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Author:   V. Manno ,  J. Ring
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1972 ed.
Volume:   30
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9789027702265

ISBN 10:   9027702268
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   30 September 1972
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Results in Infrared Space Astronomy.- Review of Results in Infrared Space Astronomy.- 2. Systems for Space Research.- The NASA 91.5 cm Aperture Airborne Telescope.- A 32-cm Airborne Infrared Observatory.- Far-Infrared Observations of Celestial Objects by Balloon-Borne Telescope.- An Infrared Photometer for the Balloon-Borne Telescope Thisbe.- Measurements of the Atmospheric Background Emission Between 10 ? and 100 ?.- A Balloon-Borne Helium-Cooled Interferometer for Investigation of the Isotropic Submillimetre Background.- Infrared Rocket Astronomy.- An Interference Filter Radiometer with Cooled Optics and a Cooled PbS Detector for Rocket Application.- Infrared Interferometry from Satellites.- The Meteosat Dual-Channel Radiometer.- 3. Detectors.- Infrared Detectors. Survey of the Present State of the Art.- Liquid Helium-Cooled Bolometers.- A New Type of Helium-Cooled Bolometer.- Performance Tests of InSb and Ge Bolometers.- An Infrared Transducer for Space Applications.- Josephson Detection.- Astronomical Polarimetry at 5 and 10 ?.- Problems and Design of Black-Body References.- 4. Cryogenics.- Cooling Systems for Spaceborne Infrared Experiments.- Balloon-Borne Infrared Cryostats.- 5. Filters.- Survey of the Present State of Art of Infrared Filters.- Metallic Grid Filters.- New Narrow-Band Metallic Mesh Filters for the 50 ? Region.- High-Pass Filters for Far Infrared Astrophysical Investigation.- Filters for Far Infrared Astronomy.- Submillimetre and Millimetre Mapping Using Interference Filters.- 6. Interferometers.- Interferometric Spectrometry for Infrared Astronomy.- Far Infrared Broad Band Interferometry.- Rapid Scanning Michelson Interferometer.- Field Compensated Interferometer for Stellar Spectrometry.- A Sisam Interferometer and a SimpleMichelson-Interferometer with Spherical Mirrors for Space Application.- Liquid Helium-Cooled Grating Monochromator.- One- and Two-Dimensional Computational Problems Associated with Interferometry.- Remarks on Infrared Technology and Spectroscopy in Astrophysics.- 7. General Discussion (directed by Prof. F. Kneubühl).

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