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   <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Solar-Terrestrial Physics</journal-id>
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    <journal-title xml:lang="en">Solar-Terrestrial Physics</journal-title>
    <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
     <trans-title>Solar-Terrestrial Physics</trans-title>
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   <issn publication-format="online">2500-0535</issn>
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   <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">122598</article-id>
   <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12737/stp-122202613</article-id>
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     <subject>Results of current research</subject>
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     <subject>Results of current research</subject>
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     <subject>Results of current research</subject>
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    <article-title xml:lang="en">Correction for pointing errors of Siberian Radioheliograph antennas</article-title>
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     <trans-title>Correction for pointing errors of Siberian Radioheliograph antennas</trans-title>
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     <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9174-7350</contrib-id>
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      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Глоба</surname>
       <given-names>Мария Викторовна</given-names>
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      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>Globa</surname>
       <given-names>Mariia Viktorovna</given-names>
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     <email>globa@iszf.irk.ru</email>
     <bio xml:lang="ru">
      <p>аспирант физико-математических наук;</p>
     </bio>
     <bio xml:lang="en">
      <p>graduate student of physical and mathematical sciences;</p>
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      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Губин</surname>
       <given-names>Алексей Владимирович</given-names>
      </name>
      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>Gubin</surname>
       <given-names>Aleksey Vladimirovich</given-names>
      </name>
     </name-alternatives>
     <email>gubin@iszf.irk.ru</email>
     <bio xml:lang="ru">
      <p>кандидат физико-математических наук;</p>
     </bio>
     <bio xml:lang="en">
      <p>candidate of physical and mathematical sciences;</p>
     </bio>
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     <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1651-1259</contrib-id>
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      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Лесовой</surname>
       <given-names>Сергей Владимирович</given-names>
      </name>
      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>Lesovoi</surname>
       <given-names>Sergey Vladimirovich</given-names>
      </name>
     </name-alternatives>
     <email>lesovoi@iszf.irk.ru</email>
     <bio xml:lang="ru">
      <p>доктор физико-математических наук;</p>
     </bio>
     <bio xml:lang="en">
      <p>doctor of physical and mathematical sciences;</p>
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     <institution xml:lang="ru">Институт солнечно-земной физики СО РАН</institution>
     <city>Иркутск</city>
     <country>Россия</country>
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     <institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS</institution>
     <city>Irkutsk</city>
     <country>Russian Federation</country>
    </aff>
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    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="ru">Институт солнечно-земной физики СО РАН</institution>
     <city>Иркутск</city>
     <country>Россия</country>
    </aff>
    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS</institution>
     <city>Irkutsk</city>
     <country>Russian Federation</country>
    </aff>
   </aff-alternatives>
   <aff-alternatives id="aff-3">
    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="ru">Институт солнечно-земной физики СО РАН</institution>
     <city>Иркутск</city>
     <country>Россия</country>
    </aff>
    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS</institution>
     <city>Irkutsk</city>
     <country>Russian Federation</country>
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   <volume>12</volume>
   <issue>2</issue>
   <fpage>114</fpage>
   <lpage>118</lpage>
   <history>
    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-11-07T00:00:00+03:00">
     <day>07</day>
     <month>11</month>
     <year>2025</year>
    </date>
    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-03-02T00:00:00+03:00">
     <day>02</day>
     <month>03</month>
     <year>2026</year>
    </date>
   </history>
   <self-uri xlink:href="https://naukaru.ru/en/nauka/article/122598/view">https://naukaru.ru/en/nauka/article/122598/view</self-uri>
   <abstract xml:lang="ru">
    <p>For radio interferometers, antenna pointing accuracy is critical, as deviations in the direction of the beam from the source not only reduce the signal level, but also lead to incorrect measurements of visibility phases. These distortions cannot be corrected during data processing and reduce the dynamic range of images. The measurement method involves determining the deviation of the beam from the center of the Sun for different azimuth and elevation angles and fitting the resulting dependence using a model developed for altazimuth mounts. The model allows us to determine the deviation of the mount axis from the zenith direction, the non-orthogonality of the azimuth and elevation axes, the azimuth offset of the feed, and the azimuth and elevation constants. Mechanical adjustment of these parameters with the specified accuracy is impossible, so the correction was performed by introducing corrections to each moment in time for each antenna. Using the described technique, we managed to achieve an antenna pointing accuracy of approximately 2 arcmin.</p>
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    <p>For radio interferometers, antenna pointing accuracy is critical, as deviations in the direction of the beam from the source not only reduce the signal level, but also lead to incorrect measurements of visibility phases. These distortions cannot be corrected during data processing and reduce the dynamic range of images. The measurement method involves determining the deviation of the beam from the center of the Sun for different azimuth and elevation angles and fitting the resulting dependence using a model developed for altazimuth mounts. The model allows us to determine the deviation of the mount axis from the zenith direction, the non-orthogonality of the azimuth and elevation axes, the azimuth offset of the feed, and the azimuth and elevation constants. Mechanical adjustment of these parameters with the specified accuracy is impossible, so the correction was performed by introducing corrections to each moment in time for each antenna. Using the described technique, we managed to achieve an antenna pointing accuracy of approximately 2 arcmin.</p>
   </trans-abstract>
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    <kwd>solar radio telescope</kwd>
    <kwd>pointing of altazimuth mounts</kwd>
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    <kwd>solar radio telescope</kwd>
    <kwd>pointing of altazimuth mounts</kwd>
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    <funding-statement xml:lang="ru">The work was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation</funding-statement>
    <funding-statement xml:lang="en">The work was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation</funding-statement>
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