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Table of Contents
AST 410: Radio Astronomy
1. Content
1.1 Historical introduction
- Radio astronomy: general introduction to the field (read chapter 1 of the book).
- History of radio astronomy: a historical overview (understand the history slides).
1.2 Electromagnetic radiation
- Brightness: concepts of brightness, intensity, flux, luminosity.
- Radiative transfer: propagation of radiation through a medium that absorbs and emits.
1.3 Radio telescopes
1.4 Interferometry and synthesis
- Fourier transform
- Uniform circular motion and Simple harmonic motion
1.5 Free-free radiation
1.6 Synchrotron radiation
1.7 Spectral lines
2. Project
3. Assessment
| Formative | Attendance | 10 | 50 | 100 |
| Punctuality | 10 | |||
| 3 Quizzes | 15 | |||
| 1 Design project | 15 | |||
| Summative | Midterm exam | 20 | 50 | |
| Final exam | 30 |
4. Textbooks
- Condon and Ransom, Essential Radio Astronomy, Princeton UP, 2016.
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