Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• INTRODUCTION
  • Purpose of Document
  • EVLA Project and Transition
  
  
• AN OVERVIEW OF THE VLA
• PERFORMANCE OF THE VLA
  • Resolution
  • Sensitivity
  • EVLA Frequency Bands and Tunability
  • Elevation Effects
  • Field of View
  • Time Resolution
  • Radio-Frequency Interference
  • Antenna Pointing
  • Subarrays
  • Positional Accuracy
  • Limitations on Imaging Performance
  • Calibration and the Flux Density Scale
  • Phase Calibration
  • Polarization
  • Spectral Line Modes
  • VLBI Observations
  • Snapshots
  • Shadowing and Cross-Talk
  • Combining Configurations and Mosaicing
  • Pulsar Observing
  • Observing High Flux Density Sources - Special Corrections
  • Using VLA and EVLA Antennas Together
  
  
• USING THE VLA
  • Obtaining Observing Time on the VLA
  • Rapid Response Science
  • Data Analysts and General Assistance
  • Observing File Preparation
  • Fixed Date and Dynamic Scheduling
  • The Observations and Remote Observing
  • Data Processing
  • Travel Support for Visiting the AOC and VLA
  • Student Assistance for Data Reduction Visits to the AOC
  • Real-Time Observing
  • Computing at the AOC
  • Reservations for VLA and/or AOC
  • Staying in Socorro
  • Help for Visitors to the VLA and AOC
  • VLBI Remote Observing
  • On-Line Information about the NRAO and the VLA
  
  
• MISCELLANEOUS
  • VLA Archive Data
  • Publication Guidelines
  
  
• DOCUMENTATION
• KEY PERSONNEL
• Acknowledgments