Long used in undergraduate and introductory graduate courses, Astrophysical Techniques, Sixth Edition provides a comprehensive account of the instruments, detectors, and techniques employed in astronomy and astrophysics. Emphasizing the underlying unity of all astronomical observations, this popular text provides a coherent state-of-the-art account of the instruments and techniques used in current astronomy and astrophysics.
As in earlier editions, the author aims to reduce the trend towards fragmentation of astronomical studies. The underlying unity of all of astronomical observation is emphasized by the layout of the book: the pattern of detection - imaging - ancillary techniques has been adopted so that one stage of an observation is encountered together with the similar stages required for all other informative carriers.
The book is written in a very accessible manner, and most of the mathematics is accessible to those who have attended a mathematics course in their final years at school. Nevertheless, the treatment of the topics in general is at a sufficiently high level to be of use to those professionals seeking technical information in areas of astronomy with which they might not be completely familiar.
Features:
Details the instrumentation and theory of astronommical observations, including radio waves, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos, and more
Presents the background theory and operating practice of state-of-the-art detectors and instruments, in addition to tracing the history of the optical telescope
Identifies developments that may lead to new types of detectors in the future
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Astrophysical Techniques is well established as a standard reference covering the principles and practice of instrumentation and detectors at what might be called advanced introductory level. ... suitable as the basis for a first-year undergraduate course, or as a comprehensive reference for the advanced amateur. ... good value ... The book's longevity testifies to how well it fills what would otherwise be a conspicuously large hole in the market, and it can continue to be warmly recommended as a comprehensive introduction to the wide diversity of astronomical instrumentation." -Ian D. Howarth, The Observatory, Vol. 134, August 2014
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Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Undergraduate and beginning graduate students in astronomy, physics, and astrophysics; observational astronomers.
Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
4-page/8-figure color insert follows page 286, 279 s/w Abbildungen, 8 farbige Abbildungen, 7 s/w Tabellen
4-page/8-figure color insert follows page 286; 7 Tables, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color; 279 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4665-1115-6 (9781466511156)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Chapter 1. Detectors.
Chapter 2. Imaging.
Chapter 3. Photometry.
Chapter 4. Spectroscopy.
Chapter 5. Other Techniques.
Appendices
