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Optical Detectors for Astronomy :

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9401152624

(Number (ISBN

9789401152624

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b537330

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Optical Detectors for Astronomy :

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[Book]

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Proceedings of an ESO CCD Workshop held in Garching, Germany, October 8-10, 1996

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by James W. Beletic, Paola Amico.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1998

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(328 pages)

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Astrophysics and space science library, 228.

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Foreword. Section I: Manufacturers. Products and R&D Efforts. Large Area, Buttable Image Sensors for Mosaic Applications; M.M. Blouke, et al. The State of CCD Technology at Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems; R. Bredthauer/J.W. Beletic, P. Amico. Large-Area Back-Illuminated CCD Imager Development; B.E. Burke, et al. CCDs for Astronomy; P.J. Pool, et al. Philips Imaging Technology and the mKxnK Image Sensor; A.J.P. Theuwissen/J.W. Beletic, P. Amico. Section II: Observatory Plans. CFHT - Wide Field Imaging and `CCD-World' Host; T.M.C. Abbott. The Astronomical CCD Development Program at Copenhagen University; J. Andersen. Future Instrumentation for the Nordic Optical Telescope; C. Aspin. ESO's Plan for Optical Detectors; J.W> Beletic. AAO Detectors - Present Status and Future Plans; R. Cannon, J. Barton. A Drift Scan Camera for Astrometry; M. Gai, et al. RGO (and ING) CCDs - Current Development; P.R. Jorden, A.P. Oates. CCD Development at the University of Hawaii; G.A. Luppino. High Precision Shutter for the T.N.G. CCD Camera; F. Pedichini, et al. Fabrication of Thinned CCDs at UCO/Lick Observatory; R.J. Stover, et al. Section III: CCD Devices, Controllers, Instruments and Testbenches. ESO's New CCD Testbench; P. Amico, T. Boehm. FIERA: ESO's New Generation CCD Controller; J.W. Beletic, et al. The Architecture for Two Generations of ESO VLT CCD Controllers; C. Cumani, R. Donaldson. Crymac - Cryostat Maintenance Controller; R.J. Dorn. Some Experiments with Simple Preamplifier Designs; J.C. Geary. PULPO: Temperature, Vacuum, Shutter, LN2 Level, All in One Box; N. Haddad, P. Sinclaire. Very-high Frame-rate Burst-image Sensor;W.F. Kosonocky, et al. High Speed, Wide Dynamic Range CCD Systems for Applications in Astronomy; C.D. Mackay. Recent Results from the EEV CCD42; A.P. Oates, P.R. Jorden. The AIP Photometric Testbench; M.M. Roth. High-Speed Data Acquisition System Messia for Subaru; M. Sekuguchi, et al. Readout Speed Optimization for Conventional CCDs Employing Dual Slope Integration for Double Correlated Sampling; R.M. Smith. Section IV: Mosaic Projects, Special Techniques. An Interferometric Method for Measurement of the Detector MTF; M.I. Andersen, A.N. Sorensen. The Two EROS 4k x 8k CCD Mosaic Cameras; F. Bauer, J. de Kat. Wide Field Imaging at CFHT: the MEGACAM Project; O. Boulade. Fringing A User's Perspective; R. Cannon. DEIMOS Dewar System; D. Cowley. High Precision Photometry from Space with COROT: Effect of Spatial Image Jitter on the Photometric Performances of CCDs; R. Gruneisen. Charge Transfer Efficiency in Proton Damaged CCDs; T. Hardy, et al. Low Smear Drift Scanning CCDs; D. Ives, A. Bennett. Parallel Phase Test; R. Kohley, et al. Converting a Schmidt Telescope to CCDs: the OCA/DLR Asteroid Survey; A. Maury, et al. On the Optimization of CCD Readout Noise; R.E. Schmidt. How Linear Are Typical CCDs? R.M. Smith. Application of the Arcon CCD Controller to the NOAO 8k Mosaic Imager; R.M. Smith. Cleaning Contaminated CCDs; A.N. Sorensen. CCD Flatness Measuring System at UCO/Lick Observatory; R.J. Stover, et al. The Orthogonal Transfer CCE; J. Tonry, B.E. Burke. A Technique for the Determination of Co-planarity in Mosaic CCD Cameras; S. Tulloch, D. King. CCD Camera Calibration and Testing Using Compact LED Light Sources; S. Tull

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Proceedings of an ESO CCD Workshop held in Garching, Germany on October 8-10, 1996

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Proceedings of an ESO CCD Workshop held in Garching, Germany on October 8-10, 1996

Astronomical instruments -- Congresses.

Charge coupled devices -- Congresses.

Optical detectors -- Congresses.

edited by James W. Beletic, Paola Amico.

James W Beletic

Paola Amico

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