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The NSF's Karl G.\ Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) was used at 3~cm to search for accretion signatures from intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) in 19 globular star clusters (GCs) in NGC\,3115, an early-type galaxy at a distance of 9.4 Mpc.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-24 J. M. Wrobel , K. E. Nyland

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation of ground-based instrument for Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current telescopes by up to an order of magnitude and provide energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-04 P. Cumani , T. Hassan , L. Arrabito , K. Bernlöhr , J. Bregeon , G. Maier , A. Moralejo

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is conceived as an 8.4-m telescope with CCD or CMOS focal plane covering most of a field 0.6 m in diameter, the latter exceeding the size of the largest photographic plates ever used in astronomy.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-10 Alistair R. Walker

We present simulations of the capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and of a Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) to detect and resolve substructures due to terrestrial planets and Super-Earths in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Sarah Harter , Luca Ricci , Shangjia Zhang , Zhaohuan Zhu

We have used a relatively long, contiguous VHF observation of a bright cosmic radio source (Cygnus A) with the Very Large Array (VLA) to demonstrate the capability of this instrument to study the ionosphere. This interferometer, and others…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. F. Helmboldt , T. J. W. Lazio , H. T. Intema , K. F. Dymond

We consider the capabilities for detecting low order CO emission lines from high-z galaxies using the next generation of radio telescopes operating at 22 and 43 GHz. We employ models for the evolution of dusty star forming galaxies based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. L. Carilli , A. W. Blain

So far, high resolution techniques on the one hand provide morphological information on bright nearby objects. On the other hand, telescopes with large collecting areas allow us to detect very faint and distant objects, but not to obtain a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus Wittkowski

Modern radio interferometers are designed with increasingly sprawling geographical footprints, offering enhanced sensitivity and resolution. However, managing such extensive facilities presents operational challenges that can potentially…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 C. A. Taylor , J. Dowell , G. B. Taylor , K. S. Obenberger , S. I. Chastain , J. Verastegui , L. E. Cordonnier , P. Kumar , E. Sheldahl , S. Bruzewski , T. Dolch , C. A. Siders

We present a catalog of 246 radio sources found in the central 1 degree of the COSMOS field at 1.4GHz. The VLA pilot project data have a resolution of 1.9"x1.6" and an rms noise limit of ~25-100uJy/beam covering 0.837 sqrdeg. About 20 radio…

We use the multi-epoch K$\rm _S$ band observations, covering a $\sim$5 years baseline to obtain milli and sub-milli arcsec precision astrometry for a sample of eighteen previously known high proper motion sources, including precise…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-20 J. C. Beamin , R. A. Mendez , R. L. Smart , R. Jara , R. Kurtev , M. Gromadzki , V. Villanueva , D. Minniti , L. C. Smith , P. W. Lucas

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation observatory for very high energy gamma rays. The capability of the array to detect gamma-rays above 10 TeV is going to be achieved with a large number of Small Size Telescopes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Anna Barnacka , Leszek Bogacz , Mira Grudzińska , Adam Frankowski , Mateusz Janiak , Piotr Lubiński , Rafał Moderski

Observations with modern radio telescopes have revealed that classical novae are far from the simple, spherically symmetric events they were once assumed to be. It is now understood that novae provide excellent laboratories to study several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Justin D. Linford , Laura Chomiuk , Michael P. Rupen

Next-generation radio arrays, including the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and its pathfinders, will open up new avenues for exciting transient science at radio wavelengths. Their innovative designs, comprising a large number of small…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 N. D. R. Bhat , J. N. Chengalur , P. J. Cox , Y. Gupta , J. Prasad , J. Roy , M. Bailes , S. Burke-Spolaor , S. S. Kudale , W. van Straten

We describe the process to design, architect, and implement a transformative enhancement of the Event Horizon Telescope (ngEHT). This program - the next-generation Event Horizon Telescope (ngEHT) - will form a networked global array of…

The low-frequency sky below $\sim$15 MHz (20 m) is obscured by the Earth's ionosphere, the layer of charged particles above the neutral atmosphere. Single spacecraft have made measurements in this band, but cannot achieve high or even…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-15 Mary Knapp , Lenny Paritsky , Ekaterina Kononov , Melodie M. Kao

We report on a novel search for radio gravitational lenses. Using the Very Large Array, we imaged ten candidates with both dual redshifts in Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra and 1.4 GHz radio flux >2 mJy in the FIRST survey. The VLA maps…

Recent discoveries of dispersed, non-periodic impulsive radio signals with single-dish radio telescopes have sparked significant interest in exploring the relatively uncharted space of fast transient radio signals. Here we describe V-FASTR,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Randall B. Wayth , Walter F. Brisken , Adam T. Deller , Walid A. Majid , David R. Thompson , Steven J. Tingay , Kiri L. Wagstaff

In this contribution we give a brief overview of the Panoramic Radio Astronomy (PRA) conference held on 2-5 June 2009 in Groningen, the Netherlands. The conference was motivated by the on-going development of a large number of new radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-23 G. Heald , P. Serra

We study the most central regions of AGN jets with an angular resolution of tens of micro-arcseconds using VLBI at millimeter wavelengths (mm-VLBI). We present and discuss a new 86 GHz VLBI survey of compact radio sources. We show new high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-30 T. P. Krichbaum , S. S. Lee , A. P. Lobanov , A. P. Marscher , M. A. Gurwell

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…