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Online Textbook on Millimeter and Submilimeter Astronomy
Draft Contents
Millimeter and Submillimeter Emission Mechanisms
Molecules
Basic structures; diatomic molecules; etc.
Emission mechanisms
thermal; RRL; masers; LTE/non-LTE
Nonthermal (radio) vs. Thermal (mm)
Molecules/lines to trace dynamics
Moment maps
Common emission lines/frequencies: CO, HCN, HCO+,
H2O
, etc
Dust
Emission properties
Polarization
Science at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths
The Solar System
mm-wave properties of planets
Unobscured imaging of cometary nuclei and other solar system objects
Star and Planet Formation
Disk and jet formation and dynamics
Case Studies
TW Hydrae
ISM and Astrochemistry
Tracing physical conditions; density, temperature
LVG models
Tracing chemical conditions and abundances
chem composition in young systems (e.g. role of freeze-out/rerelease of gas-phase species on grains)
molecule formation in evolved stars/novae/supernovae
prebiotic molecules
Case Studies
The Orion Molecular Cloud
The Taurus Molecular Cloud
Normal Galaxies and Galactic Evolution
Spectral Energy Distributions of Normal Galaxies
Active Galaxies
Molecular gas on ~10-100 pc scales; test unification
Case Studies
Centaurus A
High-Z Galaxies
Inverse K-correction; dust imaging at high z
Measure z of SF galaxies using CO
Cosmology
The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Particularly Interesting/Well-studied targets in the mm/sub-mm
GC
CenA
OMC
TMC
PKS 1830-211/B0218+357
Arp220/NGC6240
TWHya
30 Dor
Observations at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelenghts
Review of Fundamentals
Blackbody
Rayleigh-Jeans
Temperature scales; Tsys; brightness temperature; flux density
Radiometer equation
A Review of Current and Future mm/sub-mm telescopes
ALMA capabilities and timelines
Receiver technologies
bolometers; TES; heterodyne
Mixers; SIS
HEMT; MMIC; HEB
Single dish observations
Interferometry and VLBI
Observing strategies
Single-dish strategies
Gain; Opacity
Switching (Freq switch; position switch; beam switch; chopper)
Mapping, OTF
Interferometer strategies
Amplitude; Delay; Bandpass; WVR; residual atmosphere
Self-cal and Phase ref
mm-wave calibrator targets
planets and asteroids
quasars
Sample sequence of targets for ALMA SB's
Resources available to mm-wave observers
splatalogue
tables/catalogs of targets and their fluxes
References
Essential Radio Astronomy Course
Original Course Outline
as of 6/6/2011.
ALMA Science Document
Introduction to Millimeter/Sub-Millimeter Astronomy, by T. L. Wilson, 3 Mar 2009
ALMA Presentations
Reports from the MMA Science Working Groups
ARO very basic
What is Submm Astronomy
and interesting
Grad student exercises
--
JonathanKeohane
- 2011-09-20
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