Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy (Hardcover, 3, 2017)

Preface.- Introduction and Historical Review.- Introductory Theory of Interferometry and Synthesis Imaging.- Analysis of the Interferometer Response.- Geometric Relationships and Polarimetry.- Antennas and Arrays.- Response of the Receiving System.- Design of the Analog Receiving System.- Digital Signal Processing.- Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry.- Calibration and Fourier Transformation of Visibility Data.- Deconvolution, Adaptive Calibration and Applications.- Interferometer Techniques for Astrometry and Geodesy.- Propagation Effects.- Van Cittert-Zernike Theorem, Spatial Coherence and Scattering.- Radio Interference.- Related Techniques.- Principal Symbols.- Index.