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The Westerbork Observatory, Continuing Adventure in Radio Astronomy

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Ernst Raimond

    1. Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (NFRA), Dwingeloo, The Netherlands

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  2. René Genee

    1. Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (NFRA), Dwingeloo, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 207)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Oort’s Dream (1961)

    • Ernst Raimond, RenĂ© Genee
    Pages 1-10

  3. Historical Notes: Four Decades of Dutch Radio Astronomy, Twenty-Five Years Westerbork Telescope

    • Ernst Raimond
    Pages 11-51

  4. The Synthesis Radio Telescope: Principles of Operation; Evolution of Data Processing

    • Willem N. Brouw
    Pages 53-74

  5. A Quarter Century of Listening Pleasure — 25 Years’ Research with the WSRT

    • Richard G. Strom
    Pages 75-108

  6. The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, a Second Lease on Life

    • Ger de Bruyn
    Pages 109-125

  7. The Westerbork Telescope and Very Long Baseline Interferometry

    • R. T. Schilizzi, L. I. Gurvits
    Pages 127-142

  8. Dark Matter and Neutral Hydrogen in Spiral Galaxies

    • Renzo Sancisi
    Pages 143-153

  9. Powerful Radio Sources: Westerbork and Beyond

    • George Miley
    Pages 155-165

  10. The Square Kilometer Array Interferometer

    • Robert Braun
    Pages 167-183

  11. Prospects for Pulsar Research

    • E. P. J. van den Heuvel
    Pages 185-203

  12. Gas in the Early Universe

    • F. H. Briggs
    Pages 205-223

  13. New Challenges for Cosmology

    • Rien van de Weygaert, Tjeerd S. van Albada
    Pages 225-259

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 261-266
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About this book

A small country builds a world-class telescope in its backyard and lives happily ever after (or at least for a quarter century). That in a nutshell is the story told in this collection of essays. The country of course is the Netherlands, and the telescope is the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Tele­ scope (WSRT), brainchild of Jan Oort. Living happily in this context is a continuing record of discovery and as such also a continuing basis for se­ curing observing time on facilities in other countries and operating at other frequencies. As our community celebrates the Silver Anniversary of the radio tele­ scope at Westerbork, it is fitting that we pause to take account of the scientific discoveries and insights it made possible. Initially the instrument represented the very significant step away from university-run, specialist facilities to a well-supported, common-user radio imager also having spec­ tral and polarization capabilities. It pioneered the mode of operation now common for satellite observatories, in which data is taken and calibrated by technicians and provided to researchers ready for analysis. It has been a major source of discovery in, among other areas, research on neutral hy­ drogen and studies of dark matter in galaxies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (NFRA), Dwingeloo, The Netherlands

    Ernst Raimond, René Genee

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