and analysis

  6. (u,v)-coverage K-band U-band

  7. Sequence of MFI of M87(ASL for Windows) • Maps synthesis be means of generalized self-calibration procedure for all six frequencies(14665, 15135, 21535, 21965, 22935, 23364 MHz). • Synthesis of the image of M87 on the reference frequency (19014 MHz) by means of generalized linear multi-frequency deconvolution algorithm. • Spectral analysis of the image (spectral indexes map, spectrum of different parts of the image of M87).

  8. Generalized linear deconvolution algorithm U+K band U-band K -band

  9. Map Parameters • Angular resolution: 0.6 “ • Map size: 256 by 256 • Weighting: uniform • Tapering: uniform (no tapering) • Gridding: by averaging

  10. M87. Integral synthesis(two-frequencies data processing: 14.6 и 23.3 GHz) IF1 =14.6 GHz IF1 =19.01 GHz (MFS) IF1 =23.3 GHz

  11. Dynamic range M87. Integral analysis(two-frequencies data processing: 14.6 и 23.3 GHz)

  12. M87. Component analysis(two-frequencies data processing: 14.6 и 23.3 GHz)

  13. M87. Comparison of the Spectral Indexes(two-frequencies data processing: 14.6 и 23.3 GHz)

  14. Spectral analysis of the right jet of М87(six-frequency analysis)

  15. Dynamic range Dynamic range where is rms of a remnant map.

  16. Part 2 Improvement of Image Fidelity

  17. Data Editing The idea: to make worse fidelity of the images on each frequency and then to improve the fidelity by means of MFS To decrease the quality of the observational data editing for all frequency bands and for all the sources (two calibration sources and a target source) was done: • given visibilities were edited by time; • edited visibilities were edited once again on the (u,v) –plane.

  18. Time Editing • The observation time was decreased from 3 hour to 5 minutes

  19. Spatial Editing After time editing the number of the baselines were decreased from 231 to 75 with a gap between center of the (u,v)-plane and its longest baselines (similar to the high-apogee Radioastron orbit)

  20. U-band (color maps) IF1 =14.6 GHz IF2 =15.1 GHz

  21. U-band (contour maps) IF1 =14.6 GHz IF2 =15.1 GHz

  22. K-band (FreqID1, color maps) IF1 =21.5 GHz IF1 =21.9 GHz

  23. K-band (FreqID1, contour maps) IF1 =21.5 GHz IF1 =21.9 GHz

  24. K-band (FreqID2, color maps) IF1 =22.9 GHz IF1 =23.3 GHz

  25. K-band (FreqID2, contour maps) IF1 =22.9 GHz IF1 =23.3 GHz

  26. Dynamic range: Multi-frequency synthesis(six-frequency analysis) Reference frequency:19014.9 MHz Total flux:19.3 Jy

  27. Multi-frequency analysis(six-frequency analysis) M87 core spectra Spectral index map

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