scholarly journals The Future of Radio Astronomy: Options for Dealing with Human Generated Interference

2001 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Ekers ◽  
J. F. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Radio Astronomy ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Thermal Processes ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
New Science ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The Future ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Universe ◽  
New Instruments

Radio astronomy provides a unique window on the universe, allowing us to study non-thermal processes (e.g. galactic nuclei, quasars, pulsars) at the highest angular resolution using VLBI, with low opacity. It is the most interesting waveband for SETI searches. To date it has yielded three Nobel prizes (microwave background, pulsars, gravitational radiation). There are both exciting possibilities and substantial challenges for radio astronomy to remain at the cutting edge over the next three decades. New instruments like ALMA and the SKA will open up new science if the challenge of dealing with human generated interference can be met. We summarise some of the issues and technological developments that will be essential to the future success of radio astronomy.

scholarly journals Cosmological Information from New Types of Radio Observations

1977 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 379-387
Author(s):  
William C. Saslaw
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Cosmological Models ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Radio Observations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Measured Flux ◽  
The Future ◽  
Number Counts ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Far Future

To have squeezed the Universe into a ballTo roll it toward some overwhelming question.T. S. EliotSo far, we have mainly discussed what might be called classical methods for investigating cosmological models using radio observations. These mostly involve the number counts as a function of measured flux, angular diameters, and spatial distribution of radio sources at cosmological distances, as well as the measurements of the microwave background. In this review, I have been asked to give a brief description of some new, or non-classical, measurements that might be made. It seems that such measurements fall into one of three categories: Observations which are being made now and which may bear fruit in the next several years, observations which may be possible in the intermediate future several decades from now, and observations which may be possible in the far future - if ever. Naturally I'll try to concentrate on the first two categories since they will be of more interest to most living astronomers during their working lifetimes. Also, since time is short and it is very difficult to predict the future, I'm afraid that this review will be somewhat impressionistic rather than exhaustive. I hope people will describe additional methods during the discussion.

scholarly journals Radio astronomy in the future: impact on relativity

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S261) ◽  
pp. 366-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Radio Astronomy ◽  
Gravitational Radiation ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Binary Pulsar ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Revolution

AbstractRadio astronomy has played an important part in the study of relativity. Famous examples include the discovery and exploitation of pulsars for precise binary pulsar tests, the proof of the existence of gravitational radiation and the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave background. In the future, radio astronomy will continue to play a decisive role, assisted by new and upcoming instruments like LOFAR and the SKA. In this review, I will present the revolution that is ongoing in radio astronomical techniques and outline the impact expected on the studies of relativity.

scholarly journals B2FH, the Cosmic Microwave Background and Cosmology

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
G. Burbidge
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Active Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Cyclic Universe ◽  
Fred Hoyle ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Made In

AbstractIn this talk I shall start by describing how we set about and carried out the work that led to the publication of Burbidge et al. (1957, hereafter B2FH). I then shall try and relate this work and the circumstances that surrounded it to the larger problem of the origin and formation of the universe. Here it is necessary to look back at the way that ideas developed and how, in many situations, astronomers went astray. Of course this is a personal view, though I very strongly believe that if he were still here, it is the approach that Fred Hoyle would take.I start by describing the problems originally encountered by Gamow and his associates in trying to decide where the helium was made. This leads me to a modern discussion of the origin of 2D, 3He, 4He and 7Li, originally described by B2FH as due to the x-process. While it is generally argued, following Gamow, Alpher, and Herman, that these isotopes were synthesised in a big bang I shall show that it is equally likely that these isotopes were made in active galactic nuclei, as was the cosmic microwave background (CMB), in a cyclic universe model. The key piece of observational evidence is that the amount of energy released in the conversion of hydrogen to helium in the universe is very close to the energy carried by the CMB, namely ∼4.5 × 10−13 erg cm−3.

New results from testing relativistic gravity with radio pulsars

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Radio Astronomy ◽  
Relativistic Astrophysics ◽  
Radio Pulsars ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Binary Pulsars ◽  
Lab Experiments ◽  
Complementary Role ◽  
Near Future ◽  
New Instruments

We experience a golden era in testing and exploring relativistic gravity. Whether it is results from gravitational-wave detectors, satellite or lab experiments, radio astronomy plays an important complementary role. Here, one can mention the cosmic microwave background, black hole imaging and, obviously, binary pulsars. This talk will concentrate on the latter and new results from studies of strongly self-gravitating bodies with unrivalled precision. This presentation compares the results to other methods, discusses implications for other areas of relativistic astrophysics and will give an outlook of what we can expect from new instruments in the near future.

Applications of Nanotechnology for Textile Products: A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Nemailal Tarafder
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Nanometer Scale ◽  
Cotton Industry ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The Future ◽  
Properties Of Materials ◽  
Textile Products

The fundamentals of nanotechnology lie in the fact that the properties of materials drastically change when their dimensions are reduced to nanometer scale. Nanotextiles can be produced by a variety of methods. The use of nanotechnology in the textile industry has increased rapidly due to its unique and valuable properties. Changed or improved properties with nanotechnology can provide new or enhanced functionalities. Nanotechnology is a growing interdisciplinary technology and seen as a new industrial revolution. The future success of nanotechnology in textile applications lies in the areas where new principles will be combined into durable and multi-functional textile systems without compromising the inherent properties. The advances in nanotechnology have created enormous opportunities and challenges for the textile industry, including the cotton industry.

CREATING THE SITUATION OF SUCCESS IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES – A PREREQUISITE FOR THE HUMANIZATION OF EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 48-57
Author(s):  
Ayta Sakun ◽  
Tatiana Kadlubovich ◽  
Darina Chernyak
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Future Success ◽  
Cognitive Motivation ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Individual

The problem of success became relevant at the beginning of the XXI century. Everyone strives to succeed, to be confident in themselves and in the future. Success is recognized as one of the needs of the individual. Reforming modern education is designed to make it human-centered, effective, close to the practical needs of the learner. The humanization of education is impossible without creating situations of success in learning. Such situations activate a person's cognitive motivation, reveal his creative potential, make a person strong and confident. To create situations of success, teachers use a variety of methods and tools that enhance the cognitive activity of students.

Reflections into the Spirit of the Islamic Corpus of Knowledge and the Rise of the New Science

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-164
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Dhaouadi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Third World ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Western Science ◽  
New Science ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Primary Reference

There is no question that contemporary western civilization has beendominant in the field of science since the Renaissance. Western scientificsuperiority is not limited to specific scientific disciplines, but is rather anovetall scientific domination covering both the so-called exact and thehuman-social sciences. Western science is the primary reference for specialistsin such ateas as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, economics,psychology, and sociology. It is in this sense that Third World underdevelopmentis not only economic, social, and industrial; it also suffersfrom scientific-cultutal underdevelopment, or what we call "The OtherUnderdevelopment" (Dhaouadi 1988).The imptessive progress of western science since Newton and Descartesdoes not meari, however, that it has everything tight or perfect. Infact, its flaws ate becoming mote visible. In the last few decades, westernscience has begun to experience a shift from what is called classical scienceto new science. Classical science was associated with the celestialmechanics of Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, the new physics of Galileo,and the philosophy of Descartes. Descartes introduced a radical divisionbetween mind and matter, while Newton and his fellows presented a newscience that looked at the world as a kind of giant clock The laws of thisworld were time-reversible, for it was held that there was no differencebetween past and future. As the laws were deterministic, both the pastand the future could be predicted once the present was known.The vision of the emerging new science tends to heal the division betweenmatter and spirit and to do away with the mechanical dimension ...

A Rapture of the Nerds? A Comparison between Transhumanist Eschatology and Christian Parousia

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-367
Author(s):  
Roberto Paura
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Point Theory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Species ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Universe

Transhumanism is one of the main “ideologies of the future” that has emerged in recent decades. Its program for the enhancement of the human species during this century pursues the ultimate goal of immortality, through the creation of human brain emulations. Therefore, transhumanism offers its fol- lowers an explicit eschatology, a vision of the ultimate future of our civilization that in some cases coincides with the ultimate future of the universe, as in Frank Tipler’s Omega Point theory. The essay aims to analyze the points of comparison and opposition between transhumanist and Christian eschatologies, in particular considering the “incarnationist” view of Parousia. After an introduction concern- ing the problems posed by new scientific and cosmological theories to traditional Christian eschatology, causing the debate between “incarnationists” and “escha- tologists,” the article analyzes the transhumanist idea of mind-uploading through the possibility of making emulations of the human brain and perfect simulations of the reality we live in. In the last section the problems raised by these theories are analyzed from the point of Christian theology, in particular the proposal of a transhuman species through the emulation of the body and mind of human beings. The possibility of a transhumanist eschatology in line with the incarnationist view of Parousia is refused.

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