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Various sign-posts of recent star-formation activity, such as water and methanol maser emission or magnetically active low-mass young stars, can be detected with Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) radio arrays. The extremely accurate…

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Radio astronomy is transitioning to a big-data era due to the emerging generation of radio interferometric (RI) telescopes, such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which will acquire massive volumes of data. In this article we review…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Xiaohao Cai , Luke Pratley , Jason D. McEwen

Astronomical imaging can be broadly classified into two types. The first type is amplitude interferometry, which includes conventional optical telescopes and Very Large Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). The second type is intensity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-04 Manuel Bojer , Zixin Huang , Sebastian Karl , Stefan Richter , Pieter Kok , J. von Zanthier

The capabilities of the Global mm-VLBI Array are summarized and demonstrated through actual images from our monitoring of extragalactic radio jets. This sensitive 3mm-VLBI interferometer is able to provide images of up to 50 microarcseconds…

The Large Latin American Millimeter Array (LLAMA) is a multipurpose single-dish 12 m radiotelescope with VLBI capability under construction in the Puna de Atacama desert in the Province of Salta, Argentina. In this paper I review the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-05 Gustavo E. Romero

The Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Very Large Array are currently being upgraded to operate with wide bandwidths; interferometers dedicated to the measurement of cosmic microwave background anisotropies are being designed with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ravi Subrahmanyan

Once completed, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) will be the most powerful (sub)millimeter interferometer in terms of sensitivity, spatial resolution and imaging. This paper presents the capabilities of ALMA applied to the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Moullet , E. Lellouch , R. Moreno , M. Gurwell

In this short paper we outline the case for a small radio telescope array in the southern hemisphere with operations dedicated to rapid follow-up and monitoring of astrophysical transients. We argue that the science harvest from such a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-08 Rob Fender , Assaf Horesh , Phil Charles , Patrick Woudt , James Miller-Jones , Joe Bright

The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) is a strategic instrument of the LBT designed for high-sensitivity, high-contrast, and high-resolution infrared (1.5-13 $\mu$m) imaging of nearby planetary systems. To carry out a wide…

Detecting mid-infrared (MIR) radiation has significant astronomical applications, although limited by unsatisfactory MIR detectors. Here we reported on the realization of a MIR up-conversion interferometer based on synthetic long base-line…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-16 Zhao-Qi-Zhi Han , Zheng Ge , Wen-Tao Luo , Yi-Fu Cai , Xiao-Hua Wang , Li Chen , Wu-Zhen Li , Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Bao-Sen Shi

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 Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a low-frequency aperture array capable of high-time and frequency resolution astronomy applications such as pulsar studies. The large field-of-view of the MWA (hundreds of square degrees) can also be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 N. A. Swainston , N. D. R. Bhat , I. S. Morrison , S. J. McSweeney , S. M. Ord , S. E. Tremblay , M. Sokolowski

We propose a novel algorithm for image reconstruction in radio interferometry. The ill-posed inverse problem associated with the incomplete Fourier sampling identified by the visibility measurements is regularized by the assumption of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-12 R. E. Carrillo , J. D. McEwen , Y. Wiaux

The LOw Frequency ARray - LOFAR - is a new radio interferometer designed with emphasis on flexible digital hardware instead of mechanical solutions. The array elements, so-called stations, are located in the Netherlands and in neighbouring…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Maciej Serylak , Aris Karastergiou , Chris Williams , Wesley Armour , Michael Giles , the LOFAR Pulsar Working Group

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and the Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) have recently begun probing the Universe. Both provide the largest collecting area available at locations on a high dry site, endowing them with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Alwyn Wootten

I very briefly describe the latest generation near infrared (1-2.5 micron) instruments which are available on, or under development for `large' (D>=3.5 m) telescopes. Most of the imagers under construction are limited to relatively small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Oliva

The sensitivity and astrometry upgrade ASTRA of the Keck Interferometer is introduced. After a brief overview of the underlying interferometric principles, the technology and concepts of the upgrade are presented. The interferometric…

Latest-generation spectro-interferometric instruments combine a milliarcsecond angular resolution with spectral capabilities, resulting in an immensely increased information content. Here, I present methodological work and results that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-17 Stefan Kraus

The ESA Gaia mission uses two telescopes to create the most ambitious survey of the Galaxy. The angle between them must be known with exquisite precision and accuracy. An interferometer: the Basic Angle Monitoring system measures its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-03 Alcione Mora , Ulrich Bastian , Michael Biermann , François Chassat , Lennart Lindegren , Iñaki Serraller , Edmund Serpell , Wouter van Reeven