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      • Hale Bradt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      December 2003
      ISBN:
      9780511802188
      9780521535519
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511802188
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      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.91kg, 458 Pages
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      Physics and Astronomy, Astrophysics
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    Astronomy Methods, first published in 2003, is an introduction to the basic practical tools, methods and phenomena that underlie quantitative astronomy. Taking a technical approach, the author covers a rich diversity of topics across all branches of astronomy, from radio to gamma-ray wavelengths. Topics include the quantitative aspects of the electromagnetic spectrum, atmospheric and interstellar absorption, telescopes in all wavebands, interferometry, adaptive optics, the transport of radiation through matter to form spectral lines, and neutrino and gravitational-wave astronomy. Clear, systematic presentations of the topics are accompanied by diagrams and problem sets. Written for undergraduates and graduate students, this book contains a wealth of information that is required for the practice and study of quantitative and analytical astronomy and astrophysics.

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    '… a brilliant addition to the pedagogy. It is timely, focused, well written, and at the appropriate level … Astronomy Methods will be useful to all students of astronomy and astrophysics, irrespective of whether they intend to specialize in observational astronomy. The material can be adapted easily for various related courses, which makes the book even more valuable.'

    Source: Physics Today

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    Contents

    Contents
    References
    Credits, further reading, and references
    Credits, further reading, and references
    Credits and further reading
    Astronomy through the centuries
    Various astronomy texts, e.g., M. Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 1999
    Electromagnetic radiation
    Various physics and astronomy texts
    G.Bekefi & A. Barrett,Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves and Radiation, MIT Press, 1977
    Absorption: M. Zombeck, Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1990
    Coordinate systems and charts
    Various astronomy texts
    Catalogs: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center (CDS) on internet
    Gravity, celestial motions, and time
    Motions: Various astronomy texts
    Eclipses: M. Littmann & K. Willcox, Totality, University Hawaii Press, 1991; P. Guillermier & S. Koutchmy, Total Eclipses, Springer/Praxis, 1999
    Time: Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, ed. K. Seidelmann, University Science Books, 1992; US Naval Observatory website
    Telescopes
    Image formation: Various astronomy texts; physics optics texts
    Techniques: C. R. Kitchin, Astrophysical Techniques, Institute of Physics, 1998; X-ray Astronomy, eds. R. Giacconi & H. Gursky, Reidel, 1974
    Diffraction: G. Bekefi & A. Barrett, ibid
    Adaptive optics: J. Beckers, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., eds. G. Burbidge, D. Layzer, & A. Sandage, 31, 13 (1993)
    Speckle interferometry: “Speckle Imaging: a boon for astronomical observations”, S. K. Saha, Proc. Conf. Young Astrophysicsts of Today's India, 2001; also astroph/0003125
    Detectors and statistics
    Proportional counter: G. W. Fraser, X-ray Detectors in Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 1989
    CCDs: CCD physics: C-K. Kim in Charge-coupled Devices and Systems, eds. M. J. Howes & D. V. Morgan, John Wiley & Sons, 1979, pp. 1–80
    EGRET: G. Kanbach et al. Space Science Reviews49, 69 (1988)
    Statistics: R. Evans, The Atomic Nucleus, McGraw-Hill, 1955; L. Lyons, Data Analysis for Physical Science Students, Cambridge University Press, 1991; P. Bevington & D. K. Robinson, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., 1992
    Multiple telescope interferometry
    E. Fomalont & M. Wright, in Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy, 1st Ed., eds. G. Verschuur and K. Kellermann, Springer-Verlag, 1974, p. 256
    E. Fomalont & M. Wright A. R. Thompson, J. Moran, & G. Swenson, Jr., Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Kreiger, 1991
    Point-like and extended sources
    Various astrophysics texts, e.g.
    B. F. Burke & F. Graham-Smith, An Introduction to Radio Astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2001
    J. D. Kraus, Radio astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cygnus Quasar, 1986
    Properties and distances of celestial objects
    Temperatures: D. Clayton, Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, McGraw-Hill, 1968
    Distances: various texts and literature, e.g., G. Jacoby et al., PASP104, 599 (1992)
    Absorption and scattering of photons
    Processes: W. Tucker, Radiation Processes in Astrophysics, MIT Press, 1975; G. Rybicki & A. Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, Wylie-Interscience, 1979
    Cross sections: Physics radiation texts and M. Zombeck, ibid
    Extinction: B. Savage & J. Mathis, Ann Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 17, 73 (1979)
    Abundances: N. Grevasse & E. Anders, in AIP Conf. Proc. 183, 1989, ed. C. J. Waddington
    Spectra of electromagnetic radiation
    Continuum spectra: G. Rybicki & A. Lightman, ibid.
    Lines and radiative transfer: E. Bohm-Vitense, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, two volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1989
    R. J. Rutten, Radiative Transfer in Stellar Atmospheres, Utrecht University lecture notes, 8th ed., on internet, 2003
    Non-photonic observatories
    J. N. Bahcall, Neutrino Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press, 1990
    J. B. Hartle, Gravity, Addison-Wesley, 2002
    W. C. Haxton, “The solar neutrino problem”, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 33, 459 (1995)
    M. Boratav, “Probing theories with cosmic rays”, Europhysics News33, No. 5 (2002)
    M. W. Friedlander, A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space, Harvard University Press, 2000
    T. K. Gaisser, Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1991
    C. Ohanian & R. Ruffini, Gravitation and Spacetime, 2nd Ed., Norton, 1994
    S. Hughes, “Listening to the Universe with gravitational wave astronomy”, Annals Phys.303, 142 (2003); astro-ph 0210481
    Research results
    Review articles in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics; each volume contains a list of titles of the previous 12 volumes
    Articles in amateur astronomy magazines such as Sky and Telescope (see “News Notes”) and Astronomy
    Occasional review articles in American Scientist, Physics Today, Scientific American
    NASA's Astrophysical Data System (ADS) on the internet; search for review articles on a given topic or for a specific journal article
    Encyclopedias
    S. Maran, The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992
    R. Meyers, Editor, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, AIP, 1989
    P. Murdin, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 volumes, Nature Publishing Group, 2001
    General reference
    A. Cox, ed., Allen's Astrophysical Quantities, 4th Ed., AIP, 2000
    K. Lang, Astrophysical Formulae, 3rd Ed., Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, 1999
    J. Mitton, Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 2001
    I. Ridpath, Norton's 2000.0 Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, Longman, 1989
    R. Zimmerman, The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space, Onyx, 2000
    General astrophysics texts for science majors
    B. W. Carroll & A. Dale Ostlie, Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Addison Wesley, 1996
    M. Harwit, Astrophysical Concepts, 3rd Ed., Springer, 1998
    F. Shu, An Introduction to Astronomy, University Science Books, 1982
    A. Unsold, The New Cosmos: An Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5th Ed., Springer, 1999
    M. Zeilik & S. Gregory, Introductory Astronomy & Astrophysics, 4th Ed., Saunders College Publishing, 1998

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