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Very long baseline interferometry at millimetre/submillimetre wavelengths (mmVLBI) offers the highest achievable spatial resolution at any wavelength in astronomy. The anticipated inclusion of ALMA as a phased array into a global VLBI…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-02 R. P. J. Tilanus , T. P. Krichbaum , J. A. Zensus , A. Baudry , M. Bremer , H. Falcke , G. Giovannini , R. Laing , H. J. van Langevelde , W. Vlemmings , Z. Abraham , J. Afonso , I. Agudo , A. Alberdi , J. Alcolea , D. Altamirano , S. Asadi , K. Assaf , P. Augusto , A-K. Baczko , M. Boeck , T. Boller , M. Bondi , F. Boone , G. Bourda , R. Brajsa , J. Brand , S. Britzen , V. Bujarrabal , S. Cales , C. Casadio , V. Casasola , P. Castangia , J. Cernicharo , P. Charlot , L. Chemin , Y. Clenet , F. Colomer , F. Combes , J. Cordes , M. Coriat , N. Cross , F. D'Ammando , D. Dallacasa , J-F. Desmurs , R. Eatough , A. Eckart , D. Eisenacher , S. Etoka , M. Felix , R. Fender , M. Ferreira , E. Freeland , S. Frey , C. Fromm , L. Fuhrmann , K. Gabanyi , R. Galvan-Madrid , M. Giroletti , C. Goddi , J. Gomez , E. Gourgoulhon , M. Gray , I. di Gregorio , R. Greimel , N. Grosso , J. Guirado , K. Hada , A. Hanslmeier , C. Henkel , F. Herpin , P. Hess , J. Hodgson , D. Horns , E. Humphreys , B. Hutawarakorn Kramer , V. Ilyushin , V. Impellizzeri , V. Ivanov , M. Julião , M. Kadler , E. Kerins , P. Klaassen , K. van 't Klooster , E. Kording , M. Kozlov , M. Kramer , A. Kreikenbohm , O. Kurtanidze , J. Lazio , A. Leite , M. Leitzinger , J. Lepine , S. Levshakov , R. Lico , M. Lindqvist , E. Liuzzo , A. Lobanov , P. Lucas , K. Mannheim , J. Marcaide , S. Markoff , I. Martí-Vidal , C. Martins , N. Masetti , M. Massardi , K. Menten , H. Messias , S. Migliari , A. Mignano , J. Miller-Jones , D. Minniti , P. Molaro , S. Molina , A. Monteiro , L. Moscadelli , C. Mueller , A. Müller , S. Muller , F. Niederhofer , P. Odert , H. Olofsson , M. Orienti , R. Paladino , F. Panessa , Z. Paragi , T. Paumard , P. Pedrosa , M. Pérez-Torres , G. Perrin , M. Perucho , D. Porquet , I. Prandoni , S. Ransom , D. Reimers , M. Rejkuba , L. Rezzolla , A. Richards , E. Ros , A. Roy , A. Rushton , T. Savolainen , R. Schulz , M. Silva , G. Sivakoff , R. Soria-Ruiz , R. Soria , M. Spaans , R. Spencer , B. Stappers , G. Surcis , A. Tarchi , M. Temmer , M. Thompson , J. Torrelles , J. Truestedt , V. Tudose , T. Venturi , J. Verbiest , J. Vieira , P. Vielzeuf , F. Vincent , N. Wex , K. Wiik , T. Wiklind , J. Wilms , E. Zackrisson , H. Zechlin

This paper presents the third extension to the Very Large Baseline Array (VLBA) Calibrator Survey, containing 360 new sources not previously observed with very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). The survey, based on three 24 hour VLBA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-18 L. Petrov , Y. Y. Kovalev , E. Fomalont , D. Gordon

This paper presents the fourth extension to the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Calibrator Survey, containing 258 new sources not previously observed with very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). This survey, based on three 24 hour VLBA…

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

We propose a probabilistic framework for performing simultaneous estimation of source structure and fringe-fitting parameters in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations. As a first step, we demonstrate this technique through…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-10 Iniyan Natarajan , Roger Deane , Ilse van Bemmel , Huib Jan van Langevelde , Des Small , Mark Kettenis , Zsolt Paragi , Oleg Smirnov , Arpad Szomoru

In this series of papers, we present new methods of frequency- and time-dependent instrumental polarization calibration for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). In most existing calibration tools and pipelines, it has been assumed that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-06 Jongho Park , Keiichi Asada , Do-Young Byun

Extracting polarimetric information from very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) data is demanding but vital for understanding the synchrotron radiation process and the magnetic fields of celestial objects, such as active galactic nuclei…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Jong-Seo Kim , Jakob Roth , Jongho Park , Jack D. Livingston , Philipp Arras , Torsten A. Enßlin , Michael Janssen , J. Anton Zensus , Andrei P. Lobanov

With the exceptional progress e-VLBI has achieved over the last three years, the VLBI of the future has already started. At least for the EVN, it is argued that at some point all VLBI operations should be done in e-VLBI mode. This ambition…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-16 Huib van Langevelde

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

This paper presents the sixth part to the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Calibrator Survey. It contains the positions and maps of 264 sources of which 169 were not previously observed with very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-21 L. Petrov , Y. Y. Kovalev , E. B. Fomalont , D. Gordon

Context. The current algorithms used for the calibration and analysis of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) networks that only use linear polarizers (as is the case of the VLBI Global Observing System, VGOS) do not properly account…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-19 V. Pérez-Díez , I. Martí-Vidal , E. Albentosa-Ruiz , J. González-García , F. Jaron , T. Savolainen , M. H. Xu , R. Bachiller

It has been widely acknowledged that Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) in the submillimeter wavelengths can make imaging observations of super massive black holes possible. The Sub-Millimeter Array (SMA) along with the James Clerk…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-23 Vinayak Nagpal

The recent development of a relatively inexpensive 16-Gbps data-recording system based on commercial off-the-shelf technology and open-source software, along with parallel development in broadband Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)…

Customized digital backends for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) are critical components for radio astronomy observatories. There are several serialized products such as the Digital Baseband Converter (DBBC), Reconfigurable Open…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-24 Jiyun Li , Renjie Zhu , Shaoguang Guo , Ping Rui , Zhijun Xu

Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) provides the resolution needed to make precision measurements of a pulsar's parallax and proper motion. In making these measurements, the astronomer is faced with difficult calibration problems and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Walter Brisken

In this paper we introduce a software package, the Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network SIMulator (VNSIM), which provides an integrated platform assisting radio astronomers to design the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-11 Zhen Zhao , Tao An , Baoqiang Lao

We describe a new method which achieves high precision Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) astrometry in observations at millimeter wavelengths. It combines fast frequency-switching observations, to correct for the dominant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Maria J. Rioja , Richard Dodson

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) astrometry is a well established technique for achieving $\pm10~\mu$as parallax accuracies at frequencies well above 10~GHz. At lower frequencies, uncompensated interferometer delays associated with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Lucas J. Hyland , Mark J. Reid , Simon P. Ellingsen , Maria J. Rioja , Richard Dodson , Gabor Orosz , Colin R. Masson , Jamie M. McCallum

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

Optical Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) offers the potential for unprecedented angular resolution in both astronomical imaging and precision measurements. Classical approaches, however, face significant limitations due to photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Zixin Huang , Oleg Titov , Mikolaj K. Schmidt , Benjamin Pope , Gavin K. Brennen , Daniel Oi , Pieter Kok

The balloon-borne very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) experiment is a technical feasibility study for performing radio interferometry in the stratosphere. The flight model has been developed. A balloon-borne VLBI station will be…