Future mmVLBI Research with ALMA: A European vision
Abstract
Very long baseline interferometry at millimetre/submillimetre wavelengths (mmVLBI) offers the highest achievable spatial resolution at any wavelength in astronomy. The anticipated inclusion of ALMA as a phased array into a global VLBI network will bring unprecedented sensitivity and a transformational leap in capabilities for mmVLBI. Building on years of pioneering efforts in the US and Europe the ongoing ALMA Phasing Project (APP), a US-led international collaboration with MPIfR-led European contributions, is expected to deliver a beamformer and VLBI capability to ALMA by the end of 2014 (APP: Fish et al. 2013, arXiv:1309.3519). This report focuses on the future use of mmVLBI by the international users community from a European viewpoint. Firstly, it highlights the intense science interest in Europe in future mmVLBI observations as compiled from the responses to a general call to the European community for future research projects. A wide range of research is presented that includes, amongst others: - Imaging the event horizon of the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy - Testing the theory of General Relativity an/or searching for alternative theories - Studying the origin of AGN jets and jet formation - Cosmological evolution of galaxies and BHs, AGN feedback - Masers in the Milky Way (in stars and star-forming regions) - Extragalactic emission lines and astro-chemistry - Redshifted absorption lines in distant galaxies and study of the ISM and circumnuclear gas - Pulsars, neutron stars, X-ray binaries - Testing cosmology - Testing fundamental physical constants
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@article{arxiv.1406.4650,
title = {Future mmVLBI Research with ALMA: A European vision},
author = {R. P. J. Tilanus and T. P. Krichbaum and J. A. Zensus and A. Baudry and M. Bremer and H. Falcke and G. Giovannini and R. Laing and H. J. van Langevelde and W. Vlemmings and Z. Abraham and J. Afonso and I. Agudo and A. Alberdi and J. Alcolea and D. Altamirano and S. Asadi and K. Assaf and P. Augusto and A-K. Baczko and M. Boeck and T. Boller and M. Bondi and F. Boone and G. Bourda and R. Brajsa and J. Brand and S. Britzen and V. Bujarrabal and S. Cales and C. Casadio and V. Casasola and P. Castangia and J. Cernicharo and P. Charlot and L. Chemin and Y. Clenet and F. Colomer and F. Combes and J. Cordes and M. Coriat and N. Cross and F. D'Ammando and D. Dallacasa and J-F. Desmurs and R. Eatough and A. Eckart and D. Eisenacher and S. Etoka and M. Felix and R. Fender and M. Ferreira and E. Freeland and S. Frey and C. Fromm and L. Fuhrmann and K. Gabanyi and R. Galvan-Madrid and M. Giroletti and C. Goddi and J. Gomez and E. Gourgoulhon and M. Gray and I. di Gregorio and R. Greimel and N. Grosso and J. Guirado and K. Hada and A. Hanslmeier and C. Henkel and F. Herpin and P. Hess and J. Hodgson and D. Horns and E. Humphreys and B. Hutawarakorn Kramer and V. Ilyushin and V. Impellizzeri and V. Ivanov and M. Julião and M. Kadler and E. Kerins and P. Klaassen and K. van 't Klooster and E. Kording and M. Kozlov and M. Kramer and A. Kreikenbohm and O. Kurtanidze and J. Lazio and A. Leite and M. Leitzinger and J. Lepine and S. Levshakov and R. Lico and M. Lindqvist and E. Liuzzo and A. Lobanov and P. Lucas and K. Mannheim and J. Marcaide and S. Markoff and I. Martí-Vidal and C. Martins and N. Masetti and M. Massardi and K. Menten and H. Messias and S. Migliari and A. Mignano and J. Miller-Jones and D. Minniti and P. Molaro and S. Molina and A. Monteiro and L. Moscadelli and C. Mueller and A. Müller and S. Muller and F. Niederhofer and P. Odert and H. Olofsson and M. Orienti and R. Paladino and F. Panessa and Z. Paragi and T. Paumard and P. Pedrosa and M. Pérez-Torres and G. Perrin and M. Perucho and D. Porquet and I. Prandoni and S. Ransom and D. Reimers and M. Rejkuba and L. Rezzolla and A. Richards and E. Ros and A. Roy and A. Rushton and T. Savolainen and R. Schulz and M. Silva and G. Sivakoff and R. Soria-Ruiz and R. Soria and M. Spaans and R. Spencer and B. Stappers and G. Surcis and A. Tarchi and M. Temmer and M. Thompson and J. Torrelles and J. Truestedt and V. Tudose and T. Venturi and J. Verbiest and J. Vieira and P. Vielzeuf and F. Vincent and N. Wex and K. Wiik and T. Wiklind and J. Wilms and E. Zackrisson and H. Zechlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.4650},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Replaced figures 2 and 3: corrected position SRT. Corrected minor typo in 5.1