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 ====== AST 410: Radio Astronomy ======
-===== - Historical introduction =====
+===== - Content =====
-  - [[un:ra|Radio astronomy]]: history, community and practices of radio astronomy.
-===== - Electromagnetic radiation =====
+==== - Historical introduction ====
+  - [[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).
-===== - Radio telescopes =====
+==== - 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]]
-===== - Interferometry and synthesis =====
+==== - Radio telescopes ====
+  - [[un:Radiation from acceleration]]
+  - [[un:dipole-antenna|Dipole antenna]]
+  - [[un:Beam]]
-===== - Free-free radiation =====
+==== - 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]]
-===== - Synchrotron radiation =====
+==== - Free-free radiation ====
-===== - Spectral lines =====
+==== - Synchrotron radiation ====
+==== - Spectral lines ====
+===== - Project =====
+  * [[telescopes:start|Building a TART at IUB]].
 ===== - Assessment =====