Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy : : An Illustrated History.

• Superior document: Historical and Cultural Astronomy Series
• Author: Orchiston, Wayne.
• TeilnehmendeR: Robertson, Peter.; Sullivan III, Woodruff T.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Historical and Cultural Astronomy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (281 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: From Radar to Radio Astronomy -- References -- Chapter 2: Frontier Life at the Field Stations -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Dover Heights -- 2.3 Georges Heights -- 2.4 Hornsby Valley -- 2.5 Bankstown Aerodrome -- 2.6 Potts Hill -- 2.7 Penrith -- 2.8 Dapto -- 2.9 Badgery's Creek -- 2.10 Fleurs -- 2.11 Murraybank -- References -- Chapter 3: Exploring the Neighbourhood - the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter -- 3.1 The Sun -- 3.1.1 The first solar observations at Radiophysics -- 3.1.2 Solar eclipses and solar bursts -- 3.1.3 Classifying solar bursts at Penrith and Dapto -- 3.1.4 Studies of the 'quiet Sun' at Potts Hill -- 3.2 The Moon -- 3.3 Jupiter -- References -- Chapter 4: Expanding Horizons - The Milky Way and Beyond -- 4.1 Discovery of the First Discrete Radio Sources -- 4.2 From Dover Heights to Fleurs -- 4.3 Radio Emission from the Galactic Centre -- 4.4 Surveys of the Background Radio Emission -- 4.5 Distribution of Neutral Hydrogen -- 4.6 Radio Emission from Stars -- References -- Chapter 5: Where did it all Lead? -- 5.1 Beyond the Doors of Radiophysics -- 5.2 Big Science comes to Australia -- 5.3 Changing of the Guard -- 5.4 Pulsars - Cosmic Lighthouses at Radio Wavelengths -- 5.5 A Birthday Present for the Nation -- 5.6 A Radio Telescope as Wide as Australia -- 5.7 Simply Astronomical - the Square Kilometre Array -- References -- About the Authors -- Bibliography on Early Australian Radio Astronomy -- Index.