| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages) : illustrations |
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Saas-Fee advanced course 30, lecture notes 2000, Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy |
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Saas-Fee advanced course ... lecture notes ; 2000.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
X-ray spectroscopy -- Congresses
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Gamma ray spectrometry -- Congresses
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Astronomy.
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Astrophysics.
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Astronomy
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astronomy.
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astrophysics.
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NATURE -- Sky Observation.
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X-ray spectroscopy.
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Gamma ray spectrometry.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Astrophysics
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Astronomy
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Gamma ray spectrometry
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X-ray spectroscopy
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ballmoos, Peter von, 1956-
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Sunyaev, R. A
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Güdel, M. (Manuel)
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Walter, R
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Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Astrophysik und Astronomie.
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| ISBN |
9783540270133 |
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3540270132 |
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3540405011 |
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9783540405016 |
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1280305193 |
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9781280305191 |
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6610305196 |
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9786610305193 |
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