TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fraser,G.W.
TI  - X-ray detectors in astronomy
T2  - Cambridge astrophysics
SN  - 9780511735554 (ebook)
AV  - QB472 .F73 1989
U1  - 522/.686 19
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - X-ray astronomy
KW  - Measurement
KW  - Instruments
KW  - Photon detectors
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - First published in 1989, this book provides a comprehensive review of the detection techniques that are used in X-ray astronomy. Since the first discovery of a cosmic X-ray source in 1962, there has been rapid growth in X-ray astronomy, which has largely been made possible by enormous advances in the capabilities of photon counting instrumentation. The book describes the first 25 years of astronomical X-ray instrumentation and summarises the areas of current detector research, giving particular emphasis to imaging devices and to non-dispersive devices of high spectral resolution. It is the first book to give such a comprehensive treatment of the subject, and will provide astronomers with a valuable summary of detection techniques
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511735554
ER  -