High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics : Saas-Fee Advanced Course 30 2000. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy /
By: Kahn, Steven M [author.].
Contributor(s): Sunyaev, Rashid A [author.] | Ballmoos, Peter von [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Saas-Fee Advanced Course: 30Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.Description: XIV, 295 p. 90 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540270133.Subject(s): Physics | Astronomy | Astrophysics | Cosmology | Optics | Optoelectronics | Plasmons (Physics) | Physics | Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology | Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical DevicesDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.
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.
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