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The Universe in Gamma Rays /

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Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments. However, the most significant progress was made in the last decade of the 20th century, when the tree satellite missions SIGMA, Compton, and Beppo-Sax gave a comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schönfelder, V.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
Series:Astronomy and astrophysics library.
Subjects:
Physics.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Nuclear physics.
Quantum theory.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Gamma-Ray Production and Absorption Processes
  • Instruments
  • Summary of the Gamma-Ray Sky
  • The Sun as a Gamma-Ray Source
  • Gamma-Ray Pulsars
  • X-Ray Binaries as Gamma-Ray Sources
  • Continuum Gamma-Ray Emission from Supernova Remnants
  • Diffuse Galactic Continuum Gamma Rays
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • Nuclear Interaction Gamma-Ray Lines
  • Gamma-Ray Emission from Active Galaxies
  • Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources
  • The Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background
  • Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • Index.