LBO Science Program 2017A
A total of 37 new proposals were received for the 1 August submission deadline for Semester 2017A. The table below summarizes the approved observing programs for the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) / High Sensitivity Array (HSA) / Global 3mm VLBI Array (GMVA). Listed are the PI name, proposal ID, proposal title, maximum hours approved, and proposal type (Regular, Triggered, or Large). Proposals from previous semesters that were awarded time by LBO in 16B are included.
For each approved program, the Proposal Finder Tool will have access to its authors, title, abstract, and total approved hours.
Long Baseline Observatory 2017A Science Program
| PI | ID | Title | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asada, Keiichi | GMVA/16B-346 | Ultra-deep imaging of the BH jet base and accretion flow of M87 from 100 to 7 Rs | 14 | Regular |
| Baczko, Anne-Kathrin | GMVA/16B-169 | Probing the Jet-Collimation Region in NGC1052 with high-fidelity mm-VLBI imaging | 14 | Regular |
| Baczko, Anne-Kathrin | VLBA/17A-322 | Combining SRMHD simulations with multi-frequency VLBA observations in NGC1052 | 11 | Regular |
| Basu, Aritra | VLBA/17A-082 | A broad-band polarimetric study of an unbiased sample of radio-loud AGN | 24 | Regular |
| Bietenholz, Michael | VLBA/17A-348 | SN 2016coi: A Rare Chance to Resolve a Nearby Supernova | 8 | Regular |
| Bower, Geoffrey | VLBA/15A-424 | The Galactic Center Pulsar: Long-Term Astrometry and Sagittarius A* Physics | 12 | Regular |
| Bower, Geoffrey | VLBA/17A-247 | Proper Motions of Galactic Center Pulsars | 8 | Regular |
| Brinkerink, Christiaan | GMVA/16B-312 | Imaging the Global Magnetic-Field Structure Near Sgr A*: 3mm VLBI with GMVA+ALMA | 8 | Regular |
| Britzen, Silke | GMVA/16B-191 | Solving the jet launching mystery in M87 with GMVA + phased ALMA observations | 20 | Regular |
| CUTINI, Sara | VLBA/16B-127 | Morphological changes after a bright optical-gamma-ray flare in S51803+78 | 4 | Regular |
| Davelaar, Jordy | VLBA/17A-065 | Core position measurements of M81* | 7 | Regular |
| Deller, Adam | VLBA/16B-317 | MSPSRPI: VLBI astrometry of millisecond pulsars | 140.00004 | Regular |
| Deller, Adam | VLBA/16B-327 | VLBA astrometry of J0737-3039: improved GR tests + moment of inertia measurement | 16 | Regular |
| Dexter, Jason | VLBA/17A-244 | A Three Dimensional Map of Intense Interstellar Scattering | 24 | Regular |
| Dzib, Sergio | VLBA/17A-173 | The distance to the LkHa 101 region | 18 | Regular |
| Edwards, Philip | VLBA/17A-252 | The Final TeV Blazars Until the CTA | 8 | Regular |
| Gabuzda, Denise | VLBA/17A-014 | 5.0-1.4 GHz VLBA Polarization Observations of the 191 MOJAVE-II Sources | 120 | Large |
| Goddi, Ciriaco | VLBA/17A-379 | Tracing the root of protostellar outflows in the best high-mass disk candidates | 72 | Regular |
| Hada, Kazuhiro | VLBA/17A-318 | Ultra-deep imaging of the spine-sheath structure of the M87 jet | 36 | Regular |
| Homan, Jeroen | VLBA/16A-079 | How super-Eddington are the brightest accreting neutron stars? | 12 | Regular |
| Jones, Dayton | VLBA/16A-002 | VLBA Astrometry of the Juno Spacecraft in Jupiter Orbit | 12 | Regular |
| Kounkel, Marina | VLBA/17A-095 | Peculiar non-thermally emitting radio source | 8 | Regular |
| Lico, Rocco | VLBA/15B-033 | Explaining the cycle of the first periodic HSP blazar with VLBA observations | 4 | Regular |
| Lister, Matthew | VLBA/16B-175 | MOJAVE: Long Term VLBA Polarimetric Observations of Pc-Scale AGN Jets | 432 | Large |
| Lu, Rusen | VLBA/17A-182 | How does the M87 jet accelerate? | 55 | Regular |
| Ma, Chopo | VLBA/17A-051 | VLBA Geodesy/Astrometry Observations for 2017 | 72 | Regular |
| Marscher, Alan | VLBA/14B-264 | Sub-milliarcsecond Imaging of the Gamma-ray Emission Regions of Blazars | 144 | Large |
| Melis, Carl | VLBA/17A-262 | California's puzzling lack of stars | 20 | Regular |
| Melis, Carl | VLBA/17A-282 | Pleiades Binaries for the Masses | 10 | Regular |
| Meyer, Eileen | VLBA/16B-252 | Mapping the Velocity Profiles of Extragalactic Jets from pc to kpc scales | 21 | Regular |
| Miller-Jones, James | VLBA/16B-137 | A geometric distance to the black hole X-ray binary Swift J1753.5-0127 | 15 | Regular |
| Miller-Jones, James | VLBA/17A-191 | Probing transient jet launching in stellar-mass black holes | 52; Swift ksec: 27 | Triggered |
| Moscadelli, Luca | VLBA/17A-049 | Studying ejection at 10-100 AU in a binary system of massive YSOs | 28 | Regular |
| Nagai, Hiroshi | GMVA/16B-101 | GMVA+ALMA Observation of the Innermost Jet in 3C 84 | 12 | Regular |
| Orosz, Gabor | VLBA/16A-378 | Extending the parallax measurement of hydroxyl masers in OH/IR stars | 10 | Regular |
| Panessa, Francesca | VLBA/17A-154 | Connection between disk ultra fast wind and jet: the case of IRAS17020+4544 | 4.5 | Regular |
| Panessa, Francesca | VLBA/17A-184 | Multiwavelenght monitoring of NGC 2110 | 10 | Regular |
| Perez-Torres, Miguel | VLBA/16B-274 | The transient sky in Arp 299 | 18 | Regular |
| Perlman, Eric | VLBA/17A-185 | Confirming Superluminal Motion in the Closest Tidal Disruption Event | 5 | Regular |
| Reid, Mark | VLBA/16B-001 | A Parallax Distance for the Microquasar Cyg X-3 | 24 | Regular |
| Sanna, Alberto | VLBA/16B-089 | Dynamical properties of High-mass Star-Forming Regions - Cepheus A | 160 | Regular |
| Spingola, Cristiana | VLBA/17A-232 | Uncovering the nature of gravitationally lensed flux-ratio anomalies | 60 | Regular |
| Szymczak, Marian | VLBA/17A-017 | Hydroxyl and water masers associated with the methanol periodic source | 20 | Regular |
| Tarchi, Andrea | VLBA/17A-048 | Jet or disk: what is the true nature of the water gigamaser in TXS2226-184? | 9.5 | Regular |
| Tobin, Taylor | VLBA/17A-178 | Magnetic Fields and Exoplanets in AGB Environments: Deep Observations with HSA | 34 | Regular |
| Woo, Jong-Hak | VLBA/17A-113 | Revealing a sub-kpc-scale binary AGN | 20 | Regular |
| Yang, Wenjin | VLBA/17A-112 | Locating the very distant Outer Scutum Centaurus spiral arm of the Milky Way | 18 | Regular |
| Zaw, Ingyin | VLBA/17A-399 | Resolving AGN Obscuration: NGC 1068 | 12 | Regular |
