The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mantovani, Franco (Editor), Kus, Andrzej (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 135
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

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 relat...