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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.
List of contents
High Time Resolution Astrophysics and Pulsars.- High Time Resolution Observations of Cataclysmic Variables.- High-Speed Optical Observations of X-ray Binaries.- Stellar Pulsation, Subdwarf B Stars and High Time Resolution Astrophysics.- High-Speed Optical Spectroscopy.- Photonic Astronomy and Quantum Optics.- ULTRACAM: An Ultra-Fast, Triple-Beam CCD Camera for High-Speed Astrophysics.- OPTIMA: A High Time Resolution Optical Photo-Polarimeter.- From QuantEYE to AquEYE-Instrumentation for Astrophysics on its Shortest Timescales.- Fast Spectroscopy and Imaging with the FORS2 HIT Mode.- An Ultra-High-Speed Stokes Polarimeter forAstronomy.- Use of an Extremely Large Telescope for HTRA.- EMCCD Technology in High Precision Photometry on Short Timescales.- The Development of Avalanche Amplifying pnCCDs: A Status Report.- Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes for High Time Resolution Astrophysics.- Transition Edge Cameras for Fast Optical Spectrophotometry.- Imaging Photon Counting Detectors for High Time Resolution Astronomy.
Summary
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.
