Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I The Emission, Propagation, and Detection of Radio Waves
- 1 The Role of Radio Observations in Astronomy
- 2 Emission and General Properties of Radio Waves
- 3 Spectral Lines
- 4 Radio Wave Propagation
- 5 The Nature of the Received Radio Signal
- 6 Radiometers
- 7 Spectrometers and Polarimeters
- Part II Radio Telescopes and Aperture Synthesis
- Part III The Radio Cosmos
- Appendix 1 Fourier Transforms
- Appendix 2 Celestial Coordinates and Time
- Appendix 3 Digitization
- Appendix 4 Calibrating Polarimeters
- Appendix 5 Spherical Harmonics
- References
- Index
7 - Spectrometers and Polarimeters
from Part I - The Emission, Propagation, and Detection of Radio Waves
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 August 2019
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I The Emission, Propagation, and Detection of Radio Waves
- 1 The Role of Radio Observations in Astronomy
- 2 Emission and General Properties of Radio Waves
- 3 Spectral Lines
- 4 Radio Wave Propagation
- 5 The Nature of the Received Radio Signal
- 6 Radiometers
- 7 Spectrometers and Polarimeters
- Part II Radio Telescopes and Aperture Synthesis
- Part III The Radio Cosmos
- Appendix 1 Fourier Transforms
- Appendix 2 Celestial Coordinates and Time
- Appendix 3 Digitization
- Appendix 4 Calibrating Polarimeters
- Appendix 5 Spherical Harmonics
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- An Introduction to Radio Astronomy , pp. 108 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019