<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">DTSIM, still not ok<br />
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Name: Thomas Krichbaum</div>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Department: AIPS Data Reduction</div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Staff (Owner): Eric Greisen</div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Type: Issue</div>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Created: 13 December 2018 04:54 PM</div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Updated: 17 December 2018 07:32 PM</div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Reply due: 19 December 2018 07:32 PM (2d 0h 0m)</div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Resolution due: 08 September 2021 12:00 AM (995d 4h 27m)</div>
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yes, DPARM(4)= 0 looks ok to me. We want to simulate data which are as<br />
close as possible to what we get from a 'real' pol-VLBI experiment. In<br />
such an experiment the 1st thing we do is always to apply the<br />
parallactic angle correction (PANG in CLCOR) and then fringe on top of<br />
this. So in the final data we don't expect any parallactic angle<br />
dependence of I, Q, and U. DTSIM now seems to do this.<br />
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I still wonder why I could not recover the D-terms from a simulated data<br />
set using PCAL, when I use the same polarisation model as input? I will<br />
do some more checks later.<br />
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for DPARM(4)=1 I do see strong parallactic angle effects in the cross<br />
hands, as expected. But in the parallel hands the phase rotation seems<br />
to be less pronounced. Wouldn't one expect that both are similar ?<br />
Anyhow DPARM(4)=1 is not so important for me right now.<br />
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Thanks again for help !<br />
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regards Thomas<br />
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On 12/15/18 1:41 AM, Eric Greisen wrote:<br />
> Yes - in fact the old code is correct. RR and LL do wander apart<br />
> in phase due to the difference in parallactic angle between the<br />
> 2 telescopes. I suspect that the DiFX correlator "corrects" this<br />
> with a phase shift. I have added to the old code two corrections<br />
> 1. We must do this whether or not the D terms are non-zero<br />
> 2. By default, I will correct for the parallactic angle (a la CLCOR)<br />
> so that a point source at the origin has a constant I visibility. To<br />
> get the actual observed vis one can set DPARM(4) > 0 and then<br />
> the code does not do the correction.<br />
> <br />
> Note that I also changed to polarization type to APPROX from<br />
> VLBI. I am not sure what the latter does.<br />
> <br />
> Eric Greisen<br />
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Dr. Thomas P. Krichbaum<br />
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie<br />
Auf dem Huegel 69<br />
D-53121 Bonn / Germany<br />
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