1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009112120403321

Autore

Williams, Emlyn

Titolo

Guide to the practice of the magistrates' courts / Emlyn Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 1986

ISBN

0421344903

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 187 p. ; 22 cm

Locazione

DEC

Collocazione

DP I-347

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910169179203321

Autore

Thompson A. Richard

Titolo

Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy [[electronic resource] /] / by A. Richard Thompson, James M. Moran, George W. Swenson Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer Nature, 2017

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-44431-X

Edizione

[3rd ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XLVI, 872 p. 252 illus., 10 illus. in color.)

Collana

Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, , 0941-7834

Disciplina

520

Soggetti

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy—Observations

Physics

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Applied and Technical Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 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 -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. The third edition of this indispensable book in radio interferometry provides extensive updates to the second edition, including results and technical advances from the past decade; discussion of arrays that now span the full range of the radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum observable from the ground, 10 MHz to 1 THz; an analysis of factors that affect array speed; and an expanded discussion of digital signal-processing techniques and of scintillation phenomena and the effects of atmospheric water vapor on image distortion, among many other topics. With its comprehensiveness and detailed exposition of all aspects of the theory and practice of radio interferometry and synthesis imaging, this book has established itself as a standard reference in the field. It begins with an overview of the basic principles of radio astronomy, a short history of the development of radio interferometry, and an elementary discussion of the operation of an interferometer. From this foundation, it delves into the underlying relationships of interferometry, sets forth the coordinate systems and parameters to describe synthesis imaging, and examines configurations of antennas for multielement synthesis arrays. Various aspects of the design and response of receiving systems are discussed, as well as the special requirements of very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI), image reconstruction, and recent developments in image enhancement techniques and astrometric observations. Also discussed are propagation effects in the media between the source and the observer, and radio interference, factors that limit performance. Related techniques are introduced, including intensity interferometry, optical interferometry, lunar occultations, tracking of satellites in Earth orbit, interferometry for remote Earth sensing, and holographic measurements of antenna surfaces. This book will benefit anyone who is interested in radio interferometry techniques for astronomy, astrometry, geodesy, or electrical engineering.