RadioAstron Science Program Five Years after Launch: Main Science Results

• Published in: Solar system research Vol. 51; no. 7; pp. 535 - 554
• Main Authors: Kardashev, N. S., Alakoz, A. V., Andrianov, A. S., Artyukhov, M. I., Baan, W., Babyshkin, V. E., Bartel, N., Bayandina, O. S., Val’tts, I. E., Voitsik, P. A., Vorobyov, A. Z., Gwinn, C., Gomez, J. L., Giovannini, G., Jauncey, D., Johnson, M., Imai, H., Kovalev, Y. Y., Kurtz, S. E., Lisakov, M. M., Lobanov, A. P., Molodtsov, V. A., Novikov, B. S., Pogodin, A. V., Popov, M. V., Privesenzev, A. S., Rudnitski, A. G., Rudnitski, G. M., Savolainen, T., Smirnova, T. V., Sobolev, A. M., Soglasnov, V. A., Sokolovsky, K. V., Filippova, E. N., Khartov, V. V., Churikova, M. E., Shirshakov, A. E., Shishov, V. I., Edwards, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Angular resolution; Astronomical polarimetry; Astronomy; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Brightness temperature; Disks; Emissions; Fine structure; Interferometry; Interstellar; Magnetic fields; Observations and Techniques; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Planetology; Polarimetry; Pulsars; Quasars; Radiation; Radio emission; Scattering; Screens; Star formation; very long baseline interferometry (VLBI); active galactic nuclei (AGN); interstellar scattering; ground-space interferometer; cosmic masers; stratigraphy; pulsars; quasars

The RadioAstron ground-space interferometer provides the highest angular resolution achieved now in astronomy. The detection of interferometric fringes from quasars with this angular resolution on baselines of 100–200 thousand km suggests the brightness temperatures which exceed the Compton limit by...