Relativistic hadrons in cosmic compact objects
Subtitle: proceedings of a workshop held in Koninki/Suhora, Poland, 9-11 October 1990
By: Andrzej A. Zdziarski, Marek Sikora (eds.).
Contributors: Zdziarski, Andrzej A., 1954-; Sikora, Marek.
Series: Lecture notes in physics ;; 391
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Nuclear astrophysics -- Congresses; Hadrons -- Congresses; Radio sources (Astronomy) -- Congresses; Active galaxies -- Congresses; Galactic nuclei -- Congresses
Description: The articles in this book deal with energetic hadron processes near astrophysical compact objects, including compact binary systems and active galactic nuclei. A variety of observational results suggest that relativistic hadrons can be produced in the vicinity of these objects. Amongthe topics treated in detail are the question whether a large fraction of the energy produced by active galactic nuclei is channeled into a population of relativistic protons and the problem of the origin of very high and ultra-high energy gamma rays from galactic compact sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.