The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, 
Astrometry and Geodesy

Lecturers:

Prof. B. Anderson    University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observatory
Dr. M. Bondi         Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna
Dr. G. Brunetti      Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna
Prof. R. Booth       Chalmers University, Onsala Space Observatory
Prof. I. Browne      University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observatory
Prof. J. Campbell    Geodaetisches Institut, University of Bonn
Dr. W. Cotton        National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville
Dr. P. Diamond       University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observatory
Prof. R. Fanti       Department of Physics, University of Bologna
Dr. H. Falcke        Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn
Dr. S. Frey          Institute of Geodesy, Penc
Dr. M. Garrett       Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe, Dwingeloo
Prof. A. Kus         Department of Astronomy, University of Torun
Dr. J-F. Lestrade    Observatoire de Paris, Paris
Dr. F. Mantovani     Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna
Prof. J. Marcaide    Department of Astronomy, University of Valencia
Dr. C. O'Dea      *  Space Telescope Institute, Baltimore
Dr. R. Porcas        Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn
Dr. T. Venturi       Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna

note: 
* could not come - lessons available on the web


Lessons:

17 September - Monday
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 0. Opening session:
    Franco Mantovani, ASI Director
    Graziano Prantoni, Mayor Castel San Pietro Terme
    Lucia Padrielli, Consiglio Direttivo C.N.R.
 1. Radioastronomy: historical introduction           (Mantovani)

 2. Geodynamics: intoduction                          (Campbell)
 3. High Energy Astronomy                             (Brunetti)
 6. Galactic Astronomy: SNR's,                        (Marcaide) 

18 September - Tuesday
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 4. Emission mechanisms: Synchrotron                  (Falcke) 
 5. Emission mechanisms: SSC model                    (Falcke)
 7. Galactic Astronomy: Pulsars                       (Marcaide)

 8. Jet emission  models                              (Falcke)
 9. Galactic Astronomy: Astronomical Masers           (Booth)   

19 September - Wednesday
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10. Jet emission  models                              (Falcke)
11. Astronomical Masers                               (Booth) 
12. Stellar Masers                                    (Diamond)

13. Galactic jets                                     (Diamond)
14. Superluminal motion                               (Falcke)

20 September - Thursday
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15. Evidence of Black Holes                           (Falcke)
16. Scintillation of extragalactic radio sources      (Bondi)
35. Radio Interferometry, Optical Interferometry      (Cotton)

Visit to the Loiano Optical Observatory

21 September - Friday
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19. Optical interferometry: astronomical application  (Cotton)
20. Blazars                                           (Browne)
21. Blazars                                           (Porcas)

18. Optical spectroscopy                              (Browne)
22. CSO, GPS, CSS                                     (Fanti)
23. CSO, GPS, CSS                                     (Fanti)

22 September - Saturday
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free

23 September - Sunday
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free

24 September - Monday
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24. Radio sources mas scale structure and properties (Venturi)
25. Unified schemes                                  (Browne)
26.   "        "                                     (Browne)
 
27. Jets, lobes, hot spots: a multi-wavelength approach  (Brunetti)
28.   "     "        "              "                (Brunetti)
Demo:  Structure of Radio Sources - A Relativistic
       Projection'                                   (Kus)

25 September - Tuesday
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29. HI absortion                                     (Booth)
32. Quasars for measuring our changing Earth         (Campbell)
33. Getting the fix: celestial and terrestrial 
                     reference frames                (Campbell)

34. Competition and sinergy: VLBI versus GPS and SLR (Campbell)
30. Gravitational lenses                             (Browne)
31.       "          "                               (Porcas)

26 September - Wednesday
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35. Radio Polarimetrymetry                           (Cotton)
36. VLBI data acquisition, correlation               (Anderson)
37.        "                   "                     (Anderson)

38. Ionospheric and atmospheric phase fluctuations   (Lestrade)
39. Phase-reference mapping: application             (Marcaide)
40. Phase-referenced mapping for differential 
      astrometry                                     (Lestrade)

27 September - Thursday
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41. Differential astrometry applications: 
      radio-optical tie and search for 
      extrasolar planets                             (Lestrade)
42. The faint radio sky: the sub-mJy and microJy
      source population                              (Garrett)
43. VLBI observing facilities: EVN, VLBA, etc...     (Garrett)
      Proposing, scheduling, observing, correlation
48. ALMA                                             (Booth) 

Visit to the Medicina Radio Astronomy Station

28 September - Friday
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44. Data analysis for continuum and polarimetry      (Cotton)
45. Data analysis for spectral lines                 (Cotton)

46. Space VLBI                                       (Frey)
49. SKA                                              (Kus)
47. Future X-ray missions                            (Brunetti)

Closing remarks