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most citedThe third realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame by very long baseline interferometry

308 citations · 367 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

physics.ins-det2025

The QTF-Backbone: Proposal for a Nationwide Optical Fibre Backbone in Germany for Quantum Technology and Time and Frequency Metrology

Tara Cubel Liebisch, Peter Kaufmann, Harald Schnatz +166

The recent breakthroughs in the distribution of quantum information and high-precision time and frequency (T&F) signals over long-haul optical fibre networks have transformative po…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 17 cited

Observable quality assessment of broadband very long baseline interferometry system

Ming H. Xu, James M. Anderson, Robert Heinkelmann +3

The next-generation, broadband geodetic very long baseline interferometry system, named VGOS, is developing its global network, and VGOS networks with a small size of 3--7 stations…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 308 cited

The third realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame by very long baseline interferometry

P. Charlot, C. S. Jacobs, D. Gordon +17

A new realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) is presented based on the work achieved by a working group of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) man…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 14 cited

The impacts of source structure on geodetic parameters demonstrated by the radio source 3C371

Ming H. Xu, Robert Heinkelmann, James M. Anderson +4

Closure quantities measured by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations are independent of instrumental and propagation instabilities and antenna gain factors, but are…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 19 cited

The source structure of 0642+449 detected from the CONT14 observations

Ming H. Xu, Robert Heinkelmann, James M. Anderson +3

The CONT14 campaign with state-of-the-art VLBI data has observed the source 0642+449 with about one thousand observables each day during a continuous observing period of fifteen da…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 9 cited

The ICRF-3: Status, plans, and progress on the next generation International Celestial Reference Frame

Z. Malkin, C. S. Jacobs, F. Arias +17

The goal of this presentation is to report the latest progress in creation of the next generation of VLBI-based International Celestial Reference Frame, ICRF3. Two main directions…

astro-ph2008

Analysis and comparison of precise long-term nutation series, strictly determined with OCCAM 6.1 VLBI software

G. Bourda, J. Boehm, R. Heinkelmann +1

The IAU/IUGG Working Group on "Nutation for a non-rigid Earth", led by Véronique Dehant, won the European Descartes Prize in 2003, for its work developing a new model for the prece…