NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Contributors: Mantovani, Franco; Kus, Andrzej

A masterly survey of the last 13 years of Very Long Baseline Interferometry, reviewed in light of the most advanced astronomical observations. Topics covered include: Nonthermal emission from extragalactic radio sources; Principles of synchrotron emission in relation to astrophysics; Theory of relativistic jets; Young, powerful radio sources and their evolution; Scintillation in extragalactic radio sources; Radio and optical interferometry; Radio polarimetry; Unified schemes; Deep fields; Tropospheric and ionospheric phase calibration; Supernovae; VLBI for geodesy and geodynamics.

Book Details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2004-06-22
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN-13: 9781402018763
• Pages: 413