Tools of Radio Astronomy : Problems and Solutions /

This book contains graduate-level problems with carefully presented solutions and covers topics in radio astronomy. The problems are arranged following the content of the book "Tools of Radio Astronomy" by K. Rohlfs and T.L. Wilson (also available in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Thomas L.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hüttemeister, Susanne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000.
Series:Astronomy and astrophysics library.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Radio Astronomical Fundamentals
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Wave Polarization
  • Signal Processing and Receivers
  • Antenna Fundamentals
  • Filled Aperture Antennas
  • Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis
  • Observational Methods
  • Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation
  • Some Examples of Thermal and Non-Thermal Radio Sources
  • Spectral Line Fundamentals
  • Line Radiation of Neutral Hydrogen
  • Recombination Lines
  • Molecules in Interstellar Space.