Future mmVLBI Research with ALMA: A European vision
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Tilanus, R. P. J.
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Krichbaum, T. P.
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Zensus, J. A.
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Baudry, A.
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Bremer, M.
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Falcke, H.
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Laing, R.
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van Langevelde, H. J.
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Vlemmings, W.
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Abraham, Z.
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Afonso, J.
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Agudo, I.
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Alberdi, A.
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Alcolea, J.
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Altamirano, D.
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Asadi, S.
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Assaf, K.
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Augusto, P.
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Baczko, A-K.
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Boeck, M.
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Boller, T.
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Boone, F.
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Bourda, G.
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Brajsa, R.
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Britzen, S.
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Bujarrabal, V.
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Cales, S.
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Casadio, C.
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Cernicharo, J.
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Charlot, P.
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Chemin, L.
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Clenet, Y.
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Colomer, F.
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Combes, F.
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Cordes, J.
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Coriat, M.
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Cross, N.
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Desmurs, J-F.
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Eatough, R.
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Eckart, A.
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Eisenacher, D.
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Etoka, S.
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Felix, M.
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Fender, R.
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Ferreira, M.
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Freeland, E.
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Frey, S.
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Fromm, C.
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Fuhrmann, L.
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Gabanyi, K.
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Galvan-Madrid, R.
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Goddi, C.
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Gomez, J.
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Gourgoulhon, E.
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Gray, M.
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di Gregorio, I.
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Greimel, R.
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Grosso, N.
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Guirado, J.
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Hada, K.
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Hanslmeier, A.
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Henkel, C.
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Herpin, F.
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Hess, P.
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Hodgson, J.
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Horns, D.
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Humphreys, E.
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Hutawarakorn Kramer, B.
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Ilyushin, V.
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Impellizzeri, V.
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Ivanov, V.
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Julião, M.
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Kadler, M.
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Kerins, E.
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Klaassen, P.
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van 't Klooster, K.
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Kording, E.
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Kozlov, M.
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Kramer, M.
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Kreikenbohm, A.
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Kurtanidze, O.
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Lazio, J.
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Leite, A.
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Leitzinger, M.
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Lepine, J.
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Levshakov, S.
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Lindqvist, M.
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Lobanov, A.
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Lucas, P.
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Mannheim, K.
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Marcaide, J.
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Markoff, S.
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Martí-Vidal, I.
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Martins, C.
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Menten, K.
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Messias, H.
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Migliari, S.
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Mignano, A.
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Miller-Jones, J.
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Minniti, D.
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Molina, S.
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Monteiro, A.
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MOSCADELLI, Luca
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Mueller, C.
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Müller, A.
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Muller, S.
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Niederhofer, F.
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Odert, P.
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Olofsson, H.
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ORIENTI, Monica
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Paragi, Z.
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Paumard, T.
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Pedrosa, P.
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Pérez-Torres, M.
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Perrin, G.
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Perucho, M.
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Porquet, D.
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Ransom, S.
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Reimers, D.
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Rejkuba, M.
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Rezzolla, L.
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Richards, A.
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Ros, E.
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Roy, A.
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Rushton, A.
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Savolainen, T.
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Schulz, R.
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Silva, M.
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Sivakoff, G.
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Soria-Ruiz, R.
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Spaans, M.
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Spencer, R.
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Stappers, B.
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Temmer, M.
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Thompson, M.
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Torrelles, J.
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Truestedt, J.
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Tudose, V.
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Verbiest, J.
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Vieira, J.
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Vielzeuf, P.
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Vincent, F.
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Wex, N.
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Wiik, K.
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Wiklind, T.
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Wilms, J.
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Zackrisson, E.
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Zechlin, H.
Abstract
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 network will bring unprecedented sensitivity and a transformational leap in capabilities for mmVLBI. Building on years of pioneering efforts in the US and Europe the ongoing ALMA Phasing Project (APP), a US-led international collaboration with MPIfR-led European contributions, is expected to deliver a beamformer and VLBI capability to ALMA by the end of 2014 (APP: Fish et al. 2013, arXiv:1309.3519). This report focuses on the future use of mmVLBI by the international users community from a European viewpoint. Firstly, it highlights the intense science interest in Europe in future mmVLBI observations as compiled from the responses to a general call to the European community for future research projects. A wide range of research is presented that includes, amongst others: - Imaging the event horizon of the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy - Testing the theory of General Relativity an/or searching for alternative theories - Studying the origin of AGN jets and jet formation - Cosmological evolution of galaxies and BHs, AGN feedback - Masers in the Milky Way (in stars and star-forming regions) - Extragalactic emission lines and astro-chemistry - Redshifted absorption lines in distant galaxies and study of the ISM and circumnuclear gas - Pulsars, neutron stars, X-ray binaries - Testing cosmology - Testing fundamental physical constants
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2014arXiv1406.4650T
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