ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
CONFERENCE SERIES
Volume 278
SINGLE-DISH RADIO ASTRONOMY:
TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS
Proceedings of the NAIC-NRAO Summer School held at
National Astronomy
and.
Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory,
Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA
10-15 June 2001
Edited by
Snezana Stanimirovic
National Astronomy and Ionosphere
Center,
Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo,
Puerto
Rico,
USA
Daniel R. Altschuler
National Astronomy and Ionosphere
Center,
Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo,
Puerto Rico, USA
Paul F. Goldsmith
National Astronomy and Ionosphere
Center,
Department of Astronomy,
Cornell
University,
Ithaca, New
York,
USA
and
Christopher J. Salter
National Astronomy and Ionosphere
Center,
Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo,
Puerto
Rico,
USA
Contents
Preface
IX
Participants
xi
Conference Photograph
xvi
The National Astronomy
and
Ionosphere Center's (NAIC) Arecibo
Observatory
in
Puerto Rico
1
D.
R.
Altschuler
Part 1. Fundamentals of Single-Dish Radio Astronomy
Why Single-Dish?
-^ 27
D.
T.
Emerson
Radio Telescopes
and
Measurements
at
Radio Wavelengths
45
P.
F. Goldsmith
Measurement
in
Radio Astronomy
81
D.
B.
Campbell
The Receiver System
- cm
Regime
91
R.
D. Norrod
The Receiver System
- mm
Regime
99
J. M. Payne
v
vi Contents
Back-ends
113
J. R.
Fisher
Spectrometry
and
Autocorrelation
. . 123
J. Hagen
A Heuristic Introduction
to
Radioastronomical Polarization
131
C.
Heiles
Part 2. Single-Dish Observing Disciplines and Associated Techniques
Continuum
1:
General Aspects
155
J. J.
Condon
Continuum
2:
Specific Applications
173
C. J.
Salter
The Rudiments
of
Spectral Line Radio Astronomy
187
H.
S.
Liszt
Spectral Line Advanced Topics
209
J.
M.
Dickey
Pulsar Observations
I. -
Propagation Effects, Searching, Distance
Estimates, Scintillations
and
VLBI
227
J. M.
Cordes
Pulsar Observations
II. -
Coherent Dedispersion, Polarimetry,
and
Timing
251
I.
H.
Stairs
Planetary Radar Astronomy
. 271
G.
J.
Black
Part 3. Calibration and Data Reduction
Single-Dish Calibration Techniques
at
Radio Wavelengths
293
K. O'Neil
Contents vii
Millimeter Wave Calibration Techniques 313
P.
R. Jewell
Reduction and Analysis Techniques 329
R.
J. Maddalena
Single-Dish Analysis within
AIPS
+ + 353
J. P. McMullin, R. W.
Garwood,
T.
Cornwell,
A. Kemball, and J. Braatz
Part 4. Special Topics
Short-Spacings Correction from the Single-Dish Perspective 375
S. Stanimirovic
Stray Radiation: Causes, Curses, and Cures 397
F. J. Lockman
The Effects of the Atmosphere 413
L.
Olmi
RFI and How to Deal with It 433
J. R. Fisher
Spectrum Management 447
T. Ghosh
Focal Plane Arrays
\ 453
J.
M. Payne
Bolometers for Submillimeter and Millimeter Astronomy 463
W.
Holland,
W. Duncan, and M. Griffin
Single-Dish Radio Telescopes of the World 493
C. J. Salter
Part 5. Poster Papers
First VLBI Observations with Arecibo in an International S2 Ad-hoc Array 507
I. Molotov, A. Chuprikov, S. Likhachev, C. J. Salter, T. Ghosh, F. Ghigo,
and S. Dougherty
viii
Contents
Exploring the Sensitivity Limit: 21-cm Observations of Low Surface
Brightness Galaxies with the Arecibo Telescope 511
K. O'Neil,
J.
Eder,
G.
Bothun,
and J.
Schombert
Simulating the Performance of Large Format Sub-mm Focal-plane Arrays 515
E. Chapin
and D. H.
Hughes
On the Life and Death of OH/IR Stars 519
B.
M.
Lewis
Arecibo Spectral Baselines in the Presence of Continuum Emission
... 521
T. Ghosh
and C. J.
Salter
Project Phoenix: SETI Observations from 1200 to 1750 MHz with the
Upgraded Arecibo Telescope 525
P.
R.
Backus
and the
Project Phoenix Team
Epilogue 529
L.
Solanch
Index 531