Galactic Radio Astronomy /

This book is a concise primer on galactic radio astronomy for undergraduate and graduate students, and provides wide coverage of galactic astronomy and astrophysics such as the physics of interstellar matter and the dynamics and structure of the Milky Way Galaxy and galaxies. Radio astronomy and its...

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Main Authors: Sofue, Yoshiaki
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Singapore :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 935
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3445-9
Summary: This book is a concise primer on galactic radio astronomy for undergraduate and graduate students, and provides wide coverage of galactic astronomy and astrophysics such as the physics of interstellar matter and the dynamics and structure of the Milky Way Galaxy and galaxies. Radio astronomy and its technological development have led to significant progress in galactic astronomy and contributed to understanding interstellar matter and galactic structures. The book begins with the fundamental physics of radio-wave radiation, i.e., black body radiation, thermal emission, synchrotron radiation,
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(XIV,229pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9789811034459
Index Number: QB4
CLC: P16
Contents: Introduction -- Interstellar Matter -- Star Formation and Death -- Galactic Structure -- The Galactic Center and Activity -- Nonthermal Emission and Magnetic Fields.