Chapter 1 – Astrophysical information

Rytov, S. M., Kravtsov, Yu. A., & Tatarskii, V. I. (1987). Principles of statistical radiophysics, 1–4. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Chapter 2 – Photometry

Bessell, M. S. (2005). Standard photometric systems. ARA &A, 43, 293–336.

Bradt, H. (2004). Astronomy methods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kitchin, C. R. (2009). Astrophysical techniques, 5th edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Rybicki, G. B. & Lightman, A. P. (1979). Radiative processes in astrophysics. New York: Wiley.

Chapter 5 – Detection systems

McLean, I. S. (2008). Electronic imaging in astronomy: detectors and instrumentation, 2nd edn. Berlin: Springer.

Chapter 7 – Stochastic processes & noise

van Kampen, N. G. (2007). Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Chapter 8 – Optics

Klein, M. V. & Furtak, T. E. (1986). Optics, 2nd edn. New York: Wiley.

Yoder, P. R., Jr. (1993). Opto-mechanical systems design, 2nd edn. New York: Marcel Decker.

Chapter 9 – Interference

Wolf, E. (2007). Introduction to the theory of coherence and polarization of light. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chapter 10 – Spectroscopy

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Mar, D. J., Marsh, J. P., Deen, C. P. et al. (2009). Micromachined silicon grisms for infrared optics. Appl. Opt., 48, 1016–1029.

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Chapter 11 – Ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma ray astronomy

Atwood,W. B., Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M. et al. (2009). The large area telescope on the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope mission. ApJ, 697, 1071–1102.