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Instruments and Methods

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  1. J.E. Trümper

    1. Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany

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  • Standard reference book with selected and easily retrievable data from the fields of physics and chemistry collected by acknowledged international scientists
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Part of the book series: Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series (LANDOLT 3, volume 4A)

Part of the book sub series: Astronomy and Astrophysics (LANDOLT 6)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. 1.1 Optical telescopes

    • Roberto Gilmozzi, Massimo Della Valle
    Pages 1-30

  3. 1.2 Radio astronomy and instrumentation

    • Richard Wielebinski, Bernd Klein
    Pages 31-67

  4. 1.3 Infrared instrumentation

    • Dietrich Lemke
    Pages 68-108

  5. 1.4 UV and EUV instruments

    • K. Werner
    Pages 109-119

  6. 1.5 X-ray and γ-ray instruments

    • Rüdiger Staubert
    Pages 120-142

  7. 1.6 Cosmic-ray detectors

    • Dietrich Müller
    Pages 143-197

  8. 1.7 Neutrino astronomy

    • Kai Zuber
    Pages 198-202

  9. 1.8 Gravitational wave detectors

    • Peter Aufmuth
    Pages 203-209

  10. 2.1 Solar telescopes

    • Oskar von der Lühe
    Pages 210-215

  11. 2.2 Solar radio telescopes

    • Gottfried Mann
    Pages 216-225

  13. 3 Astronomical reference systems

    • Michael Soffel
    Pages 242-295
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About this book

The last few decades have been called the “Golden Age of Astronomy”. The rapid increase of knowledge in the field necessitates publishing a new edition of the Astronomy and Astrophysics volumes of the Landolt-Börnstein. The title is now “Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology”. Cosmology has been added in order to make allowances for the increasing role of extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology. The present volume VI/4A on “Instruments and Methods” is the second to be published of the new series, following Volume VI/4B on the “Solar System”. Additional volumes on “Stars”, the “Galaxy”, “Galaxies, Large Scale Structure and Cosmology” are in the planning stage. The previous sections or volumes covering “Instruments and Methods” appeared in 1965, 1981 and 1993. Since then the astronomical instrumentation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum has evolved rapidly. This volume presents a description of the state of the art of the field. Another important new aspect is the inclusion ofastronomical instrumentation outside the electromagnetic spectrum, with chapters on cosmic ray detectors, neutrino detectors, and gravitational wave detectors. The present volume is completed by a chapter on astronomical reference systems.
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  • Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany

    J.E. Trümper

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