Low Frequency Astrophysics from Space: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Crystal City, Virginia, Usa, on 8 and 9 January 1990

by Namir E. Kassim

Reflections on the radio astronomy explorer program of the 1960s and 70s.- Low frequency astrophysics with a space array.- The Lunar Observer radio astronomy experiment (LORAE).- Very low frequency radio astronomy from the moon.- An evolutionary sequence of low frequency radio astronomy missions.- Hectometer and kilometer wavelength radio astronomy.- A simple low-cost array on the lunar near-side for the early lunar expeditions.- A very low frequency array for the lunar far-side.- Radio noise near the earth in the 1-30 MHz frequency range.- A quantitative assessment of RFI in the near-earth environment.- Status of low frequency radio astronomical allocations at the 1992 World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC-92).- Solar radio astronomy at low frequencies.- Some problems in low frequency solar radio physics.- Broad-band images of AKR from ISEE-3.- Low frequency propagation in the Earth's magnetosphere.- Monitoring Jupiter's hectometric emission.- The low density ionized component of the interstellar medium and free-free absorption at high galactic latitudes.- Supernovae and supernova remnants at low frequencies.- Low frequency spectral lines from the cold ISM.- HII regions in absorption at low frequencies.- Low-frequency angular broadening and diffuse interstellar plasma turbulence.- Low frequency interstellar scattering and pulsar observations.- Pulsar astronomy at meter and decameter Results from Arecibo.- Refractive interstellar scintillation effects at low frequencies.- Low frequency surveying.- The new Cambridge 38 MHz radio survey - 1 steradian at 4 arcmin resolution and sub-Jansky sensitivity.- Cosmic rays in the galaxy and their implications for VLF Radio Astronomy.- Cosmic rays and the galactic radio background emission.- Known and expected sources of low-frequency radiation.- Extrapolating electron spectra to low energies.- Radio emission from intergalactic gas, and its implications for low frequency astronomy in space.- In and around extragalactic sources at low frequencies.

280 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1990