Astronomy at High Angular Resolution : A Compendium of Techniques in the Visible and Near-Infrared / edited by Henri M. J. Boffin, Gaitee Hussain, Jean-Philippe Berger, Linda Schmidtobreick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boffin, Henri M. J., Editor.

Hussain, Gaitee, Editor.

Berger, Jean-Philippe, Editor.

Schmidtobreick, Linda, Editor.

Series:

Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 0067-0057 ; 439

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--Observations.

Astronomy.

Astronomy—Observations.

Signal processing.

Image processing.

Speech processing systems.

Optics.

Electrodynamics.

Physics.

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

Classical Electrodynamics.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Local Subjects:

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

Classical Electrodynamics.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

This book offers an essential compendium of astronomical high-resolution techniques. Recent years have seen considerable developments in such techniques, which are critical to advances in many areas of astronomy. As reflected in the book, these techniques can be divided into direct methods, interferometry, and reconstruction methods, and can be applied to a huge variety of astrophysical systems, ranging from planets, single stars and binaries to active galactic nuclei, providing angular resolution in the micro- to tens of milliarcsecond scales. Written by experts in their fields, the chapters cover adaptive optics, aperture masking imaging, spectra disentangling, interferometry, lucky imaging, Roche tomography, imaging with interferometry, interferometry of AGN, AGN reverberation mapping, Doppler- and magnetic imaging of stellar surfaces, Doppler tomography, eclipse mapping, Stokes imaging, and stellar tomography. This book is intended to enable a next generation of astronomers to apply high-resolution techniques. It informs readers on how to achieve the best angular resolution in the visible and near-infrared regimes from diffraction-limited to micro-arcsecond scales.

Contents:

Introduction by the editors

Adaptive optics

Aperture masking imaging

Disentangling of stellar spectra

Interferometry

Lucky Imaging

Roche tomography

Spectro-astrometry

Astrotomography of planets

Adaptive optics of planets & disks

Stellar surfaces with interferometry

The Galactic Centre at high-angular resolution

AGN interferometry

AGN reverberation mapping

Doppler and Magnetic Imaging of Stellar Surfaces

Doppler Tomography

Doppler Tomography of Polars

Doppler Imaging of cool stars and brown dwarfs

Eclipse Mapping

Stokes Imaging.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-319-39739-7