Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Units and constants
- 1 Observational techniques in X-ray astronomy
- 2 Proportional counters
- 3 Microchannel plates
- 4 Semiconductor detectors
- 5 Scintillators, phosphors and NEADs
- 6 Single photon calorimeters
- Appendix A Observational X-ray astronomy: a bibliography
- Appendix B X-ray data analysis techniques
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Units and constants
- 1 Observational techniques in X-ray astronomy
- 2 Proportional counters
- 3 Microchannel plates
- 4 Semiconductor detectors
- 5 Scintillators, phosphors and NEADs
- 6 Single photon calorimeters
- Appendix A Observational X-ray astronomy: a bibliography
- Appendix B X-ray data analysis techniques
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- X-ray Detectors in Astronomy , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989