SUBJECT
Title
Radio astronomy 1-2
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2+2
Recommended in
Semesters 1-4
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
1st semester:
- History of radio astronomy, atmospheric radio window
- Basic deiniions and terms, radio emission mechanisms
- Instrumentaion: single-dish radio telescopes and interferometers
- Very Long Baseline Interferometry networks, data processing, image reconstrucion; applicaions in astrophysics, astrometry and geodesy
- Next-generaion radio astronomy instruments
2nd semester:
- Classiicaion of celesial radio sources
- Radio astronomy in the Solar System
- Galacic radio astronomy, the Galacic Centre
- Extragalacic radio sources, acive galacic nuclei
- Cosmological applicaions
- Cosmic microwave background radiaion
Readings
- Verschuur G.L., Kellermann K.I. (eds.), Galacic and extragalacic radio astronomy, 2nd ediion, Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, Berlin: Springer, 1988
- Gurvits L.I., Frey S., Rawlings S. (eds.), Radio astronomy from Karl Jansky to microjansky, EAS Publicaions Series, Vol. 15, Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, 2005
- Freedman and Kaufmann: Universe. 8th ed., W. H. Freeman Publ., 2007, ISBN: 978-0716785842