Astrophysical Techniques Fourth Edition

Author : C.R. Kitchin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0750309466

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Astrophysical Techniques, Fourth Edition by C.R. Kitchin Pdf

Providing a comprehensive and clear account of the instruments and techniques used in modern astronomy and astrophysics, the fourth edition of Astrophysical Techniques continues to offer information on all astronomical observations. Retaining the aims of earlier editions, the author unifies the concepts through lucid language and cohesive organization of the book. Revised and updated, this book encompasses an ever-diverging array of observational techniques using the detection-imaging-ancillary instruments pattern. The first several sections emphasize the detection of radiation or other information carrier as well as the instruments and techniques used to facilitate and optimize that detection. Later chapters discuss photometers and spectroscopes in detail while also examining the techniques of astrometry, polarimetry, and magnetometry. New to the Fourth Edition: Many instruments and techniques included for the first time A section that supplies Web sites and online resources Elimination of archaic topics, providing the most up-to-date information available Astrophysical Techniques, Fourth Edition maintains comprehensive coverage of the instruments and techniques used in current astronomy and astrophysics, making it a superb reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students in astronomy, amateur astronomers, and professional astronomers.

Author : C.R. Kitchin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429956980

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Astrophysical Techniques by C.R. Kitchin Pdf

Long used in undergraduate and introductory graduate courses, Astrophysical Techniques, Seventh Edition provides an accessible yet comprehensive account of the innovate instruments, detectors, and techniques employed in astronomy and astrophysics. Emphasizing the underlying unity of all astronomical observations, this popular textbook provides a coherent state-of-the-art account of the instruments and techniques used in current astronomy and astrophysics. Fully updated throughout, this seventh edition builds upon the sixth edition, covering improved techniques and cutting-edge methods in the field, as well as other exciting new developments in gravitational waves, dark matter and energy, the use of photonics, and astronomy education and outreach, in addition to further detailed discussions on the latest scientific instruments and individual detectors. The book is written in a very accessible manner, and most of the mathematics is accessible to those who have attended a mathematics course in their final years at school. Nevertheless, the treatment of the topics in general is at a sufficiently high level to be of use to those professionals seeking technical information in areas of astronomy with which they might not be completely familiar. Key Features: Details the instrumentation and theory of astronomical observations, including radio waves, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational waves and dark matter and energy and more Presents the background theory and operating practice of state-of-the-art detectors and instruments Fully updated to contain the latest technology and research developments

Author : Christopher R. Kitchin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Astronomical instruments
ISBN : 0429065906

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Astrophysical Techniques by Christopher R. Kitchin Pdf

Author : C.R. Kitchin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439878118

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Astrophysical Techniques, Fifth Edition by C.R. Kitchin Pdf

Emphasizing the underlying unity of all astronomical observations, Astrophysical Techniques, Fifth Edition provides a coherent state-of-the-art account ofthe instruments and techniques used in current astronomy and astrophysics. The fifth edition of this well-respected text includes many new instruments and techniques while removing some that have long been unused by both professional and amateur astronomers. New to the Fifth Edition Brief discussion on the invention and development of the telescope New section that describes the attempts to detect dark matter and dark energy Extended and updated discussions on computer, Internet, and spacecraft-based observations and research By covering the instruments, techniques, theory, and data processing of astrophysics in sufficient depth, this text forms a thorough grounding for beginners and is a handy reference for more advanced students and professionals.

Author : C.R. Kitchin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466511156

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Astrophysical Techniques, Sixth Edition by C.R. Kitchin Pdf

Long used in undergraduate and introductory graduate courses, Astrophysical Techniques, Sixth Edition provides a comprehensive account of the instruments, detectors, and techniques employed in astronomy and astrophysics. Emphasizing the underlying unity of all astronomical observations, this popular text provides a coherent state-of-the-art account of the instruments and techniques used in current astronomy and astrophysics. As in earlier editions, the author aims to reduce the trend towards fragmentation of astronomical studies. The underlying unity of all of astronomical observation is emphasized by the layout of the book: the pattern of detection → imaging → ancillary techniques has been adopted so that one stage of an observation is encountered together with the similar stages required for all other information carriers. The book is written in a very accessible manner, and most of the mathematics is accessible to those who have attended a mathematics course in their final years at school. Nevertheless, the treatment of the topics in general is at a sufficiently high level to be of use to those professionals seeking technical information in areas of astronomy with which they might not be completely familiar.

Author : Christopher R. Kitchin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991-10-01
Category : Astronomical instruments
ISBN : 0750301384

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Astrophysical Techniques, 2nd Edition by Christopher R. Kitchin Pdf

Astrophysical Techniques provides a comprehensive and clearly understandable account of the instruments and techniques used in astronomy and astrophysics. Drawing together an ever-diverging array of observational techniques, using the common thread of a detection-imaging-ancillary instruments pattern, Dr Kitchin has provided us with a unified view of astrophysical investigation. The author's fully illustrated text starts from first principles and explains each method up to the point at which you can begin practical work with the equipment and even start designing it. Exercises with answers are used to reinforce the ideas presented in each chapter. There is also an extensive bibliography to enable further study and appendices of tables of astrophysical data provide an excellent reference source. Science undergraduates taking an astronomy option will find Astrophysical Techniques an essential study aid. Amateur astronomers of any level will find this book to be of immense value to research. Professional astronomers should use this book as a source of information on areas unfamiliar to them. This revised and updated edition of Dr Kitchin's authoritative book contains a large amount of new material keeping the student of astronomy totally informed. It is an essential guide to all the astrophysical methods and techniques.

Author : Rosa Poggiani
Publisher : Springer
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319447292

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High Energy Astrophysical Techniques by Rosa Poggiani Pdf

This textbook presents ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, cosmic ray astronomy, neutrino astronomy, and gravitational wave astronomy as distinct research areas, focusing on the astrophysics targets and the requirements with respect to instrumentation and observation methods. The purpose of the book is to bridge the gap between the reference books and the specialized literature. For each type of astronomy, the discussion proceeds from the orders of magnitude for observable quantities. The physical principles of photon and particle detectors are then addressed, and the specific telescopes and combinations of detectors, presented. Finally the instruments and their limits are discussed with a view to assisting readers in the planning and execution of observations. Astronomical observations with high-energy photons and particles represent the newest additions to multimessenger astronomy and this book will be of value to all with an interest in the field.

Author : Ronald N. Bracewell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662395127

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Radio Astronomy Techniques by Ronald N. Bracewell Pdf

Author : C.R. Kitchin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 085274580X

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Stars, Nebulae and the Interstellar Medium by C.R. Kitchin Pdf

Stars, Nebulae and the Interstellar Medium: Observational Physics and Astrophysics complements the author's highly successful Astrophysical Techniques, Fourth Edition (2004). This book describes those characteristics of stars, groups of stars, and the material between the stars that can be directly observed or inferred from the study of electromagnetic emissions and, occasionally, high-energy particles. Providing a wealth of material of interest and use to a wide range of readers, the descriptive chapters are accessible to scientifically literate nonspecialists while the complete text is suitable for most advanced undergraduates in astrophysics.

Author : Arnold Hanslmeier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662646373

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Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics by Arnold Hanslmeier Pdf

This textbook provides the basic theoretical and practical knowledge of astronomy and astrophysics. It provides an overview from classical astronomy and observational methods to solar physics and astrophysics of stars and galaxies. It concludes with chapters on cosmology, astrobiology, and mathematical and numerical methods. Numerous color illustrations, examples of calculations, and exercises with solutions make this work a useful companion to undergraduate astronomy lectures. The book is suitable for students of physics and astronomy at teacher training level or in the Bachelor's degree - but also people interested in natural sciences with appropriate basic knowledge of mathematics and physics will find here an appealing introduction to the subject. This fourth edition has been updated and revised with respect to the latest developments in astronomy. The chapter on mathematical methods has been redesigned and the software used is now exclusively Python. From the contents: Spherical astronomy - History of astronomy - Celestial mechanics - Astronomical instruments - Physics of the bodies of the solar system - The Sun - State variables of the stars - Stellar atmospheres - Stellar structure - Stellar evolution - Interstellar matter - The Galaxy - Extragalactic systems - Cosmology - Astrobiology - Mathematical methods. This book is a translation of the original German 4th edition Einführung in Astronomie und Astrophysik by Arnold Hanslmeier, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

Author : K. Rohlfs,T. L. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Radio astronomy
ISBN : 366203266X

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Tools of Radio Astronomy by K. Rohlfs,T. L. Wilson Pdf

This substantially rewritten and expanded fourth edition outlines the most up-to-date methods and tools of radio astronomy. Tools of Radio Astronomy gives a unified treatment of the entire field of radio astronomy, from centimeter to sub-millimeter wavelengths and using single telescopes as well as interferometers. The basic physical principles are described and a complete outline of the instrumentation, observational techniques, and methods of measurement and analysis are given. The goal of this standard reference and text is to prepare readers to carry out observations and relate the data to physical processes in interstellar space. In this fourth edition, the chapter on interferometry and aperture synthesis has been thoroughly revised in the light of most recent developments, as has been the chapter on molecules in interstellar space, and material on receiver technology. From reviews of previous editions: "People use this book so much because it describes what one needs in order actually to do radio astronomy ... and it will remain relevant for a long time...This book is an excellent graduate level text - the best available by far. It is also the best reference book for the practising astronomer who wants to do radio astronomy properly, to interpret the jargon or to understand some of the details of current literature." Physics Today "This is the one book you should buy if you want to become a radio astronomer. (...) I have used the first and second editions as a postgraduate textbook for many years, and will now recommend the third edition to my students." The Observatory.

Author : David F. Gray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521851866

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The Observation and Analysis of Stellar Photospheres by David F. Gray Pdf

Third edition textbook for use on advanced courses on stellar physics.

Author : Andrew Lyne,Francis Graham-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107010147

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Pulsar Astronomy by Andrew Lyne,Francis Graham-Smith Pdf

Now in its fourth edition, Pulsar Astronomy provides a thoroughly revised and updated introduction to the field of pulsar astronomy.

Author : Bradley W. Carroll,Dale A. Ostlie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1360 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108422161

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An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by Bradley W. Carroll,Dale A. Ostlie Pdf

A comprehensive and engaging textbook, covering the entire astrophysics curriculum in one volume.

Author : Clabon W. Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : OCLC:1146525398

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Astrophysical Quantities by Clabon W. Allen Pdf