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| Paper: |
The Hamaker-Bregman-Sault Measurement Equation |
| Volume: |
180, Synthesis Imaging in Radio Astronomy II |
| Page: |
657 |
| Authors: |
Sault, R. J.; Cornwell, T. J. |
| Abstract: |
This lecture describes the use of the formalism of Jones and Mueller matrices in describing the polarimetric response of a radio interferometer. This formalism in radio interferometry has become known as the ``Hamaker-Bregman-Sault measurement equation''. Apart from providing a compact description, this formalism allows general results about the limits of polarimetric calibration and self-calibration to be determined relatively easily. It also provides an algorithmically general approach to the calibration of an interferometer, and has been used in the implementation of calibration in AIPS++. |
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