This is the final of 4 courses in requirement to obtain the minor in astronomy. In this advanced course, you will learn everything about radio astronomy: its humble beginning, the principles and properties of radio waves, the equipment used to detect and analyse the radio signals, the celestial sources of radio signals and their impact on the advancement of astronomy.
COURSE SYLLABUS
PART A: INTRODUCTION
1. Radio Observations in Astronomy
2. General Properties of Radio Waves
3. Spectral Lines
4. Radio Wave Propagation
PART B: RADIO EQUIPMENT
5. The Nature of Radio Signals
6. Radiometers
7. Spectrometers and Polarimeters
PART C: TELESCOPES AND INTERFEROMETERS
8. Single-Aperture Radio Telescopes
9. The Basics of Interferometry
10. Aperture Synthesis
11. Further Interferometric Techniques
PART D: THE RADIO UNIVERSE
12. The Sun and the Planets
13. Stars and Nebulae
14. The Milky Way
15. Pulsars
16. Active Galaxies
17. The Radio Contributions to Cosmology
- Lecturer: DR. JOHN SOO YUE HAN