High Time Resolution Astrophysics

High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) is an important new window to the universe and a vital tool in understanding a range of phenomena from diverse objects and radiative processes. This importance is demonstrated in this volume with the description of a number of topics in astrophysics, including quantum optics, cataclysmic variables, pulsars, X-ray binaries and stellar pulsations to name a few. Underlining this science foundation, technological developments in both instrumentation and detectors are described. These instruments and detectors combined cover a wide range of timescales and can measure fluxes, spectra and polarisation. These advances make it possible for HTRA to make a big contribution to our understanding of the Universe in the next decade.

First volume of its kind dedicated to the area of high time resolution astrophysics

Inhalt
High Time Resolution Astrophysics and Pulsars.- High Time Resolution Observations of Cataclysmic Variables.- High-Speed Optical Observations of X-ray Binaries.- Stellar Pulsation, Subdwarf B Stars and High Time Resolution Astrophysics.- High-Speed Optical Spectroscopy.- Photonic Astronomy and Quantum Optics.- ULTRACAM: An Ultra-Fast, Triple-Beam CCD Camera for High-Speed Astrophysics.- OPTIMA: A High Time Resolution Optical Photo-Polarimeter.- From QuantEYE to AquEYEInstrumentation for Astrophysics on its Shortest Timescales.- Fast Spectroscopy and Imaging with the FORS2 HIT Mode.- An Ultra-High-Speed Stokes Polarimeter forAstronomy.- Use of an Extremely Large Telescope for HTRA.- EMCCD Technology in High Precision Photometry on Short Timescales.- The Development of Avalanche Amplifying pnCCDs: A Status Report.- Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes for High Time Resolution Astrophysics.- Transition Edge Cameras for Fast Optical Spectrophotometry.- Imaging Photon Counting Detectors for High Time Resolution Astronomy.