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Characterising the Apertif primary beam response
H. Dénes, K. M. Hess, E. A. K. Adams, A. Kutkin, R. Morganti, J. M. van der Hulst, T. A. Oosterloo, V. A. Moss, B. Adebahr, W. J. G. de Blok, M. V. Ivashina, A. H. W. M. Coolen, S. Damstra, B. Hut, G. M. Loose, D. M. Lucero, Y. Maan, Á. Mika, M. J. Norden, L. C. Oostrum, D. J. Pisano, R. Smits, W. A. van Cappellen, R. van den Brink, D. van der Schuur, G. N. J. van Diepen, J. van Leeuwen, D. Vohl, S. J. Wijnholds, J. Ziemke
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Context. Phased Array Feeds (PAFs) are multi element receivers in the focal plane of a telescope that make it possible to form simultaneously multiple beams on the sky by combining the complex gains of the individual antenna elements. Recently the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) was upgraded with PAF receivers and carried out several observing programs including two imaging surveys and a time domain survey. The Apertif imaging surveys use a configuration, where 40 partially overlapping compound beams (CBs) are simultaneously formed on the sky and arranged in an approximately rectangular shape. Aims. This manuscript aims to characterise the response of the 40 Apertif CBs to create frequency-resolved, I, XX and YY polarization empirical beam shapes. The measured CB maps can be used for image deconvolution, primary beam correction and mosaicing of Apertif imaging data. Methods. We use drift scan measurements to measure the response of each of the 40 CBs of Apertif. We derive beam maps for all individual beams in I, XX and YY polarisation in 10 or 18 frequency bins over the same bandwidth as the Apertif imaging surveys. We sample the main lobe of the beams and the side lobes up to a radius of 0.6 degrees from the beam centres. In addition, we derive beam maps for each individual WSRT dish as well. Results. We present the frequency and time dependence of the beam shapes and sizes. We compare the compound beam shapes derived with the drift scan method to beam shapes derived with an independent method using a Gaussian Process Regression comparison between the Apertif continuum images and the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) catalogue. We find a good agreement between the beam shapes derived with the two independent methods.
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