附註:Includes bibliographical references.
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Participants -- 1. Radio astronomy. A short historical introduction -- 2. Principles of synchrotron emission in an astrophysical context -- 3. Non-thermal emission from extragalactic radio sources: a high resolution broad band approach -- 4. The observational properties of blazars; selection relationships and unification -- 5. Observing blazars with VLBI -- 6. Theory of relativistic jets: basic concepts -- 7. Parsec-scale morphologies and properties of radio sources -- 8. Supermassive black holes in the universe -- 9. Young powerful radio sources and their evolution -- 10. AGN unification; past, present and future -- 11. Radio polarimetry -- 12. Gravitational lensing with radio bias -- 13. VLBI Observations of gravitational lenses -- 14. Scintillation in extragalactic radio sources -- 15. Supernovae -- 16. Astrophysical Masers -- 17. Radio and optical interferometry -- 18. Optical interferometry: astronomical application -- 19. Data analysis -- 20. Deep fields: the faint sub-mJy and microJy radio sky: a VLBI perspective -- 21. Space VLBI -- 22. VLBI for geodesy and geodynamics -- 23. Tropospheric and ionospheric phase calibration.
摘要: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.
