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 ====== AST 410: Radio Astronomy ======
-===== - Contents =====
+===== - Content =====
 ==== - Historical introduction ====
-  - [[un:Radio astronomy]]: definition, community, practice and history of radio astronomy.
+  - [[un:ra|Radio astronomy]]: general introduction to the field (read chapter 1 of the book).
+  - [[un:hra|History of radio astronomy]]: a historical overview (understand the history slides).
 ==== - Electromagnetic radiation ====
+  - [[un:Brightness]]: concepts of brightness, intensity, flux, luminosity.
+  - [[un:Radiative transfer]]: propagation of radiation through a medium that absorbs and emits.
+  - [[un:Polarization]]
 ==== - Radio telescopes ====
+  - [[un:Radiation from acceleration]]
+  - [[un:dipole-antenna|Dipole antenna]]
+  - [[un:Beam]]
-==== - Synthesis array ====
+==== - Interferometry and synthesis ====
+  - Fourier transform
+  - Uniform circular motion and Simple harmonic motion
+  - [[https://crpurcell.github.io/friendlyVRI/|The Friendly Virtual Radio Interferometer]]
+  - [[https://tart.elec.ac.nz/|START: Small Transient Array Radio Telescope]]
 ==== - Free-free radiation ====
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 ==== - Spectral lines ====
+===== - Project =====
+  * [[telescopes:start|Building a TART at IUB]].
 ===== - Assessment =====
-| Attendance | 10 |
+| Formative | Attendance | 10 | 50 | 100 |
-| Punctuality | 10 |
+|:::| Punctuality | 10 |:::|:::|
-| Quizzes | 15 |
+|:::| 3 Quizzes | 15 |:::|:::|
-| Midterm exam | 20 |
+|:::| 1 Design project | 15 |:::|:::|
-| Final project | 15 |
+| Summative | Midterm exam | 20 | 50 |:::|
-| Final exam | 30 |
+|:::| Final exam | 30 |:::|:::|
 ===== - Textbooks =====
   - Condon and Ransom, //[[https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/courses/era|Essential Radio Astronomy]]//, Princeton UP, 2016.