Living Life on the Edge High Resolution, Widefield VLBI

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Living Life on the EdgeHigh Resolution,
Wide-field VLBI
(CAS Sciencefest) By Emil Lenc elenc_at_astro.swin.e
du.au http//astronomy.swin.edu.au/elenc/
Supervisor Dr. Steven Tingay Assoc.
Supervisor Prof. Matthew Bailes ATNF
Co-supervisor Dr. Tasso Tzioumis
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Southern Starbursts
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AGN Jet Interactions
Pictor A Perley, Röser, Meisenheimer (1997),
AA, 328, 12 PKS 2152-699 Ly, De Young, Bechtold
(2005), ApJ, 618, 609
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AGN Jet Interactions
Pictor A Perley, Röser, Meisenheimer (1997),
AA, 328, 12
Reduce observational uncertainties from
Synchrotron Self-Compton (SSC) emission models
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7-12s detections
14 sources
85-1401 mJy
16-58 from phase centre
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Summary

• Development and application of wide-field imaging
  techniques.
• Blind survey of starburst galaxies - detect
  supernova remnants and HII regions. Study ionised
  interstellar medium, supernova rate and star
  formation rate.
• Targeted imaging of radio galaxy jet-cloud
  interactions to reduce observational
  uncertainties from Synchrotron Self-Compton (SSC)
  emission models
• Unbiased wide-field survey. My research has
  resulted in the widest and highest resolution
  images to date.
• My research is testing techniques that will be
  critical for the success of LOFAR, extended
  LOFAR, NTD and xNTD and the SKA.