The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry: Recent Scientific Results and 2nd Generation Instrumentation: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in ... 4-8 April 2005 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540742530 ISBN 13: 9783540742531

Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

Celebrating the completion of the first phase of VLTI development, the ESO workshop The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry, held in 2005, gathered researchers together to review and discuss not just interferometers, but also how science uses interferometers and their impact on astronomy as a whole. This volume contains the proceedings of this workshop, serving as a reference for astronomers working with optical and infrared interferometry.

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Long-baseline interferometry has been traditionally regarded as a very technical method with a limited number of applications. At the turn of the millennium, with the introduction of large community-oriented facilities such as the VLTI, we are seeing a transformation into a major astronomical technique, with a corresponding dramatic increase in the number of publications. This book marks this transition, by providing a wide and deep insight into a large number of diverse and compelling results recently obtained by long-baseline interferometers. It also provides an insight into concepts which form the basis of future instruments and further developments in this technique.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540742530
• ISBN 13: 9783540742531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 603
• Editor: Richichi Andrea, Delplancke Francoise, Paresce Francesco, Chelli Alain