$Sources and Scintillations : Refraction and Scattering in Radio Astronomy : Refraction and Scattering in Radio Astronomy - Mark Walker$

Sources and Scintillations : Refraction and Scattering in Radio Astronomy

Refraction and Scattering in Radio Astronomy

By: Mark Walker (Editor), Richard Strom (Editor), Peng Bo (Editor), Nan Rendong (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 October 2001

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Topics covered in this book include: theory of scattering and scintillation, distribution of scattering material, intra-day variability, pulsars and their magnetospheric structure, polarization of AGN and interplanetary scintillation.

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Foreword	p. 1
Radio sources and scintillation	p. 5
The galactic distribution of electron density microstructure inferred from radio scattering observations	p. 11
Incompressible MHD turbulence	p. 17
Pulsar scintillation: Overview and some recent results	p. 25
The Parkes multibeam pulsar survey and interstellar scattering	p. 33
The study of scattering effects by VLBI observations of PSR 1329+54 with HALCA at 1650 MHZ	p. 39
Frequency structure of radio scintillations for several pulsars	p. 43
Optimizing pulsar searches against propagation effects	p. 47
Scattering of the low frequency pulsar radiation	p. 53
Scintillation observations of strong northern pulsars	p. 57
Giant radio pulses from pulsars	p. 61
Studying pulsar emission regions using interstellar scattering	p. 65
Pulsar investigation using interstellar scintillation	p. 71
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in pulsar magnetospheres	p. 77
Looking into pulsar magnetospheres	p. 81
Radio intra-day variability: answers and questions	p. 87
Variability observations of a complete sample of flat-spectrum radio sources: preliminary results	p. 93
VSOP observations of the BL Lac object 2007+777	p. 97
Monitoring the microarcsecond quasar J1819+3845	p. 101
Multi-frequency studies of intrinsic intraday variability	p. 105
Examples of extreme intraday variability	p. 113
Multifrequency polarization variations in 0917+624	p. 119
Gravitational lensing	p. 123
ISS of polarized compact extragalactic radio sources	p. 129
Strong, variable circular polarization in PKS 1519-273	p. 135
The microarcsecond quasar J1819+3845: polarization observations and detailed lightcurve analysis	p. 139
Magnetic fields in quasar 3C147 on milliarcsecond scales	p. 143
Interpretation of extreme scattering events	p. 149
Extreme scattering events: an observational summary	p. 155
An ESE event for PSR 0329+54	p. 159
Interstellar scintillation and clouds of the interstellar turbulent plasma	p. 163
Interstellar scintillation studies of pulsars and distribution of scattering plasma in the local interstellar medium	p. 171
The radio luminosity of pulsars and the distribution of interstellar electron density	p. 175
Magnetic fields in our galaxy: how much do we know?	p. 181
Investigations of AGNS by the interplanetary scintillation method	p. 185
IPS observations art Miyun Station, BAO	p. 189
VLA observations of angular broadening close to the sun	p. 193
On post-SKA radio astronomy	p. 199
Australian research effort for the SKA	p. 205
Active adaptive arrays: the astron approach to SKA	p. 209
The FAST/SKA site selection in Guizhou Province	p. 213
Five-hundred-meter aperture spherical telescope project	p. 219
Analysis for reflector aluminum mesh panels of five-hundred meter aperture spherical telescope	p. 225
Structural analysis of FAST reflector supporting system	p. 231
Modelling, simulation and testing of an optomechatronics design of a large radio telescope	p. 237
On the cable car feed support configuration for FAST	p. 243
Trying to enlarge the sky coverage of the FAST	p. 249
Extending the observable zenith angle of FAST using an offset feed	p. 255
The control system of the active main reflector for FAST	p. 261
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