Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

1 results

  • 2 - Telescope Techniques, Radio to TeV

  • from Part I - Discoveries and Techniques
  • Andrew Lyne, University of Manchester, Francis Graham-Smith, University of Manchester, Benjamin Stappers, University of Manchester
  • Book:
    Pulsar Astronomy
    Published online:
    21 July 2022
    Print publication:
    04 August 2022, pp 24-33

  • Summary

    Describes the diverse techniques used in telescopes for the very wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum covered by pulsar observations. Conventional telescopes for the visible range can be used with suitable high time resolution, while only the lowest energy x-rays can be focussed to form images. Higher x-ray and gamma-ray energies require individual photons to be detected and tracked. The highest energy gamma-rays are detected in Cerenkov air-shower arrays. In contrast to the photon detection of all high-energy radiation, radio telescopes and receivers treat radiation as waves with measurable amplitude and phase, allowing multiple beams to be formed in large phased arrays of radio telescopes.