Measuring the universe : a multiwavelength perspective /

"Astronomy is an observational science, renewed and even revolutionized by new developments in instrumentation. With the resulting growth of multiwavelength investigation as an engine of discovery, it is increasingly important for astronomers to understand the underlying physical principles and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rieke, G. H. (George Henry)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Radio astronomy.
Infrared astronomy.
Gamma ray astronomy.
X-ray astronomy.
Radioastronomie.
Astronomie infrarouge.
Astronomie gamma.
Astronomie des rayons X.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Gamma ray astronomy
Infrared astronomy
Radio astronomy
X-ray astronomy
Astronomisches Instrument
Radioastronomie
Infrarotastronomie
Gammaastronomie
Röntgenastronomie
Radioastronomi.
Teleskop.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Radiometry, optics, statistics
  • Telescopes
  • Detectors for the ultraviolet through the infrared
  • Optical and infrared imaging; astrometry
  • Photometry and polarimetry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Adaptive optics and high-contrast imaging
  • Submillimeter and radio astronomy
  • Interferometry and aperture synthesis
  • X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy
  • Epilogue: Cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational waves
  • Appendix A. Useful constants
  • Appendix B. Common Fourier transforms and relations.

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