Overview and initial results of the very long baseline interferometry space observatory programme

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5384, 1998, Pages 1825-1829

  Hirabayashi, H ^a   Hirosawa, H ^a   Kobayashi, H ^a   Murata, Y ^a   Edwards, P G ^a   Fomalont, E B ^a   Fujisawa, K ^a   Ichikawa, T ^a   Kii, T ^a   Lovell, J E J ^a   Moellenbrock, G A ^a   Okayasu, R ^a   Inoue, M ^b   Kawaguchi, N ^b   Kameno, S ^b   Shibata, K M ^b   Asaki, Y ^b   Bushimata, T ^b   Enome, S ^b   Horiuchi, S ^b   Miyaji, T ^b   Umemoto, T ^b   Migenes, V ^b,c   Wajima, K ^d   Nakajima, J ^e   Morimoto, M ^f   Ellis, J ^g   Meier, D L ^g   Murphy, D W ^g   Preston, R A ^g   Smith, J G ^g   Tingay, S J ^g   Traub, D L ^g   Wietfeldt, R D ^g   Benson, J M ^h   Claussen, M J ^h   Flatters, C ^h   Romney, J D ^h   Ulvestad, J S ^h   D'Addario, L R ⁱ   Langston, G I ⁱ   Minter, A H ⁱ   Carlson, B R ^j   Dewdney, P E ^j   Jauncey, D L ^k   Reynolds, J E ^k   Taylor, A R ^l   McCulloch, P M ^m   Cannon, W H ⁿ   Gurvits, L I ^o,p   Mioduszewski, A J ^h,o   Schilizzi, R T ^o   Booth, R S ^q   more..

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

ⁿ YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o JOINT INSTITUTE FOR VLBI IN EUROPE   (Netherlands)

^p LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^q CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032544294     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5384.1825     Document Type: Article

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