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An Introduction to Optical Stellar Interferometry
A. Labeyrie
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Description for An Introduction to Optical Stellar Interferometry
hardcover. This book, first published in 2006, describes the theory and uses of interferometry for advanced students in physics, optics and astronomy. Num Pages: 360 pages, 195 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGG; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 866.
During the last two decades, optical stellar interferometry has become an important tool in astronomical investigations requiring spatial resolution well beyond that of traditional telescopes. This book, first published in 2006, was the first to be written on the subject. The authors provide an extended introduction discussing basic physical and atmospheric optics, which establishes the framework necessary to present the ideas and practice of interferometry as applied to the astronomical scene. They follow with an overview of historical, operational and planned interferometric observatories, and a selection of important astrophysical discoveries made with them. Finally, they present some as-yet untested ideas ... Read more
During the last two decades, optical stellar interferometry has become an important tool in astronomical investigations requiring spatial resolution well beyond that of traditional telescopes. This book, first published in 2006, was the first to be written on the subject. The authors provide an extended introduction discussing basic physical and atmospheric optics, which establishes the framework necessary to present the ideas and practice of interferometry as applied to the astronomical scene. They follow with an overview of historical, operational and planned interferometric observatories, and a selection of important astrophysical discoveries made with them. Finally, they present some as-yet untested ideas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521828727
SKU
V9780521828727
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About A. Labeyrie
Antoine Labeyrie is Professor at the Collège de France. During his distinguished career he has made many fundamental contributions to high resolution optical astronomy. Stephen G. Lipson is Chair of Electro-Optics and Professor of Physics at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. He is co-author of Optical Physics, 3rd edition (Cambridge University Press, 1995). Peter Nisenson studied physics and ... Read more
Reviews for An Introduction to Optical Stellar Interferometry
'I have no doubt that it will soon be a set book on many third-level courses in astronomy and astrophysics … [this book] is a scholarly and cogent work.' Astronomy and Space '… wide-ranging, covering both qualitative and quantitative introductions to interferometry and aperture synthesis at optical wavelengths, as well as expositions of parallel areas of interest … the presentation ... Read more