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 is the first book 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 for instruments both on the ground and in space which may allow us to image details of planetary systems beyond our own.
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"...the presentation is excellent and the athors deploy rough order-of-magnitude calculations and physical arguments in amongst the text to very good effect...this volume fills a gap that has for a long time been problematic...as an introduction to the field, this volume fills a valuable role. --The Observatory
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This is the first book on optical stellar interferometry. It covers the history, theory and future uses of interferometeric techniques. It discusses ideas and instruments used in interferometry for advanced students in physics, optics, and astronomy with an interest in astronomical interferometry.
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- Studies in Optics by A. A. Michelson on 4 pages
- Optical Physics by Stephen G. Lipson on 4 pages
- Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light by Max Born on page 62, page 73, and Back Matter
- Progress in Optics, Vol. 27 by Author Unknown on page 6 (1), page 6 (2), and page 24
- Introduction to Fourier Optics by Joseph Goodman on page 62, and Back Matter
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