Wednesday, April 16, 2008

It takes 4 to...



Simulations to obtain best u-v coverage possible with 4 antennae

Onkar has some preliminary results from his u-v plane coverage simulations. Here are mouth-watering diagrams first.

Onkar generates the positions of antennas using some logic. This is independent of other details. His top image (u-v coverage of 6 antennas) was made using a logarithmic spiral distribution of 4 antennae. The second image was created when 4 antennae were used in a Y-shaped array, like the VLA.

His (possibly) best result is kept for the last, when is that, Onkar?