| Radio Astronomical Fundamentals / 1： |
| On the Role of Radio Astronomy in Astrophysics / 1.1： |
| The Radio Window / 1.2： |
| Some Basic Definitions / 1.3： |
| Radiative Transfer / 1.4： |
| Black Body Radiation and the Brightness Temperature / 1.5： |
| The Nyquist Theorem and the Noise Temperature / 1.6： |
| Problems |
| Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals / 2： |
| Maxwell's Equations / 2.1： |
| Energy Conservation and the Poynting Vector / 2.2： |
| Complex Field Vectors / 2.3： |
| The Wave Equation / 2.4： |
| Plane Waves in Nonconducting Media / 2.5： |
| Wave Packets and the Group Velocity / 2.6： |
| Plane Waves in Conducting Media / 2.7： |
| The Dispersion Measure of a Tenuous Plasma / 2.8： |
| Wave Polarization / 3： |
| Vector Waves / 3.1： |
| The Poincaré Sphere and the Stokes Parameters / 3.2： |
| Quasi-Monochromatic Plane Waves / 3.3： |
| The Stokes Parameters for Quasi-Monochromatic Waves / 3.4： |
| Faraday Rotation / 3.5： |
| Signal Processing and Receivers: Theory / 4： |
| Signal Processing and Stationary Stochastic Processes / 4.1： |
| Probability Density, Expectation Values and Ergodicity / 4.1.1： |
| Autocorrelation and Power Spectrum / 4.1.2： |
| Linear Systems / 4.1.3： |
| Filters / 4.1.4： |
| Digitization and Sampling / 4.1.5： |
| Gaussian Random Variables / 4.1.6： |
| Square Law Detectors / 4.1.7： |
| Limiting Receiver Sensitivity / 4.2： |
| Noise Uncertainties due to Random Processes / 4.2.1： |
| Receiver Stability / 4.2.2： |
| Receiver Calibration / 4.2.3： |
| Practical Receiver Systems / 5： |
| Historical Introduction / 5.1： |
| Bolometer Radiometers / 5.1.1： |
| The Noise Equivalent Power of a Bolometer / 5.1.2： |
| Currently Used Bolometer Systems / 5.1.3： |
| Coherent Receivers / 5.2： |
| The Minimum Noise in a Coherent System / 5.2.1： |
| Basic Components: Passive Devices / 5.2.2： |
| Basic Components: Active Devices / 5.2.3： |
| Semiconductor Junctions / 5.2.4： |
| Practical HEMT Devices / 5.2.5： |
| Superconducting Mixers / 5.2.6： |
| Hot Electron Bolometers / 5.2.7： |
| Summary of Front Ends Presently in Use / 5.3： |
| Single Pixel Receiver Systems / 5.3.1： |
| Multibeam Systems / 5.3.2： |
| Back Ends: Correlation Receivers, Polarimeters and Spectrometers / 5.4： |
| Correlation Receivers and Polarimeters / 5.4.1： |
| Spectrometers / 5.4.2： |
| Fourier and Autocorrelation Spectrometers / 5.4.3： |
| Pulsar Back Ends / 5.4.4： |
| Fundamentals of Antenna Theory / 6： |
| Electromagnetic Potentials / 6.1： |
| Green's Function for the Wave Equation / 6.2： |
| The Hertz Dipole / 6.3： |
| Arrays of Emitters / 6.3.1： |
| Arrays of Hertz Dipoles / 6.3.2： |
| Radiation Fields of Filled Antennas / 6.4： |
| Two Dimensional Far Field / 6.4.1： |
| Three Dimensional Far Field / 6.4.2： |
| Circular Apertures / 6.4.3： |
| Antenna Taper Related to Power Pattern / 6.4.4： |
| The Reciprocity Theorem / 6.5： |
| Summary / 6.6： |
| Practical Aspects of Filled Aperture Antennas / 7： |
| Descriptive Antenna Parameters / 7.1： |
| The Power Pattern P(?, ?) / 7.1.1： |
| The Main Beam Solid Angle / 7.1.2： |
| The Effective Aperture / 7.1.3： |
| The Concept of Antenna Temperature / 7.1.4： |
| Primary Feeds / 7.2： |
| Prime Focus Feeds: Dipole and Reflector / 7.2.1： |
| Horn Feeds Used Today / 7.2.2： |
| Multiple Reflector Systems / 7.2.3： |
| Antenna Tolerance Theory / 7.3： |
| The Practical Design of Parabolic Reflectors / 7.4： |
| General Considerations / 7.4.1： |
| Specific Telescopes / 7.4.2： |
| Single Dish Observational Methods / 7.5： |
| The Earth's Atmosphere / 8.1： |
| Calibration Procedures / 8.2： |
| General / 8.2.1： |
| Compact Sources / 8.2.2： |
| Extended Sources / 8.2.3： |
| Calibration of cm Wavelength Telescopes / 8.2.4： |
| Calibration of mm and sub-mm Wavelength Telescopes for Heterodyne Systems / 8.2.5： |
| Bolometer Calibrations / 8.2.6： |
| Continuum Observing Strategies / 8.3： |
| Point Sources / 8.3.1： |
| Imaging of Extended Continuum Sources / 8.3.2： |
| Additional Requirements for Spectral Line Observations / 8.4： |
| Radial Velocity Settings / 8.4.1： |
| Stability of the Frequency Bandpass / 8.4.2： |
| Instrumental Frequency Baselines / 8.4.3： |
| The Effect of Stray Radiation / 8.4.4： |
| Spectral Line Observing Strategies / 8.4.5： |
| The Confusion Problem / 8.5： |
| Introduction / 8.5.1： |
| Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis / 9： |
| The Quest for Angular Resolution / 9.1： |
| The Two Element Interferometer / 9.1.1： |
| Two-Element Interferometers / 9.2： |
| Hardware Requirements / 9.2.1： |
| Calibration / 9.2.2： |
| Responses of Interferometers / 9.2.3： |
| Aperture Synthesis / 9.3： |
| An Appropriate Coordinate System / 9.3.1： |
| Historical Development / 9.3.2： |
| Interferometric Observations / 9.3.3： |
| Improving Visibility Functions / 9.3.4： |
| Multi-Antenna Array Calibrations / 9.3.5： |
| Data Processing / 9.3.6： |
| Advanced Image Improvement Methods / 9.4： |
| Self-Calibration / 9.4.1： |
| Applying Clean to the Dirty Map / 9.4.2： |
| Maximum Entropy Deconvolution Method (MEM) / 9.4.3： |
| Interferometer Sensitivity / 9.5： |
| Very Long Baseline Interferometers / 9.6： |
| Interferometers in Astrometry and Geodesy / 9.7： |
| Emission Mechanisms of Continuous Radiation / 10： |
| The Nature of Radio Sources / 10.1： |
| Black Body Radiation from Astronomical Objects / 10.1.1： |
| Radiation from Accelerated Electrons / 10.2： |
| The Frequency Distribution of Bremsstrahlung for an Individual Encounter / 10.3： |
| The Radiation of an Ionized Gas Cloud / 10.4： |
| Nonthermal Radiation Mechanisms / 10.5： |
| Review of the Lorentz Transformation / 10.6： |
| The Synchrotron Radiation of a Single Electron / 10.7： |
| The Total Power Radiated / 10.7.1： |
| The Angular Distribution of Radiation / 10.7.2： |
| The Frequency Distribution of the Emission / 10.7.3： |
| The Spectrum and Polarization of Synchrotron Radiation / 10.8： |
| The Spectral Distribution of Synchrotron Radiation from an ensemble of Electrons / 10.9： |
| Homogeneous Magnetic Field / 10.9.1： |
| Random Magnetic Field / 10.9.2： |
| Energy Requirements of Synchrotron Sources / 10.10： |
| Low-Energy Cut-Offs in Nonthermal Sources / 10.11： |
| Inverse Compton Scattering / 10.12： |
| The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect / 10.12.1： |
| Energy Loss from High-Brightness Sources / 10.12.2： |
| Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources / 11： |
| The Quiet Sun / 11.1： |
| Radio Radiation from H II Regions / 11.2： |
| Thermal Radiation / 11.2.1： |
| Radio Radiation from Ionized Stellar Winds / 11.2.2： |
| Supernovae and Supernova Remnants / 11.3： |
| The Hydrodynamic Evolution of Supernova Remnants / 11.4： |
| The Free-Expansion Phase / 11.4.1： |
| The Second Phase: Adiabatic Expansion / 11.4.2： |
| The Radio Evolution of Older Supernova Remnants / 11.5： |
| Pulsars / 11.6： |
| Detection and Source Nature / 11.6.1： |
| Distance Estimates and Galactic Distribution / 11.6.2： |
| Intensity Spectrum and Pulse Morphology / 11.6.3： |
| Pulsar Timing / 11.6.4： |
| Rotational Slowdown and Magnetic Moment / 11.6.5： |
| Binary Pulsars and Millisecond Pulsars / 11.6.6： |
| Radio Emission Mechanism / 11.6.7： |
| Extragalactic Sources / 11.7： |
| Radio Galaxies: Cygnus A / 11.7.1： |
| An Example of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect: Clusters of Galaxies / 11.7.2： |
| Relativistic Effects and Time Variability / 11.7.3： |
| Spectral Line Fundamentals / 12： |
| The Einstein Coefficients / 12.1： |
| Radiative Transfer with Einstein Coefficients / 12.2： |
| Dipole Transition Probabilities / 12.3： |
| Simple Solutions of the Rate Equation / 12.4： |
| Line Radiation of Neutral Hydrogen / 13： |
| The 21 cm Line of Neutral Hydrogen / 13.1： |
| The Zeeman Effect / 13.2： |
| Spin Temperatures / 13.3： |
| Emission and Absorption Lines / 13.4： |
| The Influence of Beam Filling Factors and Source Geometry / 13.4.1： |
| The Physical State of the Diffuse Interstellar Gas / 13.5： |
| Differential Velocity Fields and the Shape of Spectral Lines / 13.6： |
| The Galactic Velocity Field in the Interstellar Gas / 13.7： |
| Atomic Lines in External Galaxies / 13.8： |
| Virial Masses / 13.8.1： |
| The Tully-Fisher Relation / 13.8.2： |
| Recombination Lines / 14： |
| Emission Nebulae / 14.1： |
| Photoionization Structure of Gaseous Nebulae / 14.2： |
| Pure Hydrogen Nebulae / 14.2.1： |
| Hydrogen and Helium Nebulae / 14.2.2： |
| Actual HII Regions / 14.2.3： |
| Rydberg Atoms / 14.3： |
| Line Intensities Under LTE Conditions / 14.4： |
| Line Intensities when LTE Conditions do not Apply / 14.5： |
| Collisional Broadening / 14.5.1： |
| The Interpretation of Radio Recombination Line Observations / 14.6： |
| Anomalous Cases / 14.6.1： |
| Recombination Lines from Other Elements / 14.7： |
| Overview of Molecular Basics / 15： |
| Basic Concepts / 15.1： |
| Rotational Spectra of Diatomic Molecules / 15.2： |
| Hyperfine Structure in Linear Molecules / 15.2.1： |
| Vibrational Transitions / 15.3： |
| Line Intensities of Linear Molecules / 15.4： |
| Total Column Densities of CO Under LTE Conditions / 15.4.1： |
| Symmetric Top Molecules / 15.5： |
| Energy Levels / 15.5.1： |
| Spin Statistics / 15.5.2： |
| Hyperfine Structure / 15.5.3： |
| Line Intensities and Column Densities / 15.5.4： |
| Asymmetric Top Molecules / 15.6： |
| Spin Statistics and Selection Rules / 15.6.1： |
| Line Intensities and Column Densitiess / 15.6.3： |
| Electronic Angular Momentum / 15.6.4： |
| Molecules with Hindered Motions / 15.6.5： |
| Molecules in Interstellar Space / 16： |
| History / 16.1： |
| Molecular Excitation / 16.2： |
| Excitation of a Two-Level System / 16.2.1： |
| Maser Emission Processes in One Dimension / 16.2.2： |
| Non-LTE Excitation of Molecules / 16.2.3： |
| Models of Radiative Transfer / 16.3： |
| The Large Velocity Gradient Model / 16.3.1： |
| Spectral Lines as Diagnostic Tools / 16.4： |
| Kinetic Temperatures / 16.4.1： |
| Linewidths, Radial Motions and Intensity Distributions / 16.4.2： |
| Mass Estimates and Cloud Stability / 16.4.3： |
| Signatures of Cloud Collapse / 16.4.8： |
| A Selected Sample of Results / 16.5： |
| Chemistry / 16.6： |
| Clouds for which the UV Field can be Neglected / 16.6.1： |
| Models of Photon Dominated Regions / 16.6.2： |
| Results / 16.6.3： |
| Ion-Molecule Chemistry / 16.6.4： |
| Grain Chemistry / 16.6.5： |
| Searches for New Molecules / 16.6.6： |
| Some Useful Vector Relations / A： |
| The Fourier Transform / B： |
| The Van Vleck Clipping Correction: One Bit Quantization / C： |
| The Hankel Transform / D： |
| A List of Calibration Radio Sources / F： |
| The Mutual Coherence Function and van Cittert-Zernike Theorem / G： |
| The Mutual Coherence Function / G.1： |
| The Coherence Function of Extended Sources: The van Cittert-Zernike Theorem / G.2： |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
