Low-frequency radio recombination lines: observations and data processing
Abstract
In this report, the observations of radio recombination lines which are carried out with radio telescope UTR-2 using a 4096-channel autocorrelometer and 16-bit digital spectral analyzer are described. The correct processing and interpretation of observational results provide new information about the basic parameters of the interstellar medium - electron temperature, electron density, element abundances, distribution of ionized gas. Analysis of radio recombination lines' parameters provides new opportunities not only for astrophysics but also for physical science as a whole.
- Publication:
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Kosmichna Nauka i Tekhnologiya
- Pub Date:
- February 2017
- DOI:
- 10.15407/knit2017.01.050
- Bibcode:
- 2017KosNT..23a..50K
- Keywords:
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- quantum transitions;
- radio recombination lines;
- radio telescope UTR-2;
- spectral analyzer