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    Low Frequency Radio Astronomy a.k.a. blue-book

    • Preface
    • Contents
    1.   Signals in Radio Astronomy
    2.   Interferometry and Aperture Synthesis
    3.    Single Dish Radio Telescopes
    4.    Two Element Interferometers
    5.    Sensitivity and Calibration for Interferometers
    6.    Phased Arrays
    7.    Imaging With Dipolar Arrays
    8.    Correlator I. Basics
    9.    Correlator – II: Implementation
    10.    Mapping I
    11.    Mapping II
    12.    Deconvolution in sythesis imaging–an introduction
    13.    Spectral Line Observations
    14.    Wide Field Imaging
    15.    Polarimetry
    16.    Ionospheric effects in Radio Astronomy
    17.    Pulsar Observations
    18.    An Overview of the GMRT
    19.    GMRT Antennas and Feeds
    20.    The GMRT Servo System
    21.    GMRT Receivers
    22.    The GMRT Optical Fiber System
    23.    Local Oscillator and Base-band Systems
    24.    A Control and Monitor System for the GMRT
    25.    The GMRT Correlator
    26.    The Data Acquisition System for the GMRT

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