TY - BOOK ID - 216981 TI - High time resolution astrophysics AU - Phelan, Don. AU - Ryan, Oliver. AU - Shearer, Andrew. PY - 2008 SN - 1281087734 9786611087739 1402065183 1402065175 PB - [New York?] : Springer Science+Business Media, DB - UniCat KW - Astrophysics. KW - Astronomical physics KW - Astronomy KW - Cosmic physics KW - Physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:216981 AB - 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. ER -