Astronomical Measurement: A Concise Guide (Astronomy and Planetary Sciences) - Softcover

Lawrence, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3662509067 ISBN 13: 9783662509067

Verlag: Springer, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

THIS BOOK ON ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENT TAKES A FRESH APPROACH TO TEACHING THE SUBJECT. AFTER DISCUSSING SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES, IT FOLLOWS THE CHAIN OF MEASUREMENT THROUGH ATMOSPHERE, IMAGING, DETECTION, SPECTROSCOPY, TIMING, AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING. THE VARIOUS WAVELENGTH REGIMES ARE COVERED IN EACH SECTION, EMPHASISING WHAT IS THE SAME, AND WHAT IS DIFFERENT. THE AUTHOR CONCENTRATES ON THE PHYSICS OF DETECTION AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MEASUREMENT, AIMING TO MAKE THIS LOGICALLY COHERENT. <BR>THE BOOK IS BASED ON A SHORT SELF CONTAINED LECTURE COURSE FOR ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT BY THE AUTHOR OVER SEVERAL YEARS.

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“In Astronomical Measurement: A Concise Guide, Andy Lawrence ... provides a delightfully comprehensive summary of the essential information the budding observational astronomer needs to know. ... It is aimed at the advanced undergraduate and the beginning graduate student, but it can also serve as an engaging refresher for the working astronomer who wants to venture into a new wavelength regime.” (Kimberly Weaver, Physics Today, December, 2014)

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This book takes a new approach on teaching the subject by following the chain of measurement through atmosphere, imaging, detection, spectroscopy, timing and hypothesis testing. It covers all wavelengths: radio, infrared, optical, UV, X-ray, gamma-ray.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 3662509067
• ISBN 13: 9783662509067
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212