Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy

著者

• Weekes, Trevor C.

書誌事項

Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy

Trevor Weekes

（Series in astronomy and astrophysics / M. Elvis, A. Natta, editors）

Institute of Physics Pub, c2003

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

High energy gamma-ray photons are the prime probes of the relativistic or high-energy universe, populated by black holes, neutron stars, supernovae, quasars, and matter-antimatter annihilations. Through studying the gamma-ray sky, astrophysicists are able to better understand the formation and behavior of these exotic and energetic bodies. Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy summarizes the status of gamma-ray astronomy at energies between 30MeV and 50TeV at a critical point in the development of the discipline: the hiatus between the demise of the EGRET telescope and the launch of the next generation of space telescopes. Starting with an overview of the astrophysics of the bodies that generate high energy gamma rays, it proceeds to discuss the latest developments in observational techniques and equipment. By presenting the techniques, observations, and theories of this expanding frontier, Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy aids experimentalists and theoreticians in detecting and explaining gamma rays of the highest energies.

目次

Foundations of Gamma Ray Astronomy Very High Energy Gamma Ray Detectors High Energy Gamma Ray Telescopes in Space Galactic Plane Supernova and Supernova Remnants Gamma-ray Observations of the Crab Nebula Gamma-ray Observations of SNR Gamma-Ray Pulsars and Binaries Unidentified Sources Extragalactic Sources Active Galactic Nuclei: Observations Active Galactic Nuclei: Models Gamma Ray Bursts Diffuse Background Radiation Appendices

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA62515706
• ISBN:
  • 0750306580
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Bristol
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 221 p
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 522.6862
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Gamma ray astronomy
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA54344197