Tools of Radio Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) |
 enlarge | Authors: Thomas L. Wilson, Kristen Rohlfs, Susanne Huettemeister
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5th ed.
Pages: 518
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Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 3540851216
Dewey Decimal Number: 520
EAN: 9783540851219
ASIN: 3540851216
Publication Date: January 2009
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PThe recent years have seen breathtaking progress in technology, especially in the receiver and digital technologies relevant for radio astronomy, which has at the same time advanced to shorter wavelengths./P PThis is the updated and completely revised 5th edition of the most used introductory text in radio astronomy. It presents a unified treatment of the entire field from centimeter to sub-millimeter wavelengths. Topics covered include instruments, sensitivity considerations, observational methods and interpretations of the data recorded with both single dishes and interferometers. This text is useful to both students and experienced practicing astronomers. Besides making major updates and additions throughout the book, the authors have re-organized a number of chapters to more clearly separate basic theory from rapidly evolving practical aspects./P PFurther, problem sets have been added at the end of each chapter./P
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One of the best introductions to the field May 17, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Although Rohlfs and Wilson have only made perfunctory changesbetween this and the previous edition of the book, it still stands asone of the best introductions to the field of radio astronomy. It still doesn't cover some topics (such as calibration techniques) as well as I would have liked, and Kraus' _Radio Astronomy_ (2e) does a better job (IMHO) on the mathematical details as well as specific applications. Because of its length, the topics of millimeter and submillimeter astronomy are not covered in as much as centimeter wavelengths. However despite all this, the book is highly readable for a student in the field, and is invaluable to have on one's bookshelf, or even to take observing (for those who only dabble in radio astronomy).
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