Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy

List of contents

The book is intended as a basic text for graduate students and professional scientists and covers a broad spectrum of radio astronomy beyond the solar system. Each chapter comprises a broad review of the specialty and the latest interpretations of the data.
Summary of contents:
Galactic Nonthermal Continuum Emission
HII Regions and Radio Recombination Lines
Neutral Hydrogen and the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Molecules as Probes of the Interstellar Medium and of Star Formation
Interstellar Molecules and Astrochemistry
Astronomical Masers
The Structure of Our Galaxy Derived from Observations of Neutral Hydrogen
The Galactic Center
Radio Stars
Supernova Remnants
Pulsars
Extragalactic Neutral Hydrogen
Radio Galaxies and Quasars
The Microwave Background Radiation
Radio Sources and Cosmology
Index

Product details

• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.01.1988
• EAN: 9783540965756
• ISBN: 978-3-540-96575-6
• Pages: 694
• Illustrations: w. 207 figs.
• Weight (packing): 1,496 g
• Series: Astronomy and astrophysics library