First published in 1989, this book provides a comprehensive review of the detection techniques that are used in X-ray astronomy. Since the first discovery of a cosmic X-ray source in 1962, there has been rapid growth in X-ray astronomy, which has largely been made possible by enormous advances in th...

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Main Author:	Fraser, G. W. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1989
Series:	Cambridge astrophysics 15
Subjects:	X-ray astronomy / Measurement X-ray astronomy / Instruments Photon detectors Röntgenastronomie Röntgendetektor Astronomie
Online Access:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Summary:	First published in 1989, this book provides a comprehensive review of the detection techniques that are used in X-ray astronomy. Since the first discovery of a cosmic X-ray source in 1962, there has been rapid growth in X-ray astronomy, which has largely been made possible by enormous advances in the capabilities of photon counting instrumentation. The 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
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 302 pages)
ISBN:	9780511735554
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511735554