Proposal code
w009
Proposal title
Brightness Temperatures of the Most Compact TDRSS Sources
The |
Investigators and their |
Affiliations |
| P.I. |
Roger P. Linfield |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA |
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James S. Ulvestad |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA |
Proposal Abstract
We propose to complete our VSOP imaging of the four most
compact sources observed at 2.3 GHz in the TDRSS space VLBI
observations by observing the two remaining sources: 1921-293 and
2216-038. Our purpose is to make accurate measurements of the
brightness temperatures of these sources at both 1.6 and 5 GHz.
By observing with the VLBA on the ground, our calibration accuracy
(due to uniform, well-understood ground antennas, and to the
multiple crossing points available with good u-v coverage) will be
superior to that expected for the VSOP survey. For the most
compact sources, good calibration accuracy on the longest
space-ground baselines is crucial in making accurate brightness
temperature measurements. Our proposal (in the first AO period) for
the other two sources, 0420-014 and 1519-273 was accepted,
and the observations have been scheduled.
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