Radio Astronomy
An Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 29. May 2015
500 pages
978-1-937585-62-4 (ISBN)
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Persons
Joardar Shubhendu:
Shubhendu Joardar is the senior engineer and scientific officer at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He is a fellow of the Institute of the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers and his major field of work has been in microwaves, antennas, astronomical radio spectrographs, RFI instrumentations, and data analysis for radio astronomy.
Claycomb J. R.:
J. R. Claycomb is Associate Professor of Physics at Houston Baptist University.
Shubhendu Joardar is the senior engineer and scientific officer at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He is a fellow of the Institute of the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers and his major field of work has been in microwaves, antennas, astronomical radio spectrographs, RFI instrumentations, and data analysis for radio astronomy.
Claycomb J. R.:
J. R. Claycomb is Associate Professor of Physics at Houston Baptist University.
Content
1. Foundations of Radio Astronomy.
2. Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy.
3. Polarization Analysis.
4. Designing Single Dishes and Phased Arrays.
5. Interferometry and Radio Arrays.
6. Receiving Systems.
7. Interferometer Aperture Synthesis and Radio Mapping.
8. Interferometer Data Calibration and Image Processing.
9. Propagation Effects in Radio Astronomy.
10. The GMRT Radio Array.
A. Coordinate Systems Used in Radio Astronomy.
B. Antenna Terminology for Radio Telescopes.
C. Radiation Potential Formulation.
D. Radio Spectral Lines.
E. Radio Telescopes.
Bibliography.
Index.
2. Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy.
3. Polarization Analysis.
4. Designing Single Dishes and Phased Arrays.
5. Interferometry and Radio Arrays.
6. Receiving Systems.
7. Interferometer Aperture Synthesis and Radio Mapping.
8. Interferometer Data Calibration and Image Processing.
9. Propagation Effects in Radio Astronomy.
10. The GMRT Radio Array.
A. Coordinate Systems Used in Radio Astronomy.
B. Antenna Terminology for Radio Telescopes.
C. Radiation Potential Formulation.
D. Radio Spectral Lines.
E. Radio Telescopes.
Bibliography.
Index.
