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Hale Bradt
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Astronomy Methods
A Physical Approach to Astronomical Observations
, pp. 415 - 417
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2003

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References

Various astronomy texts, e.g., M. Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 1999
Various physics and astronomy texts
G.Bekefi & A. Barrett,Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves and Radiation, MIT Press, 1977
Absorption: M. Zombeck, Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1990
Various astronomy texts
Catalogs: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center (CDS) on internet
Motions: Various astronomy texts
Eclipses: M. Littmann & K. Willcox, Totality, University Hawaii Press, 1991; P. Guillermier & S. Koutchmy, Total Eclipses, Springer/Praxis, 1999
Time: Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, ed. K. Seidelmann, University Science Books, 1992; US Naval Observatory website
Image formation: Various astronomy texts; physics optics texts
Techniques: C. R. Kitchin, Astrophysical Techniques, Institute of Physics, 1998; X-ray Astronomy, eds. R. Giacconi & H. Gursky, Reidel, 1974
Diffraction: G. Bekefi & A. Barrett, ibid
Adaptive optics: J. Beckers, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., eds. G. Burbidge, D. Layzer, & A. Sandage, 31, 13 (1993)
Speckle interferometry: “Speckle Imaging: a boon for astronomical observations”, S. K. Saha, Proc. Conf. Young Astrophysicsts of Today's India, 2001; also astroph/0003125
Proportional counter: G. W. Fraser, X-ray Detectors in Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 1989
CCDs: CCD physics: C-K. Kim in Charge-coupled Devices and Systems, eds. M. J. Howes & D. V. Morgan, John Wiley & Sons, 1979, pp. 1–80
EGRET: G. Kanbach et al. Space Science Reviews49, 69 (1988)
Statistics: R. Evans, The Atomic Nucleus, McGraw-Hill, 1955; L. Lyons, Data Analysis for Physical Science Students, Cambridge University Press, 1991; P. Bevington & D. K. Robinson, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., 1992
E. Fomalont & M. Wright, in Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy, 1st Ed., eds. G. Verschuur and K. Kellermann, Springer-Verlag, 1974, p. 256
E. Fomalont & M. Wright A. R. Thompson, J. Moran, & G. Swenson, Jr., Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Kreiger, 1991
Various astrophysics texts, e.g.
B. F. Burke & F. Graham-Smith, An Introduction to Radio Astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2001
J. D. Kraus, Radio astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cygnus Quasar, 1986
Temperatures: D. Clayton, Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, McGraw-Hill, 1968
Distances: various texts and literature, e.g., G. Jacoby et al., PASP104, 599 (1992)
Processes: W. Tucker, Radiation Processes in Astrophysics, MIT Press, 1975; G. Rybicki & A. Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, Wylie-Interscience, 1979
Cross sections: Physics radiation texts and M. Zombeck, ibid
Extinction: B. Savage & J. Mathis, Ann Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 17, 73 (1979)
Abundances: N. Grevasse & E. Anders, in AIP Conf. Proc. 183, 1989, ed. C. J. Waddington
Continuum spectra: G. Rybicki & A. Lightman, ibid.
Lines and radiative transfer: E. Bohm-Vitense, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, two volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1989
R. J. Rutten, Radiative Transfer in Stellar Atmospheres, Utrecht University lecture notes, 8th ed., on internet, 2003
J. N. Bahcall, Neutrino Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press, 1990
J. B. Hartle, Gravity, Addison-Wesley, 2002
W. C. Haxton, “The solar neutrino problem”, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 33, 459 (1995)
M. Boratav, “Probing theories with cosmic rays”, Europhysics News33, No. 5 (2002)
M. W. Friedlander, A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space, Harvard University Press, 2000
T. K. Gaisser, Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1991
C. Ohanian & R. Ruffini, Gravitation and Spacetime, 2nd Ed., Norton, 1994
S. Hughes, “Listening to the Universe with gravitational wave astronomy”, Annals Phys.303, 142 (2003); astro-ph 0210481
Review articles in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics; each volume contains a list of titles of the previous 12 volumes
Articles in amateur astronomy magazines such as Sky and Telescope (see “News Notes”) and Astronomy
Occasional review articles in American Scientist, Physics Today, Scientific American
NASA's Astrophysical Data System (ADS) on the internet; search for review articles on a given topic or for a specific journal article
S. Maran, The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992
R. Meyers, Editor, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, AIP, 1989
P. Murdin, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 volumes, Nature Publishing Group, 2001
A. Cox, ed., Allen's Astrophysical Quantities, 4th Ed., AIP, 2000
K. Lang, Astrophysical Formulae, 3rd Ed., Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, 1999
J. Mitton, Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 2001
I. Ridpath, Norton's 2000.0 Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, Longman, 1989
R. Zimmerman, The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space, Onyx, 2000
B. W. Carroll & A. Dale Ostlie, Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Addison Wesley, 1996
M. Harwit, Astrophysical Concepts, 3rd Ed., Springer, 1998
F. Shu, An Introduction to Astronomy, University Science Books, 1982
A. Unsold, The New Cosmos: An Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5th Ed., Springer, 1999
M. Zeilik & S. Gregory, Introductory Astronomy & Astrophysics, 4th Ed., Saunders College Publishing, 1998
Various astronomy texts, e.g., M. Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 1999
Various physics and astronomy texts
G.Bekefi & A. Barrett,Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves and Radiation, MIT Press, 1977
Absorption: M. Zombeck, Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1990
Various astronomy texts
Catalogs: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center (CDS) on internet
Motions: Various astronomy texts
Eclipses: M. Littmann & K. Willcox, Totality, University Hawaii Press, 1991; P. Guillermier & S. Koutchmy, Total Eclipses, Springer/Praxis, 1999
Time: Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, ed. K. Seidelmann, University Science Books, 1992; US Naval Observatory website
Image formation: Various astronomy texts; physics optics texts
Techniques: C. R. Kitchin, Astrophysical Techniques, Institute of Physics, 1998; X-ray Astronomy, eds. R. Giacconi & H. Gursky, Reidel, 1974
Diffraction: G. Bekefi & A. Barrett, ibid
Adaptive optics: J. Beckers, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., eds. G. Burbidge, D. Layzer, & A. Sandage, 31, 13 (1993)
Speckle interferometry: “Speckle Imaging: a boon for astronomical observations”, S. K. Saha, Proc. Conf. Young Astrophysicsts of Today's India, 2001; also astroph/0003125
Proportional counter: G. W. Fraser, X-ray Detectors in Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 1989
CCDs: CCD physics: C-K. Kim in Charge-coupled Devices and Systems, eds. M. J. Howes & D. V. Morgan, John Wiley & Sons, 1979, pp. 1–80
EGRET: G. Kanbach et al. Space Science Reviews49, 69 (1988)
Statistics: R. Evans, The Atomic Nucleus, McGraw-Hill, 1955; L. Lyons, Data Analysis for Physical Science Students, Cambridge University Press, 1991; P. Bevington & D. K. Robinson, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., 1992
E. Fomalont & M. Wright, in Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy, 1st Ed., eds. G. Verschuur and K. Kellermann, Springer-Verlag, 1974, p. 256
E. Fomalont & M. Wright A. R. Thompson, J. Moran, & G. Swenson, Jr., Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Kreiger, 1991
Various astrophysics texts, e.g.
B. F. Burke & F. Graham-Smith, An Introduction to Radio Astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2001
J. D. Kraus, Radio astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cygnus Quasar, 1986
Temperatures: D. Clayton, Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, McGraw-Hill, 1968
Distances: various texts and literature, e.g., G. Jacoby et al., PASP104, 599 (1992)
Processes: W. Tucker, Radiation Processes in Astrophysics, MIT Press, 1975; G. Rybicki & A. Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, Wylie-Interscience, 1979
Cross sections: Physics radiation texts and M. Zombeck, ibid
Extinction: B. Savage & J. Mathis, Ann Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 17, 73 (1979)
Abundances: N. Grevasse & E. Anders, in AIP Conf. Proc. 183, 1989, ed. C. J. Waddington
Continuum spectra: G. Rybicki & A. Lightman, ibid.
Lines and radiative transfer: E. Bohm-Vitense, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, two volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1989
R. J. Rutten, Radiative Transfer in Stellar Atmospheres, Utrecht University lecture notes, 8th ed., on internet, 2003
J. N. Bahcall, Neutrino Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press, 1990
J. B. Hartle, Gravity, Addison-Wesley, 2002
W. C. Haxton, “The solar neutrino problem”, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 33, 459 (1995)
M. Boratav, “Probing theories with cosmic rays”, Europhysics News33, No. 5 (2002)
M. W. Friedlander, A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space, Harvard University Press, 2000
T. K. Gaisser, Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1991
C. Ohanian & R. Ruffini, Gravitation and Spacetime, 2nd Ed., Norton, 1994
S. Hughes, “Listening to the Universe with gravitational wave astronomy”, Annals Phys.303, 142 (2003); astro-ph 0210481
Various astronomy texts, e.g., M. Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 1999
Various physics and astronomy texts
G.Bekefi & A. Barrett,Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves and Radiation, MIT Press, 1977
Absorption: M. Zombeck, Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1990
Various astronomy texts
Catalogs: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center (CDS) on internet
Motions: Various astronomy texts
Eclipses: M. Littmann & K. Willcox, Totality, University Hawaii Press, 1991; P. Guillermier & S. Koutchmy, Total Eclipses, Springer/Praxis, 1999
Time: Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, ed. K. Seidelmann, University Science Books, 1992; US Naval Observatory website
Image formation: Various astronomy texts; physics optics texts
Techniques: C. R. Kitchin, Astrophysical Techniques, Institute of Physics, 1998; X-ray Astronomy, eds. R. Giacconi & H. Gursky, Reidel, 1974
Diffraction: G. Bekefi & A. Barrett, ibid
Adaptive optics: J. Beckers, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., eds. G. Burbidge, D. Layzer, & A. Sandage, 31, 13 (1993)
Speckle interferometry: “Speckle Imaging: a boon for astronomical observations”, S. K. Saha, Proc. Conf. Young Astrophysicsts of Today's India, 2001; also astroph/0003125
Proportional counter: G. W. Fraser, X-ray Detectors in Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 1989
CCDs: CCD physics: C-K. Kim in Charge-coupled Devices and Systems, eds. M. J. Howes & D. V. Morgan, John Wiley & Sons, 1979, pp. 1–80
EGRET: G. Kanbach et al. Space Science Reviews49, 69 (1988)
Statistics: R. Evans, The Atomic Nucleus, McGraw-Hill, 1955; L. Lyons, Data Analysis for Physical Science Students, Cambridge University Press, 1991; P. Bevington & D. K. Robinson, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., 1992
E. Fomalont & M. Wright, in Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy, 1st Ed., eds. G. Verschuur and K. Kellermann, Springer-Verlag, 1974, p. 256
E. Fomalont & M. Wright A. R. Thompson, J. Moran, & G. Swenson, Jr., Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Kreiger, 1991
Various astrophysics texts, e.g.
B. F. Burke & F. Graham-Smith, An Introduction to Radio Astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2001
J. D. Kraus, Radio astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cygnus Quasar, 1986
Temperatures: D. Clayton, Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, McGraw-Hill, 1968
Distances: various texts and literature, e.g., G. Jacoby et al., PASP104, 599 (1992)
Processes: W. Tucker, Radiation Processes in Astrophysics, MIT Press, 1975; G. Rybicki & A. Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, Wylie-Interscience, 1979
Cross sections: Physics radiation texts and M. Zombeck, ibid
Extinction: B. Savage & J. Mathis, Ann Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 17, 73 (1979)
Abundances: N. Grevasse & E. Anders, in AIP Conf. Proc. 183, 1989, ed. C. J. Waddington
Continuum spectra: G. Rybicki & A. Lightman, ibid.
Lines and radiative transfer: E. Bohm-Vitense, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, two volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1989
R. J. Rutten, Radiative Transfer in Stellar Atmospheres, Utrecht University lecture notes, 8th ed., on internet, 2003
J. N. Bahcall, Neutrino Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press, 1990
J. B. Hartle, Gravity, Addison-Wesley, 2002
W. C. Haxton, “The solar neutrino problem”, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 33, 459 (1995)
M. Boratav, “Probing theories with cosmic rays”, Europhysics News33, No. 5 (2002)
M. W. Friedlander, A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space, Harvard University Press, 2000
T. K. Gaisser, Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1991
C. Ohanian & R. Ruffini, Gravitation and Spacetime, 2nd Ed., Norton, 1994
S. Hughes, “Listening to the Universe with gravitational wave astronomy”, Annals Phys.303, 142 (2003); astro-ph 0210481
Review articles in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics; each volume contains a list of titles of the previous 12 volumes
Articles in amateur astronomy magazines such as Sky and Telescope (see “News Notes”) and Astronomy
Occasional review articles in American Scientist, Physics Today, Scientific American
NASA's Astrophysical Data System (ADS) on the internet; search for review articles on a given topic or for a specific journal article
S. Maran, The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992
R. Meyers, Editor, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, AIP, 1989
P. Murdin, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 volumes, Nature Publishing Group, 2001
A. Cox, ed., Allen's Astrophysical Quantities, 4th Ed., AIP, 2000
K. Lang, Astrophysical Formulae, 3rd Ed., Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, 1999
J. Mitton, Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 2001
I. Ridpath, Norton's 2000.0 Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, Longman, 1989
R. Zimmerman, The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space, Onyx, 2000
B. W. Carroll & A. Dale Ostlie, Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Addison Wesley, 1996
M. Harwit, Astrophysical Concepts, 3rd Ed., Springer, 1998
F. Shu, An Introduction to Astronomy, University Science Books, 1982
A. Unsold, The New Cosmos: An Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5th Ed., Springer, 1999
M. Zeilik & S. Gregory, Introductory Astronomy & Astrophysics, 4th Ed., Saunders College Publishing, 1998

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