How To Monitor AGN Intra-Day Variability at 230 GHz
  We probe the feasibility of high-frequency radio observations of very rapid
flux variations in compact active galactic nuclei (AGN). Our study assumes
observations at 230 GHz with a small 6-meter class observatory, using the SNU
Radio Astronomical Observatory (SRAO) as example. We find that 33 radio-bright
sources are observable with signal-to-noise ratios larger than ten. We derive
statistical detection limits via exhaustive Monte Carlo simulations assuming
(a) periodic, and (b) episodic flaring flux variations on time-scales as small
as tens of minutes. We conclude that a wide range of flux variations is
observable. This makes high-frequency radio observations - even with small
observatories - a powerful probe of AGN intra-day variability; especially,
those observations complement observations at lower radio frequencies with
larger observatories like the Korean VLBI Network (KVN).
