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Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy / Trevor Weekes

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Series in astronomy and astrophysicsPublication details: Bristol ; Philadelphia : IOP, [2003]Description: xv, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780750306584 .
  • 9780750306584 .
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Foundations of gamma-ray astronomy -- Very high energy gamma-ray dectors -- High energy gamma-ray telescopes in space -- Galactic plane -- Supermovae and supernova remnants -- Gamma-ray observations of the crab Nebula -- gamma-ray observations of supernova remnants -- Gamma-ray pulsars and binaries -- Unidentified sources Extragalactic sources -- Active galatic nuclei: observations -- Active galactic nuclei: models -- Gamma-ray bursts -- Diffuse background radiation
Summary: Gamma rays of the highest energies are a challenge for the experimentalist to detect and the theoretician to explain. This book presents the techniques, observations and the theories of this expanding frontier.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Foundations of gamma-ray astronomy -- Very high energy gamma-ray dectors -- High energy gamma-ray telescopes in space -- Galactic plane -- Supermovae and supernova remnants -- Gamma-ray observations of the crab Nebula -- gamma-ray observations of supernova remnants -- Gamma-ray pulsars and binaries -- Unidentified sources Extragalactic sources -- Active galatic nuclei: observations -- Active galactic nuclei: models -- Gamma-ray bursts -- Diffuse background radiation

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

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