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Proposal Identification No.:

V2917 Arecibo Observatory

Date Received: 2014-Mar-03 11:47:10 William E. Gordon Telescope Observing Time Request COVER SHEET

Section I - General Information
Submitted for Mar 1 2014. This proposal has not been submitted before. Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Time Requested this semester: Hours Next Semester: Hours already used for this pro ject: Additional Hours required to complete pro ject: Minimum Useful Time: Expected Data Storage: Prop osal Title: Regular VLBI Continuum Extragalactic 50 50 100 0 1 hour 100-500 GB

RadioAstron-Arecibo Space VLBI Survey of AGN at the Highest Angular Reso-

lutions
ABSTRACT: We request 100 hours of Arecibo time for July 2014 - June 2015 inclusive to perform a non-imaging Space VLBI survey of the bright AGN jet cores with RadioAstron at L and C bands. Early outcome of the survey demonstrates promising results and a high detection rate at long Space VLBI baselines. The main goal of this pro ject is to study physics of AGN cores and properties of ISM by observing AGNs up to the longest RadioAstron baseline pro jections and measuring the core' s geometry and brightness temperature while taking the influence of the inter-stellar medium into full consideration. These observations will enable the highest resolution ever achieved in direct astronomical observations at the proposed bands. Outreach Abstract: This pro ject will utilize the most sensitive ground radio telescope - Arecibo - to build the sharpest ever ground-to-space interferometer with the Russian space radio telescope RadioAstron. Using such a unique system, scientists will study close proximity of super-massive black holes in other galaxies and probe physics of their bright relativistic jets and cores.

Name Yuri Y Kovalev

Nikolai S Kardashev

Institution Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute

E-mail yyk@asc.rssi.ru

Phone +7 3332167 +7 3332389

495

Student no

nkardash@asc.rssi.ru

495

no

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Additional Authors
Kirill Sokolovskiy , Peter Voitsik , Chris Salter , Tapasi Ghosh , Leonid Gurvits , Dave Jauncey , Michael Bietenholz , Robert Preston , and the rest of the RadioAstron AGN survey team

This work is not part of a thesis.

Remote Observing Request

Observer will travel to AO Remote Observing X In Absentia (instructions to operator)

Section I I - Time Request
The following times are in UT. For these observations night-time is not needed.

Begin ­ End Interval­Interval ­ ­ ­ ­

Days Needed at This Interval

Time Constraints (Must Be Justified in the Prop osal Text) The proposal is submitted to cover the RadioAstron AO-2 period days and time windows for requested observations depend on the which will be available with high enough accuracy by the time of contact the RadioAstron scheduler to coordinate the Arecibo and visibility conditions. July 2014 - June 2015 inclusive. Exact accurate RadioAstron orbit prediction scheduling the observations. Please, RadioAstron scheduling within mutual

Next Semester Time Request

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Begin ­ End Interval­Interval ­ ­ ­ ­

Days Needed at This Interval

Time Constraints (Must Be Justified in the Prop osal Text) The proposal is submitted to cover the RadioAstron AO-2 period days and time windows for requested observations depend on the which will be available with high enough accuracy by the time of contact the RadioAstron scheduler to coordinate the Arecibo and visibility conditions. July 2014 - June 2015 inclusive. Exact accurate RadioAstron orbit prediction scheduling the observations. Please, RadioAstron scheduling within mutual

Section I I I - Instruments Needed
L-wide C

Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

Sp ecial Equipment or setup: MK5 VLBI disk recording

Section IV - RFI Considerations Frequency Ranges Planned

Section V - Observing List Target List
See the list of targets as part of the proposal justification (Table 1).

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