VLBI20-30: a scientific roadmap for the next decade -- The future of the European VLBI Network
Tiziana Venturi
,
Zsolt Paragi
,
Michael Lindqvist
,
Anna Bartkiewicz
,
Rob Beswick
,
Tamara Bogdanović
,
Walter Brisken
,
Patrick Charlot
,
Francisco Colomer
,
John Conway
,
Sándor Frey
,
José Carlos Guirado
,
Leonid Gurvits
,
Huib van Langevelde
,
Andrei Lobanov
,
John Mckean
,
Raffaella Morganti
,
Tom Muxlow
,
Miguel Pérez-Torres
,
Kazi Rygl
,
Robert Schulz
,
Arpad Szomoru
,
Pablo de Vicente
,
Tao An
,
Guillem Anglada
,
Megan Argo
,
Rebecca Azulay
,
Ilse van Bemmel
,
Tatiana Bocanegra
,
Biagina Boccardi
,
Paola Castangia
,
James Chibueze
,
Giuseppe Cimò
,
Juan-Bautista Climent
,
Roger Deane
,
Adam Deller
,
Richard Dodson
,
Dmitry Duev
,
Sandra Etoka
,
Danielle Fenech
,
Krisztina Gabányi
,
Denise Gabuzda
,
Michael Garrett
,
Marcin Gawroński
,
Giancarlo Ghirlanda
,
Marcello Giroletti
,
Ciriaco Goddi
,
Jose Luis Gómez
,
Malcolm Gray
,
Jane Greaves
,
Jason Hessels
,
Alexander van der Horst
,
Todd Hunter
,
Robert Laing
,
Dharam Vir Lal
,
Sébastien Lambert
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Laurent Loinard
,
Benito Marcote
,
Andrea Merloni
,
James Miller-Jones
,
Guifré Molera Calvés
,
Luca Moscadelli
,
Hans Olofsson
,
Leonid Petrov
,
Roberto Pizzo
,
Andrea Possenti
,
Luis Henry Quiroga-Nuñez
,
Cormac Reynolds
,
Anita Richards
,
Maria Rioja
,
Alberto Sanna
,
Tuomas Savolainen
,
Tullia Sbarrato
,
Cristiana Spingola
,
Gabriele Surcis
,
Corrado Trigilio
,
Eskil Varenius
,
Wouter Vlemmings
,
Sjoert van Velzen
,
Johan van der Walt
Tiziana Venturi
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Zsolt Paragi
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Michael Lindqvist
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Anna Bartkiewicz
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Rob Beswick
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Tamara Bogdanović
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Walter Brisken
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Patrick Charlot
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Francisco Colomer
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John Conway
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Sándor Frey
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José Carlos Guirado
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Leonid Gurvits
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Huib van Langevelde
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Andrei Lobanov
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John Mckean
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Raffaella Morganti
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Tom Muxlow
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Miguel Pérez-Torres
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Kazi Rygl
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Robert Schulz
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Arpad Szomoru
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Pablo de Vicente
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Tao An
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Guillem Anglada
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Megan Argo
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Rebecca Azulay
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Ilse van Bemmel
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Tatiana Bocanegra
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Biagina Boccardi
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Paola Castangia
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James Chibueze
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Giuseppe Cimò
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Juan-Bautista Climent
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Roger Deane
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Adam Deller
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Richard Dodson
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Dmitry Duev
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Sandra Etoka
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Danielle Fenech
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Krisztina Gabányi
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Denise Gabuzda
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Michael Garrett
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Marcin Gawroński
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Giancarlo Ghirlanda
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Marcello Giroletti
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Ciriaco Goddi
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Jose Luis Gómez
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Malcolm Gray
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Jane Greaves
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Jason Hessels
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Alexander van der Horst
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Todd Hunter
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Robert Laing
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Dharam Vir Lal
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Sébastien Lambert
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Laurent Loinard
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Benito Marcote
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Andrea Merloni
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James Miller-Jones
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Guifré Molera Calvés
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Luca Moscadelli
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Hans Olofsson
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Leonid Petrov
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Roberto Pizzo
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Andrea Possenti
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Luis Henry Quiroga-Nuñez
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Cormac Reynolds
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Anita Richards
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Maria Rioja
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Alberto Sanna
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Tuomas Savolainen
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Tullia Sbarrato
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Cristiana Spingola
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Gabriele Surcis
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Corrado Trigilio
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Eskil Varenius
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Wouter Vlemmings
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Sjoert van Velzen
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Johan van der Walt
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Abstract
This white paper describes the science case for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and provides suggestions towards upgrade paths for the European VLBI Network (EVN). The EVN is a distributed long-baseline radio interferometric array, that operates at the very forefront of astronomical research. Recent results, together with the new science possibilities outlined in this vision document, demonstrate the EVN's potential to generate new and exciting results that will transform our view of the cosmos. Together with e-MERLIN, the EVN provides a range of baseline lengths that permit unique studies of faint radio sources to be made over a wide range of spatial scales. The science cases are reviewed in six chapters that cover the following broad areas: cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, innermost regions of active galactic nuclei, explosive phenomena and transients, stars and stellar masers in the Milky Way, celestial reference frames and space applications. The document concludes with identifying the synergies with other radio, as well as multi-band/multi-messenger instruments, and provide the recommendations for future improvements. The appendices briefly describe other radio VLBI arrays, the technological framework for EVN developments, and a selection of spectral lines of astrophysical interest below 100 GHz. The document includes a glossary for non-specialists, and a list of acronyms at the end.