X-Ray Detectors in Astronomy

Klappentext First published in 1989! this book provides a comprehensive review of the detection techniques that are used in X-ray astronomy. Zusammenfassung This book describes the first 25 years of astronomical X-ray instrumentation and summarises the areas of current detector research! giving particular emphasis to imaging devices and to non-dispersive devices of high spectral resolution. It is the first book to give such a comprehensive treatment of the subject! and will provide astronomers with a valuable summary of detection techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Observational techniques in X-ray astronomy; 2. Proportional counters; 3. Microchannel plates; 4. Semiconductor detectors; 5. Scintillators, phosphors and NEADs; 6. Single photon calorimeters; Appendices; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: G. W. Fraser
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521106030
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10603-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Astrophysics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy