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Pulsars: Clocks in Space
Lecture no. 10 from the course: Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe
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Taught by Professor Felix J. Lockman | 30 min | Categories: Science
In the mid-1960s, astronomers discovered signals with predictable periodicity but no known source. In case these signals indicated extraterrestrial life, they were initially labeled LGM, Little Green Men. But research revealed the source of the pulsing radiation to be neutron stars. Learn how a star with a diameter of only a few kilometers and a mass similar to that of our Sun can spin around hund...
25 Lectures
1
Radio Astronomy and the Invisible Universe
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of 31 min
2
Thermal Radio Emission: The Planets
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of 29 min
3
The Birth of Radio Astronomy
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of 30 min
4
The Discovery of Interstellar Hydrogen
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of 27 min
5
Radio Telescopes and How They Work
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of 34 min
6
Mapping the Hydrogen Sky
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of 31 min
7
Tour of the Green Bank Observatory
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of 29 min
8
Tour of the Green Bank Telescope
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of 31 min
9
Hydrogen and the Structure of Galaxies
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of 32 min
10
Pulsars: Clocks in Space
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of 30 min
11
Pulsars and Gravity
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of 31 min
12
Pulsars and the 300-Foot Telescope
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of 32 min
13
The Big Bang: The Oldest Radio Waves
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of 31 min
14
H II Regions and the Birth of Stars
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of 31 min
15
Supernovas and the Death of Stars
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of 32 min
16
Radio Stars and Early Interferometers
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of 30 min
17
Radio Source Counts
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of 31 min
18
Active Galactic Nuclei and the VLA
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of 31 min
19
A Telescope as Big as the Earth
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of 31 min
20
Galaxies and Their Gas
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of 31 min
21
Interstellar Molecular Clouds
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of 32 min
22
Star Formation and ALMA
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of 33 min
23
Interstellar Chemistry and Life
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of 33 min
24
The Future of Radio Astronomy
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of 37 min
25
Three New Discoveries
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of 13 min
