Radio Astronomy

3 cr · Graduate

This course provides an introduction to observational radio astronomy and processes in radio astrophysics. Topics include radiative transfer; blackbody radiation; radio telescopes, receivers, and interferometers; thermal (e.g., HII regions) and non-thermal (e.g., radio galaxies) continuum sources; pulsars and spectral-line sources. Students may not hold credit for both ASTR 4200 and ASTR 7200 .