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The ``WAPP'' Correlator

The WAPP (for ``Wideband Arecibo Pulsar Processor'' as it first reached astronomers as a pulsar processor, with standard spectral-line operation appearing later), is the replacement for the ``interim'' correlator. The WAPP provides eight sub-correlators, each of these sub-correlators having sixteen 1024-lag chips. Each of 4 pairs of sub-correlators can be set up with their own independent bandwidths and configurations. Table 5 specifies the available configurations. The maximum bandwidth per sub-correlator is 100 MHz, with 9 other alternative bandwidths being available in decreasing octave steps. The WAPP offers both 3- and 9-level operation, both for standard autocorrelation (total-power) and auto+cross correlation (all four Stokes parameters) modes. The WAPP also offers a direct-sampling option. Details of the many WAPP capabilities are to be found at
http://www.naic.edu/alfa/gen_info/wapp_fact_sheet.shtml, with the WAPP 8-board mode being described at http://www.naic.edu/~cima/cima_dual_board.html.


Table: WAPP spectral-line configurations with all 4 digital filter boards

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Robert Minchin 2012-02-22