Cosmic Gamma-Ray Sources /
This book presents the most updated review of our current knowledge of cosmic gamma-ray sources. Besides chapters devoted to each type of known gamma-ray emitting object, it provides a self-contained introduction to gamma-ray astrophysics, including a description of the relevant physical processes,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer,
2004.
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| Series: | Astrophysics and space science library ;
304. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- From the contents: Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Fundamentals of gamma-ray astrophysics
- 3. Galactic gamma-ray sources
- 4. Extragalactic gamma-ray sources
- 5. Non-thermal emission from early-type binaries
- 6. Gamma-ray emission from supernova remnants
- 7. Gamma-ray pulsars
- 8. Theories of gamma-ray emission from pulsars
- 9. High-energy emission from microquasars
- 10. Gamma-ray bursts
- 11. Clusters of galaxies at high-energy gamma-rays
- 12. Diffuse gamma-rays
- 13. Multifrequency strategies for the identification of gamma-ray sources
- 14. Future ground-based TeV gamma-ray telescopes
- 15. GLAST: Understanding the high-energy gamma-ray sky
- Author Index
- Object Index.