VLBI Astrometric Procedure and Performance with CHIME/FRB Outriggers

arXiv:2609.38344 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Terminology

• Calibration — 19× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Accuracy — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 4× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Frequency Dependence — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Radio Fundamental Catalog — 1× in this paper

Sources

• A spatial filter for mitigating radio interference and its application to CHIME/FRB Outriggers
• CHIME/FRB Outriggers: Design Overview
• The 256-antenna Coherent All-Sky Monitor
• A VLBI Software Correlator for Fast Radio Transients
• Algorithms for FFT Beamforming Radio Interferometers

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