Books:
- Longair M. 'High Energy Astrophysics'
- Meaburn J. 'Detection and Spectrometry of faint Light'
(QC373.S7.M4)
- Fraser G.W. 'X-Ray Detectors in Astronomy'
- Carleton N. 'Methods of Experimental Physics V12A'
- Ogelman H. 'Introduction to Experimental Techniques in High
Enery Astrophysics' (NASA SP243)
- Longhurst R.S. 'Geometrical & Physical Optics'
- Jenkins & White 'Fundamentals of Optics'
- Born & Wolf 'Principles of Optics'
Course:
What we detect?
Optical Systems
Quantum Detectors
Spectrometers
Prism Spectrometers
Diffraction Grating Instruments
Typical Spectrometres
Fabry-Perot Ethalons and Interfrence Filters
Fourier Transform Spectrometers
SNR Considerations
Angular Resolution Considerations
Adoptive Optics
Photon Interactions in a Media
Observational Techniques in X-Ray Astronomy
Proprotional Counters
X-Ray Optics
High Energy Dedectors
Extensive Air Showers
Neutrino Experiments
CCD Devices in Astronomy
Time series analysis
convolution and correlation
Fourier analysis
Search for Periodic Signals in Time Series
New concepts for devices (MKID etc.) ...
Recent Missions:
SWIFT, FERMI (GLAST), INTEGRAL, XMM
etc ...
Old Missions:
IUE, ROSAT, GRO, SPITZER
etc ...
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