Review Checklist - Sample Questions
Detectors: Non-Visible
Radiation
and Other Particles
Radio Telescopes
- Why do radio telescopes have to be very large?
- What is radio interferometry?
- How large are the largest radio interferometers?
- What are some differences between radio and
visible astronomy?
Other Forms of Electromagnetic
Radiation
- What are some differences between IR and
visible astronomy?
- What are some differences between UV and
visible astronomy?
- What are some differences between X-ray/gamma-ray
and visible astronomy?
- Why do we want to study objects using different
wavelengths?
Other Types of Waves and Particles
- Why do neutrino detectors need to be very
large?
- Are gravitational waves used in astronomy?
page by luca bombelli <bombelli at olemiss.edu>,
modified 29 sep 2012
