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Characterisation of the MALT90 Survey and the Mopra Telescope at 90 GHz
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Foster, JB and Rathborne, JM and Sanhueza, P and Claysmith, C and Whitaker, JS and Jackson, JM and Mascoop, JL and Wienen, M and Breen, SL and Herpin, F and Duarte-Cabral, A and Csengeri, T and Contreras, Y and Indermuehle, B and Barnes, PJ and Walsh, AJ and Cunningham, MR and Britton, TR and Voronkov, MA and Urquhart, JS and Alves, J and Jordan, CH and Hill, T and Hoq, S and Brooks, KJ and Longmore, SN, Characterisation of the MALT90 Survey and the Mopra Telescope at 90 GHz, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 30 Article e038. ISSN 1448-6083 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 Astronomical Society of Australia
Abstract
We characterise the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz Survey (MALT90) and the Mopra telescope at 90 GHz. We combine repeated position-switched observations of the source G300.968+01.145 with a map of the same source in order to estimate the pointing reliability of the position-switched observations and, by extension, the MALT90 survey; we estimate our pointing uncertainty to be 8 arcsec. We model the two strongest sources of systematic gain variability as functions of elevation and time-of-day and quantify the remaining absolute flux uncertainty. Corrections based on these two variables reduce the scatter in repeated observations from 12%–25% down to 10%–17%. We find no evidence for intrinsic source variability in G300.968+01.145. For certain applications, the corrections described herein will be integral for improving the absolute flux calibration of MALT90 maps and other observations using the Mopra telescope at 90 GHz.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | astrochemistry; H II regions; instrumentation: spectrographs; ISM: individual (RCW 65); radio lines: ISM; telescopes |
| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | Astronomical instrumentation |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Jordan, CH (Mr Christopher Jordan) |
| ID Code: | 87075 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 43 |
| Deposited By: | Mathematics and Physics |
| Deposited On: | 2013-11-06 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-04-02 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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