Observing Photons in Space A Guide to Experimental Space Astronomy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Huber, Martin C. E. (Editor), Pauluhn, Anuschka (Editor), Culhane, J. Len (Editor), Timothy, J. Gethyn (Editor), Wilhelm, Klaus (Editor), Zehnder, Alex (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: ISSI Scientific Report Series ; 9
• Subjects: Physics.; Remote sensing.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Atoms.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.

An ideal resource for lecturers, this book provides a comprehensive review of experimental space astronomy. The number of astronomers whose knowledge and interest is concentrated on interpreting observations has grown substantially in the past decades; yet, the number of scientists who are familiar...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Part I: Observing Photons in Space
• Part II: Energy and Wavelength Regions
• Part III: Techniques and Systems
• Part IV: Detectors
• Chapter 20: Detector Types Used in Space
• Part V: Polarimetry
• Part VI: General Techniques
• Part VII: Space Environment.