Cavendish Astrophysics

Next EVN Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2002
See newletter for more details
Observing proposals are invited for the EVN, a VLBI network of radio
telescopes in Europe and Asia operated by an international Consortium of
institutes. The EVN is open to all astronomers, and encourages use of the
Network by astronomers not specialised in the VLBI technique. The Joint
Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) (http://www.jive.nl)
can provide support and advice on project preparation, scheduling, correlation
and analysis.
PIs can apply for time by completing a coversheet (http://www.jive.nl/jive/evn/proposals/prop.html)
and attaching a scientific justification (maximum 2 pages). The detailed
call for proposals (http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/vlbi/EVN/evncall-long-jan2002.html)
has further information on Global VLBI, EVN+MERLIN and guidelines for proposal
submission. The EVN User Guide is available at http://www.jive.nl/jive/evn/evn.html,
the EVN Status table (http://www.oso.chalmers.se/~vlbi/EVN/EVNstatus) gives
current antenna
capabilities and the on-line VLBI catalogue (http://www.ira.bo.cnr.it/~tventuri/cata.html)
details sources
observed by the EVN and Global VLBI.
EVN Observing Sessions in 2002
2002 Session 1 Feb 08 - Mar 01 18/21cm + MERLIN,
5cm, 3.6cm
2002 Session 2 May 24 - Jun 14 18/21cm, 6cm+MERLIN,
+ ...
2002 Session 3 Nov 08 - Nov 29 6cm, 18/21cm+MERLIN,
5cm +...
Proposals received by 1 February 2002 will be considered for scheduling
in Session 2, 2002 or later. Finalisation of the planned observing wavelengths
will depend on proposal pressure.
Special features for Sessions in 2002
i. The new VLBI terminal at Arecibo is installed and fringes have
been found to VLBA antennas (see http://www.naic.edu/menuimag/astronomy.htm)
ii. GBT available - see full version of the call for proposals
for further details
iii. 512 Mbps recording available at EVN antennas from session 2/2002
iv. The Shanghai and Urumqi telescopes are now fully operational
for MkIV/VLBA recording
v. A 5cm receiver is now available at Cambridge
vi. Hartebeesthoek (South Africa) is now an associate member of
the EVN
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