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""The Gamma Ray Sky with Compton GRO and SIGMA"" covers the results of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) satellite, which covers six decades of energy from 15 keV to 30 GeV, the French gamma ray telescope SIGMA, the first imaging experiment on a satellite to observe gamma rays from 35 keV to 1.3 MeV, and of ground-based telescopes in the TeV range. SIGMA and the suite of four instruments aboard the Compton GRO are first described by the members of the Compton GRO Team and the SIGMA science team. Most of the rest of the book is then devoted to the astronomical implications of these observations. The topics covered are: galactic and extragalactic gamma ray sources; galactic and extragalactic gamma ray backgrounds; the galactic centre; gamma ray spectrometry; and gamma ray bursts. Both experimentalists and theoreticians - both astrophysicists and particle physicists - review the achievements, problems and prospects in the gamma ray field, from 15 keV to 1 TeV. The book is also suitable for young scientists working on related topics.

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Author:   M. Signore ,  P. Salati ,  G. Vedrenne
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1995 ed.
Volume:   461
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.750kg
ISBN:  

9780792334408

ISBN 10:   079233440
Pages:   421
Publication Date:   31 March 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Introductory Lecturers.- . The COMPTON Gamma Ray Observatory: Highlights from the First Three Years of the Mission.- . Overview of the SIGMA Results.- . TEV Gamma Ray Astronomy, Techniques.- II. Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Sources.- . High-Energy Radiation from Active Galactic Nuclei: Implications for AGN Unification Scenarios.- . Modelling the High Energy Spectra of AGN.- . Multi-wavelength Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei.- . OSSE Observations of Galactic Nuclei.- . EGRET Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei.- . TEV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Extragalactic Sources.- III. Gamma - Ray Backgrounds.- . Diffuse Gamma Rays from WIMP Decay and Annihilation.- . The Diffuse ? Ray from Cosmic Ray Interactions in the Galaxy.- . Diffuse Galactic Continuum Emission.- . EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Galactic and Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Backgrounds.- IV. Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources.- . The Equation of State of Dense Matter.- . Binary Pulsar Shock Emission as Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources.- . TEV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Galactic Sources.- . EGRET Observations of Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources.- . BATSE Observations of Galactic Black Hole Canditates.- . Observations of Discrete Galactic Sources with OSSE.- V. The Galactic Center.- . SIGMA Observations of the Galactic Center in the Hard X-Ray and Soft ? Ray Regime.- . Balloon Observations of the Galactic Center 511keV line and their Relationship to Satellite Results.- VI. Gamma — Ray Spectroscopy.- . Gamma-Ray Producing Radioactivities from Supernova Explosions.- . Astrophysical Gamma-Ray Lines from Accelerated Particle Interactions.- . Gamma-Ray Line Observations with the COMPTEL Imaging Telescope.- . Gamma-Ray Line Observational Results from OSSE.- VII. Gamma-Ray Bursts.- . Gamma-Ray Bursts: Theoretical Considerations.- . Statistics ofthe Gamma-Ray Burst Population.- . Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts.- . Inquisitive Correlations in the BATSE Gamma-Ray Burst Data.- . Gamma Ray Bursts, Inverse Compton Scaterring and the precessing jets in galactic halo.- VIII Conclusion.- Summary.- Author Index.

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