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Results of processing of data of a VLBI experiment titled RAPL01 are presented. These VLBI observations were made on 4th February, 2010 at 6.28 cm between the 100-m antenna of the Max Planck Institute (Effelsberg, Germany), Puschino 22-m…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-17 Andrey Chuprikov , Igor Guirin , Andrey Chibisov , Vladimir Kostenko , Yuri Kovalev , Dave Graham , Andrew Lobanov , Gabriele Giovannini

Aims: The effect of frequency-dependent AGN core positions (``core-shifts'') on radio Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) global astrometry measurements is investigated. Methods: The basic equations relating to VLBI astrometry are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. W. Porcas

Accurate measurement of pulsar distances via astrometry using very long baseline interferometry enables the improvement of Galactic electron density distribution models, improving distance estimates for the vast majority of pulsars for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. T. Deller , S. J. Tingay , M. Bailes , J. E. Reynolds

We report about a 230 GHz very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) fringe finder observation of blazar 3C 279 with the APEX telescope in Chile, the phased submillimeter array (SMA), and the SMT of the Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO). We…

Very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) localisations of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) have demonstrated a diversity of local environments: from nearby star-forming regions to globular clusters. Here we report the VLBI localisation…

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) astrometry is a well established technique for achieving $\pm10~\mu$as parallax accuracies at frequencies well above 10~GHz. At lower frequencies, uncompensated interferometer delays associated with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Lucas J. Hyland , Mark J. Reid , Simon P. Ellingsen , Maria J. Rioja , Richard Dodson , Gabor Orosz , Colin R. Masson , Jamie M. McCallum

Feasibility of the Alcock Paczynski (AP) test by stacking voids in the 21cm line intensity field is presented. We analyze the Illstris-TNG simulation to obtain the 21cm signal map. We then randomly distribute particles depending on the 21cm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 Takao Endo , Hiroyuki Tashiro , Atsushi J. Nishizawa

The International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) plays an important role in astronomy and geodesy. The realization of ICRF is based on the position of thousands of quasars observed using the Very-Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-24 Jessica Syafaq Muthmaina , Ibnu Nurul Huda , Dwi Satya Palupi

The calibration and analysis of polarization observations in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) requires the use of specific algorithms that suffer from several limitations, closely related to assumptions in the data properties that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 Ivan Marti-Vidal , Alejandro Mus , Michael Janssen , Pablo de Vicente , Javier Gonzalez

We present the first polarimetric space VLBI imaging observations at 22 GHz. BL Lacertae was observed in 2013 November 10 with the RadioAstron space VLBI mission, including a ground array of 15 radio telescopes. The instrumental…

A modern Q-band low noise amplifier (LNA) front-end is being fitted to the 10.4 m millimeter-wave telescope at the Raman Research Institute (RRI) to support observations in the 40-50 GHz frequency range. To assess the suitability of the…

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In this paper we present new observations of the gravitational lens system JVAS B0218+357 made with a global VLBI network at a frequency of 8.4 GHz. Our maps have an rms noise of 30 microJy/beam and with these we have been able to image…

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 have studied Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) polarimetric observations of 8 sources including quasars and BL Lacs at 12, 15, 22, 24 and 43 GHz and high frequency rotation measure ($RM$) maps are presented. We find typical values for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 J. C. Algaba

Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) provides the highest-resolution images in astronomy. The sharpest resolution is nominally achieved at the highest frequencies, but as the observing frequency increases so too does the atmospheric…

We report results from the first Earth-space VLBI observations of the Galactic Center supermassive black hole, Sgr A*. These observations used the space telescope Spektr-R of the RadioAstron project together with a global network of 20…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-14 Michael D. Johnson , Yuri Y. Kovalev , Mikhail M. Lisakov , Petr A. Voitsik , Carl R. Gwinn , Gabriele Bruni

We present results of simultaneous dual-frequency (2 GHz and 8 GHz) very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of 12 active galactic nuclei with prominent jets. Spectral properties of the jets and evolution of their brightness…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-16 A. B. Pushkarev , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. P. Lobanov

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