TY - BOOK ID - 8211430 TI - Observational astrophysics AU - Lena, Pierre AU - Mugnier, Laurent. AU - Lyle, S. PY - 2012 SN - 3642218148 3642218156 9786613577689 1280399767 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Astronomical instruments. KW - Astronomy -- Observations. KW - Astrophysics -- Observations. KW - Astrophysics KW - Astronomy KW - Astronomical instruments KW - Astronomy & Astrophysics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Instruments, Astronomical KW - Astronomical observations KW - Observations, Astronomical KW - Astronomical physics KW - Instruments KW - Physics. KW - Astrophysics. KW - Microwaves. KW - Optical engineering. KW - Astrophysics and Astroparticles. KW - Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering. KW - Signal, Image and Speech Processing. KW - Optical instruments KW - Physical instruments KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments KW - Space optics KW - Cosmic physics KW - Physics KW - Hertzian waves KW - Electric waves KW - Electromagnetic waves KW - Geomagnetic micropulsations KW - Radio waves KW - Shortwave radio KW - Signal processing. KW - Image processing. KW - Speech processing systems. KW - Computational linguistics KW - Electronic systems KW - Information theory KW - Modulation theory KW - Oral communication KW - Speech KW - Telecommunication KW - Singing voice synthesizers KW - Pictorial data processing KW - Picture processing KW - Processing, Image KW - Imaging systems KW - Optical data processing KW - Processing, Signal KW - Information measurement KW - Signal theory (Telecommunication) KW - Mechanical engineering UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8211430 AB - This is the updated, widely revised, restructured and expanded third edition of Léna et al.'s successful work Observational Astrophysics. It presents a synthesis on tools and methods of observational astrophysics of the early 21st century. Written specifically for astrophysicists and graduate students, this textbook focuses on fundamental and sometimes practical limitations on the ultimate performance that an astronomical system may reach, rather than presenting particular systems in detail. In little more than a decade there has been extraordinary progress in imaging and detection technologies, in the fields of adaptive optics, optical interferometry, in the sub-millimetre waveband, observation of neutrinos, discovery of exoplanets, to name but a few examples. The work deals with ground-based and space-based astronomy and their respective fields. And it also presents the ambitious concepts behind space missions aimed for the next decades. Avoiding particulars, it covers the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum, and provides an introduction to the new forms of astronomy becoming possible with gravitational waves and neutrinos. It also treats numerical aspects of observational astrophysics: signal processing, astronomical databases and virtual observatories. ER -