High Time Resolution Astrophysics

Don Phelan

ISBN 10: 9048176573 / ISBN 13: 9789048176571

Published by Springer Netherlands Nov 2010, 2010

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is quite simply the first volume of its kind dedicated to the area of high time resolution astrophysics. High time resolution astrophysics (HTRA) is an important new window on the universe and a vital tool in understanding a range of phenomena from diverse objects and radiative processes. Underlining this science foundation, technological developments in both instrumentation and detectors are described. 360 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands Nov 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048176573
• ISBN 13: 9789048176571
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 20D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 546 grams

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Synopsis

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.