Zambia Unit 4 2017-18
This unit was conducted by Martin Hardcastle and Hannah Stacey in 2017-18 for Zambia. The table below shows the schedule for this version of unit 4. Some have hyperlinks which you can use to see the materials while some are specific to this year's course. If you would like all of the materials use the buttons below to download a tarball. The editable Powerpoint (ppt) presentations are available to download for any future lecturers
| Day | Lectures (L) and Workshops (W) | Supplementary data |
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| 1 (04/06/18) |
(L) Overview & aims (W) Introduction to UNIX (W) Introduction to Python (L) Radio Interferometry: the easy take (L) Interferometry: first principles |
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| 2 (04/06/18) |
(W) Fun with Fourier Transforms/Pynterferometer (W) CASA: a guided tour (L) Observing with the EVN (W) CASA/ start calibration (L/W) Calibration: simple continuum |
Fun with FT data |
| 3 (04/06/18) |
(W) Calibration: simple continuum (cont.) (L) Imaging (W) Imaging |
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| 4 (04/06/18) |
(L) Determining input values (W) Continuum: Part 2 (L) Science talk (H. Stacey) |
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| 5 (04/06/18) |
(W) Continuum: Part 2 (L) Self-calibration (W) Self-calibration workshop (L) Week 1 Summary |
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| 6 (11/06/18) |
(L) Recap of week 1 (L) Hazards: RFI & errors (W) 3C277.1 calibration (L) Intro to advanced imaging |
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| 7 (12/06/18) |
(W) 3C277.1 imaging (L) Spectral line science (L) Spectral line data reduction (W) Spectral line workshop |
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| 8 (13/06/18) |
(W) Spectral line imaging (L) Modern Interferometers (W) Spectral line image analysis (L) Science talk (M. Hardcastle) |
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| 9 (14/06/18) |
(W) Spectral line image analysis (cont.) (L) Error recognition (W) Error recognition workshop (L) Life cycle of projects |
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| 10 (15/06/18) |
(L) Fringe fitting & AIPS (W) Telescope proposals (W) Life in Academia |