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In this chapter we study the devices used to turn the information coming from astronomical objects into a signal that the astrophysicist can use. These systems, detectors, make use of widely differing areas of physics depending on the nature of the information to be analysed.
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Léna, P. (1988). Detectors. In: Observational Astrophysics. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02554-3_5
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