Overview
- Presents the definitive reference for general information on motivations and techniques for low frequency radio astronomy, written by world experts in the field
- Provides detailed information on the groundbreaking LOFAR radio telescope and its unique characteristics not covered elsewhere
- Adds useful reading material to any astrophysics overview or astrophysical techniques course geared towards radio astronomy
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 426)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (14 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Introduction to Low-Frequency Radio Astronomy and the LOFAR Telescope
-
Front Matter
-
-
Fundamentals of LOFAR Data Processing
-
Front Matter
-
-
Advanced Topics in LOFAR Data Processing
-
Front Matter
-
-
Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
About the Editors:
George Heald received his PhD in 2006 from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. He has held several leadership roles within the LOFAR collaboration as well as other international radio astronomy projects such as the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). He now holds the position of Science Leader at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's science agency, where he leads a research team focused on the low-frequency component of the forthcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
Roberto Pizzo received his PhD in Astronomy in 2010 from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. In his career, he has lead various LOFAR projects as well as several programs associated with other radio facilities, such as WSRT/APERTIF. Currently, he is the Head of Science Operations and Support for LOFAR and WSRT/APERTIF at the Radio Observatory of ASTRON. In this position, he leads a team of astronomerstackling the challenges which will be common to next generation radio facilities, such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
John McKean received his PhD in Radio Astronomy from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2004. He has held various research positions at the University of California, the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, with scientific interests in galaxy formation and testing models with dark matter using very long baseline interferometry. He is currently Professor for Radio Astronomy at the University of Groningen and a Staff Astronomer at the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. His work at low frequencies is focussed on studying particle energetics within radio galaxies and high resolution imaging of gravitational lenses with the International LOFAR Telescope.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the LOFAR Observatory
Book Subtitle: Lectures from the Third LOFAR Data Processing School
Editors: George Heald, John McKean, Roberto Pizzo
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23434-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23433-5Published: 22 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13241-5Published: 10 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23434-2Published: 11 October 2018
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 251
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Cosmology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)