High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-07348-9 (ISBN)
After three decades of intense research in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, the time was ripe to summarize basic knowledge on X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy for interested students and researchers ready to become involved in new high-energy missions. This volume exposes both the scientific basics and modern methods of high-energy spectroscopic astrophysics. The emphasis is on physical principles and observing methods rather than a discussion of particular classes of high-energy objects, but many examples and new results are included in the three chapters as well.
Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Plasmas (Steven M. Kahn): Classical and Quantum Radiation Theory.- The Structure of Multi-Electron Atoms.- Electron-Ion Collisional Processes.- Discrete Line Diagnostics.- Concluding Remarks.- Instruments for Nuclear Astrophysics (Peter von Ballmoos): Introduction.- Interaction of High-Energy Photons with Matter.- Detectors.- The Instruments for Nuclear Astronomy.- Hard X-Ray and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy (Rashid Sunyaev and Sergey Sazonov): Fundamentals of Compton Scattering.- Comptonization in Infinite Homogeneous Media.- Comptonization in Bounded Plasma Clouds.- Interaction of X-Rays with Partially Ionized Media.- 6.4-keV Fluorescent Emission from Molecular Clouds in the Galactic Center.- X-Ray Emission from Supernova 1987A.- Accretion onto Black Holes and Neutron Stars.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.10.2010 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Saas-Fee Advanced Course |
| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 295 p. 90 illus., 4 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 469 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | Accretion • Astronomy • astrophysics • Gamma Ray Spectroscopy • instruments • spectroscopy • Spectroscopy Astrophysics • X-ray spectroscopy |
| ISBN-10 | 3-642-07348-4 / 3642073484 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-07348-9 / 9783642073489 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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