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Introduction to Solar Radio Astronomy and Radio Physics

1. 1. Short History of Solar Radio Astronomy Since its birth in the forties of our century, solar radio astronomy has grown into an extensive scientific branch comprising a number of quite different topics covering technical sciences, astrophysics, plasma physics, solar-terrestrial physics, and othe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krüger, A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1979, 1979
Edition:1st ed. 1979
Series:Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs
Subjects:
Astrophysics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Introduction
  • 1.1. Short History of Solar Radio Astronomy
  • 1.2. General Views of the Sun
  • 1.3. Some Astronomical Fundamentals
  • II Instrumental Background
  • 2.1. Fundamentals of Radio Observations
  • 2.2. Radio Telescope Aerials
  • 2.3. Radio Astronomy Receivers
  • 2.4. Polarization Measurements
  • 2.5. Absolute Calibration Experiments
  • 2.6. Spectrography
  • 2.7 Interferometry and Heliography
  • 2.8. Aperture-Synthesis Methods
  • III Phenomenology of Solar Radio Emission
  • 3.1. The ‘Quiet’ Sun
  • 3.2. The Slowly Varying Component
  • 3.3. Solar Continuum Bursts (a): Microwave Bursts
  • 3.4. Fast-Drift Bursts
  • 3.5. Slow-Drift Bursts
  • 3.6. Continuum Bursts (b): The Type IV Burst Complex
  • 3.7. Noise Storms
  • 3.8. Solar Radio Pulsations
  • IV Theory of Solar Radio Emission
  • 4.1. Basic Properties of the Solar Atmosphere as a Plasma Medium
  • 4.2. Fundamentals of the Emission and Propagation of Radio Waves
  • 4.3. Single-Particle Approximation: An Account of Direct Radio Emission Mechanisms
  • 4.4. Cold-Plasma Approximation: Some Aspects of Synchrotron Radiation and Cerenkov Radiation
  • 4.5. Warm-Plasma Effects: Gyroresonance Absorption and Plasma Waves
  • 4.6. Wave-Mode Transformations: Wave-Particle and Wave-Wave Interactions
  • 4.7. Instabilities and Coherent Emission
  • V Integration of Radio Astronomy into Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
  • 5.1. Estimation of Solar Plasma Parameters
  • 5.2. The Flare Phenomenon
  • 5.3. Particle Acceleration and Energy Release
  • 5.4. Particle Radiation and Radio Waves
  • 5.5. Shock Waves and Magnetospheric Disturbances
  • 5.6. Burst Origin and Flare Theories
  • 5.7. Summary and Prospects
  • Literature
  • List of Symbols

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