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Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy

By Franco Mantovani , Andrzej Kus

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2004
ISBN
1402018754, 9781402018756, 9781402024061
LCC
QB479.3 .N35 2001
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11894396 bytes)
Series
NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
Edition
1
Pages
430\430
Topic
Physics Astronomy
Library
mexmat
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Физика;Астрономия и астрофизика;Астрометрия

Description

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.

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