Radio Astronomy - An Introduction (Mixed media product)

Designed for a course in radio astronomy or for use as a reference for practicing engineers and astronomers, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the topic. Application boxes in each chapter cover topics like LOFAR, DSN, and VLBI. The book begins with the history of radio astronomy, then explains the fundamentals, polarization, designing radio telescopes, understanding radio arrays, interferometers, receiving systems, mapping techniques, image processing and propagation effects in relation to radio astronomy. A special chapter in the end presents the GMRT radio array as an example of the explained techniques. Features: Includes context-connection boxes, including NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) the South Pole Telescope (SPT), the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), pulsar dispersion and distance, and plane waves in conducting and dielectric media Contains several appendices including radiation potential formalism, the physics of radio spectral lines, and a table of world radio observatories View the comprehensive companion disc with hundreds of color images and figures from the text

General

Imprint:	Mercury Learning & Information
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2015
First published:	July 2014
Authors:	Shubhendu Joardar
Dimensions:	184 x 238 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Mixed media product
Pages:	500
ISBN-13:	978-1-936420-35-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Observatories, equipment & methods
LSN:	1-936420-35-X
Barcode:	9781936420353

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