Thank you to Nlingi as always for these articles related to our work.
I would like to give attention to the following articles from August 2026 that I believe are related to IVS subject matter(s). I provide the doi link, and a quick synopsis picked directly from the abstract/introduction of the article. If you have a recent article, you would like me to highlight, please let me know and I will update the list.
—Nlingi Habana
- Cite: Sarti, et al. (2026)
Title: The alignment of tie vectors in the ITRF: an assessment
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00190-026-02104-2
Synopsis: “[The provision of tie vector solutions] entails their proper and accurate alignment into the global geocentric frame. In order to assess the impact of different alignment strategies on the space geodetic combination, we test four alignment approaches[,] and focus on the residuals of the combination. Our results clearly show that the alignment strategy not only controls the orientation on the tie vector in the global frame—determining its global coordinates and components—but also impacts the magnitude of the tie vector’s combination residuals to an extent that can exceed the 1 cm level.” - Cite: Foschi, et al. (2026)
Title: Video reconstruction of variable VLBI observations with neural fields
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10988-5
Synopsis: “Here we present kine, a video reconstruction algorithm for very long baseline interferometry observations of variable sources. The kine algorithm uses a neural representation of the video to simultaneously process observations at different times, while learning and leveraging the spatio-temporal correlations present in the data.” - Cite: Husvéth, et al. (2026)
Title: The Total and Polarized Radio Emission from the Innermost Jets of a High-Redshift Quasar and a Candidate at Parsec-Scale Resolution
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/universe12080244
Synopsis: “High-frequency very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) polarimetry probes synchrotron-emitting plasma closer to the central engines of radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs), but observations above 43 GHz are technically demanding. We present 22-GHz European VLBI Network observations of [2 quasars: One (J1510+5702) with known redshift, and another (J1606+3124) whose publisged redshift is uncertain].” - Cite: Kameyama, et al. (2026)
Title: Circular Polarizer Using a 90o Differential Phase Shifter and an Orthomode Transducer for the 70–116 GHz Band
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10762-026-01165-w
Synopsis: “Converting from circular to linear polarization is necessary for VLBI observation since several receivers use the latter. However, the existing methods for achieving this remain limited. This study addressed this limitation by designing, fabricating, and testing a low-insertion loss, low-reflection coefficient, and low-cross-polarization broadband circular polarizer (CP) for the 70–116 GHz band. The proposed CP is designed to achieve low-insertion loss, a low-reflection coefficient, and low cross-polarization.”