VLBI Mapping of the Nuclei of Radio Galaxies and Quasars

It is now possible, by means of VLBI hybrid mapping, to make maps of radio sources with a resolution of ~ 1 milliarcsecond. This enables us for the first time to compare the morphologies of the small- and large-scale structures of extragalactic radio sources, and they are strikingly different

Interplanetary Scintillation of Radio Sources at Metre Wavelengths--II: Theory

Interplanetary scintillation is being used, in a survey of radio sources, to study angular structure in the range 0"·1-1" at a frequency of 81·5 MHz. The application of diffraction theory to scintillation at this frequency is discussed, and the diffracting parameters of the interplanetary medium are derived. The dependence of scintillation index on angular structure and receiver bandwidth is determined

An Improved Measurement of the Hubble Constant from the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

We present a determination of the Hubble constant from measurements of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect (SZE) in an orientation-unbiased sample of 7 z < 0.1 galaxy clusters. With improved X-ray models and a more accurate 32-GHz calibration, we obtain H_O = 64+14-11 +/- 14_sys km/s/Mpc. for a standard CDM cosmology, or 66+14-11 +/- 15_sys km/s/Mpc for a flat LambdaCDM cosmology. In combination with X-ray cluster measurements and the BBN value for Omega_B, we find Omega_M = 0.32 +/- 0.05.Comment: 5 pp., Accepted for publication in ApJ

Fine Structure in Radio Sources at 81.5 MHz-III: The Survey

A survey of radio sources which exhibit interplanetary scintillations has been carried out with the Cambridge 18 000 m² array at 81.5 MHz. The methods of observation, and of determination of angular structure on a scale 0″.2 to 2″.0, are discussed and a catalogue lists the structure of ∼ 1500 4C sources between declinations −12° and +90°, roughly 60 per cent of which scintillate. An analysis of the results will be presented elsewhere

Fine Structure in Radio Sources at 81.5 MHz-III: The Survey

A survey of radio sources which exhibit interplanetary scintillations has been carried out with the Cambridge 18 000 m² array at 81.5 MHz. The methods of observation, and of determination of angular structure on a scale 0″.2 to 2″.0, are discussed and a catalogue lists the structure of ∼ 1500 4C sources between declinations −12° and +90°, roughly 60 per cent of which scintillate. An analysis of the results will be presented elsewhere

A New Component in the Radio Continua of PNe

A byproduct of experiments designed to map the CMB is the recent detection of a new component of foreground galactic emission. The anomalous foreground at 10–30 GHz, unexplained by traditional emission mechanisms, correlates with 100 mum dust emission, and is thus presumably due to dust.Is the anomalous foreground ubiquitous in the Galaxy? I will present evidence obtained with the CBI and SIMBA+SEST supporting the existence of the new component in the ISM at large, and in specific objects, in the form of a 31 GHz excess over free-free emission in PNe