eBook details
- Title: High Time Resolution Astrophysics
- Author : Don Phelan, Oliver Ryan & Andrew Shearer
- Release Date : January 23, 2007
- Genre: Physics,Books,Science & Nature,Astronomy,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 15894 KB
Description
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.