High Time Resolution Astrophysics

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048176573
• ISBN13: 9789048176571
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"