Very Long Baseline Interferometry with the SKA Observatory
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is a fundamental technique that combines signals from telescopes separated by thousands of kilometres to obtain some of the highest-resolution images in astronomy. The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will provide sensitive elements to current VLBI arrays, enabling deep VLBI observations (including the first low-frequency VLBI capability in the Southern Hemisphere). This summary chapter outlines the science that the SKAO, when participating in a VLBI array, will achieve (such as AGN physics, explosive transient localisation, Galactic structure, and gravitational waves), and the current understanding of how VLBI with the SKAO will operate. Given that VLBI requires partnerships with other instruments, the chapter concludes with outstanding issues and considerations for the community needed to maximise the scientific return on investment in SKA-VLBI.