The special VLBI techniques used to obtain accurate absolute or relative positions of radio sources are discussed. Contents 19.1 Types of Astrometry : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 364 19.1.1 Absolute Astrometry : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 364 19.1.2 Relative Astrometry : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 365 19.2 The Basic Array Measurement : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 365 19.2.1 The Total Phase Delay : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 365 19.2.2 The Model Phase Delay : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 366 19.2.3 Phase (Lobe) Ambiguities : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 367 19.3 Absolute Astrometry : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 368 19.3.1 The Fundamental Ast...
Feasibility of the high-precision astrometry of Galactic water maser sources was studied on the basi...
We describe a phase-reference VLBI observation that was conducted at 15.4 GHz by fast-switching VLBA...
(Abridged) This thesis describes the development of DiFX, the first general-purpose software correla...
While conventional imaging in VLBI provides information only about the relative position between dif...
The current radio reference frame is defined by the VLBI positions of several hundreds of extragalac...
From 43GHz VLBA observations of the pair of radio sources 1928+738 and2007+777 we have demonstrated ...
Very Long Baseline Inteferometry (VLBI) at radio wavelengths can yield astrometric accuracies better...
The astrometric accuracy in the relative coordinates of two angularly-close radio sources observed w...
Astrometric accuracy of complex modern VLBI arrays cannot be calculated analytically. We study the a...
10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Astrophysics and AstronomyAstrometric ac...
We are at the cusp of a generational shift in the power of radio interferometers, with both the SKA ...
Context. The European space astrometry mission Gaia, to be launched by 2012, will construct a dense ...
To accurately link the radio and optical Celestial Reference Frames (CRFs) at optical bright end, i....
We present 5 GHz space-VLBI observations of the quasar pair B1342+662/B 1342+663 that demonstrate th...
When very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations are used to determine the position or mot...
Feasibility of the high-precision astrometry of Galactic water maser sources was studied on the basi...
We describe a phase-reference VLBI observation that was conducted at 15.4 GHz by fast-switching VLBA...
(Abridged) This thesis describes the development of DiFX, the first general-purpose software correla...
While conventional imaging in VLBI provides information only about the relative position between dif...
The current radio reference frame is defined by the VLBI positions of several hundreds of extragalac...
From 43GHz VLBA observations of the pair of radio sources 1928+738 and2007+777 we have demonstrated ...
Very Long Baseline Inteferometry (VLBI) at radio wavelengths can yield astrometric accuracies better...
The astrometric accuracy in the relative coordinates of two angularly-close radio sources observed w...
Astrometric accuracy of complex modern VLBI arrays cannot be calculated analytically. We study the a...
10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Astrophysics and AstronomyAstrometric ac...
We are at the cusp of a generational shift in the power of radio interferometers, with both the SKA ...
Context. The European space astrometry mission Gaia, to be launched by 2012, will construct a dense ...
To accurately link the radio and optical Celestial Reference Frames (CRFs) at optical bright end, i....
We present 5 GHz space-VLBI observations of the quasar pair B1342+662/B 1342+663 that demonstrate th...
When very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations are used to determine the position or mot...
Feasibility of the high-precision astrometry of Galactic water maser sources was studied on the basi...
We describe a phase-reference VLBI observation that was conducted at 15.4 GHz by fast-switching VLBA...
(Abridged) This thesis describes the development of DiFX, the first general-purpose software correla...