Aperture Synthesis Methods and Applications to Optical Astronomy /

• Main Author: Saha, Swapan Kumar (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

Over the years long baseline optical interferometry has slowly gained in importance and today it is a powerful tool. This timely book sets out to highlight the basic principles of long baseline optical interferometry. The book addresses the fundamentals of stellar interferometry with emphasis on ape...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Principal Symbols
• List of Acronyms
• Introduction to Wave Optics
• Principles of Interference
• Applications of Interferometry
• Single-dish Diffraction-limited Imaging
• Basic Tools and Technical Challenges
• Discrete-element Interferometers
• Image Recovery
• Astronomy with Diluted Aperture Interferometry
• Appendix A: Transfer Function of an Optical System
• Appendix B: Fourier Optics
• Appendix C: Spatial Frequency Response
• Appendix D: Zernike Representation of Atmospheric Turbulence
• Appendix E: Celestial Coordinate System
• References
• Index.