Tools of radio astronomy
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Bibliographic Information
Tools of radio astronomy
（Astronomy and astrophysics library）
Springer, c2000
3rd rev. and enl. ed
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science研究室
DC21:522.682/R6362070530844
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [420]-430) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This textbook gives an outline of the tools and methods of radio astronomy needed by students and astronomers who want to understand how to carry out observations and how to relate the data to physical processes in interstellar space. It gives a unified treatment of the entire field of radio astronomy from centimetre to sub-millimetre wavelengths, using single telescopes as well as interferometers. The first half of the text covers instrumentation and observational techniques, the second covers most of the principal areas of astronomical research emphasizing fundamental results. For the third edition, the text has additional sections on new receiver techniques, such as hot electron bolometers and chirp transform spectrometers. A section on pulsar astronomy has also been included.
Table of Contents
Radio Astronomical Fundamentals.- Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals.- Wave Polarization.- Signal Processing and Receivers.- Fundamentals of Antenna Theory.- Filled Aperture Antennas.- Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis.- Observational Methods.- Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation.- Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources.- Spectral Line Fundamentals.- Line Radiation of Neutral Hydrogen.- Recombination Lines.- Molecules in Interstellar Space.
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