Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy

A. RICHARD THOMPSON received his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1956. In 1973 he joined the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and has been holding since then different responsibilities including the Deputy Head of the Central Electronics Laboratory. Besides other duties he was the International Astronomical Union's representative to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-R). JAMES M. MORAN, PhD, is a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. In 2013, he received the Grote Reber Gold Medal for his pioneering work in the development and application of spectroscopic Very Long Baseline Interferometry. GEORGE W. SWENSON, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and of Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research areas are remote sensing and space science, radio and optical wave propagation amongst others.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

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.

Author Index.

Subject Index.