High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics [electronic resource] : Saas Fee Advanced Course 30. Lecture Notes 2000. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy /
Kahn, Steven M.author.
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Astrophysik und Astronomie.
Ballmoos, Peter.author.
Sunyaev, Rashid A.author.
Güdel, Manuel.editor.
Walter, Roland.editor.
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Lasers.
Photonics.
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.


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