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L??na, Pierre |
Astronomy???s Quest for Sharp Images |
I08727 |
2020 |
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L??na, Pierre |
Racing the Moon???s Shadow with Concorde 001 |
I08511 |
2015 |
eBook |
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L??na, Pierre |
Observational Astrophysics |
I07859 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Lagrange, A |
High Angular Resolution in Astrophysics |
I03562 |
1997 |
eBook |
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| Title | Astronomy???s Quest for Sharp Images : From Blurred Pictures to the Very Large Telescope |
| Author(s) | L??na, Pierre |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XIII, 271 p. 48 illus., 38 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools. Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, obtained with ground based optical telescopes, has been the result of two revolutions: adaptive optics and optical interferometry. Written for a general audience, interwoven with fascinating details about the evolution of vision and optics, this book tells a personal story of these revolutions in observational astronomy, born two centuries ago and blossoming in the past fifty years. With the construction of the Very Large Telescope in Chile, Europe played a leading role where young scientists, joining creative astronomers and engineers, have developed a superb creativity. Today, incredibly sharp images of exoplanetary systems and black hole environments are obtained and reveal new questions about Earth-like objects or fundamental physics. The author has been one of the actors of this adventure. His first-hand testimony is opening the future to new horizons |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030558116 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. LASERS
9. MICROWAVES
10. Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering
11. Observations, Astronomical
12. OPTICAL ENGINEERING
13. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
14. PHOTONICS
15. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Racing the Moon???s Shadow with Concorde 001 |
| Author(s) | L??na, Pierre |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | XV, 103 p. 55 illus., 44 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This is the unique story of?? observing a total solar exlipse for no less than 74 consecutive minutes. On the summer morning of June 30, 1973, the Sun rises on the Canary Islands. But it is strangely indented by the Moon. The eclipse of the century has just begun. From the west, the lunar shadow rushes to the African coast at a velocity of over 2000 kilometers per hour. Astronomers on the ground will enjoy seven short minutes of total eclipse to study the solar corona - too short for Pierre Lena and seven scientists who board the Concorde 001 prototype, an extraordinary plane to become the first commercial supersonic aircraft. With Andr?? Turcat as chief pilot and a crew of five, at 17000 m altitude, the aircraft remains in the lunar shadow for 74 minutes, a record time of scientific observations not yet??beaten and allowing for exceptional measurements. Science, technology, aviation and history combine in the story of a unique human adventure aboard a legendary aircraft, illustrated with a rich and original iconography. It reflects the wonderful domains that science and technology can open, and the passion in the professions they offer. A must read for every eclipse chaser and fan of true scientific adventures |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319217291 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
6. Astronomy???Observations
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. Observations, Astronomical
10. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Observational Astrophysics |
| Author(s) | L??na, Pierre;Rouan, Daniel;Lebrun, Fran??ois;Mignard, Fran??ois;Pelat, Didier |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
| Description | XV, 719 p. 128 illus., 71 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This is the updated, widely revised, restructured and expanded third edition of L??na et al.'s successful work Observational Astrophysics. It presents a synthesis on tools and methods of observational astrophysics of the early 21st century. Written specifically for astrophysicists and graduate students, this textbook focuses on fundamental and sometimes practical limitations on the ultimate performance that an astronomical system may reach, rather than presenting particular systems in detail. In little more than a decade there has been extraordinary progress in imaging and detection technologies, in the fields of adaptive optics, optical interferometry, in the sub-millimetre waveband, observation of neutrinos, discovery of exoplanets, to name but a few examples. The work deals with ground-based and space-based astronomy and their respective fields. And it also presents the ambitious concepts behind space missions aimed for the next decades. Avoiding particulars, it covers the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum, and provides an introduction to the new forms of astronomy becoming possible with gravitational waves and neutrinos. It also treats numerical aspects of observational astrophysics: signal processing, astronomical databases and virtual observatories |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642218156 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROPHYSICS
2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. IMAGE PROCESSING
6. MICROWAVES
7. Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering
8. OPTICAL ENGINEERING
9. SIGNAL PROCESSING
10. Signal, Image and Speech Processing
11. Speech processing systems
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| Title | High Angular Resolution in Astrophysics |
| Author(s) | Lagrange, A;Mourard, Denis;L??na, Pierre |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1997. |
| Description | 420 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Over the last decade many efforts have been made to develop high angular resolution techniques in astrophysics. Combined with imaging facilities, they have rapidly proved their efficiency and have already led to major astrophysical results. During the decade to come, astronomers will be offered new, even more sophisticated high angular resolution tools, especially in the IR and optical domains, coupled with much bigger telescopes, either on the ground or in space. In such a context of rapidly evolving techniques and a growing need for higher angular resolution to test theories or discover new objects, the present book reviews both instrumental and scientific aspects. The main questions addressed are: what kind of science will benefit from high angular resolution techniques? How can they best be used? Audience: The book is accessible to students and research workers in both instrumental and astrophysical aspects |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400900417 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Observations, Astronomical
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