Frederick D Seward, Philip A Charles

Exploring the X-Ray Universe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Capturing the excitement of X-ray astronomy, this second edition textbook for undergraduate students now covers a broader range of topics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 195mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1029g
• ISBN-13: 9780521884839
• ISBN-10: 0521884837
• Artikelnr.: 29010768

Autorenporträt

Frederick D. Seward has been leader of the High Altitude Physics Group at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Director of the Einstein Guest Observer Program at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Head of Chandra User Support and an Assistant Director of the Chandra Observatory before retiring in 2004.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Birth and childhood of X-ray astronomy
2. X-ray emission and interaction with matter
3. Tools and techniques
4. Solar System X-rays
5. X-ray absorption and scattering in the interstellar medium
6. Active stellar coronae
7. Early-type stars
8. Supernova explosions and their remnants
9. Neutron stars, pulsars, pulsar wind nebulae, more supernova remnants
10. Cataclysmic variable stars
11. X-ray binaries
12. Black-hole X-ray binaries
13. Normal and starburst galaxies
14. Active galactic nuclei
15. Clusters of galaxies
16. The diffuse X-ray background
17. Gamma-ray bursts
Index.