Very high energy cosmic gamma radiation : a crucial window on the extreme universe / F.A. Aharonian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aharonian, Felix A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmic rays.

Gamma ray astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (508 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; London : World Scientific, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gamma ray astronomy, the branch of high energy astrophysics that studies the sky in energetic ?-ray photons, is destined to play a crucial role in the exploration of nonthermal phenomena in the Universe in their most extreme and violent forms. The great potential of this discipline offers impressive coverage of many "hot topics" of modern astrophysics and cosmology, such as the origin of galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays, particle acceleration and radiation processes under extreme astrophysical conditions, and the search for dark matter.

Contents:

Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Status of the Field; 3 - Gamma Ray Production and Absorption Mechanisms; 4 - Gamma Rays and Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays; 5 - Gamma Ray Visibility of Supernova Remnants; 6 - Pulsars, Pulsar Winds, Plerions; 7 - Gamma Rays Expected from Microquasars; 8 - Large Scale Jets of Radio Galaxies and Quasars; 9 - Nonthermal Phenomena in Clusters of Galaxies; 10 - TeV Blazers and Cosmic Background Radiation; 11 - High Energy Gamma Rays - Carriers of Unique Cosmological Information; Appendix A - Spherically symmetric diffusion from a single source

Appendix B - Evolution of relativistic electronics in an expanding magnetised mediumBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-491) and index.

ISBN:

9786611872014

9781281872012

1281872016

9789812561732

9812561730

OCLC:

68194117