Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy : An Illustrated History.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Historical and Cultural Astronomy Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Chapter 1: From Radar to Radio Astronomy
- References
- Chapter 2: Frontier Life at the Field Stations
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Dover Heights
- 2.3 Georges Heights
- 2.4 Hornsby Valley
- 2.5 Bankstown Aerodrome
- 2.6 Potts Hill
- 2.7 Penrith
- 2.8 Dapto
- 2.9 Badgery's Creek
- 2.10 Fleurs
- 2.11 Murraybank
- References
- Chapter 3: Exploring the Neighbourhood - the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter
- 3.1 The Sun
- 3.1.1 The first solar observations at Radiophysics
- 3.1.2 Solar eclipses and solar bursts
- 3.1.3 Classifying solar bursts at Penrith and Dapto
- 3.1.4 Studies of the 'quiet Sun' at Potts Hill
- 3.2 The Moon
- 3.3 Jupiter
- References
- Chapter 4: Expanding Horizons - The Milky Way and Beyond
- 4.1 Discovery of the First Discrete Radio Sources
- 4.2 From Dover Heights to Fleurs
- 4.3 Radio Emission from the Galactic Centre
- 4.4 Surveys of the Background Radio Emission
- 4.5 Distribution of Neutral Hydrogen
- 4.6 Radio Emission from Stars
- References
- Chapter 5: Where did it all Lead?
- 5.1 Beyond the Doors of Radiophysics
- 5.2 Big Science comes to Australia
- 5.3 Changing of the Guard
- 5.4 Pulsars - Cosmic Lighthouses at Radio Wavelengths
- 5.5 A Birthday Present for the Nation
- 5.6 A Radio Telescope as Wide as Australia
- 5.7 Simply Astronomical - the Square Kilometre Array
- References
- About the Authors
- Bibliography on Early Australian Radio Astronomy
- Index.