Millimeter Astronomy
Saas-Fee Advanced Course 38. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
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Beschreibung
The millimeter and sub-millimeter wavebands are unique in astronomy in containing several thousands of spectral lines of molecules as well as the thermal continuum spectrum of cold dust. They are the only bands in the electromagnetic spectrum in which we can detect the molecular gas reservoir for star formation and cold dust far away in high-redshift galaxies, and nearby in low-temperature cocoons of protostars and protoplanets.
This book is based on and extensively updated from the lectures given during the Saas-Fee Advanced Course 38 on millimeter astronomy. It presents both the observing techniques and the scientific perspectives of observations at millimeter wavelengths, here in particular the star and planet formation.
The chapters by Thomas L. Wilson and Stéphane Guilloteau have been edited by Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky and Daniel Pfenniger. The book is part of the series of Saas-Fee Advanced Courses published since 1971. The targeted audience are graduate PhD and advanced undergraduate students, but the book also serves as reference for post-doctoral researchers or newcomers to the field.
The millimeter and sub-millimeter wavebands are unique in astronomy in containing several thousands of spectral lines of molecules as well as the thermal continuum spectrum of cold dust. They are the only bands in the electromagnetic spectrum in which we can detect the molecular gas reservoir for star formation and cold dust far away in high-redshift galaxies, and nearby in low-temperature cocoons of protostars and protoplanets.
This book is based on and extensively updated from the lectures given during the Saas-Fee Advanced Course 38 on millimeter astronomy. It presents both the observing techniques and the scientific perspectives of observations at millimeter wavelengths, here in particular the star and planet formation.
The chapters by Thomas L. Wilson and Stéphane Guilloteau have been edited by Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky and Daniel Pfenniger. The book is part of the series of Saas-Fee Advanced Courses published since 1971. The targeted audience are graduatePhD and advanced undergraduate students, but the book also serves as reference for post-doctoral researchers or newcomers to the field.This and previous Saas Fee lecture books are known to be useful for graduate astronomy students, over a long time as their content bear on well established fundamental knowledge in their field. They are also useful for researchers beginning in the field. The Authors are recognized world-class experts in radio and millimeter astronomy. Astronomers with backgrounds other than millimeter astronomy wanting to use the world largest millimeter interferometric telescope, ALMA, will find the book an ideal tool for starting in millimeter astronomy.
Autor*in
T. L. Wilson
Themen in »Millimeter Astronomy«
Observing Techniques in astronomy Saas-Fee Advance Course 2008 Millimeter Astronomy ALMA Atacama Large Millimeter Array Star Formation Protoplanetary Disks