Index

• AB magnitude F.4, 2.1
• aberration
  • relativistic 5.3.1, 5.5, 5.5.2
  • spherical Figure 3.25
• absorption 2.1, 2.2.1
  • atmospheric 1.1.2—2.2.3
  • coefficient 2.2.4, 7.3.1
  • dust 1.3, 5.4.2, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, 7.1, 7.6.2, 7.8.1
  • free–free 4.3.2, 4.3.2
  • Hi line 7.8
  • linear absorption coefficient 2.2.1
  • negative 7.3.1
  • net absorption coefficient 7.3.2
  • synchrotron 5.3.3—5.3.3
• accretion disk 5.6.2
• action 7.1
• active galactic nucleus 5.1
• Airy pattern 3.3.2
• aliasing A.3
• ALMA 1.1.2, 2.8, Figure 8.5
• ampere F.3
• angular frequency 2.3, 3.1.1
• antenna 3.1—3.1.6
  • alt-az mount 3.5
  • aperture 3.2.2, 3.2.3
  • aperture efficiency 3.3.2
  • average collecting area 3.1.4
  • average gain 3.1.3
  • beam efficiency 3.1.6
  • beam solid angle 3.3.3
  • beam pattern 3.2.3
  • beam solid angle 3.1.3, 3.1.4
  • beamwidth 3.2.4
  • collecting area 3.1.4
  • current 3.1.1
  • diffraction limit 3.2.4
  • dipole 3.1.1
    • half wave 3.1.1
    • short 3.1.1
  • directivity 3.1.3
  • effective collecting area 3.1.4
  • efficiency 3.1.3
  • electric field pattern 3.2.3
  • equatorial mount 3.5
  • feed 3.1.1, 3.2.1
  • Fraunhofer approximation 3.2.3
  • gain 3.1.3
  • ground-plane vertical 3.1.1
  • homologous 3.5
  • Huygens’s principle 3.2.3
  • illumination 3.2.3
    • taper 3.2.4
    • uniform 3.2.4
  • isotropic 3.1.3
  • kelvins per jansky 3.1.6
  • main beam
    • efficiency 3.1.6
  • main beam 3.1.6, 3.2.4
    • solid angle 3.1.6
  • nulls 3.2.4
  • pointing accuracy 3.3.5
  • power gain 3.1.3
  • power gain 3.1.5
  • power pattern 3.1.1
  • radiation resistance 3.1.2
  • reciprocity theorem 3.1.5
  • reflector 3.2—3.2.5
    • Airy pattern 3.3.2
    • aperture blockage 3.5
    • far-field distance 3.2.2
    • focal circle 3.2.1
    • focal ellipsoid 3.2.1
    • focal length 3.2.1
    • focal point 3.2.1
    • focal ratio 3.2.1
    • ground screen 3.2.5, 3.5
    • paraboloidal Figure 3.7
    • prime focus 3.2.1
    • prime focus 3.5
    • Ruze equation 3.3.4
    • secondary focus 3.5
    • secondary focus Figure 3.21, Figure 3.24, Figure 3.26, 3.5
    • spherical 3.5
    • spillover 3.2.5
    • standing waves 2.
    • surface efficiency 3.3.4
    • surface errors 3.3.4
    • vertex Figure 3.7
  • resolving power 3.2.4
  • resonant 3.1.1, 3.1.2
  • sidelobes Figure 3.42, 3.1.6, 3.2.4
  • stray radiation 3.1.6
  • subreflector
    • Cassegrain Figure 3.21, 3.5
    • Gregorian Figure 3.24, Figure 3.27, 3.5
    • magnification 3.5
    • nutating 5.
    • secondary focus 3.5
    • standing waves 2.
  • temperature 2.5, 3.1.6
  • tracking error 3.3.5
  • waveguide horn Figure 3.27
  • waveguide horn 2.6.3, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.2.3, 3.3.2, 3.5, 3.5
• Antennae Galaxies Figure 8.12
• aperture 3.2.2, 3.2.3
• aperture efficiency 3.3.2
• aperture synthesis 3.7.4
• Arecibo Observatory Figure 8.2
• ASKAP Figure 8.6
• astronomical unit F.2, 1.3
• atmosphere 2.2.3
  • absorption 2.2.3
  • brightness temperature 2.2.3
  • emission 2.2.3
• atmospheric windows 1.1.2
• autocorrelation A.7
• autocorrelation spectrometer 3.6.5
• azimuth 1.2
• bandwidth 3.6.2
• bandwidth smearing 3.7.3
• baryon/photon ratio 2.6.3
• baryonic matter 2.6.1
• beam
  • efficiency 3.1.6
  • filling factor 3.1.6
  • solid angle 3.1.3, 3.3.3
  • solid angle 3.1.4
  • width 3.2.4, 3.2.4, 3.3.3
• birefringent D.2
• black hole
  • discovery 2.
  • supermassive 10., 1.1.4, 5.4.3, 7.5
• black hole
  • Eddington luminosity 5.4.2
  • feedback 5.4.2
  • impedance 3.1.2
  • supermassive 2., 1.3, 5.4.2
• blackbody 2.4
• blackbody radiation
  • integrated brightness 2.4.2
  • mode 2.4.1, 2.4.1
  • polarization 5.
  • Rayleigh–Jeans approximation 2.4.1
  • specific intensity 2.4.1
  • Stefan–Boltzmann constant B.2
  • Stefan–Boltzmann law B.2
  • ultraviolet catastrophe 3.
  • Wien’s law 2.4.2
• blackbody radiation 2.4—2.4.2
  • cavity radiation 2.4, 2.4.1
  • energy density 2.4.2
  • equilibrium radiation 2.4
  • integrated brightness B.2
  • isotropy 4.
  • mean photon energy 2.4.2
  • mode 2.4.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.2, 2.5
  • photon number density 2.4.2
  • Planck’s law 2.4.2
  • radiation constant 2.4.2
  • Stefan–Boltzmann constant 2.4.2
  • Stefan–Boltzmann law 2.4.2
• Bohr atom 7.2.1
• Bohr magneton 7.8
• Bohr radius F.1, 4.2, 7.2.1
• Boltzmann distribution 2.4.1
• Boltzmann equation 7.3.1, 7.3.2
• Boltzmann’s constant F.1
• bremsstrahlung 4.1
• brightness 2.1—2.1
  • conservation 2.1
  • spectral 2.1
• brightness temperature 2.2.3
  • atmospheric 2.2.3
• brightness sensitivity 3.7.6
• brightness temperature
  • opaque body 2.2.4
• calorimeter model 5.6.3
• canonical neutron star 6.1.2
• carbon monoxide (CO) 2., 7.7.1, 7.7.1
• Cas A Figure 1.14, 3.5, Figure 5.13
• Cassegrain subreflector Figure 3.21, 3.5
• Cassegrain subreflector 3.5
• cavity radiation 2.4
• CGS units F.3
• Chandrasekhar mass 6.1.2
• CO conversion factor 7.7.3
• coherent
  • amplifier 1.1.1, 3.7.6
  • continuum radiation 6.1.10
  • line emission 7.5
• collisional broadening 7.2.2
• collisional excitation 7.4
• column density 7.3.2, 7.8, 7.8.2
• complex exponentials B.3
• Compton thick 1.1.1, 1.1.4
• conductivity D.1, D.2
• confusion 3.6.3
• confusion limit 3.6.3
• constants Appendix F—F.6
  • astronomical F.2
  • other F.4
  • physical F.1
• convolution A.7
• correlator 3.7.1
• correspondence principle 7.2.2
• cosmic microwave background
  • blackbody spectrum 2.6.3
  • expansion scale factor 2.6.2
  • flatness problem 2.6.5
  • recombination era 2.6.2
  • surface of last scattering 2.6.2
• cosmic microwave background 2.6—2.6.5
  • baryon acoustic oscillations 2.6.5
  • dipole anisotropy 2.6.4
  • horizon problem 2.6.5
  • isotropy 2.6.3
  • temperature 2.6.2
• cosmic rays 5.2
• Coulomb’s law 2.7
• counterjet 5.6.1
• Crab Nebula 6.1.2
• Crab Nebula Figure 8.10
• critical frequency 5.3.1
• cross-correlation A.7, A.7
• current 3.1.1, 3.1.2
• current density D.1
• curvature radiation 6.1.10
• cyclotron radiation 5.1
• Cyg A 1.3
• Cyg A Figure 5.13, 5.4.3
• dark ages 7.8.3
• De Broglie wavelength 7.1
• debye 7.7.3
• Debye length 4.2, 4.3.2
• decibel (dB) F.4, 3.1.3
• declination 5.6.4
• declination axis 3.5
• delta function 5.3.1
• density-bounded Hii region 4.2
• detailed balance 7.3.1
• diffraction 3.2.4, 3.7
• diffraction limited 3.2.4
• dimension F.6
• dimensional analysis F.6
• dipole moment 7.7.3
• dipole anisotropy 2.6.4
• dipole antenna 3.1.1
  • half wave 3.1.1
  • short 3.1.1
• directivity 3.1.3
• dispersion 3.4
• dispersion delay 6.2
• dispersion measure (DM) 6.2
• Doppler shift
  • Doppler boosting 5.6.1
• Doppler shift
  • Doppler factor 5.6.1
  • optical velocity convention 7.8.2
  • radio velocity convention 7.8.2
  • relativistic 5.5.1, 5.6.1
  • transverse 5.6.1
• dust 2.8—2.8, 5.4.2, 5.6.2, 5.6.3
  • emission 2.8—2.8, 5.6.3
  • extinction 2.8
  • obscuration 1.1.1, 5.6.2
  • protoplanetary disk 2.8
  • scattering 2.8
• ecliptic latitude 6.3
• ecliptic plane 6.3
• Eddington luminosity 5.4.2
• Einstein coefficients
  • absorption 7.3.1
• Einstein coefficients
  • spontaneous emission 7.3.1
  • stimulated emission 7.3.1
• electric field 2.7
• elevation angle 3.5
• emission 2.1
  • atmospheric 2.2.3
  • dust 2.8—2.8, 5.6.3
  • free–free 4.3—4.3.2
  • Hi 7.8—7.8.3
  • inverse Compton (IC) 5.5—5.5.3
  • maser 7.5
  • molecular line 7.7—7.7.3
  • nonthermal 4.1
  • recombination line 7.2—7.2.2
  • spontaneous 7.3.1
  • stimulated 7.3.1
  • synchrotron 5.2—5.2.3
  • thermal 4.1
• emission coefficient 2.2.2, 2.2.4
  • free–free 4.3.2
  • stimulated 7.3.1
• emission measure (EM) 4.3.2
• energy density
  • spectral 2.4.1
• energy density
  • blackbody radiation 2.4.2
  • magnetic (5.35)
  • radiation 2.4.2
  • spectral 2.4.2
• epoch of reionization 7.8.3
• equilibrium radiation 2.4
• equipartition 5.4.1, 5.4.1
• Euler’s formula B.3
• event C.1
• excitation temperature 7.4—7.4
• extinction 2.8
• far-field distance 3.2.2
• Faraday depolarization D.2
• Faraday rotation D.2—D.2
• filter bank 3.6.5
• fine-structure constant 7.8
• flatness problem 2.6.5
• flux
  • Poynting 2.7
  • total 2.1
• flux density 2.1
  • absolute 3.5
  • relative 3.5
• Fourier transforms
  • autocorrelation A.7
  • convolution theorem A.7
  • cross-correlation A.7
  • derivative theorem A.6
  • Euler’s formula A.1
  • inverse A.1
  • modulation theorem A.6
  • Nyquist frequency A.3
  • similarity theorem A.6
• Fourier transform spectrometer 3.6.5
• Fourier transforms A.1—A.8, 3.2.3
  • addition theorem A.6
  • aliasing A.3
  • bandwidth A.3
  • complex exponential A.1
  • convolution A.7
  • cross-correlation A.7
  • cross-correlation theorem A.7
  • discrete Fourier transform (DFT) A.2
  • fast Fourier transform (FFT) A.2
  • forward A.1
  • power spectrum A.4
  • Rayleigh’s theorem A.4
  • sampling theorem A.3
  • shift theorem A.6
  • similarity theorem 3.2.4
  • Wiener–Khinchin theorem A.7
• free–free emission
  • collision time Figure 4.2
  • opacity 4.3.2
• free–free emission 4.3—4.3.2
  • absorption coefficient 4.3.2
  • collision time 4.3.1
  • Debye length 4.2
  • Debye length 4.3.2
  • emission coefficient 4.3.2
  • impact parameter Figure 4.2
  • impact parameter 4.3.1
  • pulse energy 4.3.1
  • spectral index 4.3.2
• gain
  • antenna power 3.1.3, 3.1.5, 3.3.2
  • fluctuation 3.6.3
• Galactic latitude 1.3
• Galactic longitude 1.3, Figure 7.18
• galaxies
  • BL Lac object 5.6.2
  • calorimeter model 5.6.3
  • cosmological evolution 5.6.4
  • dust emission 5.6.3
  • FIR/radio correlation 5.6.3
  • luminosity function 5.6.4
  • normal 5.6.3
  • peculiar velocities 7.8.2
  • quasi-stellar object (QSO) 5.6.2
  • Seyfert 5.6.2
  • starburst 5.6.3
  • unified models 5.6.2
• Galilean relativity C.1
• Galilean transform C.1
• Gaunt factor 4.3.2
• Gaussian
  • beam 3.3.3
  • error distribution 3.3.4
  • Fourier transform of B.4
  • line profile 7.2.2
  • noise B.5
• Gaussian CGS F.3
• GBT (Green Bank Telescope) Figure 8.1
• gravitational waves 6.3
• Gregorian subreflector Figure 3.27, 3.5
• Gregorian subreflector Figure 3.24, 3.5, 3.5
• group velocity D.1, 6.2
• gyro frequency D.2
• gyro radiation 5.1
• gyro frequency 5.1.1
• Her A Figure 8.14
• Hi 21-cm line
  • Hi mass 7.8.2
  • Tully–Fisher relation 7.8.2
• Hi 21-cm line 7.8—7.8.3
  • Bohr magneton 7.8
  • column density 7.8
  • epoch of reionization 7.8.3
  • fine-structure constant 7.8
  • hyperfine line 7.8
  • kinematic distance 7.8.1
  • line flux 7.8.2
  • nuclear $g$ factor 7.8
  • rotation curve 7.8.2
  • spin temperature 7.8
• Hii regions
  • density bounded 4.2
  • free–free radiation 4.2
  • Strömgren sphere 4.2
  • thermal emission 4.1
  • ultra-compact (UC) 4.2
  • ultra-dense (UD) 4.2
• Hii regions 4.2—4.2
  • emission measure (EM) 4.3.2
  • ionization bounded 4.2
  • matter bounded 4.2
  • recombination rate 4.2
  • temperature 4.2
• HL Tau Figure 8.9
• horizon problem 2.6.5
• hotspot 5.6.1
• hour angle 3.5
• hour-angle axis 3.5
• Hubble constant 2.6.1
• Hubble constant F.2, 7.8.2
• Hubble distance 2.6.1
• Hubble time 2.6.1
• hydrosols 3.
• hyperfine line 7.8
• ideal gas law 7.1
• impact parameter Figure 4.2
• index of refraction D.1
• inflation 2.6.5
• initial mass function (IMF) 4.2
• intensity
  • specific 2.1, 2.1
  • spectral 2.1
  • total 2.1
• interferometer 3.7—3.7.6
  • adding 3.7.1
  • aperture synthesis 1.1.1, 3.7.4
  • area filling factor 3.7.6
  • bandwidth smearing 3.7.3
  • baseline 3.7.1
  • basic 3.7.1
  • coherent amplifier 3.7.6
  • complex correlator 3.7.2
  • correlation 3.7.1
  • correlator 3.7.1
  • correlator response 3.7.1
  • delay center 3.7.3
  • dirty beam Figure 3.42
  • element 3.7.1
  • fringe period 3.7.1
  • fringe phase Figure 3.41, 3.7.1
  • fringe visibility 3.7.2
  • fringes 3.7.1
  • geometric delay 3.7.1
  • multiplying Figure 3.41, 3.7.1
  • phase reference position 3.7.3
  • primary beam 3.7.1
  • projected baseline 3.7.1
  • quasi-monochromatic 3.7.1
  • sensitivity
    • brightness 3.7.6
    • point source 3.7.6
  • synthesized beam Figure 3.42, 3.7.1
  • time smearing 3.7.3
  • ($u,v$) plane 3.7.4
  • visibility phase 3.7.2
  • visibility amplitude 3.7.2
• interstellar medium (ISM)
  • scattering 6.2
• interstellar medium (ISM)
  • dispersion measure (DM) 6.2
  • magnetic field 5.6.3
  • phases 7.1
  • scintillation 6.2
• interstellar medium (ISM)
  • absorption lines 6.2
  • cosmic-ray diffusion 5.6.3
  • depletion time 5.6.3
  • dispersion D.1—D.1, 6.2, 6.3
  • dust 2.8—2.8
  • electron density 4.3.2, 6.2
  • group velocity 6.2
  • opacity 4.3.2
  • plasma frequency 6.2
  • pressure 7.1
  • refraction 6.2
• inverse Compton (IC)
  • maximum frequency 5.5.2
  • net radiated power 5.5.1
  • synchrotron self-Compton 5.5.3
• inverse Compton (IC) 5.5—5.5.3
  • average frequency 5.5.2
  • brightness limit 5.5.3
  • IC/synchrotron power ratio 5.5.1
• inverse square law 2.1
• ionization bounded 4.2
• ionosphere D.1, 1.1.1
• isotopologue 7.7.3
• jansky (Jy) 2.1
• Jansky, Karl Guthe Figure 1.7, 1.2
• Kirchhoff’s law 2.2.4
• Kirchhoff’s law 2.2.2
• Larmor radiation 2.7
  • Larmor’s equation 2.7
  • recombination lines 7.2.2
  • synchrotron spectrum 5.3.1
• Larmor radiation 2.7—2.7
  • antenna 3.1.1
  • free–free 4.3.1
  • recombination lines 4.2
  • rotating electric dipole 6.1.4
  • rotating magnetic dipole 6.1.4
  • rotating polar molecule 7.7.3
  • synchrotron power 5.2.3
  • Thomson scattering 5.5.1
• length contraction C.2
• line profile
  • Hi 7.8.2
  • weighted mean 7.3.1
• line trapping 7.7.3
• line width
  • thermal 7.2.2
• line flux 7.8.2
• line profile 7.2.2
  • Gaussian 7.2.2
• line width 7.2.2
  • collisional broadening 7.2.2
  • Doppler broadened 1.
  • natural 7.2.2
• load 2.5, 2., 3.6.6
• local oscillator (LO) 3.6.4
• local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) 2.2.2
• LOFAR Figure 8.8
• Lorentz factor C.1, 5.2.1
• Lorentz force 6.1.10
• Lorentz transform Appendix C—C.4
• luminosity
  • bolometric 2.1
  • Eddington limit 5.4.2
  • far-infrared 5.6.3
  • free–free 4.3.2
  • function 5.6.4
  • radio 5.4.1
  • solar F.2
  • spectral 2.1
  • spin-down 6.1.5
  • total 2.1
• M81 group Figure 8.11
• M82 Figure 2.24, 5.3.3, 5.6.3, Figure 8.13
• magnetic dipole
  • pulsar 6.1.3
• magnetic dipole
  • dipole moment 6.1.4
  • radiation 6.1.4, 6.1.5
• magnetic energy density (5.35)
• magnetic force 5.1.1
• magnetobremsstrahlung 5.1—5.1.1
  • curvature radiation 6.1.10
  • cyclotron radiation 5.1
  • gyro radiation 5.1
  • synchrotron radiation 5.1
• magnitude (AB) F.4, 2.1
• maser 5., 7.5—7.5
  • gain 7.5
  • NGC 4258 7.5
  • saturated 7.5
  • unsaturated 7.5
• mass–energy equation 5.2.2
• matter-bounded Hii region 4.2
• Maxwell’s equations Appendix D
• Maxwellian distribution B.8, 4.1, 4.3.2
• meridian 3.5
• metals 4.2
• mixer 3.6.4
• MKS units F.3
• molecular lines 7.7—7.7.3
  • CO conversion factor 7.7.3
  • critical density 7.7.3
  • excitation 7.7.2
  • ladder 7.7.1
  • line trapping 7.7.3
• molecule
  • diatomic 7.7.1
  • dipole moment 7.7.3
  • isotopologue 7.7.3
  • mean dipole moment 7.7.3
  • polar 7.7.1
  • reduced mass 7.7.1
• moment of inertia 6.1.5
• MWA 7.8.3, Figure 8.7
• negative absorption 7.3.1
• neutron star 6.1, 6.1.2
• NGC 4258 7.5
• noise temperature
  • radiometer 2.5, 3.6.6
  • system 3.6.1
  • $Y$-factor method 3.6.6
• noise factor 3.6.6
• noise figure 3.6.6
• noise temperature
  • quantum 1.1.5
• nonthermal emission 4.1
• Nyquist approximation 2.5
• Nyquist formula 2.5
• observable universe 2.6.5
• ohm F.3
• Ohm’s law D.1, 3.1.2
• opacity 2.2.1
  • atmospheric 1.1.2
  • free–free 4.3.2
  • line opacity coefficient 7.3.2
  • zenith 1.1.2
• opaque body 2.2.4
• optical depth 2.2.1
• optical velocity convention 7.8.2
• optically thick 2.2.1
• optically thin 2.2.1
• PAPER 7.8.3
• paraboloid Figure 3.7
• parsec F.2, 1.2
• Parseval’s theorem A.4
• permeability of free space F.3
• permittivity of free space F.3
• phase (interferometer fringe) 3.7.1
• phase (interferometer fringe) Figure 3.41
• phase velocity 3.4
• phases of interstellar medium 7.1
• photon 2.4.2
  • absorption 2.1
  • emission 2.1
  • energy 2.4.2
  • number density 2.4.2
  • scattering 2.1
• pitch angle 5.2.3
• pitch angle 5.2.3, 5.3.1
• Planck’s constant F.1, 2.4.2
  • reduced 7.2.1
• Planck’s law 2.4.2
• planetary nebula 2., 4.2
• plasma
  • birefringent D.2
  • conductivity D.1
  • Debye length 4.3.2
  • dispersion D.1—D.1
  • Faraday rotation D.2—D.2
  • frequency D.1, 6.2
  • group velocity D.1
  • mean electron energy 4.3.1
  • refractive index 6.2
• polarization 2.3—2.3
  • antenna 3.1.1, 3.1.4
  • blackbody radiation 5.
  • circular 2.3
  • curvature radiation 6.1.10
  • degree of 2.3
  • dipole antenna 3.1.1
  • elliptical 2.3
  • Faraday rotation D.2—D.2
  • feed 3.1.1
  • instrumental Figure 3.26
  • linear 2.3
  • molecular 7.7.1
  • partial 2.3
  • pulsars 6.1.10
  • sign convention 2.3
  • Stokes parameters 2.3
  • unpolarized 2.3
• post-Keplerian (PK) parameters 6.3
• power spectrum
  • synchrotron 5.3.1
• power spectrum A.4
  • autocorrelation A.7
  • radiometer postdetection 3.6.3
  • synchrotron 5.3.1
• Poynting flux 2.7
• pressure
  • equipartition 5.6.1
  • ideal gas 7.1
  • interstellar medium 7.1
  • line broadening 2.
  • radiation 5.4.2
• principal quantum number 4.2, 7.2.1
• protoplanetary disk 2.8, Figure 8.9
• pulsar 6.1—6.3
  • barycentric frame 6.3
  • binary 6.1.9, 6.1.9, 6.3, 6.3
  • black widow 6.1.9
  • braking index 6.1.8
  • canonical neutron star 6.1.2
  • Chandrasekhar mass 6.1.2
  • characteristic age 6.1.7
  • characteristic magnetic field 6.1.6
  • coherent radiation 6.1.10
  • Crab pulsar 6.1.2
  • curvature radiation 6.1.10
  • discovery 6.1.1
  • dispersion delay 6.2
  • dispersion measure (DM) 6.2
  • dispersive smearing 6.2
  • gravitational waves 6.3
  • inclination angle 6.1.4, 6.1.6
  • light cylinder 6.1.10
  • LMXB 6.1.9
  • magnetar 6.1.3
  • magnetic dipole radiation 6.1.4
  • magnetic fields 6.1.3
  • millisecond 6.1.9
  • minimum magnetic field 6.1.6
  • neutron star 6.1
  • neutron star 6.1.2, 6.1.2
  • period derivative 6.1.5
  • polarization 6.1.10
  • PṖ diagram Figure 6.3
  • PṖ diagram 6.1.9
  • recycled 6.1.9
  • redback 6.1.9
  • RRAT Figure 6.3, 6.1.9
  • spin-down luminosity 6.1.5
  • unipolar generator 6.1.10
• pulsar timing
  • pulse phase 6.3
  • timing residuals 6.3
• pulsar timing 2., 6.3—6.3
  • average pulse profile 6.3
  • Einstein delay 6.3
  • Keplerian parameters 6.3
  • post-Keplerian (PK) parameters 6.3
  • pulsar timing array (PTA) 6.3
  • Roemer delay 6.3
  • Shapiro delay 6.3
  • time of arrival (TOA) 6.3
  • topocentric frame 6.3
• pwv 4.
• quantum noise 1.1.5
• quantum number
  • angular momentum 7.7.1
  • principal 1., 7.2.1
• quantum noise 1.1.1
• quantum number
  • angular momentum 2.
• quasi-stellar object (QSO) 5.6.2
• radial velocity 7.2.2
• radiation
  • energy density 2.4.2, 5.5.1
  • magnetic dipole 6.1.4
  • resistance 3.1.2—3.1.2
  • spectral energy density 2.4.1
  • spectral-line energy density 7.3.1
• radiation constant 2.4.2
• radiation resistance
  • antenna 3.1.2
  • free space 3.1.2
• radiative transfer equation 2.2.2
• radio telescopes
  • ALMA Figure 8.5
  • Effelsberg 100-m 3.5
  • GBT 100-m 3.5
  • Parkes 210-foot (64-m) 3.5
  • Planck 2.6.5
  • VLA Figure 8.4
  • WMAP 2.6.5
  • WSRT Figure 8.3
• radio astronomy 1.1.1
• radio frequencies 1.1.1
• radio telescopes
  • Arecibo 1000-foot (305-m) 3.5
  • Arecibo 1000-foot (305-m) Figure 8.2
  • ASKAP Figure 8.6
  • Bell Labs horn Figure 3.19
  • GBT 100-m Figure 8.1
  • Green Bank 140-foot (43-m) 3.5
  • LOFAR Figure 8.8
  • MWA Figure 8.7
  • VLA 3.7.5
• radio velocity convention 7.8.2
• radiometer 2.5, 3.6—3.6.6
  • bandpass filter 3.6.2
  • bandwidth 3.6.2
  • Dicke switching 3.6.3
  • differential Figure 3.36
  • gain fluctuation 3.6.3
  • ideal radiometer equation 3.6.2
  • integrator 3.6.2
  • intermediate frequency (IF) 3.6.4
  • local oscillator (LO) 3.6.4
  • mixer 3.6.4
  • noise 3.6.1
  • noise factor 3.6.6
  • noise figure 3.6.6
  • noise temperature
    • $Y$-factor method 3.6.6
  • noise temperature 2.5, 6., 3.6.6
  • practical radiometer equation 3.6.3
  • radio frequency (RF) 3.6.2
  • square-law detector 3.6, 3.6.2, 3.6.2, 3.6.2
  • superheterodyne 3.6.4
  • total power 3.6.2
• ray optics approximation 2.1
• Rayleigh scattering 2.8
• Rayleigh distribution 3.3.5
• Rayleigh resolution criterion 3.2.4
• Rayleigh–Jeans approximation 2.4.1
• reciprocity theorem 3.1.5
• recombination coefficient 4.2
• recombination lines 7.2.2
  • collisional broadening 7.2.2
  • spontaneous emission rate 7.2.2
• recombination rate 4.2
• recombination era 2.6.2
• recombination lines 7.2—7.2
  • radiative transfer 7.6.1
  • Rydberg constant 7.2.1
  • Rydberg frequency 7.2.1
• recombination time 4.2
• redshift 2.6.2
• reflection coefficient 2.2.4
• refraction D.1
  • atmospheric 3.7, 3.7.1
  • index of D.1
  • ionospheric 1.1.2
• refractive index D.1, D.2
• relativistic aberration 5.3.1
• relativistic beaming 5.2.2, 5.3.1, 5.6.2
• relativity Appendix C—C.4
• relativity principle C.1
• resistance 3.1.2
• resistor 2.4, 2.5
• resolution
  • angular 3.7, 3.7.6
  • diffraction-limited 3.2.4
  • frequency A.3
  • Rayleigh criterion 3.2.4
• resolving power 3.2.4
• RFI 4.
• right ascension Figure 6.1
• Roemer delay 6.3
• rotation curve 7.8.1, 7.8.2
• rotation measure (RM) D.2
• RRAT Figure 6.3, 6.1.9
• Ruze equation 3.3.4
• Rydberg constant 7.2.1
• Rydberg frequency 4.2, 7.2.1
• Saha equation 7.6.1
• sampling theorem A.3, 3.6
• scattering 2.1
• scintillation
  • diffractive 6.2
  • interplanetary 6.1.1
  • interstellar 6.2
  • refractive 6.2
• sensitivity
  • brightness 3.7.6, 3.7.6
  • confusion limited 3.6.3
  • gain fluctuations 3.6.3
  • interferometer 3.7.6
  • kelvins per jansky 3.1.6
  • point source 3.7.6, 3.7.6
  • point source 3.7.6
  • practical radiometer 3.6.3
  • single dish 3.7.6
  • single dish 3.7.6
• shah function A.5, 5.3.1
• Shapiro delay 6.3
• SI units F.3, F.3
• sidelobes 3.1.6
• sidereal day 1.2
• sinc function 3.2.4
• SMBH 10., 2., 1.1.4, 1.3, 5.4.2, 5.4.3, 7.5
• solar luminosity F.2
• solar mass F.2
• special relativity
  • aberration 5.3.1, 5.5, 5.5.2
  • relativistic beaming 5.6.2
• special relativity Appendix C—C.4
  • aberration 5.3.1
  • Doppler boosting 5.6.1
  • energy C.4
  • event C.1
  • Galilean relativity C.1
  • Galilean transform C.1
  • invariant speed C.1
  • length contraction C.2
  • Lorentz transform C.1
  • Lorentz factor C.1
  • mass C.4
  • power C.4
  • relativistic beaming 5.2.2, 5.3.1
  • superluminal velocities 5.6.1
  • time dilation C.2
  • velocity addition C.3
• specific intensity 2.1
• spectral brightness 2.1
• spectral index 4.3.2
• spectral lines 7.1—7.8.3
• spectrometer 3.6.5—3.6.5
  • autocorrelation spectrometer 3.6.5
  • channel 3.6.5
  • filter bank 3.6.5
  • Fourier transform spectrometer 3.6.5
• spillover 5., 3.2.5
• spontaneous emission coefficient 7.3.1
• spontaneous emission rate 7.2.2
• square-law detector 3.6
• square-law detector B.6
• stationary source 3.7.1
• statistical weights 7.3.1, 7.8
• Stefan–Boltzmann constant 2.4.2
• Stefan–Boltzmann constant B.2
• Stefan–Boltzmann law B.2, 2.4.2
• steradian (sr) F.4
• stimulated emission 7.3.1
• stimulated emission coefficient 7.3.1
• Stokes parameters 2.3
• Strehl ratio 3.3.4
• Strömgren radius 4.2
• Strömgren radius Figure 4.1
• Strömgren sphere Figure 4.1, 4.2
• superluminal velocities 5.6.1
• supermassive black hole 5.4.2
• supermassive black hole 1.3
• supermassive black hole 10., 2., 1.1.4, 5.4.3, 7.5
• synchrotron radiation
  • average power 5.2.3
  • critical frequency 5.3.1
  • equipartition 5.4.1
  • lifetime 5.4.1
• synchrotron radiation 5.1—5.4.3
  • effective electron temperature 5.3.3
  • equipartition 5.4.1
  • in situ acceleration 5.4.3
  • lifetime 5.4.3
  • minimum energy 5.4.1
  • pitch angle 5.2.3
  • relativistic aberration 5.3.1, 5.3.1
  • spectrum of a single electron 5.3.1
  • synchrotron self-absorption 5.3.3
• temperature
  • antenna 2.5, 3.1.6
  • brightness 2.2.3
  • effective electron 5.3.3
  • excitation 7.4
  • kinetic 2.2.2
  • noise 3.6.1
  • radiometer noise 2.5
  • spin 7.8
  • system noise 3.6.1
• thermal emission 4.1
• thermodynamic equilibrium 2.2.2
  • local thermodynamic equilibrium 2.2.2
• Thomson cross section 5.2.3, 5.5.1
• Thomson scattering 5.2.3, 5.5, 5.5.1
• time dilation C.2
• Tully–Fisher relation 7.8.2
• ultraviolet catastrophe 3.
• unit rectangle function 3.2.4
• units F.3—F.3
  • CGS F.3
  • Gaussian CGS F.3
  • MKS F.3
  • numerical conversion F.3
  • SI F.3
• ($u,v$) plane 3.7.4
• ($u,v$) plane Figure 3.44
• variance 3.6.3
• velocity convention
  • optical 7.8.2
  • radio 7.8.2
• vertex Figure 3.21, Figure 3.24, Figure 3.7, 1., 3.5
• Vir A Figure 5.13, 5.4.3
• VLA Figure 8.4
• voltage 3.1.2
• wave vector 2.3
• waveguide 3.4
  • band name F.5, 3.4
  • cutoff frequency 3.4
  • cutoff wavelength 3.4
  • dispersion 3.4
  • dominant mode 3.4
  • frequency bands F.5
  • group velocity 3.4
  • guide wavelength 3.4
  • mode 2.4.1, Figure 3.18
  • nominal frequency range 3.4
• white dwarf star 6.1.2
• Wien’s displacement law 2.4.2
• Wiener–Khinchin theorem A.7
• WSRT Figure 8.3
• $Y$ factor 3.6.6
• zenith 1.1.2
• zenith angle 2.2.3, 2.2.3
• zenith opacity 1.1.2