| Meetings: | Tuesday & Thursday 2:30-3:45 pm |
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| 1234 LGRT | |
| Instructor: | Min S. Yun |
| telephone: 545-2215 | |
| e-mail: myun@astro.umass.edu | |
| Office hours: | by appointment; or drop in. |
| Grade: | Homework 40% |
| Midterm 30% | |
| Term paper 30% | |
| Homework: | Approximately bi-weekly. (Problem sets are an essential part of the course) |
| Midterm: | Open-book exam, covering the material taught during the first 2/3 of the term. |
| Term Paper: | Write a paper on a research topic relevant to the course and give an oral presentation at the end of the term. |
| Textbooks: | 1. Tools of Radio Astronomy (Rohlfs & Wilson) 2d edition, 1996 (RW) |
| 2. Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy (Thompson, Moran & Swenson) 2d edition 2001(TMS) | |
| Also useful: | 1. Radio Astronomy (Kraus) (2d edition, 1986) |
| 2. Radio Telescopes (Christiansen & Hogbom), 2d edition, 1985 | |
| 3. Instrumentation and Techniques in Radio Astronomy (Goldsmith) | |
| 4. Synthesis Imaging in Radio Astronomy, ASP conference Series, vol. 6 (eds. Perley, Schwab & Bridle) | |
| 5. Synthesis Imaging in Radio Astronomy II, ASP Conference Series, vol 180, 1999 | |
| 6. Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (Rybicki & Lightman) | |
| 7. The Fourier Transform and its Applications (Bracewell), 3rd edition, 2000 | |
| 8. Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy (Verschuur & Kellermann), 2d edition, 1988 | |
| Field trip: | FCRAO 14-m radio telescope. It will be scheduled for "hands-on" use by the class. |