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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

We present a community study exploring the low frequency (5 - 800 MHz) options and opportunities for the ngVLA project and its infrastructure. We describe a Next Generation LOw Band Observatory (ngLOBO) that will provide access to the low…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-14 Greg Taylor , Jayce Dowell , Joe Malins , Tracy Clarke , Namir Kassim , Simona Giacintucci , Brian Hicks , Jason Kooi , Wendy Peters , Emil Polisensky , Frank Schinzel , Kevin Stovall

The ngVLA is a new interferometric radio astronomy facility with transformative capabilities, being developed by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. It combines two orders of magnitude in frequency coverage, over 1.2 - 116 GHz, with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 T. K. Sridharan , S. Bhatnagar , P. Jagannathan , K. Golap

We perform simulations of the capabilities of the next generation Very Large Array to image stellar radio photospheres. For very large (in angle) stars, such as red supergiants within a few hundred parsecs, good imaging fidelity results can…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-12 C. L. Carilli , B. Butler , K. Golap , M. T. Carilli , S. M. White

The Next Generation Very Large Array will have excellent sensitivity for detecting the thermal emission from massive stars and from red giants. This will allow direct imaging of the winds for a large number of hot massive stars. It will…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Thomas J. Maccarone , Saida Caballero-Nieves , Nathan Smith , Nora Luetzgendorf

In this contribution we explore the new science that a Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) would be able to perform on the topics of the youngest HII regions and (proto)stellar jets. Free-free continuum and radio recombination line…

The Next-Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) will revolutionize our understanding of the Early Universe by tracing the coldest phase of molecular gas -the raw ingredient for star formation- in the most distant galaxies and galaxy-clusters.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 Bjorn Emonts , Chris Carilli , Desika Narayanan , Matthew Lehnert , Kristina Nyland

The Very Large Array is undergoing a major upgrade that will attain an order of magnitude improvement in continuum sensitivity across 1 to 50 GHz with instantaneous bandwidths up to 8 GHz in both polarizations. The new WIDAR correlator…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-04 Sean M. Dougherty , Rick Perley

The Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) has excellent capabilities to unveil various dynamical and chemical processes in massive star formation at the unexplored innermost regions. Based on the recent observations of ALMA/VLA as well…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 Kei E. I. Tanaka , Yichen Zhang , Kazuhito Motogi

The Next-Generation Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Array (NG-ACTA) is proposed as a prospective infrastructure for very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, consisting of a mixed-aperture array of 88 telescopes with a maximum array…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-23 Jiancheng Wang , Jirong Mao

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

A forward-looking facility such as the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) requires forward-looking science. The ngVLA will enable stellar wind detections or robust constraints on upper limits sufficient to bridge the gap between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Rachel A. Osten , Michael K. Crosley

The ngVLA is a new interferometric radio astronomy facility with transformative capabilities, being developed by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. It combines two orders of magnitude in frequency coverage, over 1.2 - 116 GHz, with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 T. K. Sridharan , S. Bhatnagar

We describe an "active" antenna system for HF/VHF (long wavelength) radio astronomy that has been successfully deployed 256-fold as the first station (LWA1) of the planned Long Wavelength Array. The antenna system, consisting of crossed…

The ngVLA will enable significant advances in our understanding of the formation and evolution of multiple star systems in the protostellar phase, building upon the breakthroughs enabled by the VLA. The high-sensitivity and resolution at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 John Tobin , Patrick Sheehan , Doug Johnstone

GRAND (the Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection) is a proposed next-generation observatory of ultra-high-energy neutrinos, cosmic rays, and gamma rays of cosmic origin, with energies exceeding about 100 PeV. GRAND is envisioned as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-04 Kumiko Kotera

The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is currently the world's most powerful cm-wavelength telescope. However, within a few years this blanket statement will no longer be entirely true, due to the emergence of a new breed of pre-SKA…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 Christopher A. Hales

Massive star formation involves significant ionization in the innermost regions near the central object, such as gravitationally trapped H II regions, jets, ionized disks, or winds. Resolved observations of the associated continuum and…

Most massive galaxies are now thought to go through an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) phase one or more times. Yet, the cause of triggering and the variations in the intrinsic and observed properties of AGN population are still poorly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-18 Pallavi Patil , Kristina Nyland , Jeremy J. Harwood , Amy Kimball , Dipanjan Mukherjee

A next generation atmospheric Cherenkov observatory is described based on the Whipple Observatory $\gamma$-ray telescope. A total of nine such imaging telescopes will be deployed in an array that will permit the maximum versatility and give…