• DesigningExperiments

PLANNING AN EXPERIMENT

• T. Venturi

Skeleton of the lecture

• Preparing a proposal
• Submission
• Preparation of the schedule
• Post-correlation

• 1 General introduction 2 Scientific Goal 3 Type of experiment
  • VLBI or linked array
  • frequency/ies
  • continuum/polarization/spectral line ...
  • individual source
  • wide field
  4 What is needed
  • Angular resolution
  • Largest angular scale
  • Interferometer sensitivity
  • Image sensitivity
  • Bandwidth
  • Large field of view
  5 Available documentation 6 Selection of the "parameters"
  • array
  • recording setup
  • on-source time
  • selection of calibrators and related issues
  7 Preparation of the schedule
  • visibility of target source/s
  • duty cycle target/calibrator
  • setup
  • briefly mention the packages used for the different arrays
  8 Observations and post*processing
  • look at the log files before starting the data reduction
  • go to first day of ERIS!