Jones Solvers Package

A reference library of python-based antenna Jones matrix solvers for radio interferometric calibration.

See the package documentation for usage and performance information.

Requirements

This package needs to have Python 3 and pip installed, as well as the Radio Astronomy Simulation, Calibration and Imaging Library (RASCIL) and its dependencies. RASCIL requires Python 3.8 or greater.

Install

This package can be installed using pip:

pip install --extra-index-url=https://artefact.skao.int/repository/pypi-internal/simple ska-sdp-jones-solvers

Or, once RASCIL has been installed using pip clone then install the package to access the various support scripts:

git clone https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/sdp/ska-sdp-jones-solvers.git  
cd ska-sdp-jones-solvers  
pip install .

Testing

Unit tests can be run to check the installation and dependencies:

python tests/processing_components/test_solve_jones.py

Example driver scripts are also available:

python examples/scripts/run_jones_solvers.py  
python examples/scripts/run_AA0.5.py