Keywords:
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Principal Symbols -- 1 Introduction and Historical Review -- 1.1 Applications of Radio Interferometry -- 1.2 Basic Terms and Definitions -- 1.2.1 Cosmic Signals -- 1.2.2 Source Positions and Nomenclature -- 1.2.3 Reception of Cosmic Signals -- 1.3 Development of Radio Interferometry -- 1.3.1 Evolution of Synthesis Techniques -- 1.3.2 Michelson Interferometer -- 1.3.3 Early Two-Element Radio Interferometers -- 1.3.4 Sea Interferometer -- 1.3.5 Phase-Switching Interferometer -- 1.3.6 Optical Identifications and Calibration Sources -- 1.3.7 Early Measurements of Angular Width -- 1.3.8 Early Survey Interferometers and the Mills Cross -- 1.3.9 Centimeter-Wavelength Solar Imaging -- 1.3.10 Measurements of Intensity Profiles -- 1.3.11 Spectral Line Interferometry -- 1.3.12 Earth-Rotation Synthesis Imaging -- 1.3.13 Development of Synthesis Arrays -- 1.3.14 Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry -- 1.3.15 VLBI Using Orbiting Antennas -- 1.4 Quantum Effect -- Appendix 1.1 Sensitivity of Radio Astronomical Receivers (the Radiometer Equation) -- Further Reading -- Textbooks on Radio Astronomy and Radio Interferometry -- Historical Reviews -- General Interest -- References -- 2 Introductory Theory of Interferometry and Synthesis Imaging -- 2.1 Planar Analysis -- 2.2 Effect of Bandwidth -- 2.3 One-Dimensional Source Synthesis -- 2.3.1 Interferometer Response as a Convolution -- 2.3.2 Convolution Theorem and Spatial Frequency -- 2.3.3 Example of One-Dimensional Synthesis -- 2.4 Two-Dimensional Synthesis -- 2.4.1 Projection-Slice Theorem -- 2.4.2 Three-Dimensional Imaging -- Appendix 2.1 A Practical Fourier Transform Primer -- A2.1.1 Useful Fourier Transform Pairs -- A2.1.2 Basic Fourier Transform Properties.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (910 pages)
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9783319444314
Series Statement:
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6422671
DDC:
522
Language:
English
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