Snell R Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy Observational Meth 2016 torrent

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Introductory Material
Brief History of Radio Astronomy
Some Fundamentals of Radio Waves
Finding Our Way in the Sky
Basic Structure of a Traditional Radio Telescope
Radio Maps Introduction to Radiation Physics
Measures of the Amount of Radiation
Blackbody Radiation
Rayleigh-Jeans Approximation
Brightness Temperature
Coherent Radiation
Interference of Light
Polarization of Radiation Radio Telescopes
Radio Telescope Reflectors, Antennas, and Feeds
Heterodyne Receivers
Noise, Noise Temperature, And Antenna Temperature
Bolometer Detectors
Spectrometers
Very Low-Frequency Radio Astronomy Single-Dish Radio Telescope Observations
Basic Measurements with a Single-Dish Telescope
Antenna Beam
Observing Resolved versus Unresolved Sources
Spectral-Line Observations
Obtaining Radio Images
Calibration of a Radio Telescope
Telescope Sensitivity Considerations in Planning an Observation
Polarization Calibration Aperture Synthesis Basics: Two-Element Interferometers
Why Aperture Synthesis?
Two-Element Interferometer
Observations of a Single Point Source
Fringe Function
Visibility Function
Observations of a Pair of Unresolved Sources
Observations of a Single Extended Source
Coherence and the Effects of Finite Bandwidth and Integration Time
Basic Principles of Interferometry Aperture Synthesis: Advanced Discussion
Cross-Correlation of Received Signals
Complex-Valued Cross Correlation
Complex Correlation of a Point Source at a Single Frequency
Extended Sources and the Fourier Transform
Fourier Transforms for Some Common Source Shapes
Three Dimensions, the Earth's Rotation, and the Complex Fringe Function
Nonzero Bandwidth and Finite Integration Time
Source Structure and the Visibility Function
The Earth's Rotation and uv Tracks
Interferometers as Spatial Filters
Sensitivity and Detection Limits
Calibration
Image Formation
Very Long Baseline Interferometry
Appendices
Questions and Problems appear at the end of each chapter