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| Course name | Modern radioastronomy |
| Course ID | 13.7-WF-FizP-MR- 19 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2020/2021 |
| Semester | 3 |
| ECTS credits to win | 2 |
| Available in specialities | Astrofizyka komputerowa |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | polish |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
Gaining knowledge about modern radio astronomy. Overview modern research instruments and techniques of observation. Presentation of the current knowledge about the radio sources in the universe. Overview of key research projects XXI century astronomy.
Completion of the course: Astrophysics.
Modern techniques of observations in radio astronomy. Construction and operation of modern telescopes. Interferometry. Radio sources in the Universe. Projects: ALMA, FAST, LOFAR, SKA.
Lecture
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Final grade: Written test. Positive passing of final test (80%) and discussion (20%).
[1] Astronomia popularna, praca zbiorowa, PWN, Warszawa 1990.
[2] F. H. Shu, Fizyka Wszechświata, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 2003.
[3] J. D. Kraus, 1986, Radio Astronomy, 2nd edition, Cygnus-Quasar Books, Powell, OH.
[4] T. L. Wilson, K. Rohlfs, S. Huttemeister, Tools of Radio Astronomy, Fifth Edition, Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2009.
[5] B. F. Burke and F. Graham-Smith, An Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
[1] D. Lorimer and M. Kramer, Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005.
[2] Single-dish radio astronomy techniques and applications: proceedings of the NAIC-NRAO Summer School held at National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA, 10-15 June 2001.
[3] A. R. Thompson, J. M. Moran, G.W. Swenson Jr., Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Second Edition; WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA, Weinheim, 2004.
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 09-06-2020 22:52)
