The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy

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A masterly survey of the last 13 years of Very Long Baseline Interferometry, reviewed in light of the most advanced astronomical observations. Topics covered include: Nonthermal emission from extragalactic radio sources., Principles of synchrotron emission in relation to astrophysics., Theory of relativistic jets., Young, powerful radio sources and their evolution., Scintillation in extragalactic radio sources., Radio and optical interferometry., Radio polarimetry., Unified schemes., Deep fields., Tropospheric and ionospheric phase calibration., Supernovae., VLBI for geodesy and geodynamics.