Radio Astronomy 2021/22 (astro841)

 

• Links:
• German ALMA Regional Center node
• Argelander Institute for Astronomy

• Course Links:
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• Schedule
• Material
• Syllabus

Syllabus

• Introduction
• A brief history of radio astronomy (RA)
• Radiative transfer
• RA science with spectral lines
• RA science with continuum radiation
• The cosmic microwave background
• Fundamental Physics with RA


• Fourier Optics
• Basic principles of radio interferometry
• Radio telescopes
• Receivers
• Backends


• Observational basics
• Single-dish observing and data reduction
• Inferferometric observing and data reduction


• Hands-on observing project (tbc)