High Time Resolution Astrophysics: The

The Universe is revealed as an ever-changing entity, filled with the energy flowing from stars and galaxies. While astronomy covers a diverse range of astrophysical objects and timescales, the emerging field of high time resolution astrophysics (HTRA) focuses on the outermost dynamic limits presented by the Universe. On these extreme timescales, the Universe is still largely unexplored, and the questions posed by this developing field have lead to the beginning of a new scientific quest for answers. The conference "Universe at sub-second timescales" brought together leading astronomers and astrophysicists, who have so far developed HTRA independently, with the goal of reviewing the current state of the art of HTRA, exploring the questions posed, and to discuss where we should go from here.

Preface	p. ix
X-Ray Binaries And Cataclysmic Variables
High Time Resolution Optical, UV, and IR Observations of X-ray Binaries	p. 3
Bowen Blend Echo-tomography of Low Mass X-ray Binaries	p. 15
On the Evolutionary Status of Short Period Cataclysmic Variables	p. 23
High Time Resolution Observations of Cataclysmic Variables with Optima	p. 32
Pulsars
Modeling Rotation Phase-resolved Observations of Neutron Star Surfaces	p. 43
Optical Polarization of the Crab Pulsar: Precision Measurements and Comparison to the Radio Emission	p. 51
Transients
Recent Discoveries in the Dynamic Radio Sky	p. 63
Monitoring with High Temporal Resolution to Search for Optical Transients in the Wide Field	p. 73
Transits/Occulatations
High-cadence Transit Timing Observations of Extrasolar Planets	p. 83
Recent Stellar Occultation Observations Using High-speed, Portable Camera Systems	p. 91
New Detectors And Instrumentation
High Time Resolution Astronomical Observations with the Berkeley Visible Image Tube	p. 103
PnCCDs for Ultra-fast and Ultra-sensitive Optical and NIR Imaging	p. 115
Optima-Burst: Observing GRB Afterglows and Other Fast Transients with High Time Resolution	p. 124
Ultraspec: High-speed Spectroscopy with Zero Readout Noise	p. 132
Microsecond Time Resolution Optical Photometry Using a H.E.S.S. Cherenkov Telescope	p. 140
Monte Carlo Modeling of L3 Detectors in High Time Resolution Applications	p. 148
Development and Use of an L3CCD High-cadence Imaging System for Optical Astronomy	p. 162
The Superiority of L3-CCDs in the High-flux and Wide Dynamic Range Regimes	p. 168
Wide Field Survey for Sub-second Optical Variability	p. 178
Position-sensitive Detector with GaAs Photocathode and High Time Resolution	p. 186
Devices and Software for Optical Panoramic Observations with Microsecond Time Resolution	p. 194
Future Topics
Stellar Intensity Interferometry with Air Cherenkov Telescope Arrays	p. 205
Photon Correlation Spectroscopy for Observing Natural Lasers	p. 216
High Time Resolution Astrophysics and Extremely Large Telescopes	p. 225
Posters
Optimised Post-exposure Image Sharpening Code for L3-CCD Detectors	p. 235
Design, Construction, and Calibration of the Galway Astronomical Stokes Polarimeter (GASP)	p. 241
Design of a Steerable Two-beam System for Simultaneous On-and Off-axis Imaging with GUFI	p. 247
SWIFT J1753.5-0127: Orbital Period, High-frequency Timing Analysis and Multi-band Observations	p. 256
On the Orbital Period of the Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable HU Aquarii	p. 264
The Potential for Intensity Interfermetry with ¿-ray Telescope Arrays	p. 268
Gamma-ray Spectroscopy with Microsecond Time Resolution Using Global Fit Analysis	p. 272
FORS2 HIT Mode: Phase Resolved Spectroscopy of RXJ0806.3+1527	p. 278
Author Index	p. 283
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