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The double pulsar J0737-3039A/B is a unique system with which to test gravitational theories in the strong-field regime. However, the accuracy of such tests will be limited by knowledge of the distance and relative motion of the system.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. T. Deller , M. Bailes , S. J. Tingay

The recent development of $\theta\mhyphen\theta$ techniques in pulsar scintillometry has opened the door for new high resolution imaging techniques of the scattering medium. By solving the phase retrieval problem and recovering the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 Daniel Baker , Walter Brisken , Marten H. van Kerkwijk , Rik van Lieshout , Ue-Li Pen

Very Long Baseline Interferometry, or VLBI, is the observing technique yielding the highest-resolution images today. Whilst a traditionally large fraction of VLBI observations is concentrating on Active Galactic Nuclei, the number of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Enno Middelberg , Uwe Bach

This paper presents an overview of recent progress at the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI). Development of the third-generation PAVO beam combiner has continued. The MUSCA beam combiner for high-precision differential…

Various sign-posts of recent star-formation activity, such as water and methanol maser emission or magnetically active low-mass young stars, can be detected with Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) radio arrays. The extremely accurate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 Laurent Loinard , Mark J. Reid

Wide-field surveys are a commonly-used method for studying thousands of objects simultaneously, to investigate, e.g., the joint evolution of star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei. VLBI observations can yield valuable input to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Enno Middelberg , Adam Deller , John Morgan , Helge Rottmann , Walter Alef , Steven Tingay , Ray Norris , Uwe Bach , Walter Brisken , Emil Lenc

Determination of pulsar parallaxes and proper motions addresses fundamental astrophysical questions. We have recently finished a VLBI astrometry project to determine the proper motions and parallaxes of 27 pulsars, thereby doubling the…

Context. The precise determinations of stellar mass at $\sim$1% provide important constraints on stellar evolution models. Accurate parallax measurements can also serve as independent benchmarks for the next Gaia data release. Aims. We aim…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-27 A. Gallenne , G. Pietrzyński , D. Graczyk , B. Pilecki , J. Storm , N. Nardetto , M. Taormina , W. Gieren , A. Tkachenko , P. Kervella , A. Mérand , M. Weber

We report results of investigation of amplitude calibration for very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations with Korean VLBI Network (KVN). Amplitude correction factors are estimated based on comparison of KVN observations at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 Sang-Sung Lee , Do-Young Byun , Chung Sik Oh , Hyo Ryoung Kim , Jongsoo Kim , Taehyun Jung , Se-Jin Oh , Duk-Gyoo Roh , Dong-Kyu Jung , Jae-Hwan Yeom

We report results of the performance evaluation of a new hardware correlator in Korea, the Daejeon correlator, developed by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). We…

Over the last 20 years Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor interferometric astrometry has produced precise and accurate parallaxes of astrophysical interesting stars and mass estimates for stellar companions. We review parallax…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 G. Fritz Benedict , Barbara E. McArthur , Edmund P. Nelan , Thomas E. Harrison

In-correlator techniques offer the possibility of identifying and/or excising radio frequency interference (RFI) from interferometric observations at much higher time and/or frequency resolution than is generally possible with the final…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-03 Adam T. Deller

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) combines the signals of telescopes distributed across thousands of kilometres to provide some of the highest angular resolution images of astrophysical phenomena. Due to computational expense,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Jack F. Radcliffe , J. P. McKean , C. Herbé-George , L. Coetzer , T. Matsepane

The balloon-borne very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) experiment is a technical feasibility study for performing radio interferometry in the stratosphere. The flight model has been developed. A balloon-borne VLBI station will be…

Improved distance measurements to millisecond pulsars can enhance pulsar timing array (PTA) sensitivity to gravitational-waves, improve tests of general relativity with binary pulsars, improve constraints on fuzzy dark matter, and more.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-12 Chiara M. F. Mingarelli , Lauren Anderson , Megan Bedell , David N. Spergel , Abigail Moran

Dispersion in the interstellar medium is a well known phenomenon that follows a simple relationship, which has been used to predict the time delay of dispersed radio pulses since the late 1960s. We performed wide-band simultaneous…

We report on a very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) experiment on giant radio pulses (GPs) from the Crab pulsar in the radio 1.4 to 1.7 GHz range to demonstrate a VLBI technique for searching for fast radio bursts (FRBs). We carried out…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-29 K. Takefuji , T. Terasawa , T. Kondo , R. Mikami , H. Takeuchi , H. Misawa , F. Tsuchiya , H. Kita , M. Sekido

We show that distances of objects at cosmological distances can be measured directly using interferometry. Our approach to interferometric parallax comes from analysis of 4-point amplitude and intensity correlations that can be generated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Pankaj Jain , John P. Ralston

We present the principal astrometric results of the very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) program undertaken in support of the Gravity Probe B (GP-B) relativity mission. VLBI observations of the GP-B guide star, the RS CVn binary IM…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 M. I. Ratner , N. Bartel , M. F. Bietenholz , D. E. Lebach , J. -F. Lestrade , R. R. Ransom , I. I. Shapiro