RTS2012
April 17-20,2012
Manchester, UK
published December 19, 2012
Manchester, UK
published December 19, 2012
For more than half a century, radio interferometry has revolutionised our view of the Universe. New phenomena, such as relativistic motion in AGN have been discovered, and a wealth of detail has been revealed about a wide variety of astronomical sources, from nearby stars to the most distant galaxies. These discoveries have been enabled by radio interferometry's routine capability to deliver images with sub-milliarcsecond resolution and micro-arcsecond precision astrometry. Major new advances in both the interferometric technique and the science it delivers are expected over the coming decade. This conference will take a look at the past, present and future of radio interferometry, as the astronomical community prepares for the next big step forward, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
The meeting coincides with the retirement of Prof. Richard T. Schilizzi, Director of the SKA Project Development Office (SPDO) and past director of the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE). We celebrate the major contribution Richard has made to the field with a scientific programme that will address the following topics: key historical developments in interferometry, the study of micro-quasars and AGN, the development of advanced interferometry techniques and new calibration algorithms, future interferometers (incl. ALMA, SKA and the SKA pathfinders & precursors), mm and sub-mm interferometry, precision spacecraft navigation, geodetic VLBI and Space VLBI.
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| Session 1-3 |
| Session 2-1 |
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| Session 3-1 |
| Session 3-2 |
| Session 3-3 |
| Session 3-4 |
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Resolving The Sky (RTS 2012) - Radio Interferometry: Past, Present and Future
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First Interferometry in Radio Astronomy- Ruby Payne-Scott - Type I Solar Bursts Observed on Australia Day, 26 January 1946
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The structure of radio sources - the Molonglo papers
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Breaking the Milliarcsecond Barrier
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Early VLBI in the USSR
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The beginnings of the EVN, JIVE and early space VLBI in Europe
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Highlights of the expansion of SN1993J
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The History of the SKA - born global
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The start of SKA: What really happened
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Connecting Early VLBI to SKA capabilities
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A short history of space VLBI
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Space-VLBI as seen from Japan
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The developement of VLBI in China and its related to EVN
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Beyond VLBI - Microarcsecond resolution with Inter-Stellar Scintillation
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Recent WSRT Results on Two Prototypical Compact AGN
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Combining VLBI and MASIV - how intrinsic properties influence interstellar scintillation of AGN
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The evolution of compact radio sources
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Cold gas in the life of radio sources
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Submm VLBI toward shadow image of Super Massive Black Hole
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Survey Science with the SKA Molongo Pathfinder
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Flux density variations of radio sources in M82
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WSRT and LOFAR observations of the Lockman Hole
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The High Frequency Flares in the Broad Absorption Line QSO, Mrk 231.
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X-shaped radio sources as partent population of core-dominated triple blazars
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FR dichotomy, accretion modes and environmental factors in the local Universe
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SS433, microquasars, and other transients
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VERA and East Asian VLBI network
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High angular radio observations of (U-)LIRGs
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CMB interferometry
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Resolving The Sky with LOFAR - Status and Results
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Realisation of a low frequency SKA Precursor: The Murchison Widefield Array
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Mid-frequency aperture arrays: the future of radio astronomy
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Implementing a high performance AA-mid in SKA2
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Long March with SKA
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Space VLBI mission RadioAstron: current status and early science program
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Redshift, Time, Spectrum - the most distant radio quasars with VLBI
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SKA Studies of the Radio Transient Universe
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Fundamental limits of radio interferometers: calibration and source parameter estimation
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HI research in the era of SKA pathfinders
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Space radio astronomy in the next 1000001 (binary) years
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VLBI Astrometry of Planetary Orbiters
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Success drivers for large high-technology projects: implications for the SKA
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Future of VLBI
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After the SKA - Radio Astronomy in 2049
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