RADIOASTRON PROJECT: CALIBRATION OF THE SPACE RADIO TELESCOPE DURING THE FLIGHT IN 2011-2018 IN THE 1.35, 6.2, 18, 92 CM BANDS USING IMPROVED PRIMARY CALIBRATION SCALES
Section: ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS
Authors:
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Astro Space Center of P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute
2.
Astro Space Center of P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute
3.
Astro Space Center of P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute
4.
Astro Space Center of P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Astro Space Center of P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso
Institute of Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso
6.
Astro Space Center of P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Type:
Сonference article
Published:
27.12.2024
Subject area:
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Language:
English
Keywords:
methods: observational
Abstract (English):
We summarize the results of processing calibration telemetry sessions for the four known primary calibrators of spectral radio flux density—Cassiopeia A, Crab Nebula, Cygnus A, and Virgo A—in the autonomous observation mode with the space radio telescope (SRT) in flight. A new system of automated data processing was used, previously successfully tested in similar processing of the measurements with the SRT in 2015–2018 in the 6.2, 18, and 92 cm bands. The calibration of the SRT intrinsic noise and the internal artificial generators of the noise signal (NG) was performed for two versions of the primary scale of spectral radio flux density: the generally accepted original scale by Baars et al. suggested in 1977 and its improved version based on the results from newer publications. The main differences between the versions are related to the fact that the actual rate of secular variation in the fluxes of astronomical calibrators differs from the extrapolated values in the previously accepted scale. Preliminary results for the SRT calibration with the improved scale coincide within 10–15 percent with the results published earlier.
We summarize the results of processing calibration telemetry sessions for the four known primary calibrators of spectral radio flux density—Cassiopeia A, Crab Nebula, Cygnus A, and Virgo A—in the autonomous observation mode with the space radio telescope (SRT) in flight. A new system of automated data processing was used, previously successfully tested in similar processing of the measurements with the SRT in 2015–2018 in the 6.2, 18, and 92 cm bands. The calibration of the SRT intrinsic noise and the internal artificial generators of the noise signal (NG) was performed for two versions of the primary scale of spectral radio flux density: the generally accepted original scale by Baars et al. suggested in 1977 and its improved version based on the results from newer publications. The main differences between the versions are related to the fact that the actual rate of secular variation in the fluxes of astronomical calibrators differs from the extrapolated values in the previously accepted scale. Preliminary results for the SRT calibration with the improved scale coincide within 10–15 percent with the results published earlier.
Keywords:
methods: observational
methods: observational
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