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Tools of Radio Astronomy

By Kristen Rohlfs , T. L. Wilson

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1996
ISBN
978-3-540-60981-0;978-3-662-03266-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
40 MB (42360414 bytes)
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Edition
2nd ed.
Pages
XVI, 462\476
Time added
2019-09-18 12:21:01
Physics; Space Sciences (including ExtraterrestriaSpace Exploration and Astronautics); Geophysics/Ge

Description

This textbook addresses students as well as practitioners. It attempts to give an outline of the methods and tools of radio astronomy needed by the astronomer who wants to relate the message from interstellar space to physical processes. It gives a unified treatment of the entire field of radioastronomy from centimetre to sub-millimetre wavelength ranges, including single telescopes as well as interferometric devices. It describes the basic physical principles and gives a reasonably complete outline of the instruments and methods of measurement and analysis using both continuum radiation and spectral lines. The authors discuss applications for investigating, for example, HI clouds, molecular gas clouds, ionized gas regions, and synchrotron and thermal bremsstrahlung mechanisms. This second edition has been largely rewritten and expanded. It includes the most recent developments in astronomy. Front Matter ....Pages I-XVI Radio Astronomical Fundamentals (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 1-15 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 16-32 Wave Polarization (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 33-47 Signal Processing and Receivers (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 48-116 Fundamentals of Antenna Theory (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 117-136 Filled Aperture Antennas (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 137-165 Observational Methods (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 166-191 Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 192-226 Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 227-261 Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 262-301 Spectral Line Fundamentals (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 302-310 Line Radiation of Neutral Hydrogen (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 311-335 Recombination Lines (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 336-359 Molecules in Interstellar Space (K. Rohlfs, T. L. Wilson)....Pages 360-427 Back Matter ....Pages 428-462

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