Syllabus
Telescopes and Detectors – optical, infrared, radio, x-rays, gamma-rays, neutrinos and cosmic rays; Gravitational radiation; Detection of dark matter and Dark Energy Astronomy from Space;Imaging – focal plane imagers, PSF and deconvolution, interferometry Photometry, Spectroscopy, Polarimetry, Astrometry; Solar telescopes; Surveys, Astronomical databases, Virtual Observatory
Text Books
1. C.R. Kitchin, Astrophysical Techniques, CRC press.
2. M.Longair, High Energy Astrophysics vol 1, Cambridge University Press.
References
Same as Text Books