High Time Resolution Astrophysics - Astrophysics and Space Science Library 2008 edition

Marc Notes: Based on publisher-provided data.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: High Time Resolution Astrophysics and Pulsars / Andrew Shearer -- High Time Resolution Observations of Cataclysmic Variables / S. P. Littlefair -- High-Speed Optical Observations of X-ray Binaries / Tariq Shahbaz -- Stellar Pulsation, Subdwarf B Stars and High Time Resolution Astrophysics / C. Simon Jeffery -- High-Speed Optical Spectroscopy / T. R. Marsh -- Photonic Astronomy and Quantum Optics / Dainis Dravins -- ULTRACAM: An Ultra-Fast, Triple-Beam CCD Camera for High-Speed Astrophysics / V. S. Dhillon -- OPTIMA: A High Time Resolution Optical Photo-Polarimeter / G. Kanbach, A. Stefanescu, S. Duscha, M. M&uumlet;hlegger, F. Schrey, H. Steinle, A. Slowikowska, H. Spruit -- From QuantEYE to AquEYE-Instrumentation for Astrophysics on its Shortest Timescales / C. Barbieri, G. Naletto, F. Tamburini, T. Occhipinti, E. Giro, M. D'Onofrio -- Fast Spectroscopy and Imaging with the FORS2 HIT Mode / Kieran O'Brien -- An Ultra-High-Speed Stokes Polarimeter for Astronomy / R. Michael Redfern, Patrick P. Collins -- Use of an Extremely Large Telescope for HTRA / Oliver Ryan, Mike Redfern -- EMCCD Technology in High Precision Photometry on Short Timescales / Niall Smith, Alan Giltinan, Aidan O'Connor, Stephen O'Driscoll, Adrian Collins, Dylan Loughnan, Andreas Papageorgiou -- The Development of Avalanche Amplifying pnCCDs: A Status Report / L. Str&uumlet;der, G. Kanbach, N. Meidinger, F. Schopper, R. Hartmann, P. Holl, H. Soltau, R. Richter, G. Lutz -- Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes for High Time Resolution Astrophysics / Don Phelan, Alan P. Morrison -- Transition Edge Cameras for Fast Optical Spectrophotometry / Roger W. Romani, Thomas J. Bay, Jennifer Burney, Blas Cabrera -- Imaging Photon Counting Detectors for High Time Resolution Astronomy / O. H. W. Siegmund, J. V. Vallerga, B. Welsh, A. S. Tremsin, J. B. McPhate -- Index. Publisher Marketing: 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.

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