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- Most used introductory text in radio astronomy
- Complete reorganization, with the addition of problem sets at the end of each chapter, and updates of the material and the references
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews of the fifth edition:
"A very significant change from earlier versions is the addition of problem sets at the ends of each of the 16 chapters … . the discussion of instrumentation and data collection and processing which looks forward to ALMA and the SKA, making the volume useful, the authors hope, for radio engineers (a grand old name, which they apply to Jansky and Reber) as well as radio astronomers … . I’m sure you will find this iteration … as useful as the previous four." (Virginia Trimble, The Observatory, Vol. 129 (1211), August, 2009)
"The publication of a fifth edition of Tools of Radio Astronomy is in itself proof of the success of the book. … will be useful to communication engineers, a claim about which one can have some reservations. … this up-to-date version will be of invaluable use to the observational astronomer. … provides a toolbox of essential material, in particular in the area of the analysis and interpretation of radio-astronomy observations. The book should be on the desk of every practicing radio astronomer … ." (Jacob W. M. Baars, The Radio Science Bulletin, Issue 330, September, 2009)
Authors and Affiliations
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European Southern Observatory (ESO), Germany
Thomas L. Wilson
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Ruhr-University-Bochum Inst. Astrophysik, Germany
Kristen Rohlfs
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Zeiss Planetarium Bochum, Germany
Susanne Hüttemeister
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tools of Radio Astronomy
Authors: Thomas L. Wilson, Kristen Rohlfs, Susanne Hüttemeister
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85122-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-85122-6Published: 14 November 2008
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 5
Number of Pages: XVI, 518
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astroparticles