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Introduction to Radio Astronomy
Dr. Grant R. DennMetropolitan State University of Denver
Undergraduate Alfalfa Workshop 2017
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Undergraduate Alfalfa Workshop 2017
Hey Tweeters: the proper hashtags for this meeting are:
#UAT17 #GBO #GBT
#METROBATHANDTILE
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This talk sponsored by:
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Introduction to Radio Astronomy
1) Stuff in space2) Telescopes3) Physics
For an excellent rigorous introduction to radio astronomy:https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/courses/era
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Atmospheric windows
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The Sun at 5 GHz
Gyro-emissionthermal gyroresonancenonthermalgyrosynchrotron- Thermal free-free emission- Plasma emission
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Jupiter
Students:What do you think is causing the radio emission of Jupiter?
Synchrotron Radiation
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Supernova Remnants
Cassiopiea A Crab Nebula
Radio, X-ray, and Optical
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Neutral Hydrogen (HI) in galactic coordinates
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“Radio Galaxies” Lobes are 100000 l-yracross
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3C75 in radio and X-ray
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Cosmic Microwave Radio Background
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Telescopes
Karl Jansky 1930s
1 Jy = 10-26 W/(m2 Hz)
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Arecibo (Puerto Rico) 300m (1963)
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The VLA in Socorro, NM (1975, upgraded 2010)
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Very Long Baseline Array -VLBA (1994)
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Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (2000) (110 m)
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ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array) 2013
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FAST: Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (2016)
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How do we see the jets in AGN?
Recall from optics that the resolution of a telescope is
Θ = 1.22 λ/D where
λ is the wavelength of light
D is the diameter of the telescope
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Resolutions
For a typical optical telescope:
λ = 5 x 10-7 m D = 1 m
Θ ≅ 10-6 rad = 0.2” (arc seconds)
BUT the atmosphere blurs all point sources into seeing disks of > 1”.
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How do we overcome poor resolution due to the long radio
wavelengths?With big telescopes like Arecibo?
300 m dish
(world’s largest)
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Resolution of Arecibo λ = 6 x 10-2 m (6 cm)
D = 300 m
Θ ≅ 10-4 rad = 20” (arc seconds)
(Compared to 1” for optical telescopes)
Interferometry does better!
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InterferometryAn interferometer measures the Fourier Transform of the brightness distribution on the sky. Ex) A musical signal hits your ear as a wave that can be expressed as P(t), or power as a function of time. But you could analyze it in terms of P(f), a function of frequency. Frequency and time are called conjugate variables, and the mathematics to get from one to another is the Fourier Transform. Likewise, sky brightness can be described as a function of the conjugate variable to position, called spatial frequency.
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Fourier Transforms in Interferometry
We want I(x,y), the intensity as a function of positionand measure V(u,v), the visibility as a function of spatialfrequency. They are related by the Fourier Transforms:
dxdyeyxIvuV
dudvevuVyxIvyuxi
vyuxi
∫∫∫∫
+−
+
=
=
)(2
)(2
),(),(
),(),(π
π
Although I is real, V is complex
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InterferometryAn interferometer uses connected antennas to measure the interference pattern, and the effective diameter of the telescope is the distance between the antennas.
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Resolution of the VLA
λ = 6 x 10-2 m (6 cm)
D = 30000 m
Θ ≅ 10-6 rad = 0.5” (arc second)
Already better than optical telescopes,
but why stop there...
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Resolution of the VLBA
λ = 6 x 10-2 m (6 cm)
D = 107 m
Θ ≅ 10-9 rad = 0.001”
(milliarcseconds!!)
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Radio Emission from Celestial Objects
Thermal Emission• H II Objects: Free-Free emission
Non-Thermal Emission• Synchrotron
Spectral Lines• HI, Molecules (CO)
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H II regions
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Bremsstrahlung a.k.aBraking Radiation
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opaque transparent
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Synchrotron Emission
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Relativistic electrons in magnetic fields
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Spectral Lines
• Recombination (e.g. H 109αat 5 GHz)
• Molecular (e.g. 13C16O at 110.2 GHz)
• H I Hyperfine at 21 cm (1420 MHz)
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21 cm <=> 1420 MHz
11 MYrτ ≈
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UGC 11707- spiral galaxy
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Note to self: insert some grandiose comment about how radio astronomy is the bees knees here for a nice conclusion.