Ultra Wideband VLBI: Origins of Extragalactic Jets

这项研究计划将使用毫米波长的甚长基线干涉测量技术，以前所未有的角分辨率对附近活动星系核（AGN）中流出的等离子体射流进行成像。这些观测可以直接测量230GHz频率下喷流底部的大小，并确定其在喷流中的位置（结合较低频率观测的结果）。 将与科学伙伴合作，开发喷流基地的排放模型，以便与新的观测结果进行比较。现有的VLBI模拟软件将得到加强，以提供适当约束喷流模型参数的手段。 更广泛的影响涉及学生和博士后学者的培训，加强仪器和国际合作伙伴关系，并通过教师研究经验计划教师参与研究。

This research program will use the technique of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) at millimeter wavelengths to image jets of outflowing plasma in nearby Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) at unprecedented angular resolution. These observations may directly measure the size of the base of the jet at a frequency of 230GHz and establish its location within the jet (in combination with the results of lower frequency observations). In collaboration with scientific partners, emission models of the jet base will be developed for comparison with the new observations. Existing VLBI simulation software will be enhanced to provide the means to properly constrain parameters of the jet models. Broader impacts involve training of students and postdoctoral scholars, enhancing instrumentation and international partnerships, and involvement of teachers in the research via the Research Experience for Teachers program.