The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy
Franco Mantovani, Andrzej Kus - The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy
Published: 2004-06-16 | ISBN: 1402018754, 1402018762 | PDF | 414 pages | 11 MB
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.