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This substantially rewritten and expanded fourth edition outlines the most up-to-date methods and tools of radio astronomy. Tools of Radio Astronomy gives a unified treatment of the entire field of radio astronomy, from centimeter to sub-millimeter wavelengths and using single telescopes as well as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rohlfs, K.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Wilson, T. L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
Series:Astronomy and astrophysics library.
Subjects:
Physics.
Astrophysics.
Exobiology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Radio Astronomical Fundamentals
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals
  • Wave Polarization
  • Signal Processing and Receivers
  • Fundamentals of Antenna Theory
  • Filled Aperture Antennas
  • Observational Methods
  • Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis
  • 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.