Using of pulsar spectra catalogue at frequencies below 80 MHz for astronomical calibration of phased antenna arrays

• DOI: 10.1109/ysf.2016.7753839
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Authors: S. N. Yerin; Iaroslavna Vasilieva; I. P. Kravtsov; I. N. Bubnov; V. V. Zakharenko; Vyacheslav Zakhar...; Serge Yerin; Igor Bubnov
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; Radio Astronomy

In this paper we show a possibility of applying the technique of radio astronomical calibration of antenna arrays of low-frequency radio telescopes using pulsar radio emission. A placement of two low-frequency radio telescopes UTR-2 and GURT at one observatory gives us a unique possibility of joint simultaneous observations in the same ionospheric conditions. In the paper results of B0809+74 pulsar observations are used to illustrate the proposed technique.