Index

• AB magnitude §F.4, §2.1
• aberration
  • relativistic §5.3.1, §5.5, §5.5.2
  • spherical Figure 3.25
• absorption §2.1, §2.2.1
  • atmospheric §1.1.2—§2.2.3
  • coefficient §2.2.4, §7.3.1
  • dust §1.3, §5.4.2, §5.6.2, §5.6.3, §7.1, §7.6.2, §7.8.1
  • free–free §4.3.2, §4.3.2
  • Hi line §7.8
  • linear absorption coefficient §2.2.1
  • negative §7.3.1
  • net absorption coefficient §7.3.2
  • synchrotron §5.3.3—§5.3.3
• accretion disk §5.6.2
• action §7.1
• active galactic nucleus §5.1
• Airy pattern §3.3.2
• aliasing §A.3
• ALMA §1.1.2, §2.8, Figure 8.5
• ampere §F.3
• angular frequency §2.3, §3.1.1
• antenna §3.1—§3.1.6
  • alt-az mount §3.5
  • aperture §3.2.2, §3.2.3
  • aperture efficiency §3.3.2
  • average collecting area §3.1.4
  • average gain §3.1.3
  • beam efficiency §3.1.6
  • beam solid angle §3.3.3
  • beam pattern §3.2.3
  • beam solid angle §3.1.3, §3.1.4
  • beamwidth §3.2.4
  • collecting area §3.1.4
  • current §3.1.1
  • diffraction limit §3.2.4
  • dipole §3.1.1
    • half wave §3.1.1
    • short §3.1.1
  • directivity §3.1.3
  • effective collecting area §3.1.4
  • efficiency §3.1.3
  • electric field pattern §3.2.3
  • equatorial mount §3.5
  • feed §3.1.1, §3.2.1
  • Fraunhofer approximation §3.2.3
  • gain §3.1.3
  • ground-plane vertical §3.1.1
  • homologous §3.5
  • Huygens’s principle §3.2.3
  • illumination §3.2.3
    • taper §3.2.4
    • uniform §3.2.4
  • isotropic §3.1.3
  • kelvins per jansky §3.1.6
  • main beam
    • efficiency §3.1.6
  • main beam §3.1.6, §3.2.4
    • solid angle §3.1.6
  • nulls §3.2.4
  • pointing accuracy §3.3.5
  • power gain §3.1.3
  • power gain §3.1.5
  • power pattern §3.1.1
  • radiation resistance §3.1.2
  • reciprocity theorem §3.1.5
  • reflector §3.2—§3.2.5
    • Airy pattern §3.3.2
    • aperture blockage §3.5
    • far-field distance §3.2.2
    • focal circle §3.2.1
    • focal ellipsoid §3.2.1
    • focal length §3.2.1
    • focal point §3.2.1
    • focal ratio §3.2.1
    • ground screen §3.2.5, §3.5
    • paraboloidal Figure 3.7
    • prime focus §3.2.1
    • prime focus §3.5
    • Ruze equation §3.3.4
    • secondary focus §3.5
    • secondary focus Figure 3.21, Figure 3.24, Figure 3.26, §3.5
    • spherical §3.5
    • spillover §3.2.5
    • standing waves item 2
    • surface efficiency §3.3.4
    • surface errors §3.3.4
    • vertex Figure 3.7
  • resolving power §3.2.4
  • resonant §3.1.1, §3.1.2
  • sidelobes Figure 3.42, §3.1.6, §3.2.4
  • stray radiation §3.1.6
  • subreflector
    • Cassegrain Figure 3.21, §3.5
    • Gregorian Figure 3.24, Figure 3.27, §3.5
    • magnification §3.5
    • nutating item 5
    • secondary focus §3.5
    • standing waves item 2
  • temperature §2.5, §3.1.6
  • tracking error §3.3.5
  • waveguide horn Figure 3.27
  • waveguide horn §2.6.3, §3.1.1, §3.2.1, §3.2.3, §3.3.2, §3.5, §3.5
• Antennae Galaxies Figure 8.12
• aperture §3.2.2, §3.2.3
• aperture efficiency §3.3.2
• aperture synthesis §3.7.4
• Arecibo Observatory Figure 8.2
• ASKAP Figure 8.6
• astronomical unit §F.2, §1.3
• atmosphere §2.2.3
  • absorption §2.2.3
  • brightness temperature §2.2.3
  • emission §2.2.3
• atmospheric windows §1.1.2
• autocorrelation §A.7
• autocorrelation spectrometer §3.6.5
• azimuth §1.2
• bandwidth §3.6.2
• bandwidth smearing §3.7.3
• baryon/photon ratio §2.6.3
• baryonic matter §2.6.1
• beam
  • efficiency §3.1.6
  • filling factor §3.1.6
  • solid angle §3.1.3, §3.3.3
  • solid angle §3.1.4
  • width §3.2.4, §3.2.4, §3.3.3
• birefringent §D.2
• black hole
  • discovery item 2
  • supermassive item 10, §1.1.4, §5.4.3, §7.5
• black hole
  • Eddington luminosity §5.4.2
  • feedback §5.4.2
  • impedance §3.1.2
  • supermassive item 2, §1.3, §5.4.2
• blackbody §2.4
• blackbody radiation
  • integrated brightness §2.4.2
  • mode §2.4.1, §2.4.1
  • polarization item 5
  • Rayleigh–Jeans approximation §2.4.1
  • specific intensity §2.4.1
  • Stefan–Boltzmann constant §B.2
  • Stefan–Boltzmann law §B.2
  • ultraviolet catastrophe item 3
  • Wien’s law §2.4.2
• blackbody radiation §2.4—§2.4.2
  • cavity radiation §2.4, §2.4.1
  • energy density §2.4.2
  • equilibrium radiation §2.4
  • integrated brightness §B.2
  • isotropy item 4
  • mean photon energy §2.4.2
  • mode §2.4.1, §2.4.1, §2.4.2, §2.4.2, §2.5
  • photon number density §2.4.2
  • Planck’s law §2.4.2
  • radiation constant §2.4.2
  • Stefan–Boltzmann constant §2.4.2
  • Stefan–Boltzmann law §2.4.2
• Bohr atom §7.2.1
• Bohr magneton §7.8
• Bohr radius §F.1, §4.2, §7.2.1
• Boltzmann distribution §2.4.1
• Boltzmann equation §7.3.1, §7.3.2
• Boltzmann’s constant §F.1
• bremsstrahlung §4.1
• brightness §2.1—§2.1
  • conservation §2.1
  • spectral §2.1
• brightness temperature §2.2.3
  • atmospheric §2.2.3
• brightness sensitivity §3.7.6
• brightness temperature
  • opaque body §2.2.4
• calorimeter model §5.6.3
• canonical neutron star §6.1.2
• carbon monoxide (CO) item 2, §7.7.1, §7.7.1
• Cas A Figure 1.14, §3.5, Figure 5.13
• Cassegrain subreflector Figure 3.21, §3.5
• Cassegrain subreflector §3.5
• cavity radiation §2.4
• CGS units §F.3
• Chandrasekhar mass §6.1.2
• CO conversion factor §7.7.3
• coherent
  • amplifier §1.1.1, §3.7.6
  • continuum radiation §6.1.10
  • line emission §7.5
• collisional broadening §7.2.2
• collisional excitation §7.4
• column density §7.3.2, §7.8, §7.8.2
• complex exponentials §B.3
• Compton thick §1.1.1, §1.1.4
• conductivity §D.1, §D.2
• confusion §3.6.3
• confusion limit §3.6.3
• constants Appendix F—§F.6
  • astronomical §F.2
  • other §F.4
  • physical §F.1
• convolution §A.7
• correlator §3.7.1
• correspondence principle §7.2.2
• cosmic microwave background
  • blackbody spectrum §2.6.3
  • expansion scale factor §2.6.2
  • flatness problem §2.6.5
  • recombination era §2.6.2
  • surface of last scattering §2.6.2
• cosmic microwave background §2.6—§2.6.5
  • baryon acoustic oscillations §2.6.5
  • dipole anisotropy §2.6.4
  • horizon problem §2.6.5
  • isotropy §2.6.3
  • temperature §2.6.2
• cosmic rays §5.2
• Coulomb’s law §2.7
• counterjet §5.6.1
• Crab Nebula §6.1.2
• Crab Nebula Figure 8.10
• critical frequency §5.3.1
• cross-correlation §A.7, §A.7
• current §3.1.1, §3.1.2
• current density §D.1
• curvature radiation §6.1.10
• cyclotron radiation §5.1
• Cyg A §1.3
• Cyg A Figure 5.13, §5.4.3
• dark ages §7.8.3
• De Broglie wavelength §7.1
• debye §7.7.3
• Debye length §4.2, §4.3.2
• decibel (dB) §F.4, §3.1.3
• declination §5.6.4
• declination axis §3.5
• delta function §5.3.1
• density-bounded Hii region §4.2
• detailed balance §7.3.1
• diffraction §3.2.4, §3.7
• diffraction limited §3.2.4
• dimension §F.6
• dimensional analysis §F.6
• dipole moment §7.7.3
• dipole anisotropy §2.6.4
• dipole antenna §3.1.1
  • half wave §3.1.1
  • short §3.1.1
• directivity §3.1.3
• dispersion §3.4
• dispersion delay §6.2
• dispersion measure (DM) §6.2
• Doppler shift
  • Doppler boosting §5.6.1
• Doppler shift
  • Doppler factor §5.6.1
  • optical velocity convention §7.8.2
  • radio velocity convention §7.8.2
  • relativistic §5.5.1, §5.6.1
  • transverse §5.6.1
• dust §2.8—§2.8, §5.4.2, §5.6.2, §5.6.3
  • emission §2.8—§2.8, §5.6.3
  • extinction §2.8
  • obscuration §1.1.1, §5.6.2
  • protoplanetary disk §2.8
  • scattering §2.8
• ecliptic latitude §6.3
• ecliptic plane §6.3
• Eddington luminosity §5.4.2
• Einstein coefficients
  • absorption §7.3.1
• Einstein coefficients
  • spontaneous emission §7.3.1
  • stimulated emission §7.3.1
• electric field §2.7
• elevation angle §3.5
• emission §2.1
  • atmospheric §2.2.3
  • dust §2.8—§2.8, §5.6.3
  • free–free §4.3—§4.3.2
  • Hi §7.8—§7.8.3
  • inverse Compton (IC) §5.5—§5.5.3
  • maser §7.5
  • molecular line §7.7—§7.7.3
  • nonthermal §4.1
  • recombination line §7.2—§7.2.2
  • spontaneous §7.3.1
  • stimulated §7.3.1
  • synchrotron §5.2—§5.2.3
  • thermal §4.1
• emission coefficient §2.2.2, §2.2.4
  • free–free §4.3.2
  • stimulated §7.3.1
• emission measure (EM) §4.3.2
• energy density
  • spectral §2.4.1
• energy density
  • blackbody radiation §2.4.2
  • magnetic 5.35
  • radiation §2.4.2
  • spectral §2.4.2
• epoch of reionization §7.8.3
• equilibrium radiation §2.4
• equipartition §5.4.1, §5.4.1
• Euler’s formula §B.3
• event §C.1
• excitation temperature §7.4—§7.4
• extinction §2.8
• far-field distance §3.2.2
• Faraday depolarization §D.2
• Faraday rotation §D.2—§D.2
• filter bank §3.6.5
• fine-structure constant §7.8
• flatness problem §2.6.5
• flux
  • Poynting §2.7
  • total §2.1
• flux density §2.1
  • absolute §3.5
  • relative §3.5
• Fourier transforms
  • autocorrelation §A.7
  • convolution theorem §A.7
  • cross-correlation §A.7
  • derivative theorem §A.6
  • Euler’s formula §A.1
  • inverse §A.1
  • modulation theorem §A.6
  • Nyquist frequency §A.3
  • similarity theorem §A.6
• Fourier transform spectrometer §3.6.5
• Fourier transforms §A.1—§A.8, §3.2.3
  • addition theorem §A.6
  • aliasing §A.3
  • bandwidth §A.3
  • complex exponential §A.1
  • convolution §A.7
  • cross-correlation §A.7
  • cross-correlation theorem §A.7
  • discrete Fourier transform (DFT) §A.2
  • fast Fourier transform (FFT) §A.2
  • forward §A.1
  • power spectrum §A.4
  • Rayleigh’s theorem §A.4
  • sampling theorem §A.3
  • shift theorem §A.6
  • similarity theorem §3.2.4
  • Wiener–Khinchin theorem §A.7
• free–free emission
  • collision time Figure 4.2
  • opacity §4.3.2
• free–free emission §4.3—§4.3.2
  • absorption coefficient §4.3.2
  • collision time §4.3.1
  • Debye length §4.2
  • Debye length §4.3.2
  • emission coefficient §4.3.2
  • impact parameter Figure 4.2
  • impact parameter §4.3.1
  • pulse energy §4.3.1
  • spectral index §4.3.2
• gain
  • antenna power §3.1.3, §3.1.5, §3.3.2
  • fluctuation §3.6.3
• Galactic latitude §1.3
• Galactic longitude §1.3, Figure 7.18
• galaxies
  • BL Lac object §5.6.2
  • calorimeter model §5.6.3
  • cosmological evolution §5.6.4
  • dust emission §5.6.3
  • FIR/radio correlation §5.6.3
  • luminosity function §5.6.4
  • normal §5.6.3
  • peculiar velocities §7.8.2
  • quasi-stellar object (QSO) §5.6.2
  • Seyfert §5.6.2
  • starburst §5.6.3
  • unified models §5.6.2
• Galilean relativity §C.1
• Galilean transform §C.1
• Gaunt factor §4.3.2
• Gaussian
  • beam §3.3.3
  • error distribution §3.3.4
  • Fourier transform of §B.4
  • line profile §7.2.2
  • noise §B.5
• Gaussian CGS §F.3
• GBT (Green Bank Telescope) Figure 8.1
• gravitational waves §6.3
• Gregorian subreflector Figure 3.27, §3.5
• Gregorian subreflector Figure 3.24, §3.5, §3.5
• group velocity §D.1, §6.2
• gyro frequency §D.2
• gyro radiation §5.1
• gyro frequency §5.1.1
• Her A Figure 8.14
• Hi 21-cm line
  • Hi mass §7.8.2
  • Tully–Fisher relation §7.8.2
• Hi 21-cm line §7.8—§7.8.3
  • Bohr magneton §7.8
  • column density §7.8
  • epoch of reionization §7.8.3
  • fine-structure constant §7.8
  • hyperfine line §7.8
  • kinematic distance §7.8.1
  • line flux §7.8.2
  • nuclear $g$ factor §7.8
  • rotation curve §7.8.2
  • spin temperature §7.8
• Hii regions
  • density bounded §4.2
  • free–free radiation §4.2
  • Strömgren sphere §4.2
  • thermal emission §4.1
  • ultra-compact (UC) §4.2
  • ultra-dense (UD) §4.2
• Hii regions §4.2—§4.2
  • emission measure (EM) §4.3.2
  • ionization bounded §4.2
  • matter bounded §4.2
  • recombination rate §4.2
  • temperature §4.2
• HL Tau Figure 8.9
• horizon problem §2.6.5
• hotspot §5.6.1
• hour angle §3.5
• hour-angle axis §3.5
• Hubble constant §2.6.1
• Hubble constant §F.2, §7.8.2
• Hubble distance §2.6.1
• Hubble time §2.6.1
• hydrosols item 3
• hyperfine line §7.8
• ideal gas law §7.1
• impact parameter Figure 4.2
• index of refraction §D.1
• inflation §2.6.5
• initial mass function (IMF) §4.2
• intensity
  • specific §2.1, §2.1
  • spectral §2.1
  • total §2.1
• interferometer §3.7—§3.7.6
  • adding §3.7.1
  • aperture synthesis §1.1.1, §3.7.4
  • area filling factor §3.7.6
  • bandwidth smearing §3.7.3
  • baseline §3.7.1
  • basic §3.7.1
  • coherent amplifier §3.7.6
  • complex correlator §3.7.2
  • correlation §3.7.1
  • correlator §3.7.1
  • correlator response §3.7.1
  • delay center §3.7.3
  • dirty beam Figure 3.42
  • element §3.7.1
  • fringe period §3.7.1
  • fringe phase Figure 3.41, §3.7.1
  • fringe visibility §3.7.2
  • fringes §3.7.1
  • geometric delay §3.7.1
  • multiplying Figure 3.41, §3.7.1
  • phase reference position §3.7.3
  • primary beam §3.7.1
  • projected baseline §3.7.1
  • quasi-monochromatic §3.7.1
  • sensitivity
    • brightness §3.7.6
    • point source §3.7.6
  • synthesized beam Figure 3.42, §3.7.1
  • time smearing §3.7.3
  • ($u,v$) plane §3.7.4
  • visibility phase §3.7.2
  • visibility amplitude §3.7.2
• interstellar medium (ISM)
  • scattering §6.2
• interstellar medium (ISM)
  • dispersion measure (DM) §6.2
  • magnetic field §5.6.3
  • phases §7.1
  • scintillation §6.2
• interstellar medium (ISM)
  • absorption lines §6.2
  • cosmic-ray diffusion §5.6.3
  • depletion time §5.6.3
  • dispersion §D.1—§D.1, §6.2, §6.3
  • dust §2.8—§2.8
  • electron density §4.3.2, §6.2
  • group velocity §6.2
  • opacity §4.3.2
  • plasma frequency §6.2
  • pressure §7.1
  • refraction §6.2
• inverse Compton (IC)
  • maximum frequency §5.5.2
  • net radiated power §5.5.1
  • synchrotron self-Compton §5.5.3
• inverse Compton (IC) §5.5—§5.5.3
  • average frequency §5.5.2
  • brightness limit §5.5.3
  • IC/synchrotron power ratio §5.5.1
• inverse square law §2.1
• ionization bounded §4.2
• ionosphere §D.1, §1.1.1
• isotopologue §7.7.3
• jansky (Jy) §2.1
• Jansky, Karl Guthe Figure 1.7, §1.2
• Kirchhoff’s law §2.2.4
• Kirchhoff’s law §2.2.2
• Larmor radiation §2.7
  • Larmor’s equation §2.7
  • recombination lines §7.2.2
  • synchrotron spectrum §5.3.1
• Larmor radiation §2.7—§2.7
  • antenna §3.1.1
  • free–free §4.3.1
  • recombination lines §4.2
  • rotating electric dipole §6.1.4
  • rotating magnetic dipole §6.1.4
  • rotating polar molecule §7.7.3
  • synchrotron power §5.2.3
  • Thomson scattering §5.5.1
• length contraction §C.2
• line profile
  • Hi §7.8.2
  • weighted mean §7.3.1
• line trapping §7.7.3
• line width
  • thermal §7.2.2
• line flux §7.8.2
• line profile §7.2.2
  • Gaussian §7.2.2
• line width §7.2.2
  • collisional broadening §7.2.2
  • Doppler broadened item 1
  • natural §7.2.2
• load §2.5, item 2, §3.6.6
• local oscillator (LO) §3.6.4
• local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) §2.2.2
• LOFAR Figure 8.8
• Lorentz factor §C.1, §5.2.1
• Lorentz force §6.1.10
• Lorentz transform Appendix C—§C.4
• luminosity
  • bolometric §2.1
  • Eddington limit §5.4.2
  • far-infrared §5.6.3
  • free–free §4.3.2
  • function §5.6.4
  • radio §5.4.1
  • solar §F.2
  • spectral §2.1
  • spin-down §6.1.5
  • total §2.1
• M81 group Figure 8.11
• M82 Figure 2.24, §5.3.3, §5.6.3, Figure 8.13
• magnetic dipole
  • pulsar §6.1.3
• magnetic dipole
  • dipole moment §6.1.4
  • radiation §6.1.4, §6.1.5
• magnetic energy density 5.35
• magnetic force §5.1.1
• magnetobremsstrahlung §5.1—§5.1.1
  • curvature radiation §6.1.10
  • cyclotron radiation §5.1
  • gyro radiation §5.1
  • synchrotron radiation §5.1
• magnitude (AB) §F.4, §2.1
• maser item 5, §7.5—§7.5
  • gain §7.5
  • NGC 4258 §7.5
  • saturated §7.5
  • unsaturated §7.5
• mass–energy equation §5.2.2
• matter-bounded Hii region §4.2
• Maxwell’s equations Appendix D
• Maxwellian distribution §B.8, §4.1, §4.3.2
• meridian §3.5
• metals §4.2
• mixer §3.6.4
• MKS units §F.3
• molecular lines §7.7—§7.7.3
  • CO conversion factor §7.7.3
  • critical density §7.7.3
  • excitation §7.7.2
  • ladder §7.7.1
  • line trapping §7.7.3
• molecule
  • diatomic §7.7.1
  • dipole moment §7.7.3
  • isotopologue §7.7.3
  • mean dipole moment §7.7.3
  • polar §7.7.1
  • reduced mass §7.7.1
• moment of inertia §6.1.5
• MWA §7.8.3, Figure 8.7
• negative absorption §7.3.1
• neutron star §6.1, §6.1.2
• NGC 4258 §7.5
• noise temperature
  • radiometer §2.5, §3.6.6
  • system §3.6.1
  • $Y$-factor method §3.6.6
• noise factor §3.6.6
• noise figure §3.6.6
• noise temperature
  • quantum §1.1.5
• nonthermal emission §4.1
• Nyquist approximation §2.5
• Nyquist formula §2.5
• observable universe §2.6.5
• ohm §F.3
• Ohm’s law §D.1, §3.1.2
• opacity §2.2.1
  • atmospheric §1.1.2
  • free–free §4.3.2
  • line opacity coefficient §7.3.2
  • zenith §1.1.2
• opaque body §2.2.4
• optical depth §2.2.1
• optical velocity convention §7.8.2
• optically thick §2.2.1
• optically thin §2.2.1
• PAPER §7.8.3
• paraboloid Figure 3.7
• parsec §F.2, §1.2
• Parseval’s theorem §A.4
• permeability of free space §F.3
• permittivity of free space §F.3
• phase (interferometer fringe) §3.7.1
• phase (interferometer fringe) Figure 3.41
• phase velocity §3.4
• phases of interstellar medium §7.1
• photon §2.4.2
  • absorption §2.1
  • emission §2.1
  • energy §2.4.2
  • number density §2.4.2
  • scattering §2.1
• pitch angle §5.2.3
• pitch angle §5.2.3, §5.3.1
• Planck’s constant §F.1, §2.4.2
  • reduced §7.2.1
• Planck’s law §2.4.2
• planetary nebula item 2, §4.2
• plasma
  • birefringent §D.2
  • conductivity §D.1
  • Debye length §4.3.2
  • dispersion §D.1—§D.1
  • Faraday rotation §D.2—§D.2
  • frequency §D.1, §6.2
  • group velocity §D.1
  • mean electron energy §4.3.1
  • refractive index §6.2
• polarization §2.3—§2.3
  • antenna §3.1.1, §3.1.4
  • blackbody radiation item 5
  • circular §2.3
  • curvature radiation §6.1.10
  • degree of §2.3
  • dipole antenna §3.1.1
  • elliptical §2.3
  • Faraday rotation §D.2—§D.2
  • feed §3.1.1
  • instrumental Figure 3.26
  • linear §2.3
  • molecular §7.7.1
  • partial §2.3
  • pulsars §6.1.10
  • sign convention §2.3
  • Stokes parameters §2.3
  • unpolarized §2.3
• post-Keplerian (PK) parameters §6.3
• power spectrum
  • synchrotron §5.3.1
• power spectrum §A.4
  • autocorrelation §A.7
  • radiometer postdetection §3.6.3
  • synchrotron §5.3.1
• Poynting flux §2.7
• pressure
  • equipartition §5.6.1
  • ideal gas §7.1
  • interstellar medium §7.1
  • line broadening item 2
  • radiation §5.4.2
• principal quantum number §4.2, §7.2.1
• protoplanetary disk §2.8, Figure 8.9
• pulsar §6.1—§6.3
  • barycentric frame §6.3
  • binary §6.1.9, §6.1.9, §6.3, §6.3
  • black widow §6.1.9
  • braking index §6.1.8
  • canonical neutron star §6.1.2
  • Chandrasekhar mass §6.1.2
  • characteristic age §6.1.7
  • characteristic magnetic field §6.1.6
  • coherent radiation §6.1.10
  • Crab pulsar §6.1.2
  • curvature radiation §6.1.10
  • discovery §6.1.1
  • dispersion delay §6.2
  • dispersion measure (DM) §6.2
  • dispersive smearing §6.2
  • gravitational waves §6.3
  • inclination angle §6.1.4, §6.1.6
  • light cylinder §6.1.10
  • LMXB §6.1.9
  • magnetar §6.1.3
  • magnetic dipole radiation §6.1.4
  • magnetic fields §6.1.3
  • millisecond §6.1.9
  • minimum magnetic field §6.1.6
  • neutron star §6.1
  • neutron star §6.1.2, §6.1.2
  • period derivative §6.1.5
  • polarization §6.1.10
  • PṖ diagram Figure 6.3
  • PṖ diagram §6.1.9
  • recycled §6.1.9
  • redback §6.1.9
  • RRAT Figure 6.3, §6.1.9
  • spin-down luminosity §6.1.5
  • unipolar generator §6.1.10
• pulsar timing
  • pulse phase §6.3
  • timing residuals §6.3
• pulsar timing item 2, §6.3—§6.3
  • average pulse profile §6.3
  • Einstein delay §6.3
  • Keplerian parameters §6.3
  • post-Keplerian (PK) parameters §6.3
  • pulsar timing array (PTA) §6.3
  • Roemer delay §6.3
  • Shapiro delay §6.3
  • time of arrival (TOA) §6.3
  • topocentric frame §6.3
• pwv item 4
• quantum noise §1.1.5
• quantum number
  • angular momentum §7.7.1
  • principal §7.2.1, item 1
• quantum noise §1.1.1
• quantum number
  • angular momentum item 2
• quasi-stellar object (QSO) §5.6.2
• radial velocity §7.2.2
• radiation
  • energy density §2.4.2, §5.5.1
  • magnetic dipole §6.1.4
  • resistance §3.1.2—§3.1.2
  • spectral energy density §2.4.1
  • spectral-line energy density §7.3.1
• radiation constant §2.4.2
• radiation resistance
  • antenna §3.1.2
  • free space §3.1.2
• radiative transfer equation §2.2.2
• radio telescopes
  • ALMA Figure 8.5
  • Effelsberg 100-m §3.5
  • GBT 100-m §3.5
  • Parkes 210-foot (64-m) §3.5
  • Planck §2.6.5
  • VLA Figure 8.4
  • WMAP §2.6.5
  • WSRT Figure 8.3
• radio astronomy §1.1.1
• radio frequencies §1.1.1
• radio telescopes
  • Arecibo 1000-foot (305-m) §3.5
  • Arecibo 1000-foot (305-m) Figure 8.2
  • ASKAP Figure 8.6
  • Bell Labs horn Figure 3.19
  • GBT 100-m Figure 8.1
  • Green Bank 140-foot (43-m) §3.5
  • LOFAR Figure 8.8
  • MWA Figure 8.7
  • VLA §3.7.5
• radio velocity convention §7.8.2
• radiometer §2.5, §3.6—§3.6.6
  • bandpass filter §3.6.2
  • bandwidth §3.6.2
  • Dicke switching §3.6.3
  • differential Figure 3.36
  • gain fluctuation §3.6.3
  • ideal radiometer equation §3.6.2
  • integrator §3.6.2
  • intermediate frequency (IF) §3.6.4
  • local oscillator (LO) §3.6.4
  • mixer §3.6.4
  • noise §3.6.1
  • noise factor §3.6.6
  • noise figure §3.6.6
  • noise temperature
    • $Y$-factor method §3.6.6
  • noise temperature §2.5, item 6, §3.6.6
  • practical radiometer equation §3.6.3
  • radio frequency (RF) §3.6.2
  • square-law detector §3.6, §3.6.2, §3.6.2, §3.6.2
  • superheterodyne §3.6.4
  • total power §3.6.2
• ray optics approximation §2.1
• Rayleigh scattering §2.8
• Rayleigh distribution §3.3.5
• Rayleigh resolution criterion §3.2.4
• Rayleigh–Jeans approximation §2.4.1
• reciprocity theorem §3.1.5
• recombination coefficient §4.2
• recombination lines §7.2.2
  • collisional broadening §7.2.2
  • spontaneous emission rate §7.2.2
• recombination rate §4.2
• recombination era §2.6.2
• recombination lines §7.2—§7.2
  • radiative transfer §7.6.1
  • Rydberg constant §7.2.1
  • Rydberg frequency §7.2.1
• recombination time §4.2
• redshift §2.6.2
• reflection coefficient §2.2.4
• refraction §D.1
  • atmospheric §3.7, §3.7.1
  • index of §D.1
  • ionospheric §1.1.2
• refractive index §D.1, §D.2
• relativistic aberration §5.3.1
• relativistic beaming §5.2.2, §5.3.1, §5.6.2
• relativity Appendix C—§C.4
• relativity principle §C.1
• resistance §3.1.2
• resistor §2.4, §2.5
• resolution
  • angular §3.7, §3.7.6
  • diffraction-limited §3.2.4
  • frequency §A.3
  • Rayleigh criterion §3.2.4
• resolving power §3.2.4
• RFI item 4
• right ascension Figure 6.1
• Roemer delay §6.3
• rotation curve §7.8.1, §7.8.2
• rotation measure (RM) §D.2
• RRAT Figure 6.3, §6.1.9
• Ruze equation §3.3.4
• Rydberg constant §7.2.1
• Rydberg frequency §4.2, §7.2.1
• Saha equation §7.6.1
• sampling theorem §A.3, §3.6
• scattering §2.1
• scintillation
  • diffractive §6.2
  • interplanetary §6.1.1
  • interstellar §6.2
  • refractive §6.2
• sensitivity
  • brightness §3.7.6, §3.7.6
  • confusion limited §3.6.3
  • gain fluctuations §3.6.3
  • interferometer §3.7.6
  • kelvins per jansky §3.1.6
  • point source §3.7.6, §3.7.6
  • point source §3.7.6
  • practical radiometer §3.6.3
  • single dish §3.7.6
  • single dish §3.7.6
• shah function §A.5, §5.3.1
• Shapiro delay §6.3
• SI units §F.3, §F.3
• sidelobes §3.1.6
• sidereal day §1.2
• sinc function §3.2.4
• SMBH item 10, item 2, §1.1.4, §1.3, §5.4.2, §5.4.3, §7.5
• solar luminosity §F.2
• solar mass §F.2
• special relativity
  • aberration §5.3.1, §5.5, §5.5.2
  • relativistic beaming §5.6.2
• special relativity Appendix C—§C.4
  • aberration §5.3.1
  • Doppler boosting §5.6.1
  • energy §C.4
  • event §C.1
  • Galilean relativity §C.1
  • Galilean transform §C.1
  • invariant speed §C.1
  • length contraction §C.2
  • Lorentz transform §C.1
  • Lorentz factor §C.1
  • mass §C.4
  • power §C.4
  • relativistic beaming §5.2.2, §5.3.1
  • superluminal velocities §5.6.1
  • time dilation §C.2
  • velocity addition §C.3
• specific intensity §2.1
• spectral brightness §2.1
• spectral index §4.3.2
• spectral lines §7.1—§7.8.3
• spectrometer §3.6.5—§3.6.5
  • autocorrelation spectrometer §3.6.5
  • channel §3.6.5
  • filter bank §3.6.5
  • Fourier transform spectrometer §3.6.5
• spillover §3.2.5, item 5
• spontaneous emission coefficient §7.3.1
• spontaneous emission rate §7.2.2
• square-law detector §3.6
• square-law detector §B.6
• stationary noise §3.6
• stationary source §3.7.1
• statistical weights §7.3.1, §7.8
• Stefan–Boltzmann constant §2.4.2
• Stefan–Boltzmann constant §B.2
• Stefan–Boltzmann law §B.2, §2.4.2
• steradian (sr) §F.4
• stimulated emission §7.3.1
• stimulated emission coefficient §7.3.1
• Stokes parameters §2.3
• Strehl ratio §3.3.4
• Strömgren radius §4.2
• Strömgren radius Figure 4.1
• Strömgren sphere Figure 4.1, §4.2
• superluminal velocities §5.6.1
• supermassive black hole §5.4.2
• supermassive black hole §1.3
• supermassive black hole item 10, item 2, §1.1.4, §5.4.3, §7.5
• synchrotron radiation
  • average power §5.2.3
  • critical frequency §5.3.1
  • equipartition §5.4.1
  • lifetime §5.4.1
• synchrotron radiation §5.1—§5.4.3
  • effective electron temperature §5.3.3
  • equipartition §5.4.1
  • in situ acceleration §5.4.3
  • lifetime §5.4.3
  • minimum energy §5.4.1
  • pitch angle §5.2.3
  • relativistic aberration §5.3.1, §5.3.1
  • spectrum of a single electron §5.3.1
  • synchrotron self-absorption §5.3.3
• temperature
  • antenna §2.5, §3.1.6
  • brightness §2.2.3
  • effective electron §5.3.3
  • excitation §7.4
  • kinetic §2.2.2
  • noise §3.6.1
  • radiometer noise §2.5
  • spin §7.8
  • system noise §3.6.1
• thermal emission §4.1
• thermodynamic equilibrium §2.2.2
  • local thermodynamic equilibrium §2.2.2
• Thomson cross section §5.2.3, §5.5.1
• Thomson scattering §5.2.3, §5.5, §5.5.1
• time dilation §C.2
• Tully–Fisher relation §7.8.2
• ultraviolet catastrophe item 3
• unit rectangle function §3.2.4
• units §F.3—§F.3
  • CGS §F.3
  • Gaussian CGS §F.3
  • MKS §F.3
  • numerical conversion §F.3
  • SI §F.3
• ($u,v$) plane §3.7.4
• ($u,v$) plane Figure 3.44
• variance §3.6.3
• velocity convention
  • optical §7.8.2
  • radio §7.8.2
• vertex Figure 3.21, Figure 3.24, Figure 3.7, item 1, §3.5
• Vir A Figure 5.13, §5.4.3
• VLA Figure 8.4
• voltage §3.1.2
• wave vector §2.3
• waveguide §3.4
  • band name §F.5, §3.4
  • cutoff frequency §3.4
  • cutoff wavelength §3.4
  • dispersion §3.4
  • dominant mode §3.4
  • frequency bands §F.5
  • group velocity §3.4
  • guide wavelength §3.4
  • mode §2.4.1, Figure 3.18
  • nominal frequency range §3.4
• white dwarf star §6.1.2
• Wien’s displacement law §2.4.2
• Wiener–Khinchin theorem §A.7
• WSRT Figure 8.3
• $Y$ factor §3.6.6
• zenith §1.1.2
• zenith angle §2.2.3, §2.2.3
• zenith opacity §1.1.2