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100			_aRieke, George H. _91105591
245		0	_aMeasuring the Universe : multiwavelength perspective
260			_aCambridge, _bCUP: _c2012.
300			_axii, 343p.
500			_aInclude bibliographical references.; Appendices 327-328p.; Index 338-343p.
520			_aAstronomy 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. Color versions of figures and solutions to selected problems are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521762298.
650			_a Gamma ray astronomy _91105592
650			_a Infrared astronomy _91105593
650			_a Radio astronomy _91105594
650			_a Universe _91105595
650			_aPhysics _91105596
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