Measuring the universe: a multiwavelength perspective
✍ Scribed by George H. Rieke
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 355
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
01.0_pp_i_vi_Frontmatter
Measuring the Universe
Measuring the Universe
AMultiwavelength Perspective
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02.0_pp_vii_x_Contents
03.0_pp_xi_xii_Preface
04.0_pp_1_24_Radiometry_optics_statistics
Chapter 1: Radiometry, optics, statistics
1.1 Basics of radiometry
1.2 Image formation and the wave nature of light
1.3 Power received by an optical system
1.3.1 Basic geometry
1.3.2 How much gets to the detector?
1.3.3 Radiometry example
1.4 Optical systems
1.4.1 Lenses and mirrors
05.0_pp_25_57_Telescopes
06.0_pp_58_91_Detectors_for_the_ultraviolet_through_the_infrared
07.0_pp_92_119_Optical_and_infrared_imaging_astrometry
08.0_pp_120_153_Photometry_and_polarimetry
09.0_pp_154_188_Spectroscopy
10.0_pp_189_229_Adaptive_optics_and_high-contrast_imaging
11.0_pp_230_265_Submillimeter_and_radio_astronomy
12.0_pp_266_292_Interferometry_and_aperture_synthesis
13.0_pp_293_317_X-_and_gamma-ray_astronomy
14.0_pp_318_325_Epilogue_cosmic_rays_neutrinos_gravitational_waves
15.0_pp_326_326_Useful_constants
16.0_pp_327_328_Common_Fourier_transforms_and_relations
17.0_pp_329_337_References
18.0_pp_338_343_Index
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