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		| Paper: | 
		Cross Correlators | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		180, Synthesis Imaging in Radio Astronomy II | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		57 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Romney, J. D. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		This lecture presents the general concepts of correlation and spatial coherence functions, as they apply to correlator implementations for synthesis-imaging arrays. A uniform treatment, based in the spectral domain, is applied to the both the conventional lag and the spectral or `FX' correlator architectures. Parallel presentations of both architectures are given, including their strengths and weaknesses, although somewhat more emphasis is placed on the FX correlator because it is less familiar. | 
	 
	
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