6th NAIC/NRAO School on Single Dish Radio Astronomy
Complete Set of Lectures
The links below are to the talks as given in 2011.
Written lectures from the first school can be purchased through PASP.
- Welcome to Green Bank/An Overview of the GBT - K. O'Neil
- Science Highlights from Green Bank Telescope - J. Lockman, NRAO
- Science Highlights from Arecibo - C. Salter, NAIC
- An Introduction to Radio Astronomy Essentials - J. Condon, NRAO
Includes an overall description of the basic ideas of radio astronomy, such as wavelengths, atmosphere, etc - Tracing the Signal down the Telescope - R. Maddalena, NRAO
- Fundamentals of Single-Dish Radio Astronomy, Part I - S. Ransom
Radiation Fundamentals - Fundamentals of Single-Dish Radio Astronomy, Part II - J. Condon
Antennas and Radiometers (from a single-dish perspective) - A CASA Primer - J. Ott, NRAO
A primer on the use of CASA, particularly in single dish mode - Spectral lines - D.J. Pisano, WVU
Includes spectral lines, recombination lines, radiative transfer, and molecular, and atomic sources - Pulsars - S. Ransom, NRAO
Pulsar properties, searching and timing pulsars, small amount on time domain astronomy generally - Continuum - B. Mason, NRAO
An overview of thermal and non-thermal emission, observing issues (confusion, gain fluctuation) - Polarization - C. Heiles, University of California, Berkeley
Includes Zeeman splitting, linear polarization, Stokes parameters, beam squint/squash, and Mueller matrices - Frequency Management - K. O'Neil, NRAO
Spectrum allocation, radio quiet zones and coordination zones - RFI Excision techniques - R. Fisher, NRAO
Overview of techniques available for RFI excision - Receivers types and uses - S. White, NRAO
An overview of receiver types - single feeds, traditional arrays, phased arrays, and bolometers - The atmosphere, including weather - R. Maddalena, NRAO
Including the effects of the atmosphere on observations, ionospheric effects, refraction, opacity, wind-induced pointing errors, frequency-dependence of absorption, and anomalous refraction - Signal Processing basics from the hardware perspective - A. Roshi, NRAO
- GUPPI as a basis for FPGA architecture - P. Demorest, NRAO
- The LMT - P. Schleorb, University of Massachusettes
Brief overview of the Large Millimeter Telescope - Planetary Radar - M. Nolan, NAIC
- Calibration and Data reduction techniques at cm through mm wavelengths - K. O'Neil
Basic techniques, including position switching, frequency switching, finding your "off" in a map - Observing Extended Sources - J. Lockman, NRAO
Includes stray radiation - Short Spacing Corrections from a Single-Dish Perspective - J. Ott, NRAO
Combining synthesis and single dish data - Radio Transients - M. McLaughlin, WVU
- Radio telescopes from the software perspective - M. Clark, NRAO
- Online tools for Astronomers - D. Frayer, NRAO
- Astrobiology - T. Remijan, NRAO
- Writing Effective Telescope Proposals - C. Salter, NAIC
- GBT proposal specifics - T. Minter, NRAO
- Observing with coherent detector arrays - R. Minchin, NAIC
- Observing with bolometer arrays - B. Mason, NRAO
- ALMA as a Total Power Telescope - A. Wootten, NRAO
- Closing Thoughts - The Future of Radio Astronomy - K. O'Neil, NRAO
School support provided by NSF, NRAO, NAIC
