The DiFX Software Correlator at IRA R I IRA-INAF /
The DiFX Software Correlator at IRA R I IRA-INAF /
The DiFX Software Correlator at IRA R I IRA-INAF /
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Chapter 1<br />
Introduction<br />
This report documents the software correl<strong>at</strong>or and associ<strong>at</strong>ed software<br />
th<strong>at</strong> we have installed <strong>at</strong> the Institute of Radio astronomy in Bologna.<br />
This will allow us to do our own Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)<br />
entirely within the institute all the way from antenna to public<strong>at</strong>ion. In<br />
addition it means th<strong>at</strong> there will be expertise on correl<strong>at</strong>ion within the<br />
institute.<br />
<strong>The</strong> centre of this effort is the <strong>DiFX</strong> software correl<strong>at</strong>or which allows<br />
software correl<strong>at</strong>ion on a standard computing cluster. <strong>The</strong>re is a range of<br />
software rel<strong>at</strong>ed to this correl<strong>at</strong>or; we need to choose which software to<br />
use, fill any gaps in the pipeline, and work out how to coordin<strong>at</strong>e these<br />
applic<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
This guide is intended both as a user guide and as a repository for all<br />
the inform<strong>at</strong>ion required to run correl<strong>at</strong>ions within the institute. Particular<br />
effort has been put into making sure further sources of inform<strong>at</strong>ion are<br />
referenced within this guide.<br />
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