Handbook of CCD Astronomy (Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers 5)

The book arrived in the condition stated. It took a little longer than I expected for it to arrive, but it did arrive in good condition. Contents......Page 3 1 Introduction......Page 11 1.1 Nomenclature......Page 12 1.2.1 Noise properties......Page 14 1.2.2 Quantum efficiency and band-pass......Page 15 1.3 Exercises......Page 16 2 CCD manufacturing and operation......Page 18 2.1 CCD operation......Page 19 2.2 CCD types......Page 24 2.2.1 Surface channel versus buried channel CCDs......Page 25 2.2.2 Front-side and back-side illuminated CCDs......Page 26 2.2.3 Interline and frame transfer CCDs......Page 27 2.2.4 Antiblooming CCDs......Page 29 2.2.5 Multipinned phase (MPP) CCDs......Page 31 2.2.6 Orthogonal transfer CCDs......Page 32 2.2.7 Low light level CCDs - L3CCDs......Page 34 2.2.8 Superconducting tunnel junctions......Page 36 2.2.9 CMOS devices......Page 37 2.3 CCD coatings......Page 38 2.4 Analog-to-digital converters......Page 40 2.5 Exercises......Page 43 3.1 Quantum efficiency......Page 46 3.2 Charge diffusion......Page 52 3.3 Charge transfer efficiency......Page 54 3.4 Readout noise......Page 55 3.5 Dark current......Page 57 3.6 CCD pixel size, pixel binning, full well capacity, and windowing......Page 60 3.7 Overscan and bias......Page 62 3.8 CCD gain and dynamic range......Page 65 3.9 Summary......Page 72 3.10 Exercises......Page 74 4.1 Image or plate scale......Page 76 4.2 Flat fielding......Page 77 4.3 Calculation of read noise and gain......Page 81 4.4 Signal-to-noise ratio......Page 83 4.5 Basic CCD data reduction......Page 87 4.6 CCD imaging......Page 92 4.6.1 CCD fringing and other cosmetic effects......Page 93 4.6.3 Wide-field CCD imaging......Page 98 4.6.4 CCD drift scanning and time-delay integration......Page 106 4.7 Exercises......Page 110 5 Photometry and astrometry......Page 112 5.1 Stellar photometry from digital images......Page 114 5.1.1 Image centering......Page 115 5.1.2 Estimation of background......Page 116 5.1.3 Estimation of point source intensity......Page 120 5.2 Two-dimensional profile fitting......Page 121 5.3 Difference image photometry......Page 124 5.4 Aperture photometry......Page 126 5.5 Absolute versus differential photometry......Page 131 5.6 High speed photometry......Page 133 5.7 PSF shaped photometry......Page 135 5.8 Astrometry......Page 138 5.9 Pixel sampling......Page 140 5.10 Exercises......Page 143 6 Spectroscopy with CCDs......Page 145 6.1 Review of spectrographs......Page 147 6.2 CCD spectrographs......Page 152 6.3 CCD spectroscopy......Page 156 6.4 Signal-to-noise calculations for spectroscopy......Page 160 6.5 Data reduction for CCD spectroscopy......Page 161 6.6 Extended object spectroscopy......Page 167 6.7 Slitless spectroscopy......Page 169 6.8 Exercises......Page 175 7 CCDs used in space and at short wavelengths......Page 177 7.1 CCDs in space......Page 179 7.2 Radiation damage in CCDs......Page 185 7.3 CCDs in the UV and EUV (300–3000 Å) spectral range......Page 189 7.4 CCDs in the X-ray (