Experimental astrophysics

Experimental astrophysics

by Battistelli, Elia Stefano

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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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Title Statements

  • Full title :Experimental astrophysics / Elia Stefano Battistelli.

Summary

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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2021

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):IOP Publishing
  • Place of Publication:Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK)
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2021

Notes

"Version: 202110"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (various pagings) : : illustrations (some color).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0750331194, 9780750331197, 9780750331180, 0750331186
  • DOI:10.1088/2514-3433/ac0ce4
  • oclc:on1295590537
  • LC Classification:QB461
  • Dewey Decimal:522

Table of Contents

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…

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Subjects

AAS: Instrumentation, Software, Laborat… Astronomical instruments Astronomical observation -- observatori… Astronomie -- Instruments Astrophysics -- Experiments Astrophysics -- Technique Astrophysique -- Expériences Astrophysique -- Technique

Writers

Battistelli, Elia Stefano

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