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| Radio Astronomy / VLBI (Anton Zensus) |
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Radio Astronomy / Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry
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Structure of the jet-system in NGC 1052 (© MPIfR) |
By employing radio-interferometry, extragalactic objects and their centres are investigated in great detail. The Very Long Base Line Interferometry (VLBI) method is applied by correlating data from telescopes distributed worldwide and using them as a “giant“ combined telescope within the framework of coordinated arrays as the the European VLBI network (EVN). In addition, global VLBI experiments are conducted in cooperation with telescopes in the USA.
The main area of scientific research is the centres of active galactic nuclei and their jets. One aim is to depict the shell of so-called “central engines” in active galactic centres, which are thought to coincide with “super-massive black holes“.
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Further links
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 Anton Zensus
Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry
Research Activities 2008/2009
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© 2010, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn |
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