Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy (eBook)

A. RICHARD THOMPSON, PhD, has been associated with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in numerous capacities for more than 27 years. JAMES M. MORAN, PhD, is a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. GEORGE W. SWENSON, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and of Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

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.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

"this edition meets current demands by providing a comprehensive account of the techniques used today." (La Doc STI, May 2001)

"...the up-to-date edition of Thompson...with its exhaustive bibliography, becomes the indispensable source of background for those already in, or considering, radio astronomy." (The Observatory, Vol. 122, No. 1166, February 2002)