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Observational Astrophysics

By Pierre Lena , Francois Lebrun , Francois Mignard , Daniel Rouan , Didier Pelat (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
3642218148, 9783642218149
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-21815-6
ISSN
0941-7834
Google Books ID
jvrnX7iZ5mEC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10648578 bytes)
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Edition
3
Pages
719\736
Topic
Physics Astronomy
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00
Astrophysics and Astroparticles; MicrowavesImage and Speech ProcessingRF and Optical Engineering; Signal

Description

,This is the updated, widely revised, restructured and expanded third edition of Léna et al.'s successful work Observational Astrophysics. It presents a synthesis on tools and methods of observational astrophysics of the early 21st century. Written specifically for astrophysicists and graduate students, this textbook focuses on fundamental and sometimes practical limitations on the ultimate performance that an astronomical system may reach, rather than presenting particular systems in detail. In little more than a decade there has been extraordinary progress in imaging and detection technologies, in the fields of adaptive optics, optical interferometry, in the sub-millimetre waveband, observation of neutrinos, discovery of exoplanets, to name but a few examples. The work deals with ground-based and space-based astronomy and their respective fields. And it also presents the ambitious concepts behind space missions aimed for the next decades. Avoiding particulars, it covers the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum, and provides an introduction to the new forms of astronomy becoming possible with gravitational waves and neutrinos. It also treats numerical aspects of observational astrophysics: signal processing, astronomical databases and virtual observatories.

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