Tools of Radio Astronomy

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Wilson, Thomas L. (Συγγραφέας), Rohlfs, Kristen (Συγγραφέας), Hüttemeister, Susanne (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Έκδοση: 6th ed. 2013.
• Σειρά: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

This 6th edition of “Tools of Radio Astronomy”, the most used introductory text in radio astronomy, has been revised to reflect the current state of this important branch of astronomy. This includes the use of satellites, low radio frequencies, the millimeter/sub-mm universe, the Cosmic Microwave Ba...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Radio Astronomical Fundamentals
• ElectromagneticWave Propagation Fundamentals
• Wave Polarization
• Signal Processing and Receivers: Theory
• Practical Receiver Systems
• Fundamentals of Antenna Theory
• Practical Aspects of Filled Aperture Antennas
• Single Dish Observational Methods
• Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis
• Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation
• Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources
• Spectral Line Fundamentals
• Line Radiation from Atoms
• Radio Recombination Lines
• Overview of Molecular Basics
• Molecules in Interstellar Space
• Some Useful Vector Relations & Fourier Transforms
• The Van Vleck Clipping Correction: One Bit Quantization
• Conventional Derivation of Square Law Detector Response & Receiver Noise
• The Reciprocity Theorem
• Filled Aperture Antennas
• The Hankel Transform
• Lists of Calibration Radio Sources
• The Mutual Coherence Function and van Cittert-Zernike Theorem
• Bibliography
• Index.