Quantum of Quasars

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 37, 2009 Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008


Page(s)		279 - 283
DOI		10.1051/eas/0937034
Published online		11 June 2009

Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008
P. Kern (ed)
EAS Publications Series, 37 (2009) 279-283
DOI: 10.1051/eas/0937034

C. Foellmi

Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, OSUG, CNRS UMR 5571, Université Joseph Fourier, 414 rue de la Piscine, 38400 Saint-Martin d'Hères, France;

cedric.foellmi@obs.ujf-grenoble.frw

Published online: 11 June 2009

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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