2. Edition - May 2001
125.- Euro
2001. XXIII, 692 Pages, Hardcover
194 Fig.
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 0-471-25492-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-25492-8 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin









Short description
Radio telescopes have the potential of recording images in the universe at a resolution nearly 1,000 times higher than the Hubble Space telescope. To attain this resolution, astronomers rely on a technology called Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). With the launch of the first VLBI satellite, Very Long Baseline Array has now come into actual operation. This, as well as other developments over the last 10 years, has increased the need for an up-to-date technical reference in radio astronomy. The first edition of this title was seen as the standard reference on the subject and this edition provides a comprehensive account today's techniques used in interferometry and radio astronomy.

From the contents
Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Introduction and Historical Review.

Introductory Theory of Interferometry and Synthesis Imaging.

Analysis of the Interferometer Response.

Geometric Relationships and Polarimetry.

Antennas and Arrays.

Response of the Receiving System.

Design of the Analog Receiving System.

Digital Signal Processing.

Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry.

Calibration and Fourier Transformation of Visibility Data.

Deconvolution, Adaptive Calibration, and Applications.

Interferometer Techniques for Astrometry and Geodesy.

Propagation Effects.

Van Cittert-Zernike Theorem, Spatial Coherence, and Scattering.

Radio Interference.

Related Techniques.

Principal Symbols.

Author Index.

Subject Index.