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Quantum of Quasars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

P. Kern  and
C. Foellmi
C. Foellmi*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, OSUG, CNRS UMR 5571, Université Joseph Fourier, 414 rue de la Piscine, 38400 Saint-Martin d'Hères, France
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[email protected]
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Abstract

True photon-counting devices in the optical may open a new observationnal window in astrophysics: photon statistics and quamtum properties of light. We rapidly develop below the scientific context and the mathematical basis to understand photon statistics. We discuss the relevance of microquasars in our galaxy as a strong scientific case for a possible photon-counting instrument.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 37: Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008 , 2009 , pp. 279 - 283
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2009

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