Essential Radio Astronomy (eBook)

James J. Condon, Scott M. Ransom (Autoren)

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2016
376 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8116-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Essential Radio Astronomy is the only textbook on the subject specifically designed for a one-semester introductory course for advanced undergraduates or graduate students in astronomy and astrophysics. It starts from first principles in order to fill gaps in students' backgrounds, make teaching easier for professors who are not expert radio astronomers, and provide a useful reference to the essential equations used by practitioners.This unique textbook reflects the fact that students of multiwavelength astronomy typically can afford to spend only one semester studying the observational techniques particular to each wavelength band. Essential Radio Astronomy presents only the most crucial concepts—succinctly and accessibly. It covers the general principles behind radio telescopes, receivers, and digital backends without getting bogged down in engineering details. Emphasizing the physical processes in radio sources, the book's approach is shaped by the view that radio astrophysics owes more to thermodynamics than electromagnetism.Proven in the classroom and generously illustrated throughout, Essential Radio Astronomy is an invaluable resource for students and researchers alike.The only textbook specifically designed for a one-semester course in radio astronomyStarts from first principlesMakes teaching easier for astronomy professors who are not expert radio astronomersEmphasizes the physical processes in radio sourcesCovers the principles behind radio telescopes and receiversProvides the essential equations and fundamental constants used by practitionersSupplementary website includes lecture notes, problem sets, exams, and links to interactive demonstrationsAn online illustration package is available to professors

Autor

James J. Condon and Scott M. Ransom are astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and research professors of astronomy at the University of Virginia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.4.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Modern Observational Astronomy
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Modern Observational Astronomy
• Zusatzinfo: 16 color illus. 23 halftones. 132 line illus. 5 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Absorber • acceleration • Active Galactic Nucleus • Airy disk • Amplitude • angular resolution • Astronomer • Astronomy • autocorrelation • Baryon Acoustic Oscillations • Binary Pulsar • black body • Black-body radiation • Bremsstrahlung • brightness temperature • Cosmic Dust • Cosmic microwave background • Cosmic Ray • Degree of polarization • Detector (radio) • Dipole antenna • Effective temperature • Electric Field • Electromagnetic radiation • Electromagnetic Spectrum • Elliptic orbit • emission spectrum • energy level • FluX • Fourier transform • Gravitational redshift • Gravitational Wave • High Frequency • H II region • Hubble's law • hydrogen atom • hydrogen line • Intensity (physics) • Interferometry • Interstellar Medium • Jansky • J. J. Thomson • Low frequency • Magnetic field • Main sequence • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • Measurement • Methods of detecting exoplanets • milky way • Millisecond pulsar • Molecule • neutron star • Noise power • Nyquist rate • Optical depth • Optical window • Paraboloid • Photon • Planck constant • Planetary nebula • plane wave • point source • population inversion • positron • power law • quantum mechanics • Quantum noise • Quasar • radiation pattern • Radiation pressure • Radio Astronomy • Radio Frequency • Radio Galaxy • Radiometer • Radio Telescope • Radio Wave • Radio window • Rayleigh scattering • Redshift • Reflecting telescope • resistor • Rotating radio transient • Rotational transition • scattering • Shapiro Delay • Solid angle • spectral index • Spectral line • Spectrometer • stimulated emission • synchrotron • Synchrotron radiation • Temperature • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • Thomson Scattering • Waveguide • Wavelength • Weak Interaction • X-Ray • X-ray pulsar
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8116-1 / 1400881161
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8116-1 / 9781400881161