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Space clocks and Space VLBI

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Space clocks and Space VLBI

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  • Author: Eric A. Burt
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is an essential tool for modern astrophysics. Each antenna in a VLBI array requires an atomic clock frequency reference. A future space-based VLBI mission could enable new observations of the immediate environments of supermassive black holes that are not possible with earth-based VLBI. Development of next-generation space clocks, itself a scientific endeavor that explores the foundations of quantum mechanics, would enable such future missions. Space qualification of these new clocks should be a high priority for this decade.

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