3 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
The Black Hole Explorer: Preliminary Antenna Design
T. K. Sridharan, R. Lehmensiek, D. Marrone +6
We present the basic design of a large, light weight, spaceborne antenna for the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (space-VLBI) mission, achieving…
astro-ph.IM2024
The Black Hole Explorer: Back End Electronics
Ranjani Srinivasan, Jonathan Weintroub, Rick Raffanti +15
This paper describes specification and early design of back end signal processing subsystems for the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) space teles…
astro-ph.IM2024
The Black Hole Explorer: Motivation and Vision
Michael D. Johnson, Kazunori Akiyama, Rebecca Baturin +65
We present the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX), a mission that will produce the sharpest images in the history of astronomy by extending submillimeter Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry…