VLBI Techniques in Pulsar Astronomy

dc.creatorBrisken, Walter
dc.date2002-10-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:05:55Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:05:55Z
dc.descriptionVery long baseline interferometry (VLBI) provides the resolution needed to make precision measurements of a pulsar's parallax and proper motion. In making these measurements, the astronomer is faced with difficult calibration problems and a paucity of strong point-like calibrators that ultimately limit the accuracy of parallax measurements of even the brightest pulsars. A new technique to calibrate away the effects of the ionosphere, the dominant source of phase error at frequencies below 5 GHz, has led to the new measurements of nine pulsar parallaxes to 100 microarcsecond or better precision.
dc.description6 pages, 2 figures, to appear in ASP Conf. Ser., Radio Pulsars, ed. M. Bailes, D. J. Nice, & S. E. Thorsett (proceedings of August 2002 meeting in Crete)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210661
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210661
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5250
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleVLBI Techniques in Pulsar Astronomy
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