components.rst

RIME Components

The various components of the Radio Interferometer Measurement Equation (RIME) (Smirnov 2011, and references therein) are implemented in MeqSilhouette. The generic RIME is given by

V_pq = G_p(∑_sE_psK_psB_sK_qs^HE_qs^H)G_q^H

where for source s and antenna p, G_p and E_ps represent the direction-independent effects (DIEs) and direction-dependent effects (DDEs) respectively, K_ps represents the scalar phase delay matrix, and B_s represents the brightness matrix.

For more details, refer to Natarajan et al., (in prep).