3D spectroscopy in astronomy : XVII Canary Island Winter School of Astrophysics / edited by Evencio Mediavilla [and others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Mediavilla, E., editor.

Conference Name:

Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics (17th : 2005 : Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)

Series:

Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics (Series)

Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomical spectroscopy--Congresses.

Astronomical spectroscopy.

Integral field spectroscopy--Congresses.

Integral field spectroscopy.

Three-dimensional imaging in astronomy--Congresses.

Three-dimensional imaging in astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Simultaneously storing both spectral and spatial information, 3D spectroscopy offers a new way to tackle astrophysical problems, and opens up new lines of research. Since its inception in the eighties and early nineties, research in this field has grown enormously. Large telescopes all around the world are now equipped with integral field units, and two instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope will have integral field spectroscopic capabilities. Nowadays, more effort is dedicated to refining techniques for reducing, analysing and interpreting the data obtained with 3D spectrographs. Containing lectures from the seventeenth Winter School of the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute, this book explores 3D spectroscopy techniques and data. A broad and balanced presentation of research in this field, it introduces astronomers to a new generation of instruments, widening the appeal of integral field spectroscopy and helping it become a powerful tool in tackling astrophysical problems.

Contents:

Introductory review and technical approaches / Martin Roth

Observational procedures and data reduction / James E.H. Turner

3D spectroscopic instrumentation / Matthew A. Bershady

Analysis of 3D data / Pierre Ferruit

Science motivation for integral field spectroscopy and galactic studies / Frank Eisenhauer

Extragalactic studies and future integral field spectroscopy science / Luis Colina

Tutorials : how to handle 3D spectroscopy data / Sebastián F. Sánchez, Begoña García-Lorenzo, and Arlette Pécontal-Rousset.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-107-21200-6

1-282-65166-8

9786612651663

0-511-76540-1

0-511-76902-4

0-511-76679-3

0-511-76986-5

0-511-77065-0

0-511-76818-4

OCLC:

645097576