Radiative processes in high energy astrophysics
By: Gabriele Ghisellini
Series: Lecture notes in physics -- volume 873; Lecture notes in physics -- 873.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cham; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9783319006116; 9783319006123
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Nuclear astrophysics
Description: This book grew out of the author’s notes from his course on Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics. The course provides fundamental definitions of radiative processes and serves as a brief introduction to Bremsstrahlung and black body emission, relativistic beaming, synchrotron emission and absorption, Compton scattering, synchrotron self-compton emission, pair creation and emission. The final chapter discusses the observed features of Active Galactic Nuclei and their interpretation based on the radiative processes presented in the book. Written in an informal style, this book will guide students through their first encounter with high-energy astrophysics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index.

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