Sources and Scintillations

The genesis of IAU Colloquium 182, ''Sources and scintillations: refraction and scattering in radio astronomy,'' can be traced to the desire, on the one hand, of Beijing Astronomical Observatory radio astronomers to organize a conference which would highlight the need for high sensitivity - as a way ofpromoting their own project to build the world''s largest telescope (FAST) - and to a suggestion ...