The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy

1. Deep Fields: The Faint Sub-mJy and MicroJy Radio Sky

   • M. A. Garrett

   Pages 337-347

2. Space VLBI

   • Sándor Frey

   Pages 349-358

3. VLBI for Geodesy and Geodynamics

   • James Campbell

   Pages 359-381

4. Tropospheric and Ionospheric Phase Calibration

   • J.-F. Lestrade

   Pages 383-402

5. Ground Based VLBI Facilities - the European and Global VLBI Network

   • M. A. Garrett

   Pages 403-413

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.

• Astrometry
• Astronomical Observation
• astronomy
• geodesy
• optical interferometry
• relativistic jet

• Istituto di Radioastronomia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bologna, Italy

  Franco Mantovani

• Radio Astronomy Department, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

  Andrzej Kus

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