High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics - Saas Fee Advanced Course 30. Lecture Notes 2000. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

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.

List of 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.

About the author

Roland Walter kam 1963 mit einer spastischen Lähmung zur Welt. Er ist gelernter Kaufmann und engagiert sich seit Jahren für ein Miteinander von Menschen mit und ohne Behinderung. Von Berlin aus ist Roland Walter heute europaweit als Referent unterwegs.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Pete Ballmoos, Peter Ballmoos, Peter von Ballmoos, Steven Kahn, Steven M Kahn, Steven M. Kahn, Rashid A Sunyaev, Rashid A. Sunyaev, Peter von Ballmoos
• Assisted by: Manue Güdel (Editor), Manuel Güdel (Editor), WALTER (Editor), Walter (Editor), Roland Walter (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642073489
• ISBN: 978-3-642-07348-9
• No. of pages: 295
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 19 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 295 p. 90 illus., 4 illus. in color.
• Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Courses; Saas-Fee Advanced Course; Saas-Fee Advanced Courses; Saas-Fee Advanced Course
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Laser, B, Laserphysik, Lasers, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Physics and Astronomy, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences, Laser physics