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Optical observations on milli-, micro-, and nanosecond timescales

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Instrumentation and observing methods are developed for optical high-speed astrophysics, aiming at exploring milli-, micro-, and nanosecond variability. Such rapid fluctuations can be expected from instabilities in accretion flows, and in the fine structure of photon emission. For the optical, we have constructed a dedicated instrument, whose first version was tested on La Palma to study atmospheric scintillation on very short timescales. A second version is now under development, using photon-counting avalanche photodiodes as detectors.

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  1. Lund Observatory, Box 43, S-22100, Lund, Sweden

    D. Dravins, L. Lindegren & E. Mezey

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Jochen Greiner Hilmar W. Duerbeck Roald E. Gershberg

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Dravins, D., Lindegren, L., Mezey, E. (1995). Optical observations on milli-, micro-, and nanosecond timescales. In: Greiner, J., Duerbeck, H.W., Gershberg, R.E. (eds) Flares and Flashes. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 454. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60057-4_259

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