Archived ALMA CASAguides

Science Verification

The following ALMA science verification guides and scripts have been validated for older versions of CASA, and will not continue to be updated for new CASA releases.

• TWHydraBand7

- The protoplanetary disk source TW Hya at Band 7 (0.87 mm). Last validated for CASA 4.3.

• NGC3256Band3

- The galaxy merger NGC 3256 at Band 3 (3 mm). Last validated for CASA 4.3.

• ALMA2014 LBC SVDATA

- Imaging scripts and details for the 2014 ALMA Long Baseline Campaign science verification data for Juno, Mira, HL Tau, and SDP.81. Last validated for CASA 4.2.2.

• File:BR1202 SV Band7 Calibration notes.pdf

- Supplemental notes on the calibration of Science Verification target BR1202-0725 in CASA 3.3.

Other Guides

• TCLEAN and ALMA

- Last checked in CASA 6.5.4

• Cycle 0

- Last checked in CASA 4.2

- Helpful hints for downloading the data

- Imaging, self-calibration, and image analysis

Example data calibration scripts used for Cycle 0 data (CASA 3.4):

• File:TDM.example.ms.scriptForCalibration.py: TDM (128 channels/spw)
• File:FDM.example.ms.scriptForCalibration.py: FDM (3840 channels/spw)
• Updating a script to work with CASA 4.2: Update 3.4 scripts to 4.2 or later.

• Solar System Models in CASA 4.0

- Butler-JPL-Horizons 2010 (CASA 3.4) >> Butler-JPL-Horizons 2012 (CASA 4.0)