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001 2011046216
003 DLC
005 20111206115625.0
008 111107s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aQB476.5$b.R54 2012
082 00 $a522$223
084 $aSCI004000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRieke, G. H.$q(George Henry)
245 10 $aMeasuring the universe :$ba multiwavelength perspective /$cGeorge H. Rieke, University of Arizona.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1205
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Astronomy is an observational science, renewed and even revolutionized by new developments in instrumentation. With the resulting growth of multiwavelength investigation as an engine of discovery, it is increasingly important for astronomers to understand the underlying physical principles and operational characteristics for a broad range of instruments. This comprehensive text is ideal for graduate students, active researchers and instrument developers. It is a thorough review of how astronomers obtain their data, covering current approaches to astronomical measurements from radio to gamma rays. The focus is on current technology rather than the history of the field, allowing each topic to be discussed in depth. Areas covered include telescopes, detectors, photometry, spectroscopy, adaptive optics and high contrast imaging, millimeter-wave and radio receivers, radio and optical/infrared interferometry, and X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, all at a level that bridges the gap between the basic principles of optics and the subject's abundant specialist literature"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Gathering light - the telescope; 3. Sensing the light: detectors for the optical and infrared; 4. Imaging and astrometry; 5. Photometry and polarimetry; 6. Spectroscopy; 7. Adaptive optics (AO) and high contrast imaging; 8. Submillimeter and radio astronomy; 9. Interferometry and aperture synthesis; 10. X-ray and gamma-ray; Index.
650 0 $aRadio astronomy.
650 0 $aInfrared astronomy.
650 0 $aGamma ray astronomy.
650 0 $aX-ray astronomy.
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Astronomy.$2bisacsh