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Tools of Radio Astronomy

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson, Thomas L., Rohlfs, Kristen (Author), Hüttemeister, Susanne (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013, 2013
Edition:6th ed. 2013
Series:Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Subjects:
Astronomy / Observations
Signal, Speech And Image Processing
Telecommunication
Astronomy, Observations And Techniques
Microwaves, Rf Engineering And Optical Communications
Signal Processing
Astrophysics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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