Practical Optical Interferometry: Imaging at Visible and Infrared Wavelengths

Principal symbols, functions and operators List of abbreviations Foreword Preface 1. Making fringes 2. Basic imaging 3. Atmospheric seeing and its amelioration 4. Interferometers in practice 5. Measurement noise 6. Interferometric observation of faint objects 7. Observation planning 8. Data reduction 9. Model-fitting and image reconstruction Appendix A. Fourier transforms Appendix B. Supplementary online material References Index.

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