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To determine the location of the intra-day variable (IDV) emission region within the jet of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714, a multi-epoch VSOP polarization experiment was performed in Autumn 2000. To detect, image, and monitor the short term…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 U. Bach , T. P. Krichbaum , A. Kraus , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

Precision astrometry is an integral component of successful pulsar timing campaigns. Astrometric parameters are commonly derived by fitting them as parameters of a timing model to a series of pulse times of arrival (TOAs). TOAs measured to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-12 D. R. Madison , S. Chatterjee , J. M. Cordes

Extension of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) to observing wavelengths shorter than 1.3mm provides exceptional angular resolution (~20 micro arcsec) and access to new spectral regimes for the study of astrophysical phenomena. To…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-02 Sheperd Doeleman , Tao Mai , Alan Rogers , John Hartnett , Michael Tobar , Nitin Nand

In this document we layout a new method to achieve "bona fide" high precision Very-Long-Baseline-Interferometry (VLBI) astrometric measurements of frequency-dependent positions of celestial sources (even) in the high (mm-wavelength)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-08 Richard Dodson , Maria J. Rioja

Adding VLBI capability to the SKA arrays will greatly broaden the science of the SKA, and is feasible within the current specifications. SKA-VLBI can be initially implemented by providing phased-array outputs for SKA1-MID and SKA1-SUR and…

This paper presents the fifth part of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Calibrator Survey (VCS), containing 569 sources not observed previously with very long baseline interferometry in geodetic or absolute astrometry programs. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Y. Kovalev , L. Petrov , E. B. Fomalont , D. Gordon

Context: The gamma-ray binary LSI+61303 shows multiple periodicities. The timing analysis of 6.7 yr of GBI radio data and of 6 yr of Fermi-LAT GeV gamma-ray data both have found two close periodicities P1(GBI) = 26.49 \pm 0.07 d,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-04 M. Massi , F. Jaron , T. Hovatta

We have used the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 43, 23 and 15 GHz to measure the solar gravitational deflection of radio waves among four radio sources during an 18-day period in October 2005. Using phase-referenced radio interferometry…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 E. Fomalont , S. Kopeikin , G. Lanyi , J. Benson

This thesis reports on the application of new wide-field Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) imaging techniques using real data for the first time. These techniques are used to target three specific science areas: (i) a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-06-19 Emil Lenc

Results of astrometric very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations towards an extreme OH/IR star candidate NSV17351 are presented. We used the VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry) VLBI array to observe 22\,GHz H$_2$O masers…

We present GASV, a novel Python-based software package specifically designed for the analysis of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) data. Developed with ease of installation and user friendliness in mind, GASV supports both pipeline…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-05 Dang Yao , Yuan-wei Wu , Xu-hai Yang

Context: Phase referencing is a standard calibration technique in radio interferometry, particularly suited for the detection of weak sources close to the sensitivity limits of the interferometers. However, effects from a changing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 I. Marti-Vidal , E. Ros , M. A. Perez Torres , J. C. Guirado , S. Jimenez-Monferrer , J. M. Marcaide

The data release 1 (DR1) of milliarcsecond-scale accurate optical positions of stars and galaxies was recently published by the space mission Gaia. We study the offsets of highly accurate absolute radio (very long baseline interferometry,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 Y. Y. Kovalev , L. Petrov , A. V. Plavin

A short overview is given of the status of research on young extragalactic radio sources. We concentrate on Very Long Baseline Interferometric (VLBI), and space-VLBI results obtained with the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP). In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-15 I. A. G. Snellen

At 147 GHz (2mm wavelength), we detected three prominent AGN (NRAO150, 3C279, 1633+382) with Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) with an angular resolution of only 18 micro-arcseconds on the baseline between two antennas in Arizona…

We report on recent observations of AGB stars obtained with the VLT Interferometer (VLTI). We illustrate in general the potential of interferometric measurements to study stellar atmospheres and circumstellar envelopes, and demonstrate in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Wittkowski , D. A. Boboltz , T. Driebe , K. Ohnaka

Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) makes it possible to recover images of astronomical sources with extremely high angular resolution. Most recently, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has extended VLBI to short millimeter wavelengths…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-05 Katherine L. Bouman , Michael D. Johnson , Adrian V. Dalca , Andrew A. Chael , Freek Roelofs , Sheperd S. Doeleman , William T. Freeman

We report on a program of geodetic measurements between 1994 and 2007 which used the Very Long Baseline Array and up to 10 globally distributed antennas. One of the goals of this program was to monitor positions of the array at a 1…

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) at radio wavelengths can provide astrometry accurate to 10 micro-arcseconds or better (i.e. better than the target GAIA accuracy) without being limited by dust obscuration. This means that unlike…