UID:
almahu_9948026609802882
Format:
1 online resource (369 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
1-281-76843-X
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9786611768430
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0-08-088712-0
Series Statement:
Methods of experimental physics ; v. 12C
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Astrophysics; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Contents of Volume 12, Parts A and B; Contributors to Volume 12, Parts A and B; Part 4: Single-Antenna Observations; Chapter 4.1. Observations of Small-Diameter Sources; 4.1.1. Introduction; 4.1.2. Solution of the Convolution Integral; 4.1.3. Observational Techniques; 4.1.4. Limits to the Accuracy of an Observation; Chapter 4.2. Fundamentals of Spectral-Line Measurements; 4.2.1. Brief Historical Survey of Early Spectral-Line Measurements; 4.2.2. Special Equipment Requirements for Spectral-Line Work
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4.2.3. The Frequencies of the Radio Lines; 4.2.4. The Strengths of the Radio Lines; 4.2.5. The Calculation of Expected Linewidths; 4.2.6. The Use of Switching Techniques in Spectroscopy; 4.2.7. Intensity Standardization in 21-cm Spectral-Line Work; 4.2.8. Measurements with Multichannel Filter Receivers; Chapter 4.3. Measurements with Radio-Frequency Spectrometers; 4.3.1. Introduction; 4.3.2. Switching Schemes and Baselines; 4.3.3. Baseline Fitting; 4.3.4. Noise Considerations; 4.3.5. The Spectral Resolutions in a Correlator System; Chapter 4.4. Measurements of Galactic 21-cm Hydrogen
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4.4.1. Introduction; 4.4.2. Emission Surveys; 4.4.3. Baseline Determination in Emission Measurements; 4.4.4. Calibration of Scale; 4.4.5. Absorption Measurements; 4.4.6. Baseline Determination in Absorption Measurements; 4.4.7. Zeeman Splitting and Polarization; Chapter 4.5. Pulsar Observing Techniques; 4.5.1. Pulsar Radio Emission; 4.5.2. Sensitivity and Time Resolution; 4.5.3. Dispersion Removal; 4.5.4. Period and Dispersion Determinations; 4.5.5. Polarization Observations; 4.5.6. Spectral Observations; 4.5.7. Interferometric Techniques; 4.5.8. Search Techniques
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Chapter 4.6. Lunar Occultation Measurements; 4.6.1. Lunar Occultations; 4.6.2. Method of Observation; 4.6.3. The Moon as a Straight Diffracting Edge; 4.6.4. Shape of the Occultation Curve of a Point Source; 4.6.5. Time Scale of the Occultation Curve of a Point Source; 4.6.6. The Occultation Curve of a Source of Finite Size; 4.6.7. Position Measurement; 4.6.8. Lobe Analysis and Model Fitting; 4.6.9. The Restoration Technique; 4.6.10. Effect of Finite Antenna Beam; 4.6.11. Effect of Finite Receiver Bandwidth; 4.6.12. Effect of Receiver and Antenna Noise; 4.6.13. Minimum Useful Bandwidth
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4.6.14. Choice of Operational Bandwidth; 4.6.15. Practical Restoration Procedure; 4.6.16. Occultation Surveys; 4.6.17. Refraction Effects; Chapter 4.7. Scintillation Measurements; 4.7.1. Introduction; 4.7.2. Diffraction Theory; 4.7.3. Interplanetary Scintillation and Radio Source Structure; 4.7.4. Interstellar Scintillation and the Bandwidth Effect; Part 5: Interferometers and Arrays; Chapter 5.1. Theory of Two-Element Interferometers; 5.1.1. Introduction; 5.1.2. Signal Analysis; 5.1.3. Two-Dimensional Fourier Transform Relation between Brightness and Visibility; 5.1.4. Polarization Measurements with Interferometers
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-475953-X
Language:
English
