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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 135)
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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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Book Title: The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy
Editors: Franco Mantovani, Andrzej Kus
Series Title: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2406-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1875-6Published: 16 June 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1876-3Published: 22 June 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2406-1Published: 31 December 2005
Series ISSN: 1568-2609
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 413
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Geophysics/Geodesy