Observational Astrophysics (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)
- Book Review,
by P. Lena, et al
From Book News, Inc.
A text for graduate students, translated from the French edition of 1986. The seven chapters bear these titles: Astrophysical information; The earth's atmosphere; Photometry; Measurement and processing of signals; Detectors; Images; Spectral analysis. Emphasis throughout is on broad principles applicable whatever the frequency regime. Individual sections tend to be brief, very sharply focused on the essentials. Attractively typeset and illustrated, with exercises at the end of each chapter, and essential references. A valuable contribution to the pedagogical literature of observational astronomy. (NW) Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Book Description
Written specifically for physicists and graduate students, this textbook focuses on fundamental and sometimes practical limitations on the ultimate performance that an astronomical system may reach, rather than presenting particular systems in detail. This second edition has been entirely restructured and almost doubled in size, in order to improve its clarity and to account for the great progress achieved in the last 15 years. It deals with ground-based and space-based astronomy and their respective fields. It presents the new generation of giant ground-based telescopes, with the new methods of optical interferometry and adaptive optics. But it also presents the ambitious concepts behind space missions aimed for the next decades. Avoiding particulars, it covers the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum, and touches upon the "new astronomies" becoming possible with gravitational waves and neutrinos.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Book Info
Focuses on astronomical observation & on the basic physical principles that astronomers use to conceive, build & exploit their instruments at their ultimate limits in sensitivity or resolution.
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