دانلود کتاب Essential Radio Astronomy

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Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 An Introduction to Radio Astronomy
1.2 The Discovery of Cosmic Radio Noise
1.3 A Tour of the Radio Universe
2 Radiation Fundamentals
2.1 Brightness and Flux Density
2.2 Radiative Transfer
2.3 Polarization
2.4 Blackbody Radiation
2.5 Noise Generated by a Warm Resistor
2.6 Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
2.7 Radiation from an Accelerated Charge
2.8 Dust Emission at Radio Wavelengths
3 Radio Telescopes and Radiometers
3.1 Antenna Fundamentals
3.2 Reflector Antennas
3.3 Two-Dimensional Aperture Antennas
3.4 Waveguides
3.5 Radio Telescopes
3.6 Radiometers
3.7 Interferometers
4 Free-Free Radiation
4.1 Thermal and Nonthermal Emission
4.2 HII Regions
4.3 Free–Free Radio Emission from HII Regions
5 Synchrotron Radiation
5.1 Magnetobremsstrahlung
5.2 Synchrotron Power
5.3 Synchrotron Spectra
5.4 Synchrotron Sources
5.5 Inverse-Compton Scattering
5.6 Extragalactic Radio Sources
6 Pulsars
6.1 Pulsar Properties
6.2 Pulsars and the Interstellar Medium
6.3 Pulsar Timing
7 Spectral Lines
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Recombination Lines
7.3 Line Radiative Transfer
7.4 Excitation Temperature
7.5 Masers
7.6 Recombination Line Sources
7.7 Molecular Line Spectra
7.8 The HI 21-cm Line
A Fourier Transforms
A.1 The Fourier Transform
A.2 The Discrete Fourier Transform
A.3 The Sampling Theorem
A.4 The Power Spectrum
A.5 Basic Transforms
A.6 Basic Fourier Theorems
A.7 Convolution and Cross-Correlation
A.8 Other Fourier Transform Links
B Mathematical Derivations
B.1 Evaluation of Planck’s Sum
B.2 Derivation of the Stefan–Boltzmann Law
B.3 Complex Exponentials
B.4 The Fourier Transform of a Gaussian
B.5 The Gaussian Probability Distribution and Noise Voltage
B.6 The Probability Distribution of Noise Power
B.7 Evaluation of the Free–Free Pulse Energy Integral
B.8 The Nonrelativistic Maxwellian Speed Distribution
C Special Relativity
C.1 Relativity
C.2 Time Dilation and Length Contraction
C.3 Velocity Addition Formulas
C.4 Mass, Energy, and Power
D Wave Propagation in a Plasma
D.1 Dispersion and Reflection in a Low-Density Plasma
D.2 Faraday Rotation in a Magnetized Plasma
E Essential Equations
F Constants, Units, and Dimensions
F.1 Physical Constants
F.2 Astronomical Constants
F.3 MKS (SI) and Gaussian CGS Units
F.4 Other Constants and Units
F.5 Radar and Waveguide Frequency Bands
F.6 Dimensional Analysis
G Symbols and Abbreviations
G.1 Greek Symbols
G.2 Other Symbols and Abbreviations
H References and Links
H.1 Reference Books
H.2 Links
Bibliography
Index