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We present the results of a high angular resolution (1.1") and sensitivity (maximum of ~0.1 mJy) radio survey at 1-2 GHz in the Galactic Bulge. This complements the X-ray Chandra Galactic Bulge Survey, and investigates the full radio source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-09 E. C. Pattie , T. J. Maccarone , C. T. Britt , C. O. Heinke , P. G. Jonker , D. R. Lorimer , G. R. Sivakoff , D. Steeghs , J. Strader , M. A. P. Torres , R. Wijnands

We present $4-12$ GHz in-band spectral energy distributions with accompanying 6 GHz and 10 GHz imaging results for a volume-complete sample ($<40$ Mpc) of hard X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) observed with the Karl G. Jansky…

Very Long Baseline Interferometry is capable of measuring the gravitational delay caused by the Sun and planet gravitational fields. The post-Newtonian parameter $\gamma$ is now estimated with accuracy of $\sigma_{\gamma}=2\cdot 10^{-4}$…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-04 Anastassia Girdiuk , Oleg Titov

To determine the location of the intra-day variable (IDV) emission region within the jet of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714, a multi-epoch VSOP polarization experiment was performed in Autumn 2000. To detect, image, and monitor the short term…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 U. Bach , T. P. Krichbaum , A. Kraus , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

In this paper, I present the likely technological development of VLBI, and its impact on the astronomical community over the next 1-5 years. VLBI is currently poised to take advantage of the rapid development in commercial off-the-shelf…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Garrett

Imaging relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) at angular resolution significantly surpassing that of the ground-based VLBI at centimetre wavelengths is one of the key science objectives of the RadioAstron space-VLBI mission.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-10 Gabriele Bruni , Tuomas Savolainen , Jose Luis Gómez , Andrei P. Lobanov , Yuri Y. Kovalev

We present new VLA, MERLIN and VLBI images for the radio galaxy 3C 338, and the results of the monitoring of its arcsecond core flux density. Present high sensitivity observations allow us to investigate the radio structure of this source…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. Giovannini , W. D. Cotton , L. Feretti , L. Lara , T. Venturi

We report on a recent 90 cm wide-field VLBI survey of two 3.1 deg^2 fields using the VLBA, Westerbork and Jodrell Bank telescopes. In-beam calibration was used to calibrate each field, the process was simplified by imaging the calibrators…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Emil Lenc , Mike A. Garrett , Olaf Wucknitz , James M. Anderson , Steven J. Tingay

High precision astrometric Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (S-VLBI) at the low end of the conventional frequency range, i.e. 20cm, is a requirement for a number of high priority science goals. These are headlined by obtaining…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 R. Dodson , M. Rioja , Y. Asaki , H. Imai , X. -Y. Hong , Z. Shen

We discuss the advantages which the next generation interferometer SKA (the Square Kilometer Array) will bring for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) at centimeter wavelengths. With a sensitivity to micro-Jy level flux density, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. P. Krichbaum , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

This paper presents the catalog of correlated flux densities in three ranges of baseline projection lengths of 637 sources from a 43 GHz (Q-band) survey observed with the Korean VLBI Network. Of them, 623 sources have not been observed…

We report 18cm VLBI continuum imaging observations at 5 mas resolution for UGC 5101, NGC 7469, and Mrk 231, all part of a sample of Luminous Infrared Galaxies which have been shown to have strong VLBI radio cores. The radio morphology of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Carol J. Lonsdale , Colin J. Lonsdale , Harding E. Smith , Philip J. Diamond

The present generation of radio telescopes, combined with powerful new spectrometers, is opening a new age of redshifted radio absorption-line studies. Outfitting of arrays of antennas, such as the European VLBI Network and the upgraded…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. H. Briggs

We have observed three Type 2 radio loud active galactic nuclei using the VLBA at five frequencies between 1.6 GHz and 15 GHz, in a search for the free-free absorption cutoff predicted by some models for optically-obscuring dusty molecular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Richard Barvainis , Colin Lonsdale

We report on recent technical developments in the front- and back-ends for the four 20 m radio telescopes of the Japanese Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) project, VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA). We present a brief…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-21 Yoshiaki Hagiwara , Kazuhiro Hada , Mieko Takamura , Tomoaki Oyama , Aya Yamauchi , Syunsaku Suzuki

We present new radio observations of 9 members of a sample of 29 nearby (z < 0.2) BL Lac objects. The new data have been obtained with the European VLBI Network and/or the MERLIN at 1.6 and 5 GHz and complement previous observations. For…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Giroletti , G. Giovannini , G. B. Taylor , R. Falomo

High-redshift radio sources provide plentiful opportunities for studying the formation and evolution of early galaxies and supermassive black holes. However, the number of known radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) above redshift 4 is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-29 M. Krezinger , K. Perger , K. É. Gabányi , S. Frey , L. I Gurvits , Zs. Paragi , T. An , Y. Zhang , H. Cao , T. Sbarrato

We present an all-sky catalog of absolute positions and estimates of correlated flux density of 21,942 compact radio sources determined from processing interferometric visibility data of virtually all very long baseline interferometry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-20 Leonid Petrov , Yuri Y. Kovalev

We studied the radio structure of high-redshift (z>3) quasars with VSOP at 1.6 and 5 GHz. These sources are the most distant objects ever observed with Space VLBI, at rest-frame frequencies up to ~25 GHz. Here we give an account of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-01 S. Frey , L. I. Gurvits , A. P. Lobanov , R. T. Schilizzi , Z. Paragi

A small sample of 7 southern Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) radio sources has been selected as part of the study of a larger flux-limited complete sample of radio sources. High resolution images, using the VLBI network in the southern…