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The proceedings of a workshop held at the European Southern Observatory in September 1999, the 4th workshop of a series, which concentrates on optical detectors for astronomy. Representatives from every leading manufacturer and all major astronomical observatories came together to present their work on Charged Coupled Devices (CCDs). The papers presented in these proceedings are concerned with the development, manufacture, testing, implementation, new techniques and applications of CCDs. Many discuss the electronics that are used to operate these detectors. Astronomical observatories are the most ambitious and aggressive users of optical detectors, more so than any other scientific discipline. Since the quantum efficiency and noise of a detector have a direct effect on the quality of science, the makers of astronomical CCD systems continually ""push the envelope"" of optical detection technology. The papers contained in these proceedings provide the reader with the state of the art in CCD technology and contain information on research and development efforts, for ground-based and space-based applications, that should continue for several years.

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Author:   Paola Amico ,  James W. Beletic
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Volume:   252
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.770kg
ISBN:  

9780792365365

ISBN 10:   0792365364
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   31 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The invention and early history of the CCD.- From photographic plates to CCDs.- Detectors at the Nordic Optical Telescope.- Mission accomplished - ESO’s optical detector systems come of age.- Charge coupled devices at ESO - Performances and results.- CCD systems for PMAS - A new optical integral field spectrophotometer for the Calar Alto Observatory 3.5m telescope.- GTC - Present status and future plans.- CCDs for the Rosetta science imaging system OSIRIS.- CCD plans for the Subaru telescope.- CTIO detectors: present status and future plans.- COROT: high photometry stability with CCDs.- CFH12K: optimising 12 MIT/LL CCID-20 CCDs for a direct imaging application.- MegaCam: the next generation wide-field camera for CFHT.- The current state of the art in large CCD mosaic cameras, and a new strategy for wide field, high resolution optical imaging.- CCD mosaicing technique for Suprime-Cam (SUbaru PRIME focus CAMera).- BUSCA: a simultaneous 4 colour camera with 4K×4K CCDs.- Focal plane array design for the GAIA space mission.- CFH12K: 12Kx8K CCD mosaic camera for the CFHT prime focus.- The life of Riley “New age CCD technology”.- CCD imager technology development at Lincoln Laboratory.- Point-spread function in depleted and partially depleted CCDs.- High speed pn-CCDs as wave front sensors in adaptive optics systems.- Latest EEV CCD developments, and technologies for scientific CCDs.- A 2Kx2K high resistivity CCD.- Backside illuminated pixel detectors.- Development of a back-illuminated 4Kx4K CCD with low-noise outputs.- Optimising CCDs for spectrographs.- A new CCD designed for curvature wavefront sensing.- Phase resolved high speed photometry and spectroscopy of pulsars.- The removal of periodic read-out patterns from science frames.- Centering accuracy with CCDs.-The TAROT CCD camera.- Cloud monitoring with CCDs.- Using KAF-4201 CCDs for astronomy.- A new machine for planarity measurement of CCDs and mosaics of CCDs..- Design concepts of high resolution solar imagers based on split-transfer CCDs.- CCD optimisation methods at LICK Observatory.- TNG new generation CCD controller.- SciMeasure wavefront sensor cameras and their application in the Palomar adaptive optics system.- The 72-Channel S.A.O. Megacam: design to PC boards.- The implementation of the San Diego State University Gen II CCD controller (SDSU II) at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING).

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