[evlatests] More on Phase Wobbles
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Thu Oct 15 10:33:13 EDT 2009
I have two C-band databases, one with a single subband, the other
with four. Both were taken on 3C273, but about an hour apart.
In comparing the wobbles in these two, I find that the amplitude
wobbles are identical in all characteristics. But the phase wobbles are
not:
In the first (single subband, at 16:44 IAT), the phase wobble (seen
only on 27 x 28) has a notably different period than that seen in the
second (four subbands, at 17:30 IAT). And indeed, within the 6 minute
duration of the first observation, the period of the phase wobble is
seen to change. More specifically,
At 16:38, Period = 0.78 second (and u = 0.08)
At 16:44, Period = 0.74 second (and u = 0.20)
At 17:30, Period = 0.49 second (and u = 1.08).
The X-band data, for which the period was seen to be 0.25 seconds,
was taken at 17:33 -- immediately following the 2nd C-band observation.
The ratio of the wobble frequencies is about the same as that of the
observing frequencies (8.5 GHz and 4.8 GHz)
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