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Very Long Baseline Interferometry at millimetre wavelengths (mm-VLBI) allows to image compact galactic and extragalactic radio sources with microarcsecond resolution, unreachable by other astronomical observing techniques. Future global VLBI at millimetre wavelengths therefore should allow to map,with a spatial resolution of only a few to a few ten gravitational radii, the direct vicinity of the Super Massive Black Holes (SMBH) located in the centres of nearby galaxies. With the reduced intrinsic self-absorption at short wavelengths, mm- VLBI opens a direct view onto the often jet-producing “central engine”.
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Krichbaum, T. et al. (2007). Towards the Event Horizon: High Resolution VLBI Imaging of Nuclei of Active Galaxies. In: Lobanov, A.P., Zensus, J.A., Cesarsky, C., Diamond, P.J. (eds) Exploring the Cosmic Frontier. ESO Astrophysics Symposia European Southern Observatory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39756-4_53
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