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Photon counting during an eclipse.
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PMID:  20094334     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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We have built an instrument that counts pulses from photomultipliers that look at four bands of solar continuum, recording the changes in intensity during an eclipse. We use a plywood spectrograph to select an ultraviolet band and interference filters for the others. The number of counts seen in 1/20 sec is displayed for the subsequent 1/20 sec on binary light-emitting diodes which are photographed. Our ex periment can attain a spatial resolution of better than 0.1 sec of arc and an accuracy in irradiance of better than 3%.
Authors:
S R Weart
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Applied optics     Volume:  9     ISSN:  0003-6935     ISO Abbreviation:  Appl Opt     Publication Date:  1970 Dec 
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Created Date:  2010-01-22     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0247660     Medline TA:  Appl Opt     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2650-2     Citation Subset:  -    
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