3. Performance of the VLA

1. Introduction
2. Resolution
3. Sensitivity
4. VLA Frequency Bands and Tunability
5. VLA Samplers
6. Field of View
   1. Introduction
   2. Primary Beam
   3. Chromatic Aberration (Bandwidth Smearing)
   4. Time-Averaging Loss
   5. Non-Coplanar Baselines
7. Time Resolution and Data Rates
8. Radio-Frequency Interference
9. Subarrays
10. Positional Accuracy
11. Limitations on Imaging Performance
    1. Introduction
    2. Image Fidelity
    3. Invisible Structures
    4. Poorly Sampled Fourier Plane
    5. Sidelobes from Confusing Sources
    6. Sidelobes from Strong Sources
12. Calibration and Flux Density Scale
13. Complex Gain Calibration
    1. General Guidelines for Gain Calibration
    2. Rapid Phase Calibration and the Atmospheric Phase Interferometer (API)
14. Polarization
15. Correlator Configurations
    1. Introduction
    2. General Capabilities
       1. Introduction
       2. Wideband Observing
       3. Spectral Line Configurations
       4. Continuum Subarrays
    3. Shared Risk Observing Program
    4. Resident Shared Risk Observing Program
16. VLBI Observations
17. Snapshots
18. Shadowing and Cross-Talk
19. Combining Configurations and Mosaicing
20. Pulsar Observing

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