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Facilities > VLA > Documentation > Manuals > VLA Observational Status Summary 2013A > Performance of the VLA
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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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