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To study sources in High Energy Astrophysics there are three different domains, all of which reveal their nature and physics through observations. When we say “domains” we are referring to the observed quantities, and more particularly, how these depend on the variable that characterizes them (position, energy, or time). The basic problems and techniques of X-ray and gamma-ray instumentation and their solutions are briefly presented here.
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Horvath, J.E. (2022). Detection and Instrumentation in High-Energy Astrophysics. In: High-Energy Astrophysics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92159-0_3
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