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As an introduction to the following talks, this presentation reviews the theoretical background of interferometric measurements. Starting from a general formalism, I then emphasize the relationship between those measurements and the observed object properties.
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Mouillet, D. (2003). Interferometry Theory Primer. In: Garcia, P.J.V., Glindemann, A., Henning, T., Malbet, F. (eds) The Very Large Telescope Interferometer Challenges for the Future. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0157-0_1
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