Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy
Wiley-VCH (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 10. January 2022
Book
Hardback
800 pages
978-3-527-41225-9 (ISBN)
Description
Radio telescopes have the potential of recording images in the universe at a resolution nearly 1,000 times higher than the Hubble Space telescope. To attain this resolution, astronomers rely on a technology called Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). With the launch of the first VLBI satellite, Very Long Baseline Array has now come into actual operation. This, as well as other developments over the last 10 years, has increased the need for an update of this classic textbook on radio astronomy. The first two editions of this title was seen as the standard reference on the subject and this edition provides a comprehensive account today's techniques used in interferometry and radio astronomy.
Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Third Edition, provides an excellent overview of most radio astronomical instrumentation and techniques.
Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Third Edition, provides an excellent overview of most radio astronomical instrumentation and techniques.
Reviews / Votes
"this edition meets current demands by providing a comprehensive account of the techniques used today." (La Doc STI, May 2001)"...the up-to-date edition of Thompson...with its exhaustive bibliography, becomes the indispensable source of background for those already in, or considering, radio astronomy." (The Observatory, Vol. 122, No. 1166, February 2002)
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Weinheim
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
194 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-527-41225-9 (9783527412259)
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A. Richard Thompson | James M. Moran | George W. Swenson
Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy
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2nd Edition
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Persons
A. RICHARD THOMPSON received his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1956. In 1973 he joined the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and has been holding since then different responsibilities including the Deputy Head of the Central Electronics Laboratory. Besides other duties he was the International Astronomical Union's representative to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-R).
JAMES M. MORAN, PhD, is a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. In 2013, he received the Grote Reber Gold Medal for his pioneering work in the development and application of spectroscopic Very Long Baseline Interferometry.
GEORGE W. SWENSON, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and of Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research areas are remote sensing and space science, radio and optical wave propagation amongst others.
JAMES M. MORAN, PhD, is a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. In 2013, he received the Grote Reber Gold Medal for his pioneering work in the development and application of spectroscopic Very Long Baseline Interferometry.
GEORGE W. SWENSON, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and of Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research areas are remote sensing and space science, radio and optical wave propagation amongst others.
Author
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Content
Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Introduction and Historical Review.
Introductory Theory of Interferometry and Synthesis Imaging.
Analysis of the Interferometer Response.
Geometric Relationships and Polarimetry.
Antennas and Arrays.
Response of the Receiving System.
Design of the Analog Receiving System.
Digital Signal Processing.
Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry.
Calibration and Fourier Transformation of Visibility Data.
Deconvolution, Adaptive Calibration, and Applications.
Interferometer Techniques for Astrometry and Geodesy.
Propagation Effects.
Van Cittert-Zernike Theorem, Spatial Coherence, and Scattering.
Radio Interference.
Related Techniques.
Principal Symbols.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
Preface to the First Edition.
Introduction and Historical Review.
Introductory Theory of Interferometry and Synthesis Imaging.
Analysis of the Interferometer Response.
Geometric Relationships and Polarimetry.
Antennas and Arrays.
Response of the Receiving System.
Design of the Analog Receiving System.
Digital Signal Processing.
Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry.
Calibration and Fourier Transformation of Visibility Data.
Deconvolution, Adaptive Calibration, and Applications.
Interferometer Techniques for Astrometry and Geodesy.
Propagation Effects.
Van Cittert-Zernike Theorem, Spatial Coherence, and Scattering.
Radio Interference.
Related Techniques.
Principal Symbols.
Author Index.
Subject Index.