Title: | Future mmVLBI Research with ALMA: A European vision |
Authors: | Tilanus, R. P. J. Krichbaum, T. P. Zensus, J. A. Baudry, A. Bremer, M. Falcke, H. Giovannini, Gabriele Laing, R. van Langevelde, H. J. Vlemmings, W. Abraham, Z. Afonso, J. Agudo, I. Alberdi, A. Alcolea, J. Altamirano, D. Asadi, S. Assaf, K. Augusto, P. Baczko, A-K. Boeck, M. Boller, T. BONDI, MARCO Boone, F. Bourda, G. Brajsa, R. BRAND, JAN Britzen, S. Bujarrabal, V. Cales, S. Casadio, C. CASASOLA, VIVIANA CASTANGIA, PAOLA Cernicharo, J. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Clenet, Y. Colomer, F. Combes, F. Cordes, J. Coriat, M. Cross, N. D'AMMANDO, FILIPPO DALLACASA, DANIELE Desmurs, J-F. Eatough, R. Eckart, A. Eisenacher, D. Etoka, S. Felix, M. Fender, R. Ferreira, M. Freeland, E. Frey, S. Fromm, C. Fuhrmann, L. Gabanyi, K. Galvan-Madrid, R. GIROLETTI, MARCELLO Goddi, C. Gomez, J. Gourgoulhon, E. Gray, M. di Gregorio, I. Greimel, R. Grosso, N. Guirado, J. Hada, K. Hanslmeier, A. Henkel, C. Herpin, F. Hess, P. Hodgson, J. Horns, D. Humphreys, E. Hutawarakorn Kramer, B. Ilyushin, V. Impellizzeri, V. Ivanov, V. Julião, M. Kadler, M. Kerins, E. Klaassen, P. van 't Klooster, K. Kording, E. Kozlov, M. Kramer, M. Kreikenbohm, A. Kurtanidze, O. Lazio, J. Leite, A. Leitzinger, M. Lepine, J. Levshakov, S. Lico, R. Lindqvist, M. LIUZZO, Elisabetta Teodorina Lobanov, A. Lucas, P. Mannheim, K. Marcaide, J. Markoff, S. Martí-Vidal, I. Martins, C. MASETTI, NICOLA MASSARDI, MARCELLA Menten, K. Messias, H. Migliari, S. Mignano, A. Miller-Jones, J. Minniti, D. MOLARO, Paolo Molina, S. Monteiro, A. MOSCADELLI, Luca Mueller, C. Müller, A. Muller, S. Niederhofer, F. Odert, P. Olofsson, H. ORIENTI, Monica Paladino, Rosita PANESSA, Francesca Paragi, Z. Paumard, T. Pedrosa, P. Pérez-Torres, M. Perrin, G. Perucho, M. Porquet, D. PRANDONI, ISABELLA Ransom, S. Reimers, D. Rejkuba, M. Rezzolla, L. Richards, A. Ros, E. Roy, A. Rushton, A. Savolainen, T. Schulz, R. Silva, M. Sivakoff, G. Soria-Ruiz, R. Soria, R. Spaans, M. Spencer, R. Stappers, B. Surcis, Gabriele TARCHI, ANDREA Temmer, M. Thompson, M. Torrelles, J. Truestedt, J. Tudose, V. VENTURI, Tiziana Verbiest, J. Vieira, J. Vielzeuf, P. Vincent, F. Wex, N. Wiik, K. Wiklind, T. Wilms, J. Zackrisson, E. Zechlin, H. |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
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 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32778 |
Bibcode ADS: | 2014arXiv1406.4650T |
Fulltext: | open |
Appears in Collections: | 4.05 Working papers
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