The Role of Vlbi in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781402018756)

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.

Author: Franco Mantovani
ISBN-10: 1402018754
ISBN-13: 9781402018756
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2004
Pages: 413
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d