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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheng, K. S.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Romero, Gustavo E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 2004.
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.