Self-calibration usage modes for initial capability:
- Phase-only, continuum-only
- Amplitude attempts as future development possibility
- Single pointing observations (no mosaics)
- Aggregate continuum self-calibration (gaincal combine=spw, applycal spwmap)
- Per-spw self-calibration (mapping from wide to narrow windows)
- Need to understand conditions where per-spw will perform better
- Long and short baseline observations
Later Usage modes to consider:
- Support for self-calibration within mosaics (interpolation over entire scans).
Pre-requisites:
S/N < X.0 (suggest 5.0, but will test) for a given target per scan such that it makes sense to attempt self-cal.
Test Suite:
| Telescope | Project Code | MOUS/FSID | Band | Configuration | EBs | Targets | Notes | Original Peak SNR | Selfcal Peak SNR | min solint | Original RMS | Final RMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALMA | 2019.1.01425.S | uid://A001/X1465/Xd60 | 6 | C-10 | 1 | 7 | uses full MSes | |||||
| ALMA | 2017.1.01413.S | uid://A001/X1273/X7bc | 6 | C-4 | 2 | 5 | uses full MSes, cont.dat, test case for spectral averagimg | |||||
| ALMA | 2019.1.00261.L | uid://A001/X146c/X26f | 6 | C-5 | 2 | 2 | spectrally averaged, 2 spws, used for fast runs | |||||
| ALMA | 2018.1.00427.S | uid://A001/X133d/X1b87 | 6 | C-9 | 2 | 1 | uses only continuum spw | |||||
| ALMA | 2015.1.01503.S | uid://A001/X2d8/X287 | 7 | C-4 | 6 | 11 | polarization project, all data in a single combined MS, uses TDM | |||||
| ALMA | 2018.1.00962.S | uid://A001/X133d/X2727 | 9 | C-3 | 1 | 1 | uses full MSes, cont.dat, | |||||
| ALMA-ACA | 2017.1.00857.S | uid://A001/X12c4/X217 | 8 | ACA | 8 | 4 | uses full MSes, cont.dat, | |||||
| VLA | 13B-454 | 13B-454.sb29509255.eb29947371.56956.79185517361 | C | C | 1 | 1 | M82, high DR, extended | 1015 | 4438 | 17s | 168 | 46 |
VLA | 13B-454 | 13B-454.sb29105214.eb29105303.56758.17242523148 | C | A | 1 | 1 | M82, high DR, extended | |||||
| VLA | 15A-370 | 15A-370.sb30976913.eb30980293.57204.36680753472 15A-370.sb30976913.eb30978455.57203.32521244213 | Ka, Q | A | 2 | 1 | compact, low DR | A: 28 Q:19 | A: - Q: - | A: None Q: None | A: 12 Q: 19 | A: - Q: - |
| VLA | 17B-188 | 17B-188.sb35564398.eb35590549.58363.10481791667 | S,C,Ku,K,Ka | C | 1 | 2 | compact at HF, compact+extended at LF, multiband | S: 1357 C: 966 U: 174 K: 101 A: 70 | S: - C: 1104 U: 259 K: 208 A: 115 | S: None C: inf U: 33s K: int A: inf | S: 29 C: 26 U: 72 K: 86 A: 83 | S: - C: 22 U: 52 K: 51 A: 59 |
| VLA | TDRW0001 | TDRW0001.sb35624494.eb35628826.58395.23719237269 | S | D | 1 | 1 | extended, high DR | 3097 | 4912 | 25s | 47 | 30 |
| VLA | 16B-427 | 16B-427.sb33651951.eb34041883.57963.57173581018 | L,S,C,X,K, Q | C | 1 | 1 | multiband | L: 362 S: 214 C: 104 X: 792 K: 424 Q: 222 | L: 344 S: 212 C: 105 X: 737 K: 590 Q: 534 | L: inf S: inf_EB C: inf_EB X: 72s K: 42s Q: int | L: 94 S: 69 C: 147 X: 27 K: 59 Q: 75 | L: 99 S: 69 C: 148 X: 29 K: 47 Q: 73 |
| VLA | 20A-390 | 20A-390.sb37850360.eb37919292.58894.32864972222 20A-390.sb37850360.eb37920910.58895.323193819444 20A-390.sb37850360.eb37926293.58898.356132071756 20A-390.sb37850360.eb37933285.58900.24178115741 20A-390.sb37850360.eb37933287.58900.32599280092 | Ka | C | 5 | 1 | point source, low dec | 162 | 277 | 129s | 51 | 49 |
| VLA | 21A-178 | 21A-178.sb39472833.eb39589695.59326.113018460645 | X | D | 21 | 1 | variety of S/N | SN 2014L 74 SN 2004gk 37 SN 1990B 164 SN 2004cc 161 SN 1987K 540 PTF10bfz 422 SN 1997dq 17 SN 2011bm 207 SN 2015bn 215 SN 2003dg 16 SN 2007I 32 SN 2004gn 421 SN 2007rw 18 SN 2000ew 21 SN 2014ad 34 SN 2002bm 60 SN 2008aq 14 SN 2005bh 6 SN 2004gj 34 SN 2002ji 78 LSQ13abf 9 | SN 2014L 74 SN 2004gk 37 SN 1990B 166 SN 2004cc 167 SN 1987K 603 PTF10bfz 431 SN 1997dq 17 SN 2011bm 215 SN 2015bn 236 SN 2003dg 16 SN 2007I 32 SN 2004gn 433 SN 2007rw 19 SN 2000ew 21 SN 2014ad 34 SN 2002bm 61 SN 2008aq 14 SN 2005bh 6 SN 2004gj 35 SN 2002ji 79 LSQ13abf 9 | SN 2014L inf_EB SN 2004gk None SN 1990B 81.00s SN 2004cc int SN 1987K int PTF10bfz 39.00s SN 1997dq 81.00s SN 2011bm int SN 2015bn 39.00s SN 2003dg inf_EB SN 2007I inf_EB SN 2004gn inf_EB SN 2007rw 162.00s SN 2000ew 162.00s SN 2014ad None SN 2002bm 39.00s SN 2008aq None SN 2005bh None SN 2004gj 39.00s SN 2002ji 162.00s LSQ13abf None | SN 2014L 22 SN 2004gk 11 SN 1990B 14 SN 2004cc 14 SN 1987K 56 PTF10bfz 12 SN 1997dq 14 SN 2011bm 12 SN 2015bn 15 SN 2003dg 12 SN 2007I 12 SN 2004gn 15 SN 2007rw 12 SN 2000ew 14 SN 2014ad 13 SN 2002bm 12 SN 2008aq 12 SN 2005bh 12 SN 2004gj 12 SN 2002ji 12 LSQ13abf 11 | SN 2014L 22 SN 2004gk 11 SN 1990B 13 SN 2004cc 14 SN 1987K 51 PTF10bfz 12 SN 1997dq 14 SN 2011bm 12 SN 2015bn 14 SN 2003dg 12 SN 2007I 12 SN 2004gn 15 SN 2007rw 12 SN 2000ew 14 SN 2014ad 13 SN 2002bm 12 SN 2008aq 12 SN 2005bh 12 SN 2004gj 12 SN 2002ji 12 LSQ13abf 11 |