Cygnus A jointly calibrated and imaged via non-convex optimization from VLA data
Cygnus A jointly calibrated and imaged via non-convex optimization from VLA data
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Cygnus A 通过 VLA 数据的非凸优化联合校准和成像
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stab1903
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Dabbech A
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作者:
Dabbech A
Radio interferometric (RI) data are noisy undersampled spatial Fourier components of the unknown radio sky affected by direction-dependent antenna gains. Failure to model these antenna gains accurately results in a radio sky estimate with limited fidelity and resolution. The RI inverse problem has been recently addressed via a joint calibration and imaging approach that consists in solving a non-convex minimization task, involving suitable priors for the direction-dependent effects (DDEs), namely temporal and spatial smoothness, and sparsity for the unknown radio map via an ℓ1-norm prior, in the context of realistic RI simulations. Building on these developments, we propose to promote sparsity of the radio map via a log-sum prior, enforcing sparsity more strongly than the ℓ1norm. The resulting minimization task is addressed via a sequence of non-convex minimization tasks composed of re-weighted ℓ1image priors, which are solved approximately. We demonstrate the efficiency of the approach on RI observations of the celebrated radio galaxy Cygnus A obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array at the frequency bandsX, C, andS. More precisely, we showcase that the approach enhances data fidelity significantly while achieving high-resolution high-dynamic range radio maps, confirming the suitability of the priors considered for the unknown DDEs and radio image. As a clear qualitative indication of the high fidelity achieved by the data and the proposed approach, we report the detection of three background sources in the vicinity of Cyg A, atSband.
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影响因子:
4.8
作者:
A. Repetti;J. Birdi;A. Dabbech;Y. Wiaux
通讯作者:
Y. Wiaux
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/770/2/91
发表时间:
2013
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
S. Bhatnagar;U. Rau;K. Golap
通讯作者:
K. Golap
DOI:
10.3847/0067-0049/223/1/17
发表时间:
2016
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
影响因子:
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作者:
M. Baes;J. Verstappen;I. de Looze;J. Fritz;W. Saftly;E. V. Pérez;M. Stalevski;S. Valcke
通讯作者:
S. Valcke
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
A. Dabbech;L. Wolz;L. Pratley;J. McEwen;Y. Wiaux
通讯作者:
Y. Wiaux
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Dabbech A
通讯作者:
Dabbech A