TY - BOOK ID - 4816788 TI - An introduction to optical stellar interferometry AU - Labeyrie, A. AU - Lipson, S. G. AU - Nisenson, P. PY - 2006 SN - 9781107656468 9780521828727 0521828724 9780511617638 9780511648540 0511648545 0511222866 9780511222863 0511224206 9780511224201 0511224877 9780511224874 0511617631 9780511438837 0511438834 110765646X 1107160324 0511566476 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Optical interferometers KW - Astronomy KW - Astronomie KW - Astronomy. KW - Optical interferometers. KW - Interferometry. KW - Optical measurements KW - Astronomical instruments KW - Interferometers UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4816788 AB - 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 book, first published in 2006, was the first 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. ER -