Very long baseline interferometry with the SKA
Paragi, Z; Godfrey, L; Reynolds, C; Rioja, M. J; Deller, A; Zhang, B; Gurvits, L; Bietenholz, M; Szomoru, A; Bignall, H. E; Boven, P; Charlot, P; Dodson, R; Frey, S; Garrett, M. A; Imai, H; Lobanov, A; Reid, M. J; Ros, E; Van Langevelde, H. J; Zensus, A. J; Zheng, X W; Alberdi, A; Agudo, I; An, T; Argo, M; Beswick, R; Biggs, A; Brunthaler, A; Campbell, B; Cimo, G; Colomer, F; Corbel, S; Conway, J. E; Cseh, D; Deane, R; Falcke, H .D. E; Gawronski, M; Gaylard, M; Giovannini, G; Giroletti, M; Goddi, C; Goedhart, S; Gomez, J. L; Gunn, A; Kharb, P; Kloeckner, H. R; Koerding, E; Kovalev, Y; Kunert-Bajraszewska, M; Lindqvist, M; Lister, M; Mantovani, F; Marti-Vidal, I; Mezcua, M; McKean, J; Middelberg, E; Miller-Jones, J. C. A; Moldon, J; Muxlow, T; O'Brien, T; Perez-Torres, M; Pogrebenko, S. V; Quick, J; Rushton, A; Schilizzi, R; Smirnov, O; Sohn, B .W; Surcis, G; Taylor, G. B; Tingay, S; Tudose, V. M; van der Horst, A; van Leeuwen, J; Venturi, T; Vermeulen, R; Vlemmings, W. H. T; de Witt, A; Wucknitz, O; Yang, J; Gabanyi, K; Jung, T
Date:
2015-04
Abstract:
Adding VLBI capability to the SKA arrays will greatly broaden the science of the SKA, and is feasible within the current specifications. SKA-VLBI can be initially implemented by providing phased-array outputs for SKA1-MID and SKA1-SUR and using these extremely sensitive stations with other radio telescopes, and in SKA2 by realising a distributed configuration providing baselines up to thousands of km, merging it with existing VLBI networks. The motivation for and the possible realization of SKA-VLBI is described in this paper.
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