Global holographic VLBI capability for the Alqonquin Radio Observatory

加拿大曾经是射电天文学和VLBI发展的世界领导者，VLBI是一种先进的无线电技术，它将分散的望远镜组合成一个单一的仪器，大于其各部分的总和。 大量的基础设施仍然留在阿尔冈琴射电天文台（ARO），由透特技术公司运营。 我们建议发展ARO能力，再次成为世界领先的VLBI节点，使透特在科学、技术和经济上具有竞争力。在科学上，我们将发展全息VLBI新技术，它将VLBI的分辨率与星际闪烁的分辨率相结合，以获得更高的分辨率。 最近的VLBI分析表明，亚纳弧秒的位置探测是可以实现的。 这一提议将推进VLBI前沿。

Canada was once world leader in radio astronomy and the development of VLBI, an advanced radio technique which combines widely separated telescopes into a single instrument, greater than the sum of its parts. Substantial infrastructure still remains at the Algonquin Radio Observatory (ARO), operated by Thoth Technologies Inc. We propose to develop ARO capability to again become a world leading VLBI node, enabling Thoth to compete scientifically, technically and economically. Scientifically, we will be developing the new technique of holographic VLBI, which combines the resolution of VLBI with that of interstellar scintillation to obtain increased resolution. Recent VLBI analysis of pulsars indicates that sub nano-arcsecond position detection may be achievable. This proposal will advance the VLBI frontier.