UID:
almafu_9958121384802883
Format:
1 online resource (430 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2005.
ISBN:
1-280-41353-0
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9786610413539
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1-4020-2406-1
Series Statement:
NATO science series. Series II, Mathematics, physics, and chemistry ; v. 135
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4020-1875-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/1-4020-2406-1
