The EVLA (Phase 1)
The EVLA
0.04”
0.4”
0.4”
Spatial resolution @ 5 GHz
666
351
351
No. baselines
100%
75%
25%
(Log) Frequency coverage
0.3-50 GHz
~1 Hz
~1 Hz
381 Hz
Max frequency resolution
16384
[262144]
16384
[262144]
512
Max. frequency channels
16384
16384
16
No. frequency channels,
full BW
8 GHz
8 GHz
0.1 GHz
Maximum bandwidth in
each pol’n
4
4
2
No. baseband pairs
0.6
m
Jy
0.8
m
Jy
10
m
Jy
Point source sensitivity
VLA
Phase 1
Phase 2