Handbook of CCD Astronomy

Steve B. Howell - Collection Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers

220 pages, parution le 29/03/2006 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) are the state-of-the-art detector in many fields of observational science. Updated to include all of the latest developments in CCDs, this second edition of the Handbook of CCD Astronomy is a concise and accessible reference on all practical aspects of using CCDs. Starting with their electronic workings, it discusses their basic characteristics and then gives methods and examples of how to determine these values. While the book focuses on the use of CCDs in professional observational astronomy, advanced amateur astronomers, and researchers in physics, chemistry, medical imaging, and remote sensing will also find it very valuable. Tables of useful and hard-to-find data, key practical equations, and new exercises round off the book and ensure that it provides an ideal introduction to the practical use of CCDs for graduate students, and a handy reference for more experienced users.

Contains up to date information on the latest developments in charge-coupled devices
Includes end of section exercises, with solutions available via Cambridge's website
Contains useful tables containing previously hard to find information

Sommaire

Introduction
CCD manufacturing and operation
Characterization of CCDs
CCD imaging
Photometry and astronomy
Spectroscopy with CCDs
CCDs used in space and at short wavelengths
Appendices
References

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Steve B. Howell
Collection	Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers
Parution	29/03/2006
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	220
Format	15,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	365g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521617628
ISBN13	978-0-521-61762-8