Radio telescope instrumentation for teaching /

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"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- part I. Standalone systems for the classroom -- 2. Solar radiometry, HI spectroscopy, and galactic kinematics using a small-dish radio telescope / James M. Cordes -- 3. BHARAT setup for HI pedagogy : the radiometer / Ashish A. Mhaske, Joydeep Bagchi and Bhal Chandra Joshi -- 4. BHARAT setup for HI pedagogy : HI astrophysics / Ashish A. Mhaske, Bhal Chandra Joshi and Dhruba Saikiapart II. Local stations that are part of larger network or project. 5. Hydrogen map of our Milky Way / Glen I. Langston and Kevin Bandura -- 6. The Radio JOVE Project / Chuck Higgins and Dave Typinskipart III. Large facilities/missions that include student participation in instrumentation. 7. The Long Wavelength Array / Sarah I. Chastain, Gregory B. Taylor and Jayce Dowell -- 8. An introduction to solar radio bursts / Jason E. Kooi, Joseph F. Helmboldt and George A. Carson -- 9. The Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment and student-led ground-based observations / Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti and Shirsh Lata Sonipart IV. Innovative methods to use across various radio astronomy teaching projects. 10. Interferometry with DLITE / Joseph F. Helmboldt, Jason E. Kooi and George A. Carson -- 11. The Low-Frequency All-Sky Monitor -- Timothy E. Dolch, Louis P. Dartez and Joseph F. Helmboldt.Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.Radio Telescope Instrumentation for Teaching is designed for undergraduate physics instructors seeking to integrate radio astronomy into their courses. After optical astronomy, radio astronomy is the only ground-based method accessible with modest equipment, yet classroom projects can be challenging to implement. This book offers a range of projects, from introductory to advanced, covering standalone classroom systems, networked stations, and larger facilities involving student participation. Activities include observing Galactic hydrogen, Cygnus A, Cassiopeia A, solar bursts, Jovian emissions, and pulsars. Instrumentation options span online setups, small-scale equipment, and permanent small-dish telescopes, with advanced techniques like interferometry now feasible using affordable tools such as field-programmable gate arrays. Chapters are authored by experienced educators.Higher education professionals in physics, astronomy, and electrical engineering.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Timothy Dolch is Associate Professor of Physics at Hillsdale College. He received his BS from the California Institute of Technology and his PhD in Physics & Astronomy from the Johns Hopkins University in 2012. Before joining the faculty of Hillsdale College, he held postdoctoral positions at Oberlin College and Cornell University, both with the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) collaboration. In NANOGrav he has chaired the Education and Public Outreach Working Group. He is also a research scientist with Eureka Scientific, Inc.Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2026).

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