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EAS Publications Series
Volume 37, 2009
Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008
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| Page(s) | 279 - 283 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/0937034 | |
| Published online | 11 June 2009 | |
Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008
P. Kern (ed)
EAS Publications Series, 37 (2009) 279-283
P. Kern (ed)
EAS Publications Series, 37 (2009) 279-283
Quantum of Quasars
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, OSUG, CNRS UMR 5571, Université Joseph Fourier, 414 rue de la Piscine, 38400 Saint-Martin d'Hères, France
Corresponding author: cedric.foellmi@obs.ujf-grenoble.frw
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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