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Correlation Function

Figure 8.5: A lag spectrum display for a 128MHz bandwidth observation of a strong source.
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Below is the lag spectrum (correlation function) produced when observing a strong calibrator in continuum (bandwidth 128MHz) mode with 32 channels. This function is the Fourier transform of the spectrum, so for a pure square wave type spectrum you expect a sinc function.

Below is the lag spectrum produced when observing a weak calibrator in spectral line (bandwidth 8MHz) mode using 1024 channels. This function is the Fourier transform of the spectrum, so for a pure square wave type spectrum you expect a very narrow sinc function.

Figure 8.6: A lag spectrum display for an 8MHz bandwidth observation of a weak calibrator source.
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Robin Wark 2006-10-24