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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.

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Author:   Steven M. Kahn ,  Manuel Güdel ,  Peter Ballmoos ,  Roland Walter
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Volume:   30
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.533kg
ISBN:  

9783642073489

ISBN 10:   3642073484
Pages:   295
Publication Date:   21 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table 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.

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