Covering topics of radio astronomy, this book contains graduate-level problems with carefully presented solutions. The problems are arranged following the content of the textbook Tools of Radio Astronomy, 6th ed. by T.L.Wilson, K. Rohlfs, S. Hüttemeister (also available in the this Springer series) on a chapter-by-chapter basis. Some of these problems have been formulated to provide an extension to the material presented in Tools of Radio Astronomy.
1. Radio Astronomical Fundamentals.-
2. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals.-
3. Wave Polarization.-
4. Signal Processing and Receivers: Theory.-
5. Practical Receiver Systems.-
6. Fundamentals of Antenna Theory.-
7. Practical Aspects of Filled Aperture Antennas.-
8. Single Dish Observational Methods.-
9. Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis.-
10. Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation.-
11. Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources.-
12. Spectral Line Fundamentals.- 13 Line Radiation of Neutral Hydrogen.- 14 Recombination Lines.-
15. Overview of Molecular Basics.-
16. Molecules in Interstellar Space.-
17. Solutions for
Chapter 1: Radio Astronomical Fundamentals.-
18. Solutions for
Chapter 2: Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals.-
19. Solutions for
Chapter 3: Wave Polarization.-
20. Solutions for
Chapter 4: Signal Processing and Receivers: Theory.-
21. Solutions for
Chapter 5: Practical Receiver Systems.-
22. Solutions for
Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Antenna Theory.-
23. Solutions for
Chapter 7: Practical Aspects of Filled Aperture Antennas.-
24. Solutions for
Chapter 8: Single Dish Observational Methods.-
25. Solutions for
Chapter 9: Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis.-
26. Solutions for
Chapter 10: Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation.-
27. Solutions for
Chapter 11: Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources.
Thomas L. Wilson was on sta at Max-Planck-Inst. f. Radioastronomie from 1969-2004. During this time, he was sent to Arizona as Director of the Sub-mm Telescope Observatory (1997-2002). After this, he was Project Scientist (2004-6), Associate Director (2006-8) and at European Southern Observatory, and subsequently Senior Scientist at ALMA (Atacama Large Mm/sub-mm Array), from Feb 2009 to March 2010. From April 2010 to December 2015, he was at the Naval Research Laboratory, then the NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences, working in the Spectrum Management Unit. Since December 2017 he has an emeritus position with the Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomie in Bonn.
Susanne Hüttemeister received a Ph.D. in Astronomy by the Bonn University. She had a position as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge (USA) and teaching assignments at RWTH Aachen (Aachen Technical University) and Bonn University. Dr. Hüttemeister is now the Directorof Bochum Planetarium and Adjunct Professor at the Astronomy Institute of Ruhr University Bochum.
