High Time Resolution Astrophysics.
Series: Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 351.[New York?] : Springer Science+Business Media, 2008Description: x, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781402065170
- 1402065175
- QB461 .H53 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.