The Africa Millimetre Telescope

M. Backes; C. Müller; John Conway; R. P. Deane; R. Evans; H. Falcke; R. Fraga-Encinas; C. Goddi; T. P. Krichbaum; M. Klein Wolt; G. MacLeod; Varm Ribeiro; Freek Roelofs; Z. Q. Shen; H. J. van Langevelde

The Africa Millimetre Telescope
Paper i proceeding, 2016

It is believed that supermassive black holes are found in the centres of galaxies, including the Milky Way. Still, only indirect evidence has been gathered for the existence of these enigmatic objects that are predicted by the general theory of relativity. With the Event Horizon Telescope, a Very Long Baseline Interferometry network of millimetre-wave (radio) telescopes, it will be possible to directly image the 'shadow' of the event horizon of the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, Sgr A∗. Although the Event Horizon Telescope utilises an extensive network of telescopes, there is a huge gap in the coverage of the u-v-plane for these observations across Africa. We discuss the benefits of adding the Africa Millimetre Telescope to the Event Horizon Telescope and present Mt. Gamsberg in Namibia as the best site for this new and first mm-wave telescope in Africa.

Författare

M. Backes

University of Namibia

C. Müller

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Radboud Universiteit

John Conway

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium

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R. P. Deane

Rhodes University

R. Evans

Cardiff University

University of Namibia

H. Falcke

Radboud Universiteit

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

R. Fraga-Encinas

Radboud Universiteit

C. Goddi

Radboud Universiteit

T. P. Krichbaum

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

M. Klein Wolt

Radboud Universiteit

G. MacLeod

Hartebeeshoek Radio Astronomy Observatory

Varm Ribeiro

Botswana International University of Science and Technology

Radboud Universiteit

Freek Roelofs

Radboud Universiteit

Z. Q. Shen

Chinese Academy of Sciences

H. J. van Langevelde

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

Universiteit Leiden

Proceedings of Science

18248039 (eISSN)

Vol. 2016-January

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

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The Africa Millimetre Telescope Paper i proceeding, 2016

Författare

M. Backes

C. Müller

John Conway

R. P. Deane

R. Evans

H. Falcke

R. Fraga-Encinas

C. Goddi

T. P. Krichbaum

M. Klein Wolt

G. MacLeod

Varm Ribeiro

Freek Roelofs

Z. Q. Shen

H. J. van Langevelde

Proceedings of Science

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Mer information

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The Africa Millimetre Telescope
Paper i proceeding, 2016