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Tools of Radio Astronomy

Problems and Solutions

  • A real classic among astronomical textbooks
  • Regularly used in course work
  • Meets the needs of students as well as teachers in radio astronomy
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
  2. Radio Astronomical Fundamentals

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 1-7
  3. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 9-10
  4. Wave Polarization

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 11-13
  5. Signal Processing and Receivers

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 15-25
  6. Fundamentals of Antenna Theory

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 27-28
  7. Filled Aperture Antennas

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 29-34
  8. Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 35-38
  9. Observational Methods

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 39-44
  10. Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 45-48
  11. Some Examples of Thermal and Non-thermal Radio Sources

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 49-52
  12. Spectral Line Fundamentals

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 53-54
  13. Line Radiation of Neutral Hydrogen

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 55-62
  14. Recombination Lines

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 63-69
  15. Molecules in Interstellar Space

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 71-77
  16. Solutions for Chapter 1

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 79-83
  17. Solutions for Chapter 2

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 85-87
  18. Solutions for Chapter 3

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 89-90
  19. Solutions for Chapter 4

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 91-98
  20. Solutions for Chapter 5

    • Thomas L. Wilson, Susanne Hüttemeister
    Pages 99-100

About this book

Covering topics of radio astronomy, this book contains graduate-level problems with carefully presented solutions. The problems are arranged following the content of the book “Tools of Radio Astronomy, 4th Ed.” by Rohlfs and T.L.Wilson (also available in the this series) on a chapter-by-chapter basis. Some of these problems have been formulated to provide an extension to the material presented in "Tools of Radio Astronomy".

Reviews

From the reviews:
"In your library you should have already another book, Tools of Radio Astronomy by Rohlfs and Wilson (A&A Library). The present text is its companion. Here we are given graduate level problems, chapter by chapter, with answers for that book. Now this sounds an excellent thing for students, does it not? The reviewer wishes he had had such help and guidance."
The Irish Astronomical Journal, 2001

Authors and Affiliations

  • Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Thomas L. Wilson

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

    Thomas L. Wilson

  • Radioastronomisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Susanne Hüttemeister

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