Essential Radio Astronomy
Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Radiation Fundamentals
- 3 Radio Telescopes and Radiometers
- 4 Free–Free Radiation
- 5 Synchrotron Radiation
- 6 Pulsars
- 7 Spectral Lines
- 8 Color Plates
- A Fourier Transforms
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B Mathematical Derivations
- B.1 Evaluation of Planck’s Sum
- B.2 Derivation of the Stefan–Boltzmann Law
- B.3 Complex Exponentials
- B.4 The Fourier Transform of a Gaussian
- B.5 The Gaussian Probability Distribution and Noise Voltage
- B.6 The Probability Distribution of Noise Power
- B.7 Evaluation of the Free–Free Pulse Energy Integral
- B.8 The Nonrelativistic Maxwellian Speed Distribution
- C Special Relativity
- D Wave Propagation in a Plasma
- E Essential Equations
- F Constants, Units, and Dimensions
- G Symbols and Abbreviations
- H References and Links