Course ID
NWI-NP030B |
Credits
3 |
Scheduled
third quarter |
Teaching methods
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Pre-requisites First year physics and astrophysics |
Objectives
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Contents Radio astronomy is one of the strong points of Dutch astronomy, starting shortly after the second world war with the construction of the Dwingeloo telescope and continuing to the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and now LOFAR. The application of radio astronomy in astrophysics are wide and varies, ranging from the measurement of neutral hydrogen in galaxies to the timing of pulsars, and their use as ultrastationary clocks to detect passing gravitational waves. Radio astronomy is currently going through a big technological revival with the introduction of phased arrays such as LOFAR, which is now operational and the additional of focal plane arrays in traditional telescopes such as the Westerbork array. The course will give a basic overview of the practice and mathematical foundation of radio astronomy and in particular of radio-interfereometry. Students will practice basic radio-interferometric observations with the two-dish interferometer located on the roof of the Huygens building.
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Examination Schriftelijk tentamen + praktikum opdracht |
Literature
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Extra information |
Lecturer dr. M. Haverkorn van Rijsewijk |
Included in -'Bachelor Natuur- en Sterrenkunde' |