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GPCAL: A Generalized Calibration Pipeline for Instrumental Polarization in VLBI Data
The Astrophysical Journal ( IF 4.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 , DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abcc6e
Jongho Park , Do-Young Byun , Keiichi Asada , Youngjoo Yun

We present the Generalized Polarization CALibration pipeline (GPCAL), an automated pipeline for instrumental polarization calibration of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) data. The pipeline is designed to achieve a high calibration accuracy by means of fitting the instrumental polarization model, including the second-order terms, to multiple calibrators data simultaneously. It also allows using more accurate linear polarization models of calibrators for D-term estimation compared to the conventional way that assumes similar linear polarization and total intensity structures. This assumption has widely been used in the existing packages for instrumental polarization calibration but could be a source of significant uncertainties when there is no suitable calibrator satisfying the assumption. We demonstrate the capabilities of GPCAL by using simulated data, archival Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) data of many active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets at 15 and 43 GHz, and our Korean VLBI Network (KVN) observations of many AGN jets at 86, 95, 130, and 142 GHz. The pipeline could reproduce the complex linear polarization structures of several sources shown in the previous studies using the same VLBA data. GPCAL also reveals a complex linear polarization structure in the flat-spectrum radio quasar 3C 273 from the KVN data at all four frequencies. These results demonstrate that GPCAL can achieve a high calibration accuracy for various VLBI arrays.

中文翻译:

GPCAL:VLBI 数据中仪器极化的通用校准管道

我们介绍了广义偏振校准管道 (GPCAL),这是一种用于超长基线干涉测量 (VLBI) 数据仪器偏振校准的自动化管道。该管道旨在通过将仪器极化模型(包括二阶项)同时拟合到多个校准器数据来实现高校准精度。与假设类似线性偏振和总强度结构的传统方法相比,它还允许使用更准确的校准器线性偏振模型进行 D 项估计。该假设已广泛用于仪器极化校准的现有软件包中,但当没有合适的校准器满足该假设时,可能会成为重大不确定性的来源。我们通过使用模拟数据、15 GHz 和 43 GHz 的许多活动星系核 (AGN) 喷流的存档甚长基线阵列 (VLBA) 数据以及我们对 86 GHz 的许多 AGN 喷流的韩国 VLBI 网络 (KVN) 观测来证明 GPCAL 的功能、95、130 和 142 GHz。该管道可以使用相同的 VLBA 数据重现先前研究中显示的多个源的复杂线性极化结构。GPCAL 还从所有四个频率的 KVN 数据中揭示了平谱射电类星体 3C 273 中复杂的线性极化结构。这些结果表明 GPCAL 可以为各种 VLBI 阵列实现高校准精度。和 142 GHz。该管道可以使用相同的 VLBA 数据重现先前研究中显示的多个源的复杂线性极化结构。GPCAL 还从所有四个频率的 KVN 数据中揭示了平谱射电类星体 3C 273 中复杂的线性极化结构。这些结果表明 GPCAL 可以为各种 VLBI 阵列实现高校准精度。和 142 GHz。该管道可以使用相同的 VLBA 数据重现先前研究中显示的多个源的复杂线性极化结构。GPCAL 还从所有四个频率的 KVN 数据中揭示了平谱射电类星体 3C 273 中复杂的线性极化结构。这些结果表明 GPCAL 可以为各种 VLBI 阵列实现高校准精度。
更新日期:2021-01-12
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