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Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources

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Tools of Radio Astronomy

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As mentioned in the preceding chapter, radio sources can be divided into two classes: thermal and nonthermal. Here we will give examples of each class and discuss the physics involved in some detail.

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Rohlfs, K., Wilson, T.L. (1996). Some Examples of Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Sources. In: Tools of Radio Astronomy. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03266-4_10

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