TY - BOOK AU - AU - AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - High Time Resolution Astrophysics T2 - Astrophysics and Space Science Library, SN - 9781402065187 AV - QB460-466 U1 - 523.01 23 PY - 2008/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer Netherlands KW - Physics KW - Weights and measures KW - Astronomy KW - Astrophysics KW - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology KW - Measurement Science, Instrumentation KW - Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences N1 - 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; ZDB-2-PHA N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6518-7 ER -