VLA Observational Status Summary 2015B

VLA capabilities October 2015 - January 2016

1. Introduction
   1. Purpose of Document, Older Versions of the OSS
   2. An Overview of the VLA
   3. The Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) Project
2. Proposing for the VLA for the Next Semester
3. Performance of the VLA during the Next Semester
   1. Introduction
   2. Resolution
   3. Sensitivity
   4. VLA Frequency Bands and Tunability
   5. VLA Samplers
   6. Field of View
      1. Primary Beam
      2. Chromatic Aberration (Bandwidth Smearing)
      3. Time-Averaging Loss
      4. Non-Coplanar Baselines
   7. Time Resolution and Data Rates
   8. Radio-Frequency Interference
   9. Subarrays
   10. Positional Accuracy & Astrometry
   11. Limitations on Imaging Performance
       1. Image Fidelity
       2. Invisible Structures
       3. Poorly Sampled Fourier Plane
       4. Sidelobes from non-Deconvolved 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. VLBI Observations
   16. Snapshots
   17. Shadowing and Cross-Talk
   18. Combining Configurations and Mosaicking
   19. Pulsar Observing
4. The WIDAR Correlator
   1. Introduction
   2. Wideband Observing
   3. Spectral Line Observing
5. Documentation
6. Key Personnel
7. Editor's Notes

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