Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 87 held in Rome, Italy, May 8-10, 1969

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789401033114
• Artikelnr.: 44064357

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introductory remarks (Invited discourse).
2. A survey of instruments and experiments for X
ray astronomy (Invited discourse).
3. General survey of X
ray sources (Invited discourse).
4. Techniques for improving the sensitivity of proportional counters used in X
ray astronomy.
5. Upper
air fluorescence as a tool in X
ray astronomy and searches for X
rays from NP 0532 and other pulsars.
6. A proposal for an X
ray experiment for Cos
B.
7. Studies of discrete cosmic X
ray sources at M.I.T. (Invited discourse).
8. Properties of individual X
ray sources (Invited discourse).
9. Properties of individual X
ray sources (Invited discourse).
10. Rocket observations of Virgo XR
1.
11. Intensities and spectra of several galactic X
ray sources.
12. X
ray flux from discrete sources.
13. Energy spectra of several discrete X
ray sources in the 20
120 keV range.
14. Sudden changes in the intensity of high energy X
rays from Sco X
1.
15. Properties of individual X
ray sources (Invited discourse).
16. The flux of hard radiation from M87.
17. A rocket observation of cosmic X
rays in the energy range between 0.15 and 20 keV.
18. Angular size and position of the X
ray source Cyg
X
1.
19. Interstellar absorption of X
rays emitted supernova remnants.
20. The possible detection of iron line emission from Sco X
1.
21. Hard X
rays from the southern sky.
22. X
ray polarization from Sco X
1 and Tau X
1.
23. Ionospheric effects of X
rays from discrete galactic sources.
24. Non
solar Gamma and X
ray astronomy: optical observations (Invited discourse).
25. Spectroscopic and statistical properties of X
ray sources (Invited discourse).
26. Identification of X
ray sources at Cerro Tololo inter
American observatory.
27. OAO observations of Sco X
1.
28. On the magnitude
color relation for Cygnus X
2 and WX Centauri.
29. On the nature of the X
ray sources Scorpio X
1 and Centaurus X
2.
30. An X
ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.
31. A search for pulsed hard radiation from the Crab Nebula.
32. X
ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.
33. X
ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.
34. A search for high
energy ?
rays from pulsars.
35. Radio, optical and X
ray emission from pulsars.
36. Rotating neutron stars, pulsars, and cosmic X
ray sources.
37. Emission mechanisms in X
ray sources (Invited discourse).
38. Theories of discrete X
ray and ?
ray sources (Invited discourse).
39. Predicted X
ray fluxes of stellar coronas.
40. Physical processes in Cyg X
2.
41. The electromagnetic spectrum of the Crab Nebula.
42. A lower limit to the magnetic field in the Crab Nebula from cosmic ?
ray experiments at 1011 eV.
43. Some possible implications of the radio emission of Sco X
1.
44. Observational results on diffuse cosmic X
rays (Invited discourse).
45. Review of observational results on ?
ray background (Invited discourse).
46. Evidence for a galactic component of the diffuse X
ray background.
47. Observations on diffuse cosmic X
rays in the energy range 20
120 keV.
48. Search for galactic ?
rays with energies greater than 500 MeV on board OGO
5.
49. Spark
chamber observation of galactic ?
radiation.
50. The low energy diffuse cosmic X
radiation.
51. 2
20 keV X
ray sky background.
52. ?
ray astronomy balloon results.
53. Measurement of the cosmic X
ray background in the 25
200 keV range.
54. Results of two balloon flights for the detection of high energy ?
rays.
55. The cosmic ?
ray spectrum near 1 MeV observed by the ERS
18 satellite.
56. Intensity and galactic absorption of soft back
ground X
rays.
57. Origin of the cosmic X
ray background (Invited discourse).
58. Cosmic background X
rays produced by intergalactic innerbremsstrahlung.
59. A model of ?
ray sources in the Galaxy.
60. The X
ray emission of a hot dense intergalactic plasma.
61. Possible initial evidence of extragalactic cosmic
ray protons and the age of extragalactic cosmic
ray sources.
62. Galactic line emission from 1
10 keV.
63. Diffuse cosmic X
rays from non
thermal intergalactic bremsstrahlung.
64. Interactions of non
thermal X
rays and ultraviolet radiation with the intergalactic gas.
65. Soft X
rays from the Galaxy.
66. X
ray emission from the solar wind.
67. Mechanism for X
ray production in extars.
68. Concluding remarks.

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1. Introductory remarks (Invited discourse).- 2. A survey of instruments and experiments for X-ray astronomy (Invited discourse).- 3. General survey of X-ray sources (Invited discourse).- 4. Techniques for improving the sensitivity of proportional counters used in X-ray astronomy.- 5. Upper-air fluorescence as a tool in X-ray astronomy and searches for X-rays from NP 0532 and other pulsars.- 6. A proposal for an X-ray experiment for Cos-B.- 7. Studies of discrete cosmic X-ray sources at M.I.T. (Invited discourse).- 8. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse).- 9. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse).- 10. Rocket observations of Virgo XR-1.- 11. Intensities and spectra of several galactic X-ray sources.- 12. X-ray flux from discrete sources.- 13. Energy spectra of several discrete X-ray sources in the 20-120 keV range.- 14. Sudden changes in the intensity of high energy X-rays from Sco X-1.- 15. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse).- 16. The flux of hard radiation from M87.- 17. A rocket observation of cosmic X-rays in the energy range between 0.15 and 20 keV.- 18. Angular size and position of the X-ray source Cyg-X-1.- 19. Interstellar absorption of X-rays emitted supernova remnants.- 20. The possible detection of iron line emission from Sco X-1.- 21. Hard X-rays from the southern sky.- 22. X-ray polarization from Sco X-1 and Tau X-1.- 23. Ionospheric effects of X-rays from discrete galactic sources.- 24. Non-solar Gamma and X-ray astronomy: optical observations (Invited discourse).- 25. Spectroscopic and statistical properties of X-ray sources (Invited discourse).- 26. Identification of X-ray sources at Cerro Tololo inter-American observatory.- 27. OAO observations of Sco X-1.- 28. On the magnitude-colorrelation for Cygnus X-2 and WX Centauri.- 29. On the nature of the X-ray sources Scorpio X-1 and Centaurus X-2.- 30. An X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.- 31. A search for pulsed hard radiation from the Crab Nebula.- 32. X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.- 33. X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.- 34. A search for high-energy ?-rays from pulsars.- 35. Radio, optical and X-ray emission from pulsars.- 36. Rotating neutron stars, pulsars, and cosmic X-ray sources.- 37. Emission mechanisms in X-ray sources (Invited discourse).- 38. Theories of discrete X-ray and ?-ray sources (Invited discourse).- 39. Predicted X-ray fluxes of stellar coronas.- 40. Physical processes in Cyg X-2.- 41. The electromagnetic spectrum of the Crab Nebula.- 42. A lower limit to the magnetic field in the Crab Nebula from cosmic ?-ray experiments at 1011 eV.- 43. Some possible implications of the radio emission of Sco X-1.- 44. Observational results on diffuse cosmic X-rays (Invited discourse).- 45. Review of observational results on ?-ray background (Invited discourse).- 46. Evidence for a galactic component of the diffuse X-ray background.- 47. Observations on diffuse cosmic X-rays in the energy range 20-120 keV.- 48. Search for galactic ?-rays with energies greater than 500 MeV on board OGO-5.- 49. Spark-chamber observation of galactic ?-radiation.- 50. The low energy diffuse cosmic X-radiation.- 51. 2-20 keV X-ray sky background.- 52. ?-ray astronomy balloon results.- 53. Measurement of the cosmic X-ray background in the 25-200 keV range.- 54. Results of two balloon flights for the detection of high energy ?-rays.- 55. The cosmic ?-ray spectrum near 1 MeV observed by the ERS-18 satellite.- 56. Intensity and galactic absorption of soft back-ground X-rays.- 57. Origin of the cosmic X-raybackground (Invited discourse).- 58. Cosmic background X-rays produced by intergalactic innerbremsstrahlung.- 59. A model of ?-ray sources in the Galaxy.- 60. The X-ray emission of a hot dense intergalactic plasma.- 61. Possible initial evidence of extragalactic cosmic-ray protons and the age of extragalactic cosmic-ray sources.- 62. Galactic line emission from 1-10 keV.- 63. Diffuse cosmic X-rays from non-thermal intergalactic bremsstrahlung.- 64. Interactions of non-thermal X-rays and ultraviolet radiation with the intergalactic gas.- 65. Soft X-rays from the Galaxy.- 66. X-ray emission from the solar wind.- 67. Mechanism for X-ray production in extars.- 68. Concluding remarks.