A VLBI Delay Model for Radio Sources at a Finite Distance |
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Authors: | M Sekido T Fukushima |
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Institution: | (1) Kashima Space Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 893-1 Hirai, Kashima Ibaraki, 314-0012, Japan;(2) National Astronomical Observatory, 2-21-1 Osawa Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan |
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Abstract: | A relativistic delay model for Earth-based very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observation of sources at finite distances is derived. The model directly provides the VLBI delay in the scale of terrestrial time. The effect of the curved wave front is represented by using a pseudo source vector K = (R
1 + R
2)/(R
1 + R
2), and the variation of the baseline vector due to the difference of arrival time is taken into account up to the second-order by using Halley’s method. The precision of the new VLBI delay model is 1 ps for all radio sources above 100 km altitude from the Earth’s surface in Earth-based VLBI observation. Simple correction terms (parallax effect) are obtained, which can also adopt the consensus model (e.g. International Earth Rotation and Reference Frames Service conventions) to finite-distance radio source at R > 10 pc with the same precision. The new model may enable estimation of distance to the radio source directly with VLBI delay data. |
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Keywords: | Very Long Baseline Interferometry General Theory of Relativity Spacecraft Navigation |
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