Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy

by A. Richard Thompson, James M. Moran, George W. Swenson Jr.

Overview

Radio telescopes have the potential of recording images in the universe at a resolution nearly 1,000 time higher than the Hubble Space telescope. To attain this resolution, astronomers rely on a technology called Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). With the launch of the first VLBI satellite, Very Long Baseline Array has now come into actual operation. This, as well as other developments over the last 10 years, has increased the need for an up-to-date technical reference in radio astronomy. The first edition of this title was seen as the standard reference on the subject and this edition provides a comprehensive account today's techniques used in interferometry and radio astronomy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319444291
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	02/25/2017
Series:	Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Edition description:	3rd ed. 2017
Pages:	872
Sales rank:	759,943
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

A. RICHARD THOMPSON, PhD, has been associated with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in numerous capacities for more than 27 years.

JAMES M. MORAN, PhD, is a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University.

GEORGE W. SWENSON, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and of Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Introduction and Historical Review.
Introductory Theory of Interferometry and Synthesis Imaging.
Analysis of the Interferometer Response.
Geometric Relationships and Polarimetry.
Antennas and Arrays.
Response of the Receiving System.
Design of the Analog Receiving System.
Digital Signal Processing.
Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry.
Calibration and Fourier Transformation of Visibility Data.
Deconvolution, Adaptive Calibration, and Applications.
Interferometer Techniques for Astrometry and Geodesy.
Propagation Effects.
Van Cittert-Zernike Theorem, Spatial Coherence, and Scattering.
Radio Interference.
Related Techniques.
Principal Symbols.
Author Index.
Subject Index.

Editorial Reviews

"this edition meets current demands by providing a comprehensive account of the techniques used today." (La Doc STI, May 2001)

"...the up-to-date edition of Thompson...with its exhaustive bibliography, becomes the indispensable source of background for those already in, or considering, radio astronomy." (The Observatory, Vol. 122, No. 1166, February 2002)

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