9 papers
Advancing Astrophysics with the SKA II
Anna Bonaldi, Tyler L. Bourke, Philippa Hartley +45
Advancing Astrophysics with the SKA II (AASKAII), written by our science community, outlines the transformative scientific advances that will be enabled by the SKA telescopes. In t…
Exploring Tidal Disruption Events with SKA and VLBI: Unveiling the Mystery of Black Hole Feeding and Outflows
Xinwen Shu, Guobin Mou, Tao An +8
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) probe the birth and evolution of black hole accretion flows and jets on human timescales. Radio emission traces shocks and outflows from thermal TDEs…
Unraveling the mysteries of supernovae with SKA+VLBI
Tao An, Zhengwei Liu, Ailing Wang +6
Supernovae (SNe) drive cosmic chemical enrichment and shape galactic feedback, yet the link between progenitors and explosion outcomes remains poorly constrained because the earlie…
Transforming X-ray Binary Astrophysics with SKA+VLBI
Tao An, Ailing Wang, James C. A. Miller-Jones +6
X-ray binaries (XRBs) are unique laboratories where accretion, jets, strong gravity and magnetic fields can be probed on humanly tractable timescales. The phased SKA-Mid operating…
Extending the SKA Across Africa: The Case for a Continental African VLBI Network
Emmanuel K. Bempong-Manful, Jompoj Wongphechauxsorn, Jack Radcliffe +31
The African continent holds the key to unlocking the full potential of global Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). Strategic placement of radio telescopes across Africa provid…
Unique Science Opportunities for Space VLBI Systems with the SKA Telescopes
Y. Y. Kovalev, G. Bruni, T. An +17
To date, two dedicated Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (SVLBI) missions, the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) and RadioAstron, have provided groundbreaking insights…