A Spectrograph for the Rapid Analysis of Transients and Classification of Supernovae

Piascik, AS (2017) A Spectrograph for the Rapid Analysis of Transients and Classification of Supernovae. Doctoral thesis, Liverpool John Moores University.

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Abstract

This thesis describes the design, construction and characterisation of a spectrograph operating in the optical range 4000-8000 Å and its application in the observation and classification of transient astronomical sources.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	astronomy, spectroscopy, spectra, optics, instrumentation, supernovae, transient, time-domain, classification, gravity-waves
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Astrophysics Research Institute
Date of first compliant Open Access:	6 October 2017
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2017 15:21
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 14:25
DOI or ID number:	10.24377/LJMU.t.00007152
Supervisors:	Steele, IA, Bersier, D and Mazzali, P
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7152

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