Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays

Autores
Cabral, Luca; Fernández Corazza, Mariano; Gancio, Guillermo; Benaglia, Paula
Año de publicación
2023
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inglés
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A main task to solve while designing a radio interferometer is the location of the antenna-elements, a problem that defines the interferometer response. The solution determines which points of the Fourier plane (or uv plane) will be sampled, together with their density. These characteristics are extremely important because the antenna locations, in turn, define the synthesized beam or point spread function (PSF) of the whole instrument. An inadequate array configuration implies an ill- constructed synthesized beam. Consequences of inadequate arrays are for example the need to delete measures over a range of spatial frequencies due to low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or, at the data reduction stage, to degrade spatial resolution in order to get a cleaner image. In this work, we implement a method to optimize the antenna locations, starting with an initial random configuration and a desired or objective sample density function, taking into account if there are terrain constraints.
Instituto de Investigaciones en Electrónica, Control y Procesamiento de Señales
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interferometric instrumentation
optimization
numerical methods
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays
title Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays
spellingShingle Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays
Cabral, Luca
Ingeniería
interferometric instrumentation
optimization
numerical methods
title_short Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays
title_full Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays
title_fullStr Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays
title_full_unstemmed Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays
title_sort Python implementation and validation of an Optimization Method for Interferometric Antenna Arrays
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cabral, Luca
Fernández Corazza, Mariano
Gancio, Guillermo
Benaglia, Paula
author Cabral, Luca
author_facet Cabral, Luca
Fernández Corazza, Mariano
Gancio, Guillermo
Benaglia, Paula
author_role author
author2 Fernández Corazza, Mariano
Gancio, Guillermo
Benaglia, Paula
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ingeniería
interferometric instrumentation
optimization
numerical methods
topic Ingeniería
interferometric instrumentation
optimization
numerical methods
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv A main task to solve while designing a radio interferometer is the location of the antenna-elements, a problem that defines the interferometer response. The solution determines which points of the Fourier plane (or uv plane) will be sampled, together with their density. These characteristics are extremely important because the antenna locations, in turn, define the synthesized beam or point spread function (PSF) of the whole instrument. An inadequate array configuration implies an ill- constructed synthesized beam. Consequences of inadequate arrays are for example the need to delete measures over a range of spatial frequencies due to low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or, at the data reduction stage, to degrade spatial resolution in order to get a cleaner image. In this work, we implement a method to optimize the antenna locations, starting with an initial random configuration and a desired or objective sample density function, taking into account if there are terrain constraints.
Instituto de Investigaciones en Electrónica, Control y Procesamiento de Señales
description A main task to solve while designing a radio interferometer is the location of the antenna-elements, a problem that defines the interferometer response. The solution determines which points of the Fourier plane (or uv plane) will be sampled, together with their density. These characteristics are extremely important because the antenna locations, in turn, define the synthesized beam or point spread function (PSF) of the whole instrument. An inadequate array configuration implies an ill- constructed synthesized beam. Consequences of inadequate arrays are for example the need to delete measures over a range of spatial frequencies due to low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or, at the data reduction stage, to degrade spatial resolution in order to get a cleaner image. In this work, we implement a method to optimize the antenna locations, starting with an initial random configuration and a desired or objective sample density function, taking into account if there are terrain constraints.
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