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In almost 30 years of operation, the Very Large Array (VLA) has proved to be a remarkably flexible and productive radio telescope. However, the basic capabilities of the VLA have changed little since it was designed. A major expansion…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. Perley , P. Napier , J. Jackson , B. Butler , B. Carlson , D. Fort , P. Dewdney , B. Clark , R. Hayward , S. Durand , M. Revnell , M. McKinnon

Since its commissioning in 1980, the Very Large Array (VLA) has consistently demonstrated its scientific productivity. However, its fundamental capabilities have changed little since 1980, particularly in the key areas of sensitivity,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 R. A. Perley , C. J. Chandler , B. J. Butler , J. M. Wrobel

This document describes some of the fundamental astrophysical problems that require observing capabilities at millimeter- and centimeter wavelengths well beyond those of existing, or already planned, telescopes. The results summarized in…

Modern radio telescopes are routinely reaching depths where normal starforming galaxies are the dominant observed population. Realising the potential of radio as a tracer of star formation and black hole activity over cosmic time involves…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-01 I. Heywood , C. L. Hale , M. J. Jarvis , S. Makhathini , J. A. Peters , M. L. L. Sebokolodi , O. M. Smirnov

The next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) is intended to be the premier centimeter-wavelength facility for astronomy and astrophysics, building on the substantial scientific legacies of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the…

The proposed VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) comprises two distinct S-band (2--4 GHz) surveys: (1) All-Sky covering the sky north of -40 deg with rms noise 69 microJy/beam = 1.5 K in the 2.5 arcsec beam and (2) Deep covering 10 square deg with rms…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-24 Jim Condon

In this proceeding, we summarize the key science goals and reference design for a next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) that is envisaged to operate in the 2030s. The ngVLA is an interferometric array with more than 10 times the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Eric J. Murphy

Weak gravitational lensing is a powerful probe of cosmology and has emerged as a key probe for the Dark Universe. Up till now this science has been conducted mainly at optical wavelengths. Current upgraded and future radio facilities will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-25 Prina Patel

The next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) is a transformational radio observatory being designed by the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). It will provide order of magnitude improvements in sensitivity, resolution, and uv…

In the near future, the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) will allow surveys for maser sources with unprecedented sensitivity, spectral coverage and spectroscopic capabilities. In particular, comprehensive surveys for many maser species with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Karl M. Menten

Radio observations of strongly lensed objects are valuable as cosmological probes. Lensed radio sources have proven difficult to identify in large part due to the limited depth and angular resolution of the previous generation of radio sky…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-07 Michael N. Martinez , Yjan A. Gordon , Keith Bechtol , Gillian Cartwright , Peter S. Ferguson , Miranda Gorsuch

We present the results of a recent re-reduction of the data from the Very Large Array (VLA) Low-frequency Sky Survey (VLSS). We used the VLSS catalog as a sky model to correct the ionospheric distortions in the data and create a new set of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 W. M. Lane , W. D. Cotton , S. van Velzen , T. E. Clarke , N. E. Kassim , J. F. Helmboldt , T. J. W. Lazio , A. S. Cohen

The Very Large Array (VLA) Low-frequency Sky Survey (VLSS) has imaged 95% of the 3*pi sr of sky north of declination = -30 degrees at a frequency of 74 MHz (4 meter wavelength). The resolution is 80" (FWHM) throughout, and the typical RMS…

To continue the unparalleled success of the Very Large Array (VLA) for radio astronomy, the facility is currently being converted to become the 'Expanded VLA' (EVLA). The EVLA will radically improve the VLA in order to cover the full…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Juergen Ott , Rick Perley , Michael Rupen , the EVLA team

The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) is observing the entire sky north of $-40^{\circ}$ in the S-band ($2<\nu<4\,$GHz), with the highest angular resolution ($2''.5$) of any all-sky radio continuum survey to date. VLASS will cover its…

We investigate the capabilities of various stages of the SKA to perform world-leading weak gravitational lensing surveys. We outline a way forward to develop the tools needed for pursuing weak lensing in the radio band. We identify the key…

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