Reza Rezaei

Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology

Radio Telescopes

Abstract: In this seminar, I try to motivate people why we are interested in Radio Astronomy and why it has awarded several Nobel prizes. Then I focus on technical aspects of how actually a radio telescope works. Radio telescopes are different from giant antennas in telecommunications. To have an idea about sensitivity of radio signal, you can imagine that if we combine all the radio signal that a telescope gathers during half a century, we cannot illuminate a bulb lamp. Finally, I briefly review some of the leading radio telescopes across the globe. As most of the audience are familiar with optical astronomy, I try to use language of the optical telescopes to familiarize people with radio telescopes. This is the first part of three talks. The second and third talks will be about radio interferometry and detectors.

یکشنبه 20 فروردین 1402، ساعت 17:30

Sunday 9 April 2023 – 17:30 Tehran Time

Hybrid Seminar

آمفی تئاتر دانشکده فیزیک-تالار جنابPhysics Department – Amphitheater- Jenab Hall/

https://vc.sharif.edu/ch/cosmology

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