The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mantovani, Franco (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kus, Andrzej (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Σειρά: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 135
• Θέματα: Physics.; Geophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Geophysics/Geodesy.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XVI, 414 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781402024061
• ISSN: 1568-2609 ;

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.