Diffraction-limited imaging with large and moderate telescopes /
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| Author / Creator: | Saha, Swapan K. |
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| Imprint: | Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007. |
| Description: | xxix, 604 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6635811 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to electromagnetic theory
- Wave optics and polarization
- Interference and diffraction
- Image formation
- Theory of atmospheric turbulence
- Speckle imaging
- Adaptive optics
- High resolution detectors
- Image processing
- Astronomy fundamentals
- Black body radiation
- Astronomical measurements
- Binary stars
- Conventional instruments at telescopes
- Occultation technique
- Astronomical applications
- High resolution imaging of extended objects
- Stellar objects
- Dark speckle method
- Basic mathematics for Fourier optics
- Bispectrum and phase values using triple-correlation algorithm.
