3–7 Jun 2024
Pesthuis Leiden
Europe/Amsterdam timezone

Intercontinental decametric VLBI

7 Jun 2024, 09:30
15m
Zuid 1 (Pesthuis Leiden)

Zuid 1

Pesthuis Leiden

Pesthuislaan 7 2333 BA Leiden
Oral Other Session

Speaker

Olaf Wucknitz (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

Description

Between December 2023 and April 2024 we conducted a VLBI experiment with LOFAR, NenuFAR, KAIRA and several stations of the LWA to try transatlantic interferometry in the LOFAR low band. Targets were Jupiter (at times of expected decametric bursts) and three bright pulsars. First goal is detecting fringes at all, which was not possible in a smaller experiment more than ten years ago. In the case of success, we can study the decametric emission from Jupiter at the finest scales. I will report on the progress, hopefully show first very preliminary results, and explain what can be done in the case of Jupiter, based on earlier European interferometry.

Primary author

Olaf Wucknitz (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

Presentation materials