Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the LOFAR Observatory Lectures from the Third LOFAR Data Processing School /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Heald, George (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), McKean, John (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pizzo, Roberto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 426
• Θέματα: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Physical measurements.; Measurement .; Signal processing.; Image processing.; Speech processing systems.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

This book presents lecture materials from the Third LOFAR Data School, transformed into a coherent and complete reference book describing the LOFAR design, along with descriptions of primary science cases, data processing techniques, and recipes for data handling. Together with hands-on exercises th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction to Low Frequency Radio Astronomy
• LOFAR Overview
• LOFAR station processing
• RFI flagging, Demixing and Visibilities Compression
• Correlator and Online Processing
• Introduction to Calibration
• Error Analysis in LOFAR Data
• Calibration of LOFAR interferometric data
• Ionospheric Effects
• Wide Field Imaging
• The Standard Imaging Pipeline
• Polarization Imaging with LOFAR
• Long Baseline Imaging with LOFAR
• Calibration of LOFAR Spectral Line data
• Beam-formed Data with LOFAR
• Particle Physics with LOFAR
• High Time Resolution with LOFAR.