Experimental astrophysics

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We are now living in the multimessenger era in which often weak and elusive astrophysical phenomena need to be studied using different and orthogonal probes and information carriers in order to be fully understood. This book is designed to give advanced undergraduate students a description of the most popular techniques and instrumentation employed in modern astrophysics.

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Full title :Experimental astrophysics / Elia Stefano Battistelli.

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Publication Date:2021.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):IOP Publishing
Place of Publication:Bristol, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021.

The Physical Object

Description:1 volume : : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780750331173, 0750331178
oclc:on1127930785
LC Classification:QB461
Dewey Decimal:523.01

1. Astrophysical observables -- 1.1. Astrophysical information carriers -- 1.2. Cosmic rays -- 1.3. Meteorites -- 1.4. Cosmic dust -- 1.5. Gravitational waves -- 1.6. Neutrinos -- 1.7. Dark matter

2. Astronomical optics -- 2.1. Electromagnetic waves -- 2.2. Observables -- 2.3. Geometrical optics : Snell's law -- 2.4. Lenses and mirrors -- 2.5. Diffraction and interference

3. Telescopes -- 3.1. Diffraction-limited telescopes or not? -- 3.2. Refractive telescopes -- 3.3. Reflective telescopes -- 3.4. Telescope mounts -- 3.5. Telescopes construction -- 3.6. X-ray telescopes

4. Signal processing -- 4.1. Fourier transform -- 4.2. Transmission lines -- 4.3. Digital versus analog signals : ADC and DAC -- 4.4. Quantization -- 4.5. Sampling : Nyquist-Shannon theorem

5. Semiconductor Physics -- 5.1. Semiconductors and junctions -- 5.2. Diodes -- 5.3. Photomultipliers and their use in astrophysics -- 5.4. Junction-gate field-effect transistors -- 5.5. Transistors -- 5.6. Operational amplifier

6. Detectors in astronomy -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Coherent detectors -- 6.3. Thermal detectors -- 6.4. Quantum detectors -- 6.5. X-ray detectors -- 6.6. Detector characteristics

7. Read-out e…