High Time Resolution Astrophysics

High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) is an important new window to the universe and a vital tool in understanding a range of phenomena from diverse objects and radiative processes. This importance is demonstrated in this volume with the description of a number of topics in astrophysics, includin...

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Other Authors: Phelan, Don. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ryan, Oliver. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shearer, Andrew. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 351
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6518-7
Summary:High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) is an important new window to the universe and a vital tool in understanding a range of phenomena from diverse objects and radiative processes. This importance is demonstrated in this volume with the description of a number of topics in astrophysics, including quantum optics, cataclysmic variables, pulsars, X-ray binaries and stellar pulsations to name a few. Underlining this science foundation, technological developments in both instrumentation and detectors are described. These instruments and detectors combined cover a wide range of timescales and can measure fluxes, spectra and polarisation. These advances make it possible for HTRA to make a big contribution to our understanding of the Universe in the next decade.
Physical Description:X, 350 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781402065187
ISSN:0067-0057 ;