Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

TC Weekes

222 pages, parution le 16/05/2003

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Résumé

High energy gamma-ray photons are the prime probes of the relativistic or high-energy universe, populated by black holes, neutron stars, supernovae and quasars and matter-antimatter annihilations. Through studying the gamma-ray sky astrophysicists are able to better understand the formation and behaviour of these exotic and energetic bodies.

This monograph summarises the status of gamma-ray astronomy at energies between 30MeV and 50TeV at a critical point in the development of the discipline: the hiatus between the demise of the EGRET telescope and the launch of the next generation of space telescopes. Starting with an overview of the astrophysics of the bodies that generate high energy gamma rays it proceeds to discuss the latest developments in observational techniques and equipment.

Gamma rays of the highest energies are a challenge for the experimentalist to detect and the theoretician to explain, and this book presents the techniques, observations and the theories of this expanding frontier.

Contents

Foundations of gamma-ray astronomy
Very High Energy Gamma-Ray detectors
High Energy Gamma-Ray telescopes in space
Galactic plane
Supernova and supernova remnants
Gamma-Ray observations of the crab nebula
Gamma-ray observations of supernova remnants
Gamma-ray pulsa rs and binaries
Unidified sources
Extragalactic sources
Active galactic nuclei: models
Gamma-ray bursts
Diffuse background radiation
Appendix: Radiation and absorption processes

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Institute of Physics (IOP)
Auteur(s)	TC Weekes
Parution	16/05/2003
Nb. de pages	222
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	540g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750306584
ISBN13	978-0-7503-0658-4