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The next generation of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is stepping into the era of microarcsecond ($\mu$as) astronomy, and pushing astronomy, especially astrometry, to new heights. VLBI with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-24 Yingjie Li , Ye Xu , Jingjing Li , Shuaibo Bian , Zehao Lin , Chaojie Hao , Dejian Liu

This White Paper proposes a unique milli-Jansky sensitive arcsecond resolution VLA 15 GHz (Ku band) continuum polarization imaging survey of the Galactic plane using C array configuration. The science driver is to fill the gap between…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-25 Lorant O. Sjouwerman , Elisabeth A. C. Mills

The Very Small Array (VSA) is a synthesis telescope designed to image faint structures in the cosmic microwave background on degree and sub-degree angular scales. The VSA has key differences from other CMB interferometers with the result…

The Very Small Array (VSA) is a fourteen-element interferometer designed to study the cosmic microwave background on angular scales of 2.4 to 0.2 degrees (angular multipoles l = 150 to 1800). It operates at frequencies between 26 and 36…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 Angela C. Taylor

In combination with observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background, a measurement of the Hubble Constant provides a direct test of the standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model and a powerful constraint on the equation of state of dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 James Braatz , Dominic Pesce , James Condon , Mark Reid

A major goal of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is to make accurate images with resolutions of tens of milliarcseconds, which at submillimeter (submm) wavelengths requires baselines up to ~15 km. To develop and test…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-30 ALMA Partnership , E. B. Fomalont , C. Vlahakis , S. Corder , A. Remijan , D. Barkats , R. Lucas , T. R. Hunter , C. L. Brogan , Y. Asaki , S. Matsushita , W. R. F. Dent , R. E. Hills , N. Phillips , A. M. S. Richards , P. Cox , R. Amestica , D. Broguiere , W. Cotton , A. S. Hales , R. Hiriart , A. Hirota , J. A. Hodge , C. M. V. Impellizzeri , J. Kern , R. Kneissl , E. Liuzzo , N. Marcelino , R. Marson , A. Mignano , K. Nakanishi , B. Nikolic , J. E. Perez , L. M. Pérez , I. Toledo , R. Aladro , B. Butler , J. Cortes , P. Cortes , V. Dhawan , J. Di Francesco , D. Espada , F. Galarza , D. Garcia-Appadoo , L. Guzman-Ramirez , E. M. Humphreys , T. Jung , S. Kameno , R. A. Laing , S. Leon , J. Mangum , G. Marconi , H. Nagai , L. -A. Nyman , M. Radiszcz , J. A. Rodón , T. Sawada , S. Takahashi , R. P. J. Tilanus , T. van Kempen , B. Vila Vilaro , L. C. Watson , T. Wiklind , F. Gueth , K. Tatematsu , A. Wootten , A. Castro-Carrizo , E. Chapillon , G. Dumas , I. de Gregorio-Monsalvo , H. Francke , J. Gallardo , J. Garcia , S. Gonzalez , J. E. Hibbard , T. Hill , T. Kaminski , A. Karim , M. Krips , Y. Kurono , C. Lopez , S. Martin , L. Maud , F. Morales , V. Pietu , K. Plarre , G. Schieven , L. Testi , L. Videla , E. Villard , N. Whyborn , M. A. Zwaan , F. Alves , P. Andreani , A. Avison , M. Barta , F. Bedosti , G. J. Bendo , F. Bertoldi , M. Bethermin , A. Biggs , J. Boissier , J. Brand , S. Burkutean , V. Casasola , J. Conway , L. Cortese , B. Dabrowski , T. A. Davis , M. Diaz Trigo , F. Fontani , R. Franco-Hernandez , G. Fuller , R. Galvan Madrid , A. Giannetti , A. Ginsburg , S. F. Graves , E. Hatziminaoglou , M. Hogerheijde , P. Jachym , I. Jimenez Serra , M. Karlicky , P. Klaasen , M. Kraus , D. Kunneriath , C. Lagos , S. Longmore , S. Leurini , M. Maercker , B. Magnelli , I. Marti Vidal , M. Massardi , A. Maury , S. Muehle , S. Muller , T. Muxlow , E. O'Gorman , R. Paladino , D. Petry , J. Pineda , S. Randall , J. S. Richer , A. Rossetti , A. Rushton , K. Rygl , A. Sanchez Monge , R. Schaaf , P. Schilke , T. Stanke , M. Schmalzl , F. Stoehr , S. Urban , E. van Kampen , W. Vlemmings , K. Wang , W. Wild , Y. Yang , S. Iguchi , T. Hasegawa , M. Saito , J. Inatani , N. Mizuno , S. Asayama , G. Kosugi , K. -I. Morita , K. Chiba , S. Kawashima , S. K. Okumura , N. Ohashi , R. Ogasawara , S. Sakamoto , T. Noguchi , Y. -D. Huang , S. -Y. Liu , F. Kemper , P. M. Koch , M. -T. Chen , Y. Chikada , M. Hiramatsu , D. Iono , M. Shimojo , S. Komugi , J. Kim , A. -R. Lyo , E. Muller , C. Herrera , R. E. Miura , J. Ueda , J. Chibueze , Y. -N. Su , A. Trejo-Cruz , K. -S. Wang , H. Kiuchi , N. Ukita , M. Sugimoto , R. Kawabe , M. Hayashi , S. Miyama , P. T. P. Ho , N. Kaifu , M. Ishiguro , A. J. Beasley , S. Bhatnagar , J. A. Braatz , D. G. Brisbin , N. Brunetti , C. Carilli , J. H. Crossley , L. D'Addario , J. L. Donovan Meyer , D. T. Emerson , A. S. Evans , P. Fisher , K. Golap , D. M. Griffith , A. E. Hale , D. Halstead , E. J. Hardy , M. C. Hatz , M. Holdaway , R. Indebetouw , P. R. Jewell , A. A. Kepley , D. -C. Kim , M. D. Lacy , A. K. Leroy , H. S. Liszt , C. J. Lonsdale , B. Matthews , M. McKinnon , B. S. Mason , G. Moellenbrock , A. Moullet , S. T. Myers , J. Ott , A. B. Peck , J. Pisano , S. J. E. Radford , W. T. Randolph , U. Rao Venkata , M. G. Rawlings , R. Rosen , S. L. Schnee , K. S. Scott , N. K. Sharp , K. Sheth , R. S. Simon , T. Tsutsumi , S. J. Wood

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a large collaborative effort aimed at the design and operation of an observatory dedicated to the VHE gamma-ray astrophysics in the energy range 30 GeV-100 TeV, which will improve by about one order of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Stefano Vercellone

KaVA (KVN and VERA Array) is a new combined VLBI array with KVN (Korean VLBI Network) and VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry). First, we briefly review the imaging capabilities of KaVA array which actually achieves more than three…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-27 Motoki Kino , Kotaro Niinuma , Guang-Yao Zhao , Bong Won Sohn , KaVA AGN sub working group

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation gamma-ray observatory, investigating gamma-ray and cosmic ray astrophysics at energies from 20 GeV to more than 300 TeV. The observatory, consisting of large arrays of imaging…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-22 The CTA Consortium

Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) will be the world largest mm/submm interferometer, and currently the Early Science is ongoing, together with the commissioning and science verification (CSV). Here we present a study of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Matsushita , K. -I. Morita , D. Barkats , R. E. Hills , E. Fomalont , B. Nikolic

Radio wavelength observations of solar system bodies are a powerful method of probing many characteristics of those bodies. From surface and subsurface, to atmospheres (including deep atmospheres of the giant planets), to rings, to the…

Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) is promising to be a powerful tool for precision astrometry of the area around Sagittarius A$^\ast$ (Sgr A$^\ast$) because it has the high angular resolution, high sensitivity, and wide…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-08 Masato Tsuboi , Takahiro Tsutsumi , Atsushi Miyazaki , Ryosuke Miyawaki , Makoto Miyoshi

If the construction of the ngVLA begins in 2026, its sensitivity is expected to match that of the VLA by late 2029. At that juncture it is anticipated that open-skies observing will cease on the VLA and commence on the ngVLA. We suggest…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-01 J. M. Wrobel , R. C. Walker

The Large Array Survey Telescope (LAST) is designed to survey the variable and transient sky at high temporal cadence. The array is comprised of 48 F/2.2 telescopes of 27.9cm aperture, coupled to full-frame backside-illuminated cooled CMOS…

(Abridged)One of the fundamental challenges for astrophysics in the 21st century is finding a way to untangle the physical processes that govern galaxy formation and evolution. Given the importance and scope of this problem, the…

ALMA is a revolutionary radio telescope at present and its full operation will start from 2012. It is expected that ALMA will resolve several cosmic questions and will show a new cosmic view to us. Our passion for astronomy naturally goes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-20 Masao Saito , Satoru Iguchi

The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is currently in the process of transforming our view of star-forming galaxies in the distant ($z\gtrsim1$) universe. Before ALMA, most of what we knew about dust-obscured star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-18 Jacqueline A. Hodge , Elisabete da Cunha

The GRAND project aims to detect ultra-high-energy neutrinos, cosmic rays and gamma rays, with an array of $200,000$ radio antennas over $200,000\,{\rm km}^2$, split into $\sim 20$ sub-arrays of $\sim 10,000\,{\rm km}^2$ deployed worldwide.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-03 Kumiko Kotera