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VLA Observational Status Summary 2013B

VLA capabilities September 2013 - January 2014

  1. Introduction
    1. Purpose of Document
    2. The Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) project
    3. VLA Science Opportunities
      1. General
      2. P-band
  2. An Overview of the VLA
  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. Image Fidelity
      2. Invisible Structures
      3. Poorly Sampled Fourier Plane
      4. Sidelobes from Confusing Sources
      5. Sidelobes from Strong Sources
      6. Wide-band Imaging
      7. Wide Field Imaging
    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. General Capabilities
        1. Introduction
        2. Wideband Observing
        3. Spectral Line Configurations
        4. Continuum Subarrays
      2. Shared Risk Observing Program
      3. Resident Shared Risk Observing Program
    16. VLBI Observations
    17. Snapshots
    18. Shadowing and Cross-Talk
    19. Combining Configurations and Mosaicing
    20. Pulsar Observing
  4. Using the VLA
    1. Obtaining Observing Time on the VLA
    2. Director's Discretionary Time
    3. Helpdesk
    4. Observation Preparation
    5. Dynamic and Fixed-Date Scheduling
    6. The Observations and Remote Observing
    7. Data Access
    8. Data Processing
    9. Travel Support for Visiting the SOC and VLA
    10. Student Observing Support Program
    11. Computing at the SOC
    12. Reservations for the VLA site and/or SOC
    13. Staying in Socorro
    14. Help for Visitors to the VLA and SOC
    15. On-Line Information about the NRAO and the VLA
  5. Publication Guidelines
    1. Acknowledgement
    2. Dissertations
    3. Preprints
    4. Reprints
    5. Page Charge Support
  6. Documentation
  7. Key Personnel
  8. Acknowledgements

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