The Role of Vlbi in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy - Hardback

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
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: Jun 16, 2004
• | Number of Pages: 413 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 1402018754
• | ISBN-13: 9781402018756