| Edition |
Seventh edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Long used in undergraduate and introductory graduate courses, Astrophysical Techniques, Seventh Edition provides an accessible yet comprehensive account of the innovate instruments, detectors, and techniques employed in astronomy and astrophysics. Emphasizing the underlying unity of all astronomical observations, this popular textbook provides a coherent state-of-the-art account of the instruments and techniques used in current astronomy and astrophysics. Fully updated throughout, this seventh edition builds upon the sixth edition, covering improved techniques and cutting-edge methods in the field, as well as other exciting new developments in gravitational waves, dark matter and energy, the use of photonics, and astronomy education and outreach, in addition to further detailed discussions on the latest scientific instruments and individual detectors. The book is written in a very accessible manner, and most of the mathematics is accessible to those who have attended a mathematics course in their final years at school. Nevertheless, the treatment of the topics in general is at a sufficiently high level to be of use to those professionals seeking technical information in areas of astronomy with which they might not be completely familiar. Key Features: Details the instrumentation and theory of astronomical observations, including radio waves, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational waves and dark matter and energy and more Presents the background theory and operating practice of state-of-the-art detectors and instruments Fully updated to contain the latest technology and research developments"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Astrophysics -- Technique.
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Astronomy -- Technique.
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Imaging systems in astronomy.
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Astronomical instruments.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kitchin, C. R. Astrophysical techniques. Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, 2020 268 pages 9781138590168 (DLC) 2020017234 |
| ISBN |
9781138590168 |
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9780429956980 (e-book) |
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9780429491139 (e-book) |
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