X-Ray Detectors in Astronomy

by G. W. Fraser and G.W. Fraser

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521106036
• ISBN13: 9780521106030
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"