Coffee talks
Friday 06/02/2026 @ 11:30, Sala riunioni quarto piano e on-line (meet.google.com/sue-bwvk-axf)
Zsolt Paragi (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE; Dwingeloo, Netherlands)), "EVN update and SKA-VLBI plans"
Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) builds on collaboration between radio observatories to deliver the highest spatial resolution images of the radio sky in the microwave bands. The European VLBI Network (EVN)*, operated by the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) is the most sensitive open skies research infrastructure to address a range of astrophysical phenomena. In the past decade or so the evolution the network (among others: addition of new telescopes, implementing more flexible flexible scheduling and real-time e-VLBI correlation) coincided in time with a range of developments in high-energy astrophysics, which resulted significant science results in fields like active galactic nuclei research, fast radio bursts, and multi-messenger astronomy. I will give a brief update on recent progress with the EVN and talk about where we see our possible role and impact in the era of an operational Square Kilometre Array, with particular emphasis on SKA-VLBI developments. I will also briefly mention how the EC-funded ACME** project addresses supporting astronomers using various European research infrastructures (including the EVN) to further progress in multimessenger astronomy. * The European VLBI Network is a joint facility of independent European, African, Asian, and North American radio astronomy institutes. ** The ACME (Astrophysics Centre for Multi-messenger studies in Europe) project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101131928.