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Book SynopsisReview of Volume 4:'The Handbook can be a good reference for a higher-degree science student approaching the subject or for an expert in a similar field in astronomical instrumentation. The reader requiring an in-depth presentation of a specific topic will be guided by the rich reference lists included at the end of each chapter.'The ObservatoryOur goal is to produce a comprehensive handbook of the current state of the art of astronomical instrumentation with a forward view encompassing the next decade. The target audience is graduate students with an interest in astronomical instrumentation, as well as practitioners interested in learning about the state of the art in another wavelength band or field closely related to the one in which they currently work. We assume a working knowledge of the fundamental theory: optics, semiconductor physics, etc. The purpose of this handbook is to bring together some of the leading experts in the world to discuss the frontier of astronomical instrumentation across the electromagnetic spectrum and extending into multimessenger astronomy.
Table of ContentsVolume 1: Radio Astronomical Instrumentation: Radio Telescopes: Single Dish Telescopes; Interferometry, Aperture Synthesis, and VLBI; Low Frequency Arrays; Space Telescopes; Feeds and Feed Systems: Long Wavelengths; Millimeter/Meter Wavelengths; Bolometers for Submillimeter Telescopes; Focal Array Systems; Receivers: Receivers and Signal Processing; Backends: Spectrometers; Pulsar Backends; Polarimetry; Appendix: Radio Astronomy Vocabulary; Volume 2: Ground Based Optical and Infrared Instrumentation: Detectors: Visible; Near Infrared (NIR); Mid-Infrared (MIR); Emerging Technologies (TES, etc.); High Resolution Imaging: Optical and Infrared Interferometry; Adaptive Optics (AO); Extreme AO; Solar Adaptive Optics; Fiber Optics: Multimode Fibers; Bragg Grating/Photonic Fibers; Single Mode Fibers; Non-Silicate Fibers (IR); Related Technology: Polarization Techniques; Filter Technology; Optical Coatings; Optical Fabrication; Grating Technology;; Volume 3: UV, Optical, and Near-Infrared Instruments: Wide Field Imagers: Visible (DecCam, HyperSuPrime, LSST); NIR (VISTA); Spectroscopy: Low Resolution and Broad-Band Spectrographs; High Resolution Visible; High Resolution NIR; High Resolution MIR; Ultra-High Precision Doppler Spectroscopy; Visible Multi Object Spectroscopy; NIR Multi Object Spectroscopy; Spectropolarimetry; IFUs; Interferometer Based Instruments: Fabry Perot Spectrographs; Fourier Transform Spectrographs; Dispersed Interferometers; Spectral Calibration Technology; UV Instrumentation;; Volume 4: X-Ray Astronomical Instrumentation (0.1-100 keV): X-Ray Optics: Wolter-I Optics; Si Pore Optics; Slumped Glass Mirrors; Adjustable Optics; Lobster-Eye Optics; Full-Shell Replicated Optics; Multilayer Coatings; X-Ray Detectors: X-Ray CCDs; DEPFET; CMOS; Large Scale Silicon Drift Detectors; Silicon Strip Detectors; Microcalorimeters; ADRs; CZT/CdTel; X-Ray Gratings: Critical-Angle Transmission Gratings; Off-Plane X-Ray Gratings; X-Ray Polarimetry: X-Ray Polarimeters;; Volume 5: Gamma-Ray and Multimessenger Astronomical Instrumentation (> 100 keV): Gamma-Ray Imaging (Coded Apertures, Laue Lenses, etc.); Scintillators; Compton Imagers; Pair Production Imaging Telescopes; Pair Production Analysis Software; Air Cerenkov TeV Telescopes; Water Cerenkov TeV Telescopes; Neutrino Instrumentation; Gravitational Wave Instrumentation; Ground-Based Cosmic Ray Detectors; Space-Based Cosmic Ray Detectors;
