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The role of VLBI in astrophysics, astrometry and 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...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | The role of VLBI in astrophysics, astrometry and geodesy / edited by Franco Mantovani, Andrzej Kus |
| Édition : | 1st ed. 2005. |
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Springer Netherlands
, [20..] Cham : Springer Nature |
| Collection : | NATO science series Series II Mathematics, physics, and chemistry ; 135 |
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| Contenu : | Radio Astronomy. Principles of Synchrotron Emission in an Astrophysical Context. Non-Thermal Emission from Extragalactic Radio Sources: A High Resolution - Broad Band Approach. The Observational Properties of Blazars; Selection, Relationships and Unification. Observing Blazars with VLBI. Theory of Relativistic Jets: Basic Concepts. Parsec-Scale Morphologies and Properties of Radio Sources. Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe. Young Powerful Radio Sources and their Evolution. AGN Unification; Past Present and Future. Radio Polarimetry. Gravitational Lensing with a Radio Bias. VLBI Observations of Gravitational Lenses. Scintillation in Extragalactic Radio Sources. Supernovae. Astrophysical Masers. Radio and Optical Interferometry. Optical Interferometry: Astronomical Application. Data Analysis. Deep Fields: The Faint Sub-mJy and MicroJy Radio Sky. Space VLBI. VLBI for Geodesy and Geodynamics. Tropospheric and Ionospheric Phase Calibration. Ground Based VLBI Facilities - the European and Global VLBI Network |
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The Role of VLBI in astrophysics, astrometry, and geodesy |
| Résumé : | 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 |
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| Variantes de titre : | Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Bologna, Italy, September 17-29, 2001 |
| ISBN : | 978-1-402-02406-1 978-1-4020-2406-1 |
| DOI : | 10.1007/1-4020-2406-1 |