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| adam_text | Titel: An introduction to radio astronomy
Autor: Burke, Bernard F.
Jahr: 2010
Contents
Préface page xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 The rôle of radio observations in astronomy 1
1.2 Thermal and non-thermal processes 3
1.3 Radiation processes and radio observations 5
2 The nature of the radio signal 7
2.1 Flux density: the jansky 7
2.2 Antenna température 10
2.3 Electromagnetic waves 15
2.4 Wave polarization 18
2.5 Stokes parameters 20
2.6 Radio polarimetry in practice 22
3 Signais, noise, radiometers and spectrometers 24
3.1 Gaussianrandomnoi.se 24
3.2 Band-limited noise 26
3.3 Détection and intégration 28
3.4 Radiometer principles 30
3.5 Low-noise amplifiers and mixers 33
3.6 Radiometers in practice 34
3.7 Digital techniques 38
3.8 Spectrometry 39
3.9 Cross-correlation radiometry: interferometry 42
4 Single-aperture radio télescopes 44
4.1 Fundamentals: dipoles and horns 44
4.2 Arrays of radiating éléments 50
4.3 Frequency-independent antennas 53
4.4 Aperture distributions and beam patterns 54
4.5 Partially steerable télescopes 59
4.6 Steerable télescopes 60
4.7 Feed Systems 62
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4.8 Focal-plane arrays 63
4.9 Surface accuracy and efficiency 65
4.10 Radio télescopes today 67
4.11 Smoothing the response to a sky brightness
distribution 70
The two-element interferometer 73
5.1 The basic two-element interferometer 74
5.2 Interferometers with finite bandwidth 78
5.3 Interferometers and finite source size 80
5.4 Fourier transforms and the u-, u-plane 82
5.5 Practical considérations 84
5.6 Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) 86
5.7 Beam switching 90
5.8 The interferometer in geodesy and astrometry 90
5.9 Interferometry at millimètre wavelengths 92
5.10 Optical interferometry 93
Aperture synthesis 96
6.1 Interferometer arrays 96
6.2 Cross-power products in an array 99
6.3 Calibration 109
6.4 Reducing the data 109
6.5 Producing a map 1 1 1
6.6 Self-calibration 113
6.7 Frequency diversity 114
6.8 Wide fields and wide bandwidths 1 15
6.9 Wide fields: mosaicing 117
6.10 Signal-to-noise limitations and dynamic range 117
6.11 VLBI arrays 120
6.12 SpaceVLBI 121
6.13 Aperture synthesis at millimètre wavelengths 122
Radiation, propagation and absorption of radio waves 124
7.1 Radiative transfer 125
7.2 Synchrotron radiation 127
7.3 A power-law energy distribution 130
7.4 Synchrotron self-absorption 133
7.5 Free-free radiation 133
7.6 Radio spectral Unes 136
7.7 Masers 3$
7.8 Propagation through ionized gas 140
7.9 Faraday rotation 141
7.10 Scintillation 143
7.11 Propagation in the Earth s atmosphère 145
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8 The local Universe 148
8.1 Stars and galaxies 148
8.2 Aspects of the Milky Way 151
8.3 Measurement of sky brightness température 153
8.4 The spectrum of the Galactic continuum 156
8.5 Synchrotron radiation: emissivity 158
8.6 The energy spectrum of cosmic rays 160
8.7 Polarization 162
8.8 Faraday rotation: the Galactic magnetic field 162
8.9 Loops and spurs 169
8.10 The Local Bubble 171
8.11 Other galaxies 172
9 The interstellar médium 174
9.1 Atoms and molécules 174
9.2 Kinetic, radiation and state températures 181
9.3 The 21-cm spectral line of neutral hydrogen 183
9.4 H il régions and supernova remnants 187
9.5 Heating and cooling mechanisms 189
9.6 Dense molecular clouds 191
9.7 Interstellar scintillation 192
9.8 Supernova remnants (SNRs) 193
10 Galactic dynamics 201
10.1 The circular approximation 202
10.2 Spiral structure 206
Non-circular motions 211
The Galactic centre 216
The scale of the Galaxy 221
Atoms and molécules in other galaxies 221
11 Stars 224
Surface brightness 224
The Sun 227
The planets 231
Circumstellar envelopes 234
Circumstellar masers 235
The silicon oxide masers 235
The water masers 236
The hydroxyl masers 237
Classical novae 238
Récurrent novae 243
Non-thermal radiation from binaries and flare stars 245
X-ray binaries - Cyg X-3 and SS 433 246
Superluminal motion 248
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11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6
11.7
11.8
11.9
11.10
11.11
11.12
11.13
12 Pulsars 253
12.1 Neutron-star structure 254
12.2 Rotational slowdown 256
12.3 Rotational behaviour of the Crab and Vêla pulsars 257
12.4 Glitches in rotation rate 260
12.5 Superfluid rotation 261
12.6 Radio and optical émission from pulsars 262
12.7 The radiation mechanism and refraction 269
12.8 The population and évolution of pulsars 270
12.9 Searches and surveys; the constraints 273
12.10 Trigonométrie distance and proper motion 277
12.11 X-ray pulsars 277
12.12 Binary radio pulsars 278
12.13 Magnetic dipole moments 280
12.14 Velocities 280
12.15 Binary orbits and interactions 282
12.16 Tests of gênerai relativity 284
13 Radio galaxies and quasars 287
13.1 Radio émission from normal galaxies 288
13.2 Spectra and dimensions 290
Structures 293
A simple model of active galactic nuclei 297
The accretion dise 300
The torus 300
The core and the jets 302
Spectra of quasars and other AGNs 304
The radio brightness température of the core 305
Superluminal motion 307
The radio jets and lobes 309
The kiloparsec-scale radio sources 311
Repeating and quiescent quasars 313
14 Cosmology fundamentals 317
Cosmology transformed 318
Observing the CMB 321
Relativistic cosmology 324
Connecting GR cosmology with observations 329
The early Universe 336
lsotropy, curvature and inflation 338
15 The angular structure of the CMB 340
15.1 The coordinate frame of the Universe 340
15.2 COBE and WMAP: the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Mission 341
15.3 Baryons and cold dark matter 34X
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13.4
13.5
13.6
13.7
13.8
13.9
13.10
13.11
13.12
13.13
Cosm 14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
14.5
14.6
15.4 The geometry of the acoustic oscillations 351
15.5 Physics of the acoustic oscillations 354
15.6 Deriving the cosmological parameters 355
16 Cosmology: discrète radio sources and gravitational lensing 360
16.1 Evolution and the radio-source counts 360
16.2 Angular diameter and expansion velocity 366
16.3 Gravitational lensing 367
16.4 Observations oflenses: rings, quads and others 374
16.5 Timedelay 378
16.6 Weak gravitational imaging 380
16.7 Microlensing 381
17 The future of radio astronomy 383
17.1 The Cosmic Century 383
17.2 The cosmic microwave background 384
17.3 The interstellar médium 385
17.4 Angular resolution: stars and quasars 386
17.5 Optical and infrared interferometry 387
17.6 New large radio télescopes 388
17.7 The protection of radio frequencies in astronomy 393
Appendix I Fourier transforms 397
Appendix 2 Celestial coordinates, distance and time 405
Appendix 3 The origins of radio astronomy 412
Appendix 4 Calibrating polarimeters 421
Références 425
Index 437
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