Principles of Stellar Interferometry

• Main Author: Glindemann, Andreas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Numerical and Computational Physics.

Over the last decade, stellar interferometry has developed from a specialist tool to a mainstream observing technique, attracting scientists whose research benefits from milliarcsecond angular resolution. Stellar interferometry has become part of the astronomer’s toolbox, complementing single-telesc...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Propagation of Light
• 2 Imaging Process – Propagation through Optical Systems
• 3 Atmospheric Turbulence
• 4 Instrumental Techniques
• 5 Observing through Atmospheric Turbulence
• 6 Modern Interferometers
• A Appendix
• References
• Index.