Astrophysis Optical and Infrared
Published on 5. September 1974
586 pages
978-0-08-085990-3 (ISBN)
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Astrophysis Optical and Infrared
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N. Carleton
Astrophysics: Optical and Infrared
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- Front Cover
- Astrophysics
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Photomultipliers: Their Cause and Cure
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. An Idealized Photomultiplier
- 1.3. Basic Physics of Photomultipliers
- 1.4. Real Photomultipliers
- 1.5. Photomultipliers and System Components
- Chapter 2. Other Components in Photometric Systems
- 2.1. Optical Systems
- 2.2. Calibration Problems and Standard Sources
- 2.3. Principles of Photometer Design
- Chapter 3. Observational Technique and Data Reduction
- 3.1. Atmospheric Extinction
- 3.2. Transformation to a Standard System
- Chapter 4. Reshaping and Stabilization of Astronomical Images
- 4.1. Reshaping of Images
- 4.2. Stabilization of Images
- Chapter 5. Detective Performance of Photographic Plates
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Photographic Photometry
- 5.3. Signal-to-Noise and Detective Quantum Efficiency
- 5.4. Detective Performance of Kodak Spectroscopic Plates, Types IIa-O, 103a-O, and IIIa-J
- Chapter 6. Two-Dimensional Electronic Recording
- 6.1. Phosphor Output Image Tubes
- 6.2. Electrographic Tubes
- 6.3. Television Systems for Astronomical Applications
- Chapter 7. X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detection by Means of Atmospheric Interactions: Fluorescence and Cerenkov Radiation
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Detection of Cosmic X Rays by Atmospheric Fluorescence
- 7.3. Detection of Cosmic Gamma Rays by Atmospheric Cerenkov Radiation
- Chapter 8. Polarization Techniques
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Analyzers for Linearly Polarized Light
- 8.3. Retarders
- 8.4. Depolarizers
- 8.5. Optimum Design of an Astronomical Polarimeter
- 8.6. Instrumental Corrections
- 8.7. Astronomical Polarimetry in the Future: Television and Image Tube Techniques
- Chapter 9. The Instrumentation and Techniques of Infrared Photometry
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Detectors
- 9.3. Associated Apparatus
- 9.4. Telescope Design
- 9.5. Modulation and Space Filtering Techniques
- 9.6. Atmospheric Limitations
- 9.7. The Infrared Photometric System
- 9.8. Observing Procedure
- Chapter 10. Diffraction Grating Instruments
- 10.1. General Spectrometer Considerations
- 10.2. Diffraction Gratings
- 10.3. Grating Spectrometers
- 10.4. Echelle Spectrometers
- 10.5. Concluding Comments
- Chapter 11. Fourier Spectrometers
- 11.0. Introduction
- 11.1. Historical Background
- 11.2. Theory of Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
- 11.3. Fourier Spectroscopy in Practice
- Appendix A
- Chapter 12. Fabry-Perot Instruments for Astronomy
- 12.0. Introduction
- 12.1. The Ideal Fabry-Perot Interferometer
- 12.2. Application of the Fabry-Perot Interferometer as a Spectrometer
- 12.3. Multiple Fabry-Perot Spectrometers
- 12.4. Observation of Astronomical Sources with Fabry-Perot Spectrometers
- 12.5. Examples of Basic Fabry-Perot Spectrometer Design for Astronomical Observations
- 12.6. Adjustment and Calibration of Fabry-Perot Spectrometers
- 12.7. Comparison with Other Instruments
- Author Index
- Subject Index
