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Interferometry and Aperture Synthesis

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Interferometry with arrays of telescopes or antennas achieves angular resolutions that are not in the reach of single instruments. The present chapter discusses the principles of interferometry that are the foundations of both optical/infrared and radio interferometry. The concept of coherence is discussed, together with the technique of aperture synthesis.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Rosa Poggiani

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Poggiani, R. (2017). Interferometry and Aperture Synthesis. In: Optical, Infrared and Radio Astronomy. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44732-2_11

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