EVN Symposium 2004


Proceeding of 7th European VLBI Network Symposium
on VLBI Scientific Research & Technology


Toledo Spain. October 12-15, 2004

Edited by

Rafael Bachiller
Francisco Colomer
Jean-François Desmurs
Pablo de Vicente

Observatorio Astronómico Nacional




Preface
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Book Index
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Galaxies

The global properties of all variety of AGN
Marcha, M.J.M.
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Millimetre-VLBI Monitoring of AGN with Sub-milliarcsecond Resolution
Pagels A., Krichbaum T.P., Graham D.A., Alef W., Kadler M., Kraus A., Klare, A., Witzel, J.A.,  Zensus, A. Greve, M. Grewing, R. Booth & J. Conway
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An Approach Detecting the Event Horizon of SgrA*
Miyoshi M.
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Towards the Event Horizon - The Vicinity of AGN at Micro-Arcsecond Resolution
Krichbaum T.P., Graham D.A., Alef W., Kraus A., Sohn B.W., Bach U., Polatidis A., Witzel A., Zensus J.A., Bremer M., Greve A., Grewing M., Doeleman S., Phillips R.B., Rogers A.E.E., Fagg H., Strittmatter P., Ziurys L., Conway J., Booth R.S. & Urpo S.
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Interstellar scintillation as a probe of microarcsecond scale structure in quasars
Bignall H.E., Jauncey D.L., Lovell J.E.J., Kedziora-Chudczer L., Macquart J-P., Tzioumis A.K., Rickett B.J., Ojha R., Carter S., Cimó G., Ellingsen S. & McCulloch P.M.
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Combined VLBI- and X-ray Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei
Kadler M., Ros E., Kerp J., Kovalev Y.,Y. & Zensus J.,A.
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Extending and Exploring the 2 cm Survey Sample
Ros E.
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Compact Structure in FIRST Survey Sources
Porcas R.W., Alef W., Ghosh T., Salter C.J. & Garrington S. T.
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Discovering the microJy Radio VLBI Sky via "Full-beam" Self-calibration
Garrett M.A, Wrobel J.M. & Morganti R.
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Optical and Radio emission from BL Lac objects: long-term trends and structural changes
Massaro E. & Mantovani F.
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Intermediate Scale Structures in BL Lac objects
Reynolds C., Cawthorne T.V. & Gabuzda D.C.  
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EVN Observations of the BL Lac object ON 231
Mantovani F., Massaro E.,  Fanti R., Nesci R., Tosti G. & Venturi T.
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Radio Luminosity Function, Importance of Jet Power, and Radio Properties of Nearby Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei
Nagar N.M., Falcke H. & Wilson A.S.
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VSOP Imaging of the Southern Blazar J1924-29 at 18 cm
Shang L.-L. Shang & Shen Z.-Q.
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VSOP and VLBI observations of the CSS quasar 3C309.1
Gawroński M.P. & Kus A.J.
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Polarization


Polarization in CSS/GPS radio sources
Dallacasa D.
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A follow-up RM observation for helical magnetic field in 3C273
Asada K. & Inoue M.
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A Phase-reference Study of the CSS Radio Source 3C138 at 15GHz
Shang L.-L., Shen Z.-Q., Chen X. & Cai H.-B.
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Looking for prematurely `dying', young, compact radio sources
Kunert-Bajraszewska M., Marecki A. & Spencer R.E.
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EVN, MERLIN, and VLA Observations of NRAO530
Hong X.Y., Zhao J.H., An T., Jiang D.R., Wang H., Feng W.X. & Sun C.H.
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The two sided parsec scale structure of the Low Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus in NGC 4278
Giovannini G., Giroletti M. & Taylori G.B.
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86 GHz polarimetry of OVV1633+382 after a major mm flare
Sohn B.W., Krichbaum T.P., Agudo I., Witzel A., Zensus J.A., Ungerechts H. & Teräsranta H.
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Magnetic Field and Faraday Rotation Measure Structure in the Jet of 3C120
Nagai H., Inoue M., Asada K. & Uchida Y.
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VLBI polarimetric observations of 3C147
Rossetti A., Mantovani F. & Dallacasa D.
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Jets


Real vs. Simulated Relativistic Jets
Gómez J.L., Martí J.M., Agudo I., Marscher A.P., Jorstad S.G. & Aloy M.A.
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Current Results from the RRFID Kinematic Survey: Apparent Speeds from the First Five Years of Data
Piner B.G., Fey A. L. & Mahmud M.
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Tracking the curved jet in PKS 1502+106
An T., Hong X.Y., Venturi T., Jiang D.R.& Wang W.H.
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An extremely curved relativistic jet in PKS 2136+141
Savolainen T., Wiik K., Valtaoja E.& Tornikoski M.
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The asymmetric compact jet of GRS 1915+105
Ribó M., Dhawan V. & Mirabel I.F.
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Kinematics and dynamics of relativistic jets on large and small scales
Laing R.
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Signatures of restarted activity in core-dominated triples
Marecki A.
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A detailed study of the nuclear region of Mrk273
Bondi M., Dallacasa D., Pérez Torres M.A., Muxlow T.W.B.
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The highest redshift radio quasar as seen with the EVN and the VLA
Frey S., Paragi Z., Mosoni L. & Gurvits L.I.
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Spitzer 24 μm imaging of Faint Radio Sources in the FLSv: a new radio-loud, Mid-IR/optically obscured population?
Orienti M., Garrett M.A., Reynolds C. & Morganti R.
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Extragalactic Scattering in Galaxy/Quasar Pairs
Blasco C., Bignall H., Reynolds C. & van Langevelde H.J.
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Lines


Probing the nature of the ISM in Active Galactic Nuclei through HI absorption
Morganti R.
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Powerful Extragalactic Hydroxyl Emitters
Klöckner H.R. & Baan W.A.
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Neutral hydrogen absorption at milliarcsecond resolutions: The radio galaxy 3C293
Beswick R.J., Peck A.B., Taylor G.B., Giovannini G. & Pedlar A.
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OH in Messier 82
Argo M.K., Pedlar A., Muxlow T.W.B., Beswick R.J., Aalto S., Wills K. & Booth R.S.
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The H2O Maser from the AGN of NGC 1052
Haba A., Kameno S., Sawada-Satoh S. & Sato N.
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Multi Frequencies


Spectral Properties of the Core and the VLBI-Jets of Cygnus A
Bach U., Krichbaum T.P., Middelberg E., Kadler M., Alef W., Witzel A. & Zensus J.A.
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Multi-Frequency VLBI Observations of GHz-Peaked Spectrum Sources
Kameno S., Inoue M., Shen Z.-Q., Sawada-Satoh S. & Wajima K.
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The simultaneous VLA observations of Sgr A* from 90 to 0.7 cm
An T., Zhao J.-H., Hong X.-Y., Shen Z.-Q., Goss W.M., Roy S. & Rao A.P.
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LFVN observations of active galactic nuclei
Pushkarev A., Molotov I., Nechaeva M., Gorshenkov Yu., Tuccari G., Stanghellini C., Hong X., Liu X., Quick J. & Dougherty S.
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Lens


EVN observations of the lens system B0128+437
Biggs A. D.
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A VLBI Study of the Gravitational Lens JVAS B0218+357
Mittal R., Porcas R., Wucknitz O. & Biggs A.
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Stars


Circumstellar masers
Alcolea J.
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Stellar Masers: Observations and Simulations
E.M.L. Humphreys & Gray M.D.
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A large-scale OH maser filament in W3(OH)
Harvey-Smith L. & Cohen R.J.
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Methanol masers in environments of three massive protostars
Bartkiewicz A., Szymczak M. & van Langevelde H.J.
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VLBI observations of H2O masers towards high-mass Young Stellar Objects
Goddi C. & Moscadelli L
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H2O maser observations of W3OH using VERA
O. Kameya O., Kurayama T., Suda H. & VERA member
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MERLIN 6-GHz maser emission from W3(OH)
Etoka S., Cohen R.J. & Gray M.D.
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Observations of H2O maser sources in Orion-Monoceros Molecular Clouds with VERA
Hirota T. & VERA project team
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Astrometry of W49N - OH43.8-0.1 H2O maser pair with VERA
Honma M., Bushimata T., Choi Y.K., Fujii T., Hirota T., Horiai K., Imai H., Inomata N., Ishitsuka J., Iwadate K., Jike T., Kameya O., Kamohara R., Kan-ya Y., Kawaguchi N., Kobayashi H., Kuji S., Kurayama T., Manabe S., Miyaji T., Nakagawa A., Nakashima K., Omodaka T., Oyama T., Sakai S., Sato K., Sasao T., Shibata K.M., Shimizu R., Sora K., Suda H., Tamura Y. & Yamashita K.
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First VLBI mapping of a rare SiO isotopic substitution
Soria-Ruiz R., Colomer F., Alcolea J., Bujarrabal V., Desmurs J.-F. & Marvel K.B.
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Hidden bipolarity in red supergiant winds
Richards A.M.S., Masheder M.R.W., van Langevelde H.J., Cohen R.J., Gray M.D., Yates J.A., Diamond P.J., Vlemmings W.H.T., Szymczak M. & Murakawa K.
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mm-VLBA Observations of SiO masers: probing the close stellar environment of the PPN OH231.8+4.2
Desmurs, J.-F., Sánchez Contreras, C., Bujarrabal, V., Alcolea, J. & Colomer, F.
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Radio-loud and radio-quiet X-ray binaries: LSI+61º303 Galaxies
Massi M.
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Probing the polarization characteristics of SS433 on mas scales
Paragi Z., Vermeulen R.C., Homan D.C., Wardle J.F.C., Fejes I., Schilizzi R.T., Spencer R.E. & Stirli A.M.
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VLBI observations of young Type II supernovae
Pérez-Torres M. A., Alberdi A. & Marcaide J.M.
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Continuum EVN and MERLIN observations of Ultra Luminous Infrared
Polatidis A.G. & Conway J.E.
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Microquasar Observations with MERLIN
Brown I.K.
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Instrumentation


A Review of VLBI Instrumentation
Alef W.
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Recent Results from the EVN MkIV Data Processor at JIVE
Campbell R.
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High output data rates with PCInt on the EVN MkIV data processor
van Langevelde H.J., Verkouter H., Parsley S., Garrett M., Olnon F. & Kramer B.
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The Mark 5B VLBI Data System
Whitney A.
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The Australian experience with the PC-EVN recorder
Dodson R., Tingay S., West C., Phillips C., Tzioumis A.K., Ritakari J. & Briggs F.
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From truck to optical fibre: the coming-of-age of eVLBI
Szomoru A., Biggs A., Garrett M., van Langevelde H.J, Olnon F., Paragi Z., Parsley S., Pogrebenko S. & Reynolds C.
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Packet Loss in High Data Rate Internet Data Transfer for eVLBI
Spencer R., Hughes-Jones R., Mathews A. & O'Toole S.
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The Water Vapour Radiometer at Effelsberg
Roy A.L., Teuber U. & Keller R.
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Cryogenic Filters for RFI Mitigation in Radioastronomy
Tuccari G., Caddemi A., Barbarino S., Nicotra G., Consoli F., Schilliró F. & Catalfamo F.
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What is the primary beam response of an interferometer with unequal elements?
Strom R.
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VERA system
Kobayashi H., Kawaguchi N, Manabe S.,Omodaka T., Kameya O., Shibata K.M., Miyaji T., Honma M., Tamura Y., Hirota T., Imai H., Kuji S., Horiai K., Sakai S., Sato K.,Iwadate K., Kanya Y., Jike T., Fujii T. & Kasuga T.
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East Asian VLBI Activities
Inoue M.
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Construction of the Korean VLBI Network (KVN)
Kim H.-G., Han S.-T., Sohn B.W., Oh S.-J., Je D.-H., Wi S.-O. Wi & Min M.-G.
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On the Near-term Space VLBI Mission VSOP-2
Hirabayashi H., Murata Y., Edwards P.G., Asaki Y, Mochizuki N., Inoue M., Umemoto T., Kameno S. & Kono Y.
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Spacecraft Design of VSOP-2
Murata Y., Hirabayashi H. & Next Generation Space VLBI Working Group
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VSI-E Software Suite
Lapsley D. & Whitney A.
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How to improve the High Frequency capabilities of SRT
Pisanu T., Morsiani M., Pernechele C., Buffa F. & Vargiu G.
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A 32 m Parabolic Antenna in Peru at 3,370 m of Altitude
Ishitsuka J., Ishitsuka M., Kaifu N., Miyama S., Inoue M., Tsuboi M., Ohishi M., Fujisawa K., Kasuga T., Miyazawa K. & Horiuchi S.
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Techniques


Analysis strategies and software for geodetic VLBI
Haas R.
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Applications of precision astrometry to studies of massive YSOs
Rioja M., Moscadelli L. & Cesaroni R.
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IVS Products for Precise Global Reference Frames
Schlüter W. & Vandenberg N.
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Densification of the International Celestial Reference Frame: Results of EVN Observations
Charlot P., Fey A.L., Jacobs C.S., Ma C., Sovers O.J. & Baudry A.
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Distance of W3(OH) by VLBI annual parallax measurement
Hachisuka K.,Brunthaler A., Hagiwara Y., Menten K. M., Imai H., Miyoshi M. & Sasao T.
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VLBI detections of a source weaker than 100 mJy at 86GHz
Middelberg E., Roy A.L., Walker R.C. & Falcke H.
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Multi-frequency imaging in VLBI
Likhachev S.
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Multi-wavelength differential astrometry of the S5 polar cap sample
Guirado C., Marcaide J.M., Ros E., Pérez-Torres M.A. & Martí-Vidal I.
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First results of European VLBI radar observations of space objects
Molotov I., Tuccari G., Nechaeva M., Dugin N., Konovalenko A., Falkovich I., Gorshenkov Y., Liu X., Volvach A., Agapov V., Pushkarev A., Titenko V., Buttacio S., Rumyantsev V. & Shmeld I.
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E-LFVN - An Internet Based VLBI Network
Tuccari G., Molotov I., Nechaeva M., Volvach A., Xiang L., Hong X., Buttaccio S., Gorshenkov Y. & Nicotra G.
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VLBI-experiments on research of solar wind plasma
Nechaeva M. B., Gavrilenko V. ,G., Yu., Gorshenkov N., Lipatov B.N., Liu Xiang, Molotov I.E., Pushkarev A.,B., Shanks R. & Tuccari G.
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Precise VLBI tracking of planetary probes revisited
Gurvits L.I. & the Huygens VLBI tracking team
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Authors Index
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