This page outlines both existing and planned pipelines for producing calibration solutions (with pulsar applications in mind).
Case 1: In-beam calibration
Overview
Green = Intermediate data products
Blue = processing steps
Steps
- Offline Fine PFB: The documentation for the offline fine PFB is found here. The FINEPFB filter should be used (as of this writing, 4 Nov 2021, this is the only available option).
- Offline Correlator: The documentation for the offline correlator is found here. On Garrawarla, there are two versions available, which differ by the integration time set by the underlying xGPU dependency. The module `offline_correlator/master` uses a "base" integration time of 0.1 secs, while the `offline_correlator/millisecond` module uses 0.02 secs. For the purposes of generating calibration solutions, the master version should be used. This step can also be achieved using the legacy pipeline, documented here.
- RTS: Currently, the only documentation is found on the legacy page.