Astronomical radio interferometry

Y Asaki, B Alcalde Pampliega, PG Edwards… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Radio interferometry and its application to arrays of element antennas enable sensitive
studies of celestial objects with angular resolutions comparable with, or surpassing, optical …

Software and techniques for VLBI data processing and analysis

M Janssen, JF Radcliffe, J Wagner - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a challenging observational technique, which
requires in-depth knowledge about radio telescope instrumentation, interferometry, and the …

The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M 87-I. Observations, calibration, imaging, and analysis

K Akiyama, A Alberdi, W Alef, JC Algaba… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration reported the first-ever event-
horizon-scale images of a black hole, resolving the central compact radio source in the giant …

Radio jet precession in M 81

SD von Fellenberg, M Janssen, J Davelaar… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We report four novel position angle measurements of the core region M 81* at 5 GHz and 8
GHz, which confirm the presence of sinusoidal jet precession in the M 81 jet region, as …

Constraints on the persistent radio source associated with FRB 20190520B using the European VLBI Network

S Bhandari, B Marcote, N Sridhar… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of a continuum radio
source potentially associated with the fast radio burst source FRB 20190520B. Using the …

Polarimetric geometric modeling for mm-VLBI observations of black holes

F Roelofs, MD Johnson, A Chael… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has imaged M87*, the 6.5× 109Me supermassive black
hole in the M87 galaxy, in both total intensity (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration et al …

First GMVA observations with the upgraded NOEMA facility: VLBI imaging of BL Lacertae in a flaring state

DW Kim, M Janssen, TP Krichbaum, B Boccardi… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We analyze a single-epoch Global mm-VLBI Array (GMVA) observation of the blazar BL
Lacertae (BL Lac) at 86 GHz from April 2021. The participation of the upgraded, phased …

Calibrating VLBI Polarization Data Using GPCAL. I. Frequency-dependent Calibration

J Park, K Asada, DY Byun - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M 87

N Null, K Akiyama, A Alberdi, W Alef… - ASTRONOMY & …, 2024 - iris.unica.it
Abstract In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration reported the first-
ever event-horizon-scale images of a black hole, resolving the central compact radio source …

Mid-Range Science Objectives for the Event Horizon Telescope

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The first images of the black holes in Sagittarius A* and M87* have created a wide range of
new scientific opportunities in gravitational physics, compact objects, and relativistic …