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020			_a9781420076769
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a522.682 _bM348f
100			_aMarr, Jonathan M.
245			_aFundamentals of radio astronomy _bobservational methods _cJonathan M. Marr, Ronald L. Snell and Stanley E. Kurtz
260			_bCRC Press _c2016 _aBoca Raton
300			_axv, 330p
440			_aSeries in astronomy and astrophysics
490			_a/ edited by M. Birkinshaw
520			_aAs evidenced by five Nobel Prizes in physics, radio astronomy in its 80-year history has contributed greatly to our understanding of the universe. Yet for too long, there has been no suitable textbook on radio astronomy for undergraduate students. Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy: Observational Methods is the first undergraduate-level textbook exclusively devoted to radio astronomy telescopes and observation methods. This book, the first of two volumes, explains the instrumentation and techniques needed to make successful observations in radio astronomy. With examples interspersed throughout and problems at the end of each chapter, it prepares students to contribute to a radio astronomy research team. Requiring no prior knowledge of astronomy, the text begins with a review of pertinent astronomy basics. It then discusses radiation physics, the collection and detection of astronomical radio signals using radio telescopes, the functioning of various components of radio telescopes, and the processes involved in making successful radio observations. The book also provides a conceptual understanding of the fundamental principles of aperture synthesis and a more advanced undergraduate-level discussion of real-world interferometry observations. Web Resource A set of laboratory exercises is available for download on the book’s CRC Press web page. These labs use the Small Radio Telescope (SRT) and the Very Small Radio Telescope (VSRT) developed for educational use by MIT’s Haystack Observatory. The web page also includes a Java package that demonstrates the principles of Fourier transforms, which are needed for the analysis of interferometric data.
650			_aRadio astronomy
650			_aAstrophysics
700			_aSnell, Ronald L.
700			_aKurtz, Stanley E.
942			_cBK
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