Overview

Four signi?cant factors have led us to update this text. The ?rst is the breathtaking progress in technology, especially in receiver and digital techniques. The second is the advance of radio astronomy to shorter wavelengths, and the increased availab- ity of astronomical satellites. The third is a need to reorganize some of the chapters in order to separate the basic theory, that seldom changes, from practical aspects that change often. Finally, it is our desire to enhance the text by including problem sets for each chapter. In view of this ambitious plan, we have expanded the number of authors. In the reorganization of this edition, we have divided Chap. 4 of the 4th edition into two Chaps. 4 and 5. The ?rst remains Chap. 4, with a slightly different - tle, Signal Processing and Receivers: Theory. This was expanded to include digital processing and components including samplers and digitizers. In Chap. 5, Prac- cal Receiver Systems. we have relegated the presentations of maser and parametric ampli?er front ends, which are no longer commonly used as microwave receivers in radio astronomy, to a short section on historical developments and We have retained and improved the presentations of current state-of-the-art devices, cooled transistor and superconducting front ends. We have also included descriptions of local oscillators and phase lock loops. Chapters 5 and 6 in the 4th edition has now become Chap. 6, Fundamentals of Antenna Theory and Chap.

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Author:   Thomas L. Wilson ,  Kristen Rohlfs ,  Susanne Huttemeister
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   5th ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.813kg
ISBN:  

9783642098826

ISBN 10:   3642098827
Pages:   534
Publication Date:   22 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Radio Astronomical Fundamentals.- Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals.- Wave Polarization.- Signal Processing and Receivers: Theory.- Practical Receiver Systems.- Fundamentals of Antenna Theory.- Practical Aspects of Filled Aperture Antennas.- Single Dish Observational Methods.- Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis.- Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation.- Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources.- Spectral Line Fundamentals.- Line Radiation of Neutral Hydrogen.- Recombination Lines.- Overview of Molecular Basics.- Molecules in Interstellar Space.

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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)

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)

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)

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